Friday, February 24, 2012

Black Bean Quesadillas

So I was actually home the last couple of nights and I was able to cook. YAY! I have been reading a Women’s Health book the past few days and last night I made Black Bean Quesadillas (from the book) and Lightly Seasoned Southwestern Corn from Birdseye, a simple but oh so good meal. Here is a picture of how it turned out and a link to the original recipe.

Instead of making the corn salad in the recipe I just made the steam fresh bag from Birdseye.
Since it was only me at home last night Luke and I have leftovers for lunch today. Yum!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Shakeology and Morgan’s Veggie burgers



Hi everyone,
  So I have been have been eating really healthy and work out since the new year and I am happy to say I am down 10lbs! I couldn’t be happier. A couple of weeks ago my friend from High school introduced me to this amazing, awesome tasting shake called Shakelology. You can drink it as a meal replacement or a snack and it’s only 140 calories. I loved it so much I became a beachbody coach so I could tell everyone I know about it and help people get healthier happier lives.  
Shakeology helps reduced your appetite and increased your energy, it can lowered your total cholesterol levels and it can help you lose weigh and maintain your weight loss.

You get a lot of vitamins and minerals from Shakeology, but to speed up your metabolism you should stick to a workout plan and this simple healthy eating schedule. With five meals or snacks.

Breakfast: Within an hour of waking up.
Snack: 2 to 3 hours after breakfast.
Lunch: 2 to 3 hours after snack.
Snack: 2 to 3 hours after lunch.
Dinner: Finish at least 3 hours before bed.


On Valentines Day they are coming out with a 100% Vegan Strawberry flavor... nom nom nom.

The price of the shake breaks down to $4 a day for 30 days.

You can read more about it and order it using this link: http://myshakeology.com/esuite/home/MorganLaRue

  You can also purchase a bunch of workout videos like P90X, INSANITY, Brazil Butt Lift®, ect from my coach site:
 http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/MORGANLARUE#
 Now on to the Morgan’s Veggie Burgers

 This is my go to veggie burger recipe. I can’t stand the frozen ones from the grocery store so I double or triple the recipe and freeze my own.
 This recipe has a lot of ingredients but do not be intimidated. Once you make these you will never buy morning star again.

Here is the original recipe: Morgan's Veggie Patties


I change it up by adding chopped carrots, no oil, I grind up the gluten free oats to make oat flour, I do not use the bread crumbs and I use a ¼ cup of egg whites or if I want to make it vegan I use ground flax seed and water instead of the egg whites. Also sometimes I use pinto beans instead of the white beans. All depends on what I have on hand. I also do not fry them, I put them under the broiler for 5 min flip and put back under the broiler for another 5 min. Once cooled I put in freezer bags and grab one out as needed. To heat them up just pop one in the microwave, cover with a damp paper towel.
I usually do not eat these with bread either I just put spicy hummus on top and top that with spinach a side salad or brown rice (depends on my mood) and some kind of steamed veggie.

YUMMY!