One Quick Post with lots of Good Eats

Happy Monday!!! (that’s for you Ashwhee )

Hope you are all enjoying the start to the week. Because of all the crazy snow (yes I know you are tired of hearing about it) I worked from home today. And on top of all the snow we had, we are expecting up to 20 MORE inches. I know, crazy.

Did you watch the Superbowl yesterday? We didn’t really do anything special since most of our friends were snowed in, so we just watched the game and made a more simple Superbowl menu. Most people get excited for the actual Superbowl Game, but I get excited about the game day EATS. What can I say? I’m a foodie at heart. Most of the time we tend to eat a lot of junk food for the superbowl so I tried to make our game day eats healthy and satisfying.

We had some munchies…

A one serving bag of Pirate’s Booty, which i LOOOVVEEE! Look how simple the ingredient list is. I know it’s not the healthiest snack in the world, but for a chips or white cheddar popcorn alternative, this is great snack.

Later I made eggplant “chips” that were so disgusting I did not even want to put them on the blog. It was just sliced eggplant that I put in the oven on the lowest setting for about an hour.

Next up was another batch of bruschetta. This time I did not sear the bread in olive oil. Just toasted it and topped with thin slizes of mozzarella, and tomato mixture. I was out of fresh basil so I used dried basil instead, and it tasted great.

And I made veggies and hummus. My veggie platter had raw carrots, celery, and broccoli with a mixture of hummus and salsa. I love mixing hummus and salsa together. It gives the hummus much more flavor with out a lot of calories. This salsa was peach/pineapple.

After our snackies we moved on to the main course. I present to you, the BEST hamburgers I’ve ever made with a side of roasted parsnip fries. The patties were made with 93/7 lean ground beef, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and All Natural BBQ sauce. I think it was the BBQ that was added to the raw meat that really kicked it up a notch. These were so juicy and delicious. My burger had a piece of 2% milk provolone, lettuce, tomato, and a little more BBQ and honey mustard. I’m not joking, it was so juicy and flavorful.

The parsnip fries were something new, and I really enjoyed the spiciness of them. I basically like any root vegetable made into a fry and these were just that. I just tossed them in a little EVOO with salt and pepper and roasted them for about 1/2 hour at 400 degrees. This was a great healthy alternative to regular fries.

This morning I had a Biotta juice, coffee, and a protein muffin. Biotta is a company that makes organic juices that are simply the fruit or vegetable and nothing else. This particular juice tasted like a bahama breeze. As I was drinking it, I thought how good it would be sitting on a beach somewhere or even in a mixed drink.

Later I made a power smoothie. This thick and hearty smoothie included:

• Unsweetened vanilla and chocolate almond milk
• Amazing Grass Green Superfood Packet
• Organic Maca Powder
• Chia Seeds
• frozen blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries
• 2 handfuls organic spinach

I love the chocolate Amazing Grass Superfood. I add it to almost all of my smoothies for all the nutrients and rich chocolate flavor. See more under my Favorite Products on the side of my blog.

Even though I drank the entire smoothie, it was probably one of the more disgusting ones I’ve ever made. I don’t know what it was, but it was gross. I think I like the sweetness the frozen banana adds to the smoothies and that is exactly what this one was missing.

I also had another one of Angela’s Classic Glo Bars in the afternoon for a little pick me up. I really do love her bars. I like that they are not too sweet and really fill me up after eating one. No other bar does that!

Now I’m off to have some dinner and finish up some work. Hope you have a great night!

Tagged as: Amazing Grass, Biotta Juices, chia seeds, Glo Bars, green monster, hamburgers, Maca Powder, Pirate's Booty, veggies and hummus