4/23/2014 Yellow Curried Sweet Potato Noodles Packed with VeggiesAs you know, I've completely fallen in love with the Spiralizer. This amazing tool turns my favorite veggies into pasta-like noodles and it makes it so easy to eat clean, to get creative with my dinners, and to fill up on healthy veggies. It's just the best! For a while, I was just keeping it safe and sticking with zucchini noodles (check out my Bikini Zucchini Bolognese recipe) but I finally decided to break out of the zoodles routine and spiralize sweet potatoes. I am SO glad I tried it because now it's become one of my favorite go-to dinner ideas! I'm always looking for a reason to use my favorite Yellow Curry Sauce from Trader Joe's, and sweet potato noodles seemed like the perfect excuse. I didn't quite know where to start, so I checked out the amazing Inspiralized blog for ideas, and of course I found exactly what I was looking for. Alli's Creamy Vegetable Thai Red Curry w/ Sweet Potato Noodles was the perfect inspiration. I spiralized my sweet potatoes, sauteed whatever veggies I had on hand (this is a great fridge-cleanout recipe!), added in some garbanzo beans and fresh cilantro, poured in the TJ's Yellow Curry and within a few minutes, dinner was ready! That's my kind of WeekNight Bite! This recipe is not to be missed, and here is everything you'll need to create it for your dinner tonight: Ingredients 2 medium sweet potatoes - spiralized into noodles (peel them, slice off the ends, cut them in half, and run them through the spiralizer using the smallest blade) 1 tbsp coconut oil 2 cloves garlic - minced 1 tsp fresh ginger - minced 2 cups cauliflower florets 2 cups sugar snap peas 1 can garbanzo beans - rinsed and drained 3/4 cup Trader Joe's Yellow Curry Sauce 1/4 cup chopped cilantro Salt and pepper to taste Serves 3-4 - Heat coconut oil in a large sauce pan until it is melted. Add garlic and ginger and saute for a few seconds. - Add cauliflower and snap peas and cook until the cauliflower has started to soften. - Add curry sauce and stir to coat veggies evenly. - Add sweet potato noodles and garbanzo beans. Cook for about 10 minutes or until noodles are at desired consistency. You may choose to add more curry sauce if it has started to absorb and you like it a bit more saucy (I do!). Feel free to use any cury sauce you love - it doesn't have to be the TJ's one! - Season with salt and pepper to taste. - Once noodles are cooked, serve into bowls and garnish with fresh cilantro. ENJOY! I know you will absolutely love this recipe! It's a great excuse to get creative and make something totally new and different than your usual dinners. Whenever I go all-veggie for dinner, I always feel light and healthy afterwards. It's great for your body to take a break from meat every now and then and fill up on nutrient-packed vegetables. Sometimes it's challenging to get out of our cooking routines, but with the spiralizer, it makes it so easy to create satisfying and filling vegetarian meals. For more spiralizing ideas, make sure to check out Inspiralized!
New recipe video coming your way next week - stay tuned, it's a good one! :)
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4/9/2014 Clean Eating 101 + WNB's First Guest Post & A Clean Recipe: Layered Quinoa Fiesta Salad!We've all heard about "eating clean", right? I know it's a phrase I throw around often . . . After an indulgent weekend, Monday morning rolls around and I can usually be caught saying "ughhh! I need to eat cleeeaan this week and detox immediately!" But what does it really mean to eat clean? It's not as hard as you may think, and I've brought in the Clean Eating expert (for our very first guest post ever!) to show us the way! Enter the fabulous Christina Markos --> A SoCal native with a passion for wellness, cooking, and nutrition. Tina and I met through our mutual friend Sierra while wine tasting in Santa Barbara and hit it off instantly. We talked about our love of cooking and our favorite healthy recipes, and I heard all about her culinary training, nutrition courses that she has taken, and her job as the editor for the Adelle Davis Foundation’s online magazine, which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of one of America’s most famous nutritionists, while promoting health and supporting programs that build school gardens and wellness programs at major Universities nationwide. Amazing right? I can't think of a better person to write today's guest post! Alright let's get into it . . . Here are all the rules, tips, and clean eating tricks from Tina: Clean Eating is NOT a diet, it is simply lifestyle change and one we can all make pretty easily! There are no “restrictions” with clean eating, you simply begin by eating more healthy foods - foods that contain nutrients that are essential and vital. You eat food in its purest form as much as you can to eliminate added preservatives and chemicals. When people try to “diet”, their life becomes focused on that diet- they are no longer able to go out to eat with friends anymore, they start to really crave the foods they can’t have and end up bingeing on something that wasn’t on their “diet”. Their life becomes their diet. Clean eating works in reverse, you eat foods that are delicious, healthy and in turn give you more energy, a clearer mind, and a stronger body so your life can be about YOU, not a diet. Diets are not healthy and they confuse your metabolism which is crucial for regulating your digestive system and maintaining a healthy weight. Clean eating is a way of life, something that you can start today and stick to forever! Tina's 6 Simple Ways to Start Eating Clean TODAY 1. Eat an orange instead of drinking a glass of OJ. Eating the “whole” version of something is almost always the better choice. The more processed the food is, the more it becomes laden with preservatives, sugars, artificial dyes, ingredients, and other added “flavors”. Any item in its natural unprocessed form is always best. 2. Only buy things with 6 ingredients or less. Have you ever looked at the ingredient list of most processed foods there are at the grocery store? There are tons and tons of unhealthy and unnatural ingredients- even hidden in health food products! Eating clean means staying away from all of those unnatural ingredients that accumulate as toxins in our bodies. Keep it simple and you will be healthier. A handful of homemade trail mix or raw nuts, or an organic string cheese and apple are great on-the-go ideas, and if you have to get a bar, choose gluten free and vegan option such as larabars which have 3 ingredients or less (fruits+nuts+salt). You can also try making your own bars! 3. Use healthy fats and oils. When you are clean eating, you want to use healthy cooking oils and consume healthy fats. Extra virgin olive oil, grape seed and coconut oil are going to be the best options. As for healthy fats (other than those oils), stick to nuts and nut butters, flax seeds, avocado, low-fat dairy, and salmon. All of these contain those healthy omega-3 fatty acids that are so good for us. 4. Rid your pantry of highly processed foods. Example: that box of cookies or cheesy crackers. Opt for healthy snack and dessert alternatives. Low-fat cheese or raw nut butter and wasa crisps or yogurt dip with veggies. Desserts could include a healthy low-fat greek yogurt parfait with berries, cacao nibs and agave nectar, a fresh ripe piece of fruit, a healthy homemade hot cocoa or a few raw cocoa nibs. It is about buying foods in their purest form and eating them in that form. Next time you are in your pantry look at the ingredients in your cereal, crackers or cookies. If they have more than 6 ingredients or you don’t even know what some of them mean, it’s time to toss! 5. No more white flour & limit white sugar. Whole wheat bread can sometimes list the second ingredient as white flour! Don’t be tricked-look for healthy sprouted breads such as Ezekial or find whole wheat breads that contain only 100% whole wheat flour. Switch out your pasta to whole wheat, gluten-free, quinoa, and brown rice versions. Instead of sugar in your coffee or ice cream, use raw honey or agave, make a healthy ice cream with bananas (see Weeknight Bite recipe!) 6. Make you plate colorful and savor each bite. The idea with clean eating is when you make simple and healthy meals they are most likely going to look amazing on the plate. Colorful veggies, brown rice, fresh salmon with a salad makes for a pretty plate. Yogurt and fresh mixed berries is a pretty way to start the day! Take the time to sit at the table when you are eating your major meals. It will help you to slow down, savor and realize when you are full. Your body will thank you for ridding those toxins and receiving the real nutrients! I love all these tips and am going to put them to use in my daily life ASAP! And now for a clean and delicious recipe:
Tina's Layered Quinoa Fiesta Salad 3/5/2014 Zucchini Quinoa Fritters (Gluten Free!)Get ready . . . these Gluten-FREE, healthy green fritters will blow your mind. The recipe yields 7 medium-sized fritters, and . . . well . . . we polished them off in one day! I was hoping to pack one or two for my lunch the next day, but they went way too quickly! Needless to say, Zucchini Quinoa Fritters will definitely be a new staple in our house! They're crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, and packed with tons of nutritious and hearty ingredients. Each fritter is loaded with shredded zucchini which is about as low-cal as it gets, plus it's a Vitamin C and nutrient powerhouse! The added quinoa is amazing because it provides protein and fiber, and it's gluten-free! I figured I may as well sneak in some ground flaxseeds too for a boost of healthy fats. Once we have those fab, healthy ingredients, we just need to add in the lemon, thyme, and Parmesan for some extra deliciousness and garnish with my Honey Lemon Yogurt Sauce! Whip up these fritters and you're all set for a perfect brunch side-dish or a snack! I can't wait to make these for my next Sunday brunch with the ladies. I know they'll be a huge hit!
1/29/2014 Super Bowl Snack: Crunchy Thyme Roasted ChickpeasLet's face it, Super Bowl snacks are typically super unhealthy, cheesy, and greasy. But I'll admit it, they're also usually pretty delicious. Well, I set out to make a snack that's healthy AND satisfies your salty, crunchy cravings. Enter these Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas. I'm warning you - they're pretty addicting, so bring them to a party and share with your friends! This is the easiest snack to prepare - it only takes a few ingredients and about 30 minutes total. What's great about these crunchy cuties is that you can make them a bunch of different ways - you can make them spicy, sweet, or savory. I roasted mine with a little olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper, and they were just perfection. Next time, I'm trying them out with a little cinnamon and stevia to cure my need for a mini sweet snack. Here's my trick for the perfect roasted chickpeas. Rinse and rain your chickpeas and make sure to dry them completely. Any moisture will get in the way of delicious crunchiness.
Here's all you need to make this Super Bowl snackie: 1/1/2014 New Years Eve Pizza PartyHappy New Year to my wonderful WeekNight Bite readers! All my love and best wishes to you all for an amazing 2014! We decided instead of dealing with overpriced pre-fixed restaurant menus last night, we'd host our own New Years Eve dinner party. Best decision ever! On the menu: spinach and kale bites, hummus and crackers, Lentil Bruschetta Dip, HOMEMADE PIZZAS (!!!), Arugula Pesto Salad, Sugar Spiced Salmon, Grilled Dijon Balsamic Chicken, and my friend Gaby's Chocolate Butterscotch Blondies. It was ridiculously good. The most fun part of the night was the pizza making (using our brand new pizza stone). And we captured it all on video. This isn't your usual polished WeekNight Bite video. Nope, we got some noisy boys in the background watching football, fire alarms going off thanks to the burning cornmeal on the pizza stone, lots of chaos, and lots of fun. We had the best night and I'm excited to share it with you right here! Plus your getting my super easy recipe for this delicious mushroom pizza and you're going to have the best time making it and hosting your own pizza party! Before I get into the details of the pizza-making, here's a little look into our NYE . . .
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