I really love sliders. There’s something so appealing about mini burgers for one, and I just love stacking things! Ever since I made the Sweet Potato Sliders last week I’ve been eyeing up vegetables looking for just the right size, shape and texture to hold a burger together – minus a traditional bun. I wanted [continue reading]
I don’t know why, but last night at like 9:30pm I just started craving the crunchy-on-the-outside, chewy-on-the-inside texture of waffles. I live in downtown Austin, and the scooter isn’t so great on the highway – but I was so ferociously attached to this waffle plan I got a cab to Target (the only late-night store [continue reading]
I saw the most amazing sweet potatoes the other day and I was thinking I should turn them into burger buns. You could easily create a vegetarian or vegan burger, even a breakfast burger with this fun idea! So many possibilities….here’s mine to get you started! Sweet Potato Sliders You will need: knife, cutting board, [continue reading]
One of the easiest ways to make a quick, easy and delicious fish dish is to simply bake it. For this quick dinner recipe, I threw a bunch of vegetables on a piece of cod and baked it for 20 minutes. I actually made this a day before I was planning to eat it, and [continue reading]
One of the best ways to stay consistent and be successful with clean eating is to prep some of your food ahead of time. In the Fuel System, I wrote a section to help you do this for each of the 4 weeks of the 30-day eating part of the program. One of my good [continue reading]
Here’s a super easy, delicious and awesome Fitness Food Dinner Idea. If you’re a regular on my website or in my Instagram feed you’ve seen my Sesame Herbed Turkey Bites in other great recipes I make (like Fire-Roasted Awesome Tomato Soup, or Gluten-Free Pizza with Pesto). I wanted to make them the other night but [continue reading]
As my new residence is the Lonestar State, I thought it fitting that my first Sunday breakfast was Cowboy Eggs. I first saw these hollowed-out toast breakfast bombs in the movie Moonstruck many years ago, and loved the idea but for some reason had never tried them. I found a coffee scoop today that looked [continue reading]
It was awesome being in the tropical island paradise where I spent last week (Cook Islands, New Zealand) but can I just say I cannot live without KALE?! This was awesome. I have a day stopover in LA on my way back to Denver, just enough time to hit Whole Foods off Santa Monica Boulevard [continue reading]
I made this tasty chocolate-peppermint protein shake post-workout and it ruled!! 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (I use Raw Chocolate by Garden of Life) 5 frozen strawberries 1 cup almond milk 1/8 tsp peppermint extract Blend, blend blend! If you want your smoothies to come out creamy and perfect every time, check out the Blendtec [continue reading]
*gluten-free, dairy-free, low glycemic index, vegan optional On the weekend, I love starting out my weekend with pancakes or French Toast – something tasty and on the sweeter side. For some reason, I come up with the absolute best recipes when I’m actually running out of groceries! Maybe that’s because having less ingredients to tinker [continue reading]