Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Bowl

CHIA BREAKFAST BOWL

(pale friendly)

Ingredients

Frozen Blueberries

2tbsp Chia Seeds

1tbsp Flax Seeds

1c Almond Milk

TOPPINGS

1/2 Graze "Super Fruit" Punnet

Cashews

Walden Farms SUGAR FREE ZERO CALORIE Pancake Syrup

Directions

1. Blend all ingredients together

2. Let sit for about 20 minutes, this lets the chia seeds expand and

thicken the mixture

3. Top with desired toppings! 

**TIP:

** If you would like your breakfast bowl to be more thick,

add more chia seeds and let sit longer

Single Serving Chocolate Protein Cake

Single Serving

Chocolate Protein Cake

( NO OVEN REQUIRED !! )

INGREDIENTS:

1 tbsp Protein

3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa powder

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tbsp Stevia

2 tbsp Unsweetend Apple Sauce

4 tbsp Unsweetened Almond Milk

DIRECTIONS:

Mix ALLLL ingredients together in a bowl

Microwave 60 to 90 seconds 

APPLE PUMPKIN MUFFINS & Baking Substitutes

APPLE PUMPKIN 

MUFFINS

from BodyBuilding.Com

(Not all are shown in this picture! ^^ )

INGREDIENTS

1 Cup Canned Pumpkin

1/3C Unsweeted Applesauce

1 diced apple

1/2C Plain yogurt

3 egg whites

1C Oats

3/4C Almond Flour

1/4C Vanilla Protein Powder

1C Splenda

1tsp Baking Sode

1/4 tsp salt

1.5tsp Cinnamon

1/2tsp Pumpkin Spice

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Combine all ingredients into processor 

3. Pour mixture into tins

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes

5. Allow to cool

6. SERVE! 

7. Surprise and IMPRESS your roommates :)

BAKING SUBSTITUTES 

INCLUDED IN THIS RECIPE

I love baking substitutes, cause then

 I don't feel bad about eating 2..or 3

…or the whole batch

Applesauce INSTEAD OF Oil

Almond Flour INSTEAD OF All-Purpose Flour

Splenda INSTEAD OF Sugar

Yogurt INSTEAD OF Oil

FOR MORE PUMPKIN

RECIPES VISIT HERE HERE HERE

Fruit Salsa & Cinnamon Chips

Were you asked to bring a dish 

to a get together!? 

Think no more,

 BODYBUILDING.COM 

has provided

TONS of healthy and easy 

recipes to take along with you,

like this one…

Fruit Salsa

& Cinnamon Chips

INGREDIENTS

Fruit 

( I used 1 mango, 1 apple,

2 bananas, 1/2c unsweetend strawberries

& 1/2c unsweetend blueberries)

2tbsp Splenda

1tbs Brown Sugar

3tbsp Sugar-Free fruit spread

2tbsp Orange Juice

10 Whole Wheat Tortilla Shells

Cooking Spray

2tbsp Cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, mix together fruit

2. Stir together Splenda, Brown sugar, sugar-free fruit spread

and orange juice

3. Pour this over fruit and toss until covered

4. Place in the fridge for at least 15 minutes

DIRECTIONS for CHIPS

1. Coat one side of each tortilla with cooking spray

and use pizza cutter to slice tortilla into strips

2. Lay strips on a baking sheet

3. Sprinkle with cinnamon and spray with  

cooking spray one more time

4. Back for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees F 

(or until brown)

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

sit back and watch friends

devour all of it (:

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PB2 COOKIES

PB2 COOKIES

+ an extra clip of my roommates reactions !

 INGREDIENTS

1/2 Cup Oat Flour

1/2 Cup PB2 (or Chocolate PB2)

1/4 Cup Unsweetened Applesauce

1/3 Cup Vanilla Protein Powder

1/2tsp baking soda

non-stick spray

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. dry ingredients into zee bowl

3. mix egg & applesauce

4. combine dry and wet ingredients

5. spray baking sheet & shape to form cookies

6. Bake for 8-10 minutes

FOR MORE

Delicious & Nutritious Recipes

VISIT:

 www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbmainnut.htm

AND… the moment you've all been waiting for, not only do I

get my roommate's reactions but I also make them guess

what is in them :)

(they know me so well)

                   

Cauliflower Crust Pizza

After MANY trial and errors,

 I think I have finally mastered the cauliflower crust :) 

Whatcha need, what whatcha need!?

And so the process begins…

1. Preheat oven to 425

2. Cut up your cauliflower and place it into a food processor

3. Process until it becomes super fine, almost a fluffy rice texture

(See picture below)

Step #4.. the step that is literally CRUCIAL to crispy crust

4. Place cauliflower into a cheese cloth to drain out AS MUCH 

water as possible. The less water in the crust the more crispy and pizza like it will be.

( See cheese cloth picture below)

5. Mix cauliflower in a bowl with egg and cheese

6. Place a sheet of parchment paper over a baking sheet

7. Season "dough" with whatever you choose ( I used Mrs.Dash Garlic & Herb)

8. Spread dough across parchment paper as THIN as possible

9. Lightly spray top of "dough" with non-stick spray

10. Bake 10-15minutes

TOPPING IDEAS:

- Salsa, Black Beans, Corn, and Grond Turkey (taco pizza (as shown in mine))

- Sauce, Cheese, Pepperoni, veggies, etc. (traditional pizza)*

- Leave plain and dip in red sauce (bread sticks)

*If you are topping with traditional pizza toppings, feel free to put

the dough back into the oven after you have placed your toppings

to let the sauce and cheese heat up

Nutrition
Crust:
183 Calories
8g Carbs
10g Fat
16g Protein

Now you can have your pizza and eat it too ; )

Truth behind ENERGY BARS

This is a MUST see

Most energy bars are FILLED with sugar, artificial ingredients and

sometimes ingredients that you can't even pronounce. 

It is so important that you check the ingredients on every bar to make

sure there are ONLY natural ingredients. 

People are so easy to see past the ingredients just because 

the company CLAIMS they are "healthy"

CLIFF BARS

- These are not THE WORST for you but they do contain a buttload of 
unnecessary sugar, 6 teaspoons!

 

GREEN "Super" Food

- The only super this food will give you is..super HUNGRY in 10 minutes. 

Fructose and Sugar makes up for 26 grams of each bar. This type of sugar will leave 

you feeling even more hungry.

 

Nutri-Grain Yogurt Bars

- Sure theres only 130 calories and 3.5 grams of fat,

BUT there are 12gr of sugar, artificial flavors and uhmm..

may I ask what "Red 40" is?  Yes, that's an ingredient

 

Kudos

- Sure it's appealing because of the 100-130 calories, but not only

are the calories lacking..so is the protein and fiber. 

Here's another bar that will leave you feeling hungry for more

 

 Met-RX BIG 100

- Filled with sugar, salt, and a ton of Trans Fat. 

no, no and no.

 

Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut

- Yeaup, Believe it or not these bars are

PACKED with 11g of sugar and 

barely any fiber, vitamins, or nutrients

 

PowerBar

- 140 mg of SODIUM, 21g of SUGAR

2nd ingredient- High Maltose Brown Rice SYRUP..wtf?

 

Quaker- Oatmeal To Go

This makes me sad :(

They are SO YUMMY but so terrible!

There's as much high fructose corn syrup and brown sugar

in them as there are OATS

 

Odwalla

ONE of  these bars..is worse than a starbucks double shot can!!

17g of sugar and 5gr of fat.. NO  THANK YOU

so now you're saying...

WHAT DO I EAT  ???!! 

My suggestion.. play it safe and stay away from any kind of BAR

Energy bar, protein bar, whatever bar.  

Or if you're feeling REAL creative, there are many ways to make your own!

 

INGREDIENTS

1 scoop protein powder

1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup Oats
4 egg whites
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp natural peanut butter

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the egg whites and uncooked oatmeal. Add the remaining ingredients.
Spray a nonstick cooking spray in an 8"x8" baking dish. 

Spread the mixture in an even layer, over the bottom of the dish.

 Bake for about 15-20 minutes, or until the edge starts to pull away from the side 

Switch is up with different flavored protein powder and applesauce's!