Weel 17

Happy first day of Summer! We hope you all had a wonderful fathers day! Here is a picture of my 2 favorite boys. I'm so glad that Gunnar has a father that can instill healthy habits into his life at a young age, and walk along side me on this journey to optimal health. We love you!

We've finally been able to get out and BBQ, which really expands our Lean and green options! We've got some tasty recipes for you down below that we hope you enjoy.

Ryan and Thea took sometime this week to have a healthy habits webinar, and if you haven't listened in on one of these yet, now is the time! If you already have heard one of these, listen again. It's a good tool to keep you motivated and on purpose. Or if someone you love needs health in their life,  listen with them, or send them the link. We would love to help those that you love get healthy and happy! =)
Click on this link below:
http://anymeeting.com/fitforgood/E151D78784

OK, on to some recipes.

We did Chicken kabobs, with veggies that were really tasty, and easy! I found a Walden farms sugar free BBQ sauce that tastes good, and used that in place of regular.

Ingredients

• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
• 1 large green bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces
•  small mushrooms, cut into wedges
• 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 cup barbecue sauce
• skewers

Directions

1. Preheat grill for high heat.
2. Thread the chicken, green bell pepper, mushrooms, and red bell pepper pieces onto skewers alternately.
3. Lightly oil the grill grate. Place kabobs on the prepared grill, and brush with barbecue sauce. Cook, turning and brushing with barbecue sauce frequently, for 15 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear.

I had a simple salad on the side, and it was a nice dinner ( and easy clean up!)

Meal replacement:

Raspberry Cream Shake-

1 packet vanilla shake
6-8 ounces of cold water
3-4 ice cubes
1/2 tsp Raspberry crystal light (dry powder mix)

Blend for 15-20 seconds, or until all ice is crushed and enjoy!

Have a good week!

Week 16

Well, these last few weeks have been crazy busy, but we are finally moved in and unpacked! For the most part we have been sticking to the basics, lean and green wise, but I do have a yummy portabello mushroom recipe that you have to try- its to die for!

Summer finally graced us with its presence this weekend and it was wonderful. Many of our clients have been telling us how happy they are to be wearing swimsuits and shorts insted of feeling self concious about how they look. We love hearing things like this from our clients. Ryan and I are committed to helping people achieve the trilogy of health: healthy body-healthy mind-healthy finances. We have such a great tool to help create health for those that desire it- lets us know if you want to hear more about it.

On to some recipes-

For these, I bought the portobello mushroom caps that are already cut out and ready to be filled at safeway. If you can't find those, just de-stem and you are good to go. I also added in some minced spinach leaves into mine.
These were delish with a side salad. Give them a try!

Spicy Turkey Sausage 1 lb. Lean Ground Turkey Breast
4 Cloves Garlic, minced
1/2 Tablespoon Sage
1/2 Tablespoon Thyme
1/4 Tablespoon Allspice
1/2 Tablespoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Cayenne Pepper (less if you don't like hot and spicy)
1/2 Tablespoon Black Pepper


For the mushrooms:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Using your hands, lightly rub each portabello mushroom with 2 teaspoons of olive oil and set on a cookie sheet. Spoon in the spicy sausage and bake until golden brown on top and the mushrooms are tender, about 15 to 18 minutes. Makes 2 lean and greens. (make sure to add in a side salad for the rest of your "green" portion)

Meal replacement of the week-


Rasberry Chocolatechip bread.

1 packet Chocolate Chip Pancakes
1 TB Sugar Free Raspberry Syrup
3 TB Water
2 TB Egg Beaters
1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Preheat your sandwich maker. Mix together all the ingredients. Spray Sandwich Maker with Pam. Pour in mix and cook for 3 minutes.  Enjoy :)

This counts as 1 Medifast meal, and 1/16 lean.

Have a good week everyone!