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Sunday, December 21, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Recipe: A Mexican Meal
If you know me you know I LOVE Mexican food... I think I could eat it every single day! I found this recipe for crockpot pulled chicken to use for tacos and it is SO good and SOOOO easy! I have made these tacos two times now and they are so delicious, you must try!
The steps are so easy! All you have to do is put
- 6 Boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts
- 1 Jar of Salsa
- 1 Packet of taco seasoning
Into the crockpot and stir it.
Turn it on Low for 6-8 hours OR High for 4-6 hours.
And then you're all set to go off to work or what ever your day brings and come back to some simple prep and an awesome Mexican meal!
At the end of time the chicken has in the crockpot you pull the chicken apart with a fork. It's super easy and falls right apart!
Another thing I made to go along with our Mexican meal was a Mexican White Cheese Dip! Such a yummy appetizer and addition to tacos and nachos!
Ingredients:
- - 1/2 pound of white american cheese
- - 1/4 cup of milk (maybe more if you want it thinner)
- - 1 tablespoon of butter
- - 1 (4 oz) can of green chili's
- - Teaspoon of cumin
- - Teaspoon of garlic salt
- - Cayenne pepper - a pinch
Directions:
- Place cheese, milk, and butter in a sauce pan over low heat.
- Heat until melted - stirring frequently.
- Stir in the green chilli's, cumin, garlic salt, and the cayenne pepper.
- Add more milk to make it thinner if desired
- Serve immediately with chips, tortillas, and your favorite mexican dish!
My family likes to put out bowls of lettuce, tomato, sour cream, cheese, and hot sauce and make a little taco toppings bar and each person can create whatever they desire with tortillas or chips!
Some of us prefer Tacos (above) and some of us like making a plate of Nachos (below) but we all enjoyed adding the white cheese dip to whatever our creation was!
If you like Mexican food you'll love this and how easy it is! So little effort and SO MUCH flavor!!!
ENJOY! :)
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Pre-Packaged Smoothies
A little bit of DIY and a little bit of recipe combined!!
The other day my friend and I took a trip to Giant after reading up on smoothie making 101. On the search for nuts, seeds, kale, spinach, fruit, etc... Well, we were lost and I think we went back and forth in some aisles one too many times... But, maybe that counts as exercise which will contribute to our new goals!
I know that I am always in a hurry because I never leave myself enough time to get ready because I am not a morning person and I rarely eat breakfast... Not good, I know! I also would never eat some of the things in the smoothies individually and I rarely get my recommended daily amount of fruit.
With these smoothie packs- they are already ready to go. Just need to be thrown in the blender with 1-2 cups of whatever liquid I want! Sounds easy enough and it's good for me? I can give that a shot.
Well, let's just get to it!
This is everything that we got! (combined for 2 people)
• Kale
• Spinach
• Quart sized Ziploc bags
• Flax Milk
• Flax Seeds
• Sunflower Nuts
• Oatmeal
• Fresh Bananas
• Frozen Strawberries, Blueberries, Berry Medley, and Pineapple
Some of the ingredients we already had in our pantries and keep in mind you DO NOT have to use these exact items!
From reading on other blogs and websites we came to the conclusion you need Nuts, Seeds, Oats, Fruit, and Greens and a liquid... but, you can pick any variation you want!
Nuts: We went with Sunflower nuts because it was easy to find in the store, on sale, and this is what other people online were using!
Fruits: We chose to use frozen fruit for convenience and just grabbed every kind we liked that would go well in different combinations. We planned to make each of our bags a little different to give us some variation throughout the week.
Greens: We went with Kale and Spinach. They both seem to be popular, nutritious and what everyone else is using... good enough for me!
Liquid: We randomly came across Flax Milk in the organic aisle of the grocery store. We both bought unsweetened protein+ Flax Milk.
It has plant based protein, no lactose/gluten/tree nuts/soy, and 1200mg of omega 3s per serving.
Other suggestions we saw to add to your smoothies were water, coconut water, almond milk, regular milk, and fruit juices.
To start we put baggies out on the counter and rolled the tops down so they stayed open.
So basically this is what you need in each baggie...
1 Tbsp of nuts
1 Tbsp of seeds
1/4 cup oatmeal
1-2 cups mixed fruit (any combination you want)
Big handful of mixed greens
& when you're ready to make your smoothie just add 1-2 cups of your liquid of choice
& when you're ready to make your smoothie just add 1-2 cups of your liquid of choice
I labeled my bags with what fruit combination was in there so in the morning I can pick what kind of smoothie I want by simply reading the bag.
We tasted tested one of our smoothies when were were done.
This one has Blueberries, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, and Bananas!
It wasn't a complete fail, but I just think the recipe I used needs a little tweaking to meet my approval.
It didn't taste terrible but it didn't taste as much like fruit as I was expecting. I think they need more than 1 cup of fruit and maybe a little less nuts and seeds. The smoothie tasted too much like the seeds, nuts, and oats. I am sure that can be fixed by adding more fruit or using fruit juice as a liquid!
It might take a couple tries to get it tasting great but I am still willing to try! And if not, I can still power through drinking them once a day as they weren't THAT bad.
Have any smoothie tips?
Inspired to start getting healthy with us?
Comment below!
All photos © S. Canning Photography 2014
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