Posts Tagged "protein"
Gluten Free (Paleo-ish) Protein Pancakes! Amazing!
First off, thank you guys for your comments and email about my meltdown and the VLOG. I loved hearing the feedback from everyone – makes my day! Also, my finger survived and everyone was close, I sliced it after food prep cleaning the knife because – get this! – I didn’t want to leave it in the sink and have someone else cut themselves. Cool. The Fatkid’s face was priceless when he saw it but sent me into hysterics. I was sobbing hysterically up until I was getting treated. Thankfully it was pretty much the most perfect way to slice my finger open with no permanent damage (other than the scar) and should heal in 7-10 days. Just in time...
Read MorePeanut Butter Banana Protein Bars and WIAW
So this week has been good with eats. Super appropriate for a WIAW (What I Ate Wednesday) I made my clean turkey chili for lunches for me and then made some peanut butter banana protein bars for breakfast/snacks. They are a variation of my normal oatmeal bakes and were a little crumbly but completely delicious. This recipe was cut into 12 bars and I’ve been eating 1 or 1 and 1/2 for breakfast. Ingredients: 6 scoops vanilla protein powder (or chocolate) 3 ripe bananas 6 tbsp of peanut butter 2 cups old fashioned oats 1 cup almond milk lots of cinnamon (because I love it) Standard warning!! I do not like sweetener so I don’t bake with it. If you normally...
Read MoreLeg Workout and Paleo Almond Butter Banana Muffins
I hope you all enjoyed your weekend I know we did! Saturday I did legs and while it might not seem like a lot – it kills! Then we went for a hike on Camelback mountain (we always do Echo Canyon which is the ‘harder’ side) the weather was soooo nice – I am thrilled it is finally below 100! AND spent sometime outside with the bugs Yesterday during football I wanted to try to make some paleo protein muffins and I have to say I think these were a success. BUT BE WARNED: I do not like sweeteners so if you usually cook with some form of sweetener (or vanilla extract) I would add it because you might find this to be not sweet enough for...
Read Morealmond butter and jelly pancakes
Yesterday was the conclusion of LiveFit Week 7 and it was back day. I like the workout but came home and desperately wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Instead, I made an almond butter and jelly protein pancake. I actually hate strawberry jelly but I made it with strawberries because that was all I had. Today I bought some blackberries to try that next time. Ingredients: 6 egg whites 2 tbsp coconut flour 2 tbsp oat bran 1 tbsp flaxseeed 1/2 tbsp chia seeds 3-4 strawberries (I will prob add more next time) cinnamon Directions: Blend together and put in a pan. I didn’t think about and poured the whole thing in. *Next time I will make 2-3 smaller ones...
Read MoreWeek Three (LiveFit)
This is Week Three of the LiveFit trainer so today I got up at 5 and did legs (my favorite!) before school. Legs Extensions Wide Squats Walking Lunges <– I did these with a 50 lb barbell today and everything else afterwards was painful. Single Leg Dead Lifts Lying Leg Curls Seated Calves Standing Calves Good thing leg day means extra carb day because I made a more carby (not a word) version of my quinoa bakes. Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked quinoa – then cook it. 4 scoops protein powder 4 tbsp ground flaxseed 4 tbsp chia seeds 1 cup unsweetened original almond milk 2 mashed bananas (I used this because I am out of applesauce and had some ripe bananas to...
Read Moreapple oatmeal bake
Day 2: I woke up at 6:15 and got out of bed at 6:45 so that’s an improvement on yesterday I also switched the Days up on the Live Fit trainer and did legs (Day 3) today and will do Day 2 tomorrow, then 4 then Day 3 again to get two leg days in. LOVE LEGS! Leg Press 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest Leg Extensions 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest Wide Stance Barbell Squat 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest Seated Leg Curl 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest Standing Calf Raises 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest Seated Calf Raise 3 sets of 12 reps 1 min rest And… I made this oatmeal bake last night so I have something quick and non-messy to grab when...
Read Morehome-made protein bars
I made protein bars last night for the first time in a while. They turned out delish! Ingredients: 4 scoop vanillas protein powder 1/2 cup coconut flour 2 heaping tbsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 4 oz container of apple blueberry baby food 1.5 4 oz container of water 4 egg whites and 1 whole egg 2 tbsp coconut oil 1/2 cup non-fat greek yogurt *You can use any flavor you like and if you use unflavored just add some vanilla extract or cocoa powder. **Also as a reminder – the original recipe (found here) had sweetener in it. I personally do not like really sweet things but if you do I would...
Read Morecoffee protein latte
So I saw this idea on a forum board a few weeks ago and then two readers reminded me of it on our facebook and today was the perfect day to try it out. I am in law journal training all day and I was rushing to get out of the house this morning so I made a coffee, protein latte. 1 scoop protein powder 1 iced brew of Caribou on my Keurig (about 1/4-1/2 cup) 1/2 cup crushed ice splash of almond milk dash of cinnamon This turned out much frothier than usual making it just like a blended latte, as opposed to a “shake”. And my cooler for today: Apple with almonds Chicken, avocado, bell peppers, tomato 2 banana nut protein muffins Leftover steak,...
Read Morea week’s worth of food
I have written before about how I like to prep out food for the week on Sundays and that was definitely my day yesterday – mixed with lots of studying. I knew the Fatkid was getting home around 8 so I wanted to be mostly done with cooking by then. But that never happens and I wasn’t done until around 9:30 – hence the next day post. Sorry Before I get to food I had to share this picture of our bug Tyson – he is the cutest thing ever and John felt bad he stepped on him so he let him lick his Coldstone container. So – yesterday I made all of the following: Stuffed chicken with: spinach, onion, mushroom, 1/2 piece Laughing Cow Lite...
Read Morea favorite…again.
Last night I made all of our favorites (on the tummy treats page), slow cooker chicken, turkey chili, and protein bars. Here are the changes I made to the bars: Ingredients: 2 scoops vanilla protein powder* 2 scoop plain protein powder 1/2 cup coconut flour 1/4 cup coconut flour 1/4 cup ground flaxseed meal –> add 2 heaping tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 3.5 banana and mixed berry baby food containers 1 3.5 container of water 4 egg whites and 1 whole egg 1 tbsp coconut oil –> add Fresh blueberries. *You can use any flavor you like and if you use unflavored just add some...
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