Recipes for you!

Here are a few meal ideas/recipes for you to try!

"Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes"

Ingredients:
1 can pumpkin puree
1 box of Deviled cake mix (I used Duncan Hines)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix puree and cake mix together. Fill each cupcake slot half full. Bake for 25 minutes or so, depending on how gooey you like them.

 "English Muffin Pizzas"

Ingredients: 

Whole wheat English muffins
Pinch of Italian seasoning 

And whatever else you want to make a bomb tasting pizza

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. First, toast the English muffins in a toaster. Put the muffins onto aluminum foil. Load them up with sauce and toppings. Bake for 2 minutes, then add cheese and sprinkle Italian seasoning on top. Bake until cheese is melted.

"Homemade Pizza"

Ingredients:
Toppings
Chopped onions
Broccoli
Green bell peppers
Mushrooms
Baked chicken (I'll post the different ways I bake/season my chicken)
1-2 slices fat free cheese
Pizza sauce of choice

Crust
1 tbsp baking powder
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Water (add until you get a doughy texture)
Dash of salt

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine crust ingredients in a bowl, adding dry ingredients first, then liquids. I always mix with a spoon, then use my hands to form a ball. Put the bowl in the refrigerator for about 2-3 minutes, letting the dough rest. During this time, wash, cut, and prepare any veggies you want for toppings. Next, spray your pie pan and spread out the dough evenly. Bake for 2-5 minutes, or until crust is slightly solid. Then, add sauce, veggies, and baked chicken. Put back into oven for about 15-20 minutes or until crust looks light brown and crunchy. Add cheese on top and put back into the oven until cheese is melted. 

"Loaded Potato"

Ingredients:
Sweet potato
Nonfat, plain Greek yogurt
Chopped green onions
Pepper flakes
Part skim Mozzarella cheese
Bacon bits (optional)

Directions:
Bake or microwave sweet potato. When finished, top with greek yogurt, green onions, pepper flakes, and cheese. Microwave for a couple seconds to melt cheese.

 "Chicken Quesadillas"

Ingredients:
Tortilla of choice (I use a low carb/high fiber brand)
Chicken (boiled/shredded)
1/2 cup fat free cheese
1/2 cup Onions
1/2 avocado

Dipping Sauce:
Nonfat, plain Greek yogurt
1 tbsp green onions
Lime (optional)

Directions:
You will need to bake and shred the chicken first. Grease a pan with light, olive oil spray. Lay 1 tortilla flat in the pan and top with cooked chicken [strips, pieces, tenders], and onions. Let cook for a minute and add chopped avocado and cheese. Top with second tortilla and cook for a minute longer then flip quesadilla. Cook until both sides are slightly brown. Cut into slices and serve with a dipping sauce. My dipping sauce of choice was nonfat, plain Greek yogurt topped with chopped green onions. *Squeeze lime onto the dip for that extra zest*

"Quinoa Chicken Casserole"

Ingredients:
1 cup cook quinoa
Baked chicken (1-2 small packs of the boneless, skinless tenders)
1 can corn
1 small tomato, diced
1 can black beans
1 cup fat free, shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup fat free, mozzarella cheese
1/2 avocado, diced
1/2 cup chopped yellow bell pepper, diced
1 small can of green chilies
1 tsp cumin
1-2 tbsp of chili powder
2-3 tbsp fresh cilantro
1 small can of tomato sauce
 
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake chicken-using season of choice. Then, cook quinoa as directed. Next, mix all ingredients except the avocado in a bowl, also only using 1/2 cup of both types of cheeses, (save the other 1/2 cup) and, hold out a little of the tomatoes and bell pepper for topping. Once ingredients are mixed, spread evenly into pan like a casserole. Bake for 20 minutes. Top with the remaining cheese, bell pepper, tomatoes, and avocado. Bake until cheese is melted.

"Pumpkin Brownies"

Ingredients: 

2 cups oats

1/3 unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 can pumpkin puree

1/3 cup melted coconut oil

1 tsp baking powder

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/3 cup Walden Farms sugar free syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

2 packets stevia (add more or less depending on sweetness you want)

Peanut butter/almond butter to top (optional)

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Use blender to make oats a flour-like consistency. Mix all of the dry  ingredients first, then mix in the rest. Spread mixture into a loaf pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Top with peanut/almond butter or even powdered sugar, then serve!

Macros without peanut butter: 

8 servings

Per serving- 100 cals, 2.4g fat, 4g protein, 18g carbs