Healthy/Nutritious Favorite Recipes

[ourcrazynavylife]

Let's Share Them

[ourcrazynavylife]

These are my two favorites from the week.

Pepper "nachos"
Modifications: I used a can of tomato sauce instead of salsa and I used way less cheese to top them. I used the little sweet peppers and just cut them in half instead of bell peppers.

Healthy Icecream:
(Two servings)
1 banana
2-4tsps peanut butter
Splash of coconut/cashew/almond milk

1. Slice banana in 1/2" coins and lay flat in a container/dish/etc. place in freezer for 4 hours (overnight even better)
2. Take frozen banana pieces and combine with other ingredients. (Milk just for texture). Blend in food processor well.
3. Enjoy (can sit in freezer after blending if you prefer a firmer ice cream)

[megpie5]

Those both look delicious ourcrazynavylife ! We like this spaghetti squash chicken parm. You can skip the breading process to make it even healthier.
www.layersofhappiness.com/chicken-parmesan-spaghetti-squash/

[ashlantic]

Thanks for starting this ourcrazynavylife! We've been trying to reduce how much red meat we eat, so any chicken and fish recipes you've got, I'll take em!

[BabyStandish]

Heres some stuff I've cooked recently. We are eating vegan at home

Stuffed peppers
www.thegardengrazer.com/2015/10/mexican-quinoa-stuffed-peppers.html?m=1

Sweet potato black bean burgers
happyhealthymama.com/2016/05/sweet-potato-black-bean-burgers.html#_a5y_p=5351087

Sesame tofu Thai dish (I used rice noodles)
pinchofyum.com/sesame-zoodles

[littlelion]

BabyStandish, those stuffed peppers look yummy, esp topped with guac!

megpie5, I've always wanted to try spaghetti squash!

[ourcrazynavylife]

These Pumpkin Pancakes have been my go to breakfast now for weeks. Yum!

littlelion I make these Turkey Meatballs and serve with spaghetti squash and tomato sauce

ashlantic these are one of my favorites (we use ground turkey)
chicken Parmesan bites

[megpie5]

littlelion you should try it, it's ridiculously easy to make, cheap and F loves it!

[megpie5]

ourcrazynavylife I love how that recipe specifies NOT pumpkin pie filling lol

[laceysbryan]

www.primaverakitchen.com/asparagus-sweet-potato-chicken-skillet/ Made this the other night and loaded it up with yellow curry seasoning and some extra garlic. It was really good!!
www.thepinningmama.com/easy-fajita-chicken-bake-recipe/ This is a super quick and easy healthy recipe.
ifoodreal.com/quinoa-chicken-pot-pie-recipe/ This is one of my favorites because duh chicken pot pie, but it's a little too labor intensive for a weeknight for me.

[ashlantic]

ourcrazynavylife pumpkin anything is my jam! Going to have to try those .

We grilled chicken breast with a dry rub (I'll look up the recipe in the morning- it's in an actual cookbook.)

I picked up some fresh beets and green/wax beans at the farmer's market. Favorite summer veggies.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Clean Ranch Dressing
I skip the green onion and just do a little onion powder and I do dried parsley instead of fresh.

Clean BBQ Sauce
I skip the sugar & molasses on this one and just add a little maple syrup. Also sub chipotle powder for liquid smoke.

[ourcrazynavylife]

I don't really have a recipe but I like to do Waldorf type salads for lunch or dinner on class nights.

I'll do a serving of kale (could use fresh broccoli too)
A scoop of greek yogurt
Cut up strawberries
Chopped up turkey bacon (cooked of course)
Maybe a dash of pepper
Walnuts optional

Stir it all up and pack it for lunch. Kale holds up really well in the fridge overnight and doesn't get soggy like lettuce.

But it's an awesome sweet, salty, tangy medley.

[littlelion]

Anyone have healthy cake/dessert recipes? I was craving cake with icing the other day so bought angel food cake, strawberries, and cool whip. The angel food cake was yuck! Threw that out. I haven't tried the cool whip yet.

[ourcrazynavylife]

littlelion I tried the avocado brownies and they were really gross.

These are next on my list to try.

Flourless Brownie Muffins

Pumpkin Brownies

Pumpkin Pie Bites

[littlelion]

ourcrazynavylife lol that sounds like the almond joy avocado truffle recipe I saw. Love avocado & love chocolate, but together?! No gracias! Let me know how those pumpkin ones come out!

[ourcrazynavylife]

littlelion one of my favorite things to do is use "mug recipes". They're not healthy or clean by any means. However it does provide you with portion control since it only makes one piece and then you don't have a whole pan of brownies or cake sitting around to tempt you for the rest of the week.

[ashlantic]

Jul 21, 2016 7:49:09 GMT -5 littlelion said:

ourcrazynavylife lol that sounds like the almond joy avocado truffle recipe I saw. Love avocado & love chocolate, but together?! No gracias! Let me know how those pumpkin ones come out!

We also once tried black bean brownies. Do not recommend. Blech!

[ashlantic]

The dry rub we put on our chicken:

We make this in the fall when we're looking for a vegetarian dinner. It uses quite a bit of cheese, but I love the flavor of the apples and carrots. diethood.com/apple-cheddar-cheese-soup/

Does anyone have a good squash soup recipe? We've tried a couple and not had a lot of success. Maybe I need a better food processor, but we couldn't get it smooth enough.

Edited to fix link.

[ourcrazynavylife]

ashlantic now see my SIL makes a black bean cake/cupcakes and it's awesome! Especially with peanut butter icing.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Okay this is semi on-topic haha

You guys I am sooo freaking excited about the new program being released by Beachbody.

It's a low-impact cardio routine based on dancing to your FAVORITE COUNTRY SONGS!!

How fun is that?!

Country Heat Preview Country Heat

[raven]

Jul 21, 2016 23:10:44 GMT -5 ourcrazynavylife said:

Okay this is semi on-topic haha

You guys I am sooo freaking excited about the new program being released by Beachbody.

It's a low-impact cardio routine based on dancing to your FAVORITE COUNTRY SONGS!!

How fun is that?!

Country Heat Preview Country Heat

That sounds... Awesome!! I hate the techno/dance beats most programs use to get you moving. Makes me want to move out the door. I would totally do this!

[ourcrazynavylife]

raven I can send you the link to look at if you want. The challenge pack launches the 27th and the base pack launches the 28th. They're expecting it to possibly sell out.

[ourcrazynavylife]

Fixate French Toast

For the egg wash-
2 eggs
2 Tbsp almond milk (regular works fine too)
1 tsp syrup
1/2 tsp cinnamon (or more )
And I added a bit of vanilla extract as well

Scramble all of that & then dredge your bread of choice for a couple min on each side (recipe calls for Ezekial bread, but I just used regular whole wheat)

Then just brown in a pan with a little coconut oil & you're set!

[nemomof2]

ashlantic we do a roasted carrot and butternut squash soup that is pretty amazing (if I do say so myself) I cube the carrots and squash, toss them in olive oil and salt and pepper and PPP in a 375 degree oven. While they are getting tender I start on the onions and get them tender in a big soup pot on the stove top, add a little white wine to deglaze (you could just us broth if you wanted to) add more broth and then add the roast veggies. Since the squash and carrots are already soft I just put in my emersion/stick blender and buzz away. Towards the end I might had a little milk or cream (depending what I have on hand) and blend again. Season to taste.
I am a really big texture person, especially when it comes to squash and I love this soup. It is a fall go to in or house.
It's a nice thick soup and is very filling.

[ashlantic]

Jul 25, 2016 1:00:11 GMT -5 nemomof2 said:

ashlantic we do a roasted carrot and butternut squash soup that is pretty amazing (if I do say so myself) I cube the carrots and squash, toss them in olive oil and salt and pepper and PPP in a 375 degree oven. While they are getting tender I start on the onions and get them tender in a big soup pot on the stove top, add a little white wine to deglaze (you could just us broth if you wanted to) add more broth and then add the roast veggies. Since the squash and carrots are already soft I just put in my emersion/stick blender and buzz away. Towards the end I might had a little milk or cream (depending what I have on hand) and blend again. Season to taste.
I am a really big texture person, especially when it comes to squash and I love this soup. It is a fall go to in or house.
It's a nice thick soup and is very filling.

This sounds amazing! Thank you.

[ourcrazynavylife]

I made the chocolate muffins/cupcakes that I posted earlier.

They weren't bad. Came out much better than the brownies. DH even ate two.