As we are entering into week 3 of clean eating and week two of working out (5-6 days a week! Dang!!) the hubs and I were talking about what keeps us motivated and on track.
Something we did to help us jump start our focus on exercise is setting a short term goal. Our one year anniversary is coming up in less than 2 months and we are going to FLORIDA to spend a week on the beach! So that is a HUGE incentive to stay focused! And if we eat clean ALL week and don’t cheat, we allow ourselves a “splurge meal” as a little treat!
Tomorrow I am going to post a blog on some of the yummy, healthy and DELICIOUS treats I made last weekend, but until then, what are some ways you stay motivated? I would love to hear some of YOUR success stories!
Normally I wont post 2 recipes a day, but this one is TOO GOOD to pass up!
ALMOND MEAL BREADED BAKED CHICKEN!!! It’s so easy to make and is my husbands FAVORITE!
We paired it with sautéed garlic green beans… YES LORD! It was the perfect post workout dinner!
Ingredients:
4 Chicken Thighs
2 cups Almond Flour
2 eggs
2-3 TBS spicy brown mustard
1 heaping TBS garlic powder
1.5 TBS of your favorite seasoning (We used a Caribbean Jerk! yummmm)Salt & Pepper to taste
***Disclaimer: I am a seasoning FREAK! I always feel like you can never have enough! Go big or go home!
To Make:
-Preheat over to 350-In a separate bowl, mix together eggs & spicy mustard, set aside.
-In large mixing bowl, add all dry ingredients together. (Make sure to mix WELL)
-Dip chicken thighs one at a time into egg mixture, then into dry mixture. make sure to coat chicken GOOD because the almond meal bakes SOOOO NICE! (We always save the extra “bits” till the end because they are the BEST!!!)
-Place your now DELICIOUS chicken thighs in the over, set timer for 30-45 min (until juices run clear) and DIG IN!!!
Hope you like this recipe as much as we do! Its flexible, so add, subtract and HAVE FUN!
So I have a pretty severe gluten intolerance… which is OBNOXIOUS because anything yummy, or wonderful or sparkly has gluten. I have been sick for a few months now and I am trying to take my responsibility by what I put in my mouth and body and take care of the temple that the Lord gave me! This is going to be a regular “Clean Eating: Gluten, Sugar & Grain Free” recipe section of my blog 🙂 I am excited to post many of the delicious eats and treats that my husband and I consume on a regular basis, and the fun experimentation of trying out new things!
The reason that I am including grains into my list of BANISHED items is that even though grains are good for you and most people eat them on a regular basis, my body just doesn’t seem to process them very well. Having type 1 diabetes has a lot to do with that, and more often than not, a simple cup of rice will spike me into a high blood sugar… then a headache, then a migraine… so you get the point, NO grains for me!
***DISCLAIMER: I also want to be realistic. Whereas gluten has a direct negative affect on me physically, grains simply make me feel sluggish and lethargic. They are however manageable… So if I am going to Chipotle, by golly you KNOW that I am getting some brown rice as my base! I just had to clarify… because sometimes a girl just needs a plate of NACHOS! Can I get an amen? AMEN! 😉
So that leads me to a quest to come up with yummy, clean, healthy (and sort of healthy) recipes that are gluten, sugar and grain free! In the Clean Eating series, I will post all sorts of recipes that I come up with, and ones that I find and LOVE! If you have a request, please leave a comment and I will get to cooking for you!
Today’s adventure is an inspiration from my mother and husband! Turkey, Ham & Cheese Lettuce Sammies!
My husband loves a good sammie (sandwich!)… and bread… But once he married me, those things couldn’t stay in the house because I WOULD EAT THEM! However, my mother came into town and bought my hubs A TON OF SANDWICH BREAD! We didn’t know what to do with it! After freezing it for 2 weeks, there was one morning where we were running SUPER LATE and I didn’t have any leftovers to send him for lunch… So I grabbed the bread and threw him together a quick sandwich and called it a day!
He got to his break that day, and called me in joyous shouts as to how DELICIOUS his sammie was! I was only slightly jealous and decided that I would figure out how to create a sammie that was Rachael approved!
What I came up with isn’t anything new, but boy oh boy it was brand new to me!
I used romaine hearts for the Sammie Bread, put a bit of garlic herb “Laughing Cow” cheese on the sides, tucked in some turkey, ham and pepper jack cheese, cut up a few cherry tomatoes and smooshed it together like a sammie! IT WAS DIVINE! I seriously inhaled it! Pair that with a Tazo Passion Fruit Ice Tea, sweetened with Stevia and I was in heaven!
Hope you try these yummy, delicious sammies and love them as much as I do!
(The sky is the limit in your ingredients! I think next time I am going to try hummus in it as well!)
Live, Love & BE Happy!
Rachael Dee xox
RECIPE: Feeds 2 people
4-6 Romaine hearts (dependent on size of lettuce)2TBS of dressing/mayo/cheese/salad dressing- Smooth over lettuce
4-6oz of lunch meat
1-2oz of sliced cheese (I have also tried shredded cheese and works great!)
Chopped veggies of your choice (Tomatoes, Cucumbers, sprouts etc…)
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