Frozen Spinach Cups
Frozen Spinach Cups
Ingredients:
One 6-8 oz bag spinach and Water
Directions
1. Fill blender or food processer 2/3 full with spinach leaves.
2. Add approximately 1/2 cup of water for every 2 cups of spinach.
3. Blend until spinach is finely-blended with water. Continue adding spinach and water until bag is empty.
4. Once spinach is finely blended, pour liquid into muffin tin.
5. Fill cups 3/4 full and place tin in freezer.
6. Freeze for 3 hours.
7. Take tin out of the freezer, pop cups out, and place 4-5 in a Ziploc bag to keep in freezer.
8. Use 1-2 per protein shake and it can replace ice cubes
Nutrition Facts
Serving 1 cup Calories: 8.5 Fat: 0g Carbs: 1g Protein: 1g
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Cocoa Protein Shake
2Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup fat free milk (or almond milk)
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries (or berry of your choice)
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
2 fresh mint leaves
1 cup ice
Blend until smooth.
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Eggplant fries…saay whaaat?
This recipe equals 3 servings
1 large Eggplant
2 eggs
1/2 c oat flour(can use wheat flour or almond flour)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup Plain Non Fat Greek Yogurt
2 Tbsp low fat cottage cheese
1 tsp chili Powder
1 packet stevia or truvia
Set oven to 425 and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
Beat eggs in a bowl with salt and pepper, place flour in separate bowl.
Slice eggplant into thick fries. Dip each piece into egg mixture, then dredge in flour
spread eggplant fries on baking sheet and bake for 25min flipping half way through.
Meanwhile blend yogurt, cottage cheese, chili powder and stevia in food processor untl smooth. Dip and enjoy
Cal – 170 Fat 5g carbs 23g sugar 6g protein 11g for 1 serving.
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Chocolate pudding
Description
“Tofu” chocolate pudding! You won’t believe how good this tastes! We Promise you can hardly tell there’s tofu in there. It is 100% vegan, low in calories, very low in sugar and carbs and rich in protein! And so damn DELICIOUS!! Enjoying this for breakfast.
Ingredients
5 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
2 tablespoon 100% Maple Syrup
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
340 g Soft Silken Tofu
4 serving (serving = 1 packet) Stevia
1 dash Sea Salt
Directions
1. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and blend to combine.
2. Scrape down the sides of the food processor and blend again to make sure everything is incorporated.
3. Serve immediately or chilled
* if too thick add some almond milk. .
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Overnight Breakfast
Description
We love this because it so versatile, you can add nuts or any other fresh fruit in am. Some put coffee in it for a java flavor. Prep night before and in the morning it’s a FASTER THAN STARBUCKS breakfast.
Ingredients
1/2 cup, sliced Bananas
1/2 oz Dried Coconut
1 tbsp Honey
1/3 cup) Kirkland Signature Dried Blueberries
1 cup Almond Milk
2 tbsp Bell Plantation PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter
4 serving (serving = 2 tbsp) Bob’s Red Mill Hulled Hemp Seed
1/2 serving (serving = 2 1/2 tbsp) Cacao Powder
Directions
1. Grab a mason jar and put in hemp seeds, followed by cacao, coconut, peanut butter, half a banana (sliced) and finally the dried blueberries.
2. Add in the almond milk, screw on the top and give it a good shake, now refridgerate overnight.
3. In the morning top with honey and enjoy!
TIP: If you don’t want the fruit or any toppings you choose to get soggy, hold off putting them in until the morning
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Turkey Quinoa Mini Meatloaves
Ingredients
1/2 small Onions
2 clove Garlic
1 serving (serving = 1 medium pepper) Red Bell Pepper
2 cup, chopped Kale
1 dash Black Pepper
4 serving (serving = 4 oz) 99% Fat Free Ground Turkey
1 medium Egg
1/2 cup Parsley
5 tbsp Ketchup
5 serving (serving = 1 tsp) Heinz Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 cup Quinoa
Directions
Coat a pan w/ a little cooking spray & sauté 1/2 an onion (diced), a couple minced garlic cloves, one diced red bell pepper & 2 cups chopped kale until softened. You can add pepper & whatever spices/herbs you like.
In a large bowl combine cooled, sautéed veggies w/ 99% fat free ground turkey, 1 egg, lots of fresh, chopped parsley, & approximately 3/4 cup cooked quinoa. Don’t over-mix!
Lightly spray a muffin tin & fill w/ turkey mixture (makes 12 mini meatloaves). Top each w/ a tiny bit of ketchup & Worcestershire sauce.
Bake @ 375 for a/b 40 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes & ENJOY!!
*You don’t HAVE to sautée veggies, but we’d recommend it!
*Also you can make this dish vegetarian just add more veggies in replace of the meat.
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Protein Ice Cream Pop
Description
Ice Cream Pops, they’re great for the warm weather!
Ingredients
1.5 cup Frozen Strawberries
1.5 8 oz container Lowfat Plain Yogurt
1 level scoop Strawberry or Vanilla protein powder
Directions
1. Put your strawberry’s, protein powder and yogurt in a blender, mix until smooth
2. Pour the mixture into ice cream pop molds and store in freezer until frozen.
3. Enjoy!
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Raw Balls
Description
Your body is designed to be alkaline. Eating (and drinking) foods that are processed, packaged, & some say cooked at a high temperature, adds acidic toxins to your body that are hard to eliminate. This disrupts your body’s delicate acid/alkaline balance, a major cause of excess weight & disease. Incorporating raw foods helps restore balance & naturally cleanse your system…
Ingredients
1.5 cup, pitted, chopped Dates or prunes
4 serving (serving = 1/4 cup) Mixed Nuts
2 serving (serving = 1 tbsp) Bob’s Red Mill Chia Seed or any brand Also available bulk bins at raleys
1/2 serving (serving = 1 oz) Goji Berries or berries of your choice (or skip the berries all together)
1/4 cup, shredded Dried Coconut (Shredded, Sweetened or unsweetened)
2 tablespoon Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
1. Place dates/prunes in small bowl w/ 2 T of water. Microwave for 30 secs, then mash a little w/ a fork.
2. Dump mixture in food processor w/ rest of ingredients. Pulse, then scrape sides & blend until everything is combined. If mix seems dry, add 1-2 T of good quality maple syrup.
3. Roll 1 T of mixture into a ball. Repeat until done. Makes 12.
4. You can leave as is & refrigerate. You can cover some of them in coconut, some in cocoa powder, & the rest in cinnamon
Enjoy!
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Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake
Description
This is pretty good, especially if you like cinnamon don’t over due the 1/4 package of vanilla pudding!
Ingredients
1 serving (serving = 1 scoop) Vanilla protein powder
1 serving (serving = 1/4 packet) Jell-O Fat Free Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 serving (serving = 1 tsp) truvia or stevia
8 oz almond milk
4 serving (serving = 1 piece) Ice Cubes
Directions
1. Add protein powder, vanilla pudding, vanilla extract, cinnamon, milk and truvia in your blender along with 4 ice cubes.
2. Blend and pour into your glass
3. Enjoy!
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Post Workout Pomegranate Greek yogurt
Ingredients
1 oz Pomegranate
10 g Dried Chia Seeds
6 almond Almonds
1 tbsp Honey
1 serving (serving = 3/4 cup)
Directions
1. Place the Greek yogurt in a bowl, followed by the pomegranate seeds, raw almonds, chia seeds and drizzle some honey on top for sweetness).
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