Category Archives: Recipes

Baked Salmon

September 12th 2013
Baked Salmon (recipe from the 21 Day Ultimate Reset) and any sides you want. Tonight we added baked sweet potato and sautéed spinach with oil and garlic. Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, minced 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil ¼ tsp. Himalayan salt ½ tsp. herbal seasoning 1 Tbsp. lemon juice 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley 1 6-oz. salmon fillet Directions: In a medium glass bowl, prepare marinade by mixing garlic, oil, basil, salt, seasoning, lemon Continue Reading >

Beets & Soba Noodles with Pea Pesto

September 6th 2013
You can see the recipe for Mediterranean beets on a previous post Soba Noodles with Pea Pesto from Karma Chow (slight modifications) 1 8.8 ounce package of soba noodles (gluten free buckwheat is best) usually find them in the Asian isle of Central Market 1 10 ounce bag of frozen peas, thawed 2 garlic cloves 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts, plus a few for garnish 1/4 cup of basil (Karma Chow calls for fresh mint I replaced mint with basil) Himalayan salt to taste 1 Tablespoon of lemon Continue Reading >

Black Bean Chili with Quinoa

September 6th 2013
Black Bean Chili with Quinoa (makes 4 servings 1 1/2 cups chili and 1/4 cup quinoa each) 4 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 large red bell pepper, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 cans (16 ounces each) lower sodium black beans, drained 1 (16 ounce) tomato sauce 2 teaspoons mild chili powder 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt 3 cups cooked quinoa 1 small jalepeno chopped 1 Continue Reading >

Mediterranean Beets with Collard Greens & Millet

August 17th 2013
Mediterranean Roasted Beets with Coconut Collard Greens & Toasted Millet This is one of our favorite recipes from the 21 day Ultimate Reset. Easy to prep, the organic beets are usually less than $3 a bunch and you can eat them cold on a salad or warm. Beets have amazing health properties too. You can google it but one of the main benefits is to the colon and helping to guard against colon cancer. You can serve the beets with anything and even add beef if you want. Beets with collard greens and millet Continue Reading >

Why should you make your own salad dressing?

August 16th 2013
Why should you make your own salad dressing Have you ever really looked at your salad dressing label? I don’t have any here anymore. We make our own dressing. 90% of the time when we eat out I will ask for oil and vinegar. The other 10% I will have the house dressing. It wasn’t until we completed the 21 day Ultimate Reset last year that we realized just how easy and yummy it is to make our own dressing. Why make your own dressing? - Cost savings - Fewer preservatives and other Continue Reading >

Stuffed Jalepenos

July 4th 2013
Happy 4th of July! Some of you who follow us may think we are these clean eating, workout machines. Nope! We follow the 80/20 rule. We eat clean and workout 80% of the time and allow ourselves rest and "cheat" meals 20% of the time. Here is one of our favorite recipes. It is one we make 2 or 3 times a year and when we bring them to a party we are requested to bring them again or we will not be allowed to return. Stuffed Jalepenos Ingredients: 15 medium to large fresh, whole jalepenos 2 Continue Reading >