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Partially freeze a banana, don’t let it freeze, just get really, really cold. Put the super cold banana in the blender or food processor. Add a couple tablespoons of unsweetened almond or coconut milk. Add a tablespoon of unsweetened coco powder. Blend until smooth. If your banana is ripe it will provide plenty of…
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Cubed avocado in a bowl of tortilla soup is really yummy. Adds a bit of coolness to the spices in the soup.
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Don't knock until you've tried it....make a chocolate smoothie. Really cold, or frozen avocado chunks (about a half and avocado is good) some nut or soy milk (about 1/4 cup for one smoothie), 1 - 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, and some honey or pure maple syrup to sweeten. Blend it up until it looks like a chocolate…
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Specialty salads in most restaurants. I had a lunch portion sized BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad at Champps today, but had seared Ahi Tuna instead of the chicken on the salad. Almost 700 calories!!! Didn't realize they put the dressing on the salad before they serve it (didn't think to ask, duh!) so it came with the typical…
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I think we're so conditioned to the notion that we must feel 'full' or satisfied by the foods we eat that we think if our stomach doesn't feel 'full', we must be hungry. We've been slowly conditioned to eat until we're stuffed by the 'super-sized' portions of most restaurants and fast food places, and buffet style…
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Made this up one night, it was sooo good, my husband does not like ground turkey as a substitute for ground beef, so I was trying to think 'outside the box'! Turkey Loaf: ground turkey (about 1 - 1 1/2 lbs) plain bread crumbs (1/4 - 1/2 cup) 1 egg (use 2 eggs if using larger amt of gr turkey) poultry seasoning - about 1…
