Grilled Avocado and more

I hope everybody had a great weekend! We had amazing weather on Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately it didn't last over the weekend, so we didn't go for a hike or in the Zoo. But that's okay, we had to take care of a few things (like renewing our Costco membership, taking advantage of a great diaper deal, .....) and overall just enjoyed a relaxed weekend.

On Saturday the hubby and me did our workout together (he started P90X on Monday - so exciting!) and it was fun doing Kenpo X together with him. Time flew by really quick. And after that we had a Smoothie with the new Chocolate Protein Powder he bought the day before. Yum! 

Today we did some more shopping and in the store I decided to grab a Larabar for the way home, because I was hungry and I planned on working out after the little one was done for a nap. The Larabar "Coconut Cream Pie" was extremely delicious. Even the hubby liked it and I hoped that he didn't want to have a 2nd bite. (hahaha)

It was the stretching routine today and while I was in the "Frog" position, our dog decided to join me. He came up all the way to my face and gave me a few kisses, little silly dog. :-)

I totally forgot to drink a green smoothie yesterday. But I thought it counts as a whole "St. Patrick's Day" weekend. So I threw all the ingredients for a Green Smoothie in my Vitamix......

It includes:

3/4 cup Vanilla Coconut Milk
1 frozen Banana (I just love frozen fruits)
3/4 cup Pineapple (fresh or frozen)
1 cup Spinach (I always freeze those bags of Spinach - works great for me)
6 oz fat free Greek yogurt
1 tbsp unsweetened coconut
1 scoop Vanilla Protein Powder
1 1/4 ice cubes (not shown in the picture)

If you use frozen Pineapple instead of a fresh one, use less ice unless you like a really thick smoothie :-)

.....and blended it up really good. THIS IS SO DELICIOUS!!! Even if you're not a spinach fan. Try it! I could drink that one every day.

Inspired by Skinny Taste 

Even though the weather wasn't as good as we hoped, we still started our BBQ season today.

We made "Grilled Avocado" for the very first time. And this one totally makes it on our "Healthy side dish" list for a BBQ.

You need:

1 Avocado
Lime juice
Olive Oil
Sea Salt (optional)
Greek Yogurt (or Sour Cream if you prefer)

Cut the Avocado in half, remove the seed, mix up the lime juice with the olive oil and brush it over the Avocado and place it, flesh side down, on the grill for about 4 to 5 minutes.

Put a scoop of Greek Yogurt in the middle, sprinkle a little bit of Sea Salt on it and dig in. Pure Yumminess!!!! Trust me.

After the avocado I had a piece of chicken, stuffed mushrooms and a Cucumber-Tomato-Feta Salad.

And my little one couldn't get enough of the corn and she wanted to eat it all by herself. :-)

Lean and Green Dinner

I couldn't go for a run yesterday. My knee doesn't feel right, right now. So I want to be careful and don't over do it. I still did my P90X workout and my arms are sore today.

I just finished my Yoga X workout for today, sweated a lot and I already had my Protein Smoothie. I used Grapefruit again, because I still had a half left in my fridge and it's so refreshing with that warm weather we're having right now.

Dinner last night was lean and green. I didn't feel like cooking and a Salad with Tuna did sound great to us. I picked up a mixed salad package. I usually don't buy them, but the mix with the Spinach, baby greens and so on sounded delicious!

I shredded two carrots into the salad, chopped up a half a onion and made a dressing out of Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, Sea Salt, Pepper, Oregano and Garlic Powder! 

I placed the salad on the plates, added the tuna (canned in water NOT olive oil) and drizzled a little bit of lemon juice on top.

Lean. Green. Delicious.

While my kids were outside playing in the yard with my husband I fixed up a delicious (and healthy) Chocolate Mousse. I am going to make it again tomorrow. So stay tuned!

Curried Chicken Salad

Before I post today's dinner tomorrow, I thought I share the one we had last night! This curried chicken salad is so freaking delicious. Everyone in this house loves it. We already had it last week, but I was craving it, because we had such high temperatures. You have to do some chopping, but it's honestly not that time consuming. And most of the time you may have all of the ingredients already in your fridge, freezer or pantry.

You need:
Serving size: About 9 Wraps

3 chicken breasts
1 1/2 apples
3 stalks of celery
3 carrots 
1/4 cup roasted Walnuts

3/4 cup Mayo (I like to use real Mayo. And not Miracle Whip with High Fructose Corn Syrup...)
3/4 tsp Hot Curry Powder
1/8 tsp Cayenne Pepper

(If you use usual Curry Powder (not the hot one) you can use 1/4 tsp of Cayenne Pepper)

Cook or grill the chicken breast. While that is going on, cut the carrots in cubs and put them in a hot pan to soften them a little bit. Chop up the celery in really small pieces (I like to use my chopper, because in that way my kids don't taste the celery too much and eat it!). Chop up the apples and after you toasted the Walnuts in a hot pan you can cut them into little pieces as well. At last cut up the chicken breast after it's cooked.....

.....and put all the ingredients in a bowl. Ad the mayo, the seasonings and add salt and pepper to your taste.

My kids like to eat this Chicken Salad served in a Whole Wheat Tortilla. Me and my husband eat it wrapped in a Romain Lettuce. And believe when I tell you, it tastes AMAZING!!!! Seriously, give the lettuce a try. This is a perfect and delicious way to eat a dinner without carbohydrates.

And I packed my daughter the leftovers and a Tortilla Wrap for lunch. Perfect! I file it under Dinner, because I usually never cook lunch. But it would make a great lunch as well.

A thank you to theartofdoingstuff for inspiring me with this recipe!

Make a Low Carb pizza using Cauliflower

Craving pizza, but trying to reduce your carb intake?

This recipe might be a great alternative for you. My family loves this recipe!

Ingredients:

3 cups riced cauliflower (1 head)

3 eggs 

3 cups (fat free) mozzarella cheese 

Oregano

Minced garlic 

Tomato sauce

Your choice of toppings

Cheese

How to "rice" cauliflower:

Remove the leaves and the core from the cauliflower. Cut it into little florets and put them in your food processor (I used our Vitamix). Pulse until the pieces have the size of rice. (If you don't have a Vitamix or other food processor you can grate the florets using a cheese grater).

Place everything in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 8 minutes. You don't need to add water for cooking process. (Or use a pan to cook it, if you don't have a microwave). 

If your pizza is going to be smaller you can freeze the leftover riced cauliflower.

How to make the crust:

Preheat your oven to 450 degree. 

Mix the riced cauliflower together with the cheese, the 3 (beaten) eggs and season it with 1 Tbs Oregano and 1 Tbs minced garlic. (Or how ever you prefer to season it). 

Transfer the mixture on a baking sheet (ours is 15 1/2" x 10") and spread it out with your hands and create your pizza crust. Place it in the oven and bake it for 15 minutes.

Once you have baked the dough you can start adding the tomato sauce, your choice of toppings and cheese! You can use canned tomato sauce. I like to make our own one. Chop up your tomato in your choice of blender and season it with minced Garlic, Sea Salt, Pepper, Oregano or your choice of spices). Note: Your toppings have to be precooked before you place them on the pizza because it's just going to be in the oven for a few minutes. Place it underneath the broiler on high until the cheese is melted. (I personally don't use cheese on my piece since it's already in the crust).

Inspired by: Eat-Drink-Smile