Snack Time: Kale Chips

Mr. S and I went out last night to celebrate my birthday. There was a little too much tequila involved, I'm not going to deny it.

So here I am, guzzling water bottles and craving a salty snack. I'm craving that greasy hangover food!

Instead of running through the drive through and grabbing some greasy fries or scarfing a bag of potato chips, I'm making my own healthy alternative to get me back on track. I'm making kale chips!

Recipe below!

Ingredients:
 1 bunch kale
 1 TBSP olive oil
 1 tsp seasoned salt

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. With a knife or kitchen shears, remove the leaves from teh thick stem and tear into bite sized pieces. Washe and thuroughly dry kale with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoned salt

 3. Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, about 10-15 minutes.

Sweet Snack: "Fried" Honey Bananas

I have the day off today and so does Mr. S. We've been intermittently getting chores done around the house and lounging with our dogs on the couch. It's been a really nice, relaxing day. It's almost 3pm though, and I'm craving a sweet pick me up before my workout. Enter, "fried" honey bananas. Yum!

Ingredients:
1 firm banana, sliced evenly
1 TBSP honey
coconut or olive oil
Dash cinnamon (if desired)


Directions:
Heat a skillet over medium heat and drizzle a small amount of oil in pan.
Place bananas in pan and cook for around 1-2 minutes, then flip and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
While the bananas are cooking, dilute the honey with a TBSP water, to thin it.
Remove pan from heat and drizzle with honey mixture
Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired


Recipe courtesy of rachelschultz.com

What's for dinner?

I needed something quick and easy for dinner tonight because I've been running around like crazy all day. This is one of my healthy and fast go-to meals that the hubs requests again and again.

Pesto Chicken Roll-ups

Ingredients:

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Low fat mozzarella cheese sticks

Pre-made or homemade pesto sauce

Directions:

Pound out (I do this in a Ziploc bag) as many chicken breasts as you want to make.
Then spread about a tablespoon of pesto sauce on one side.
Cut low fat mozzarella string cheese sticks in half and place on top of the pest you have just spread.
Grab one end of chicken and start to roll upwards, around the mozzarella.
Place each roll in a glass baking dish.
Top with more pesto if desired and bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes or until juices from chicken run clear.
Enjoy!

Getting bikini ready!

I can't believe that we're halfway through January already!!! Yikes! Before we know it, we'll be shedding those puffy winter coats and thick sweaters for sheer fabrics and (gulp...) bikinis! I refuse to spend another year fretting over every jiggle and bulge in my bathing suit. What about you? Are you ready to make a change and enter summer as a new, confident you?!?

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