Day 1 Smoothie- Strawberry Avocado Smoothie

Didn't have too many fruits/veggies at home, so I just threw in whatever I had. It was pretty good!
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup spinach
-1/2 nectarine
-1/2 cup strawberries
-1/4 avocado
-1cup strawberry yogurt

Simply blend it all together!!
I forgot to take pictures :( I'll start tomorrow!

30 Days of smoothies!!

So this ramadan I am going to make a different smoothie everyday for sehri/breakfast.
I'll post the recipe after and tell you if it was good or not!! lol

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Flourless Cheap Pizza!!

2 Ingredient Cookies!

So I just came across the most amazing, EASY AND HEALTHY cookie recipe!

The only two ingredients are:
1 banana
1 cup oats
(And then you can add raisins if you choose! But thats completely optional.)

All you do is:
1. Mix the banana and the oats together into a dough-like mixture
2. Make 12 little balls
3. Bake for 10 minutes on 350F!
4. ENJOY!

Spinach Snacks

Looking for a yummy snack for when you're on the go? These are great and can be frozen too!

Ingredients
-2 packs of thawed frozen spinach
-1 cup shredded cheese of your choice (I used mozzarella)
-4 eggs
-1.5 cups buckwheat
-0.5cup nutritional yeast
-1/4 cup chickpeas
-1/4 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
-1 tbsp garlic salt
-1 tbsp Nando's spice
-1/4 cup olive oil

Directions:
-preheat oven to 350
-combine all the ingredients
-roll into 2 inch balls
-place on baking sheet
-bake for 15minutes

makes about 30.

Mason Jar Salads!

Are you try to eat more nutrient-dense, whole foods, but dont have time to pack lunch every day?? I know I start off the week promising myself that I will prepare my lunch in advance, but by the end of the week I am so busy I end up buying food form the cafeteria or just grabbing a granola bar.

Enter Mason Jar Salads!

They're cute, leak-proof and you can keep them in the fridge for up to a week! Are you sold yet? And you can even put the salad dressing in advance without it getting soggy as long as you layer it properly. No more carrying around tiny containers of salad dressing!

Mason jars are great because you can make salad for the whole week on sunday and they wont go bad! No more scrambling to make lunch in the morning!!!

General Mason Jar format:

First (bottom) layer: quinoa or pasta and salad dressing

Second layer: Carrots (carrots are great because even if they touch the calald dressing they wont get soggy!

Third layer: beans or lentils

Fourth layer: heavy veggies (tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, celery, what ever you like)

Fifth layer: cheese, olives (optional)

Top layer: Spinach, Kale, Lettuce, Arugula

You can put in whatever you want, just make sure the heavy stuff goes in first and the salad dressing should be in the bottom layer so it doesn't touch the lettuce.

You can even do like themed salads: greek salad, italian, mexican etc. Mix it up so you dont get bored!

Hope you love mason jar salads as much as I do!!

Quinoa Brownies

Came across this great recipe the other day on pinterest and modified it a bit to make it gluten-free :) It makes a great fudgey chocolatey brownie without all the refined sugars!

Makes 16 Brownies

Ingredients:
-1 Cup Cooked Quinoa
-2 Tbsp Organic Cane Sugar
-1/4 Cup UnsweetenedCocoa
-1/4 Cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
-3 Tbsp Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
-2 Eggs
-1 Tbsp Vanilla
-2 Tbsp Agave or Honey
-1/8 Tsp Baking Soda
-1/4 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips (topping)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Place all ingredients into the food processor and blend until smooth.
Stir chocolate chips into pureed batter.
Grease your 8×8 baking dish.
Spread batter evenly into pan.
Bake for 19-22 minutes.
Remove brownies from oven and let set for 5-10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Let cool and cut into bars.

P.S. This is a "healthy brownie" so to speak, if you're looking for something sweet try the recipe for the bean brownie that I posted in March.