Vegan Meatball Topped Spagetti Squash!

Vegan Meatball Topped Spagetti Squash!

 

Ingredients:

• 1 medium spaghetti squash
• 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
• 1 can of cannellini beans
• 3/4 cup of oats pulverized in a blender to make oat flour (can use gluten free oats for a gluten free meal)
• 1 tbsp. of minced garlic
• Flax egg: 2 tbsps. of ground flax (can pulverize whole flax in a blender) plus 3 tbsps. of water
• Seasonings as many as you like! (onion spice, a dash of cumin, Italian seasonings etc..)
• Almond milk as needed
• Oil of choice for frying

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 425d
2. Cut spaghetti squash in half long ways, clean out seeds.
3. Take a baking dish and add enough water to cover bottom, place spaghetti squash face down and bake for 30mins- 1hr until fork can pierce clean through.
4. While your squash is effortlessly cooking its time for "meat"balls! 
5. Drain a can of cannellini beans and rinse, then add them to a large bowl and mash them (a potato masher works well)
6. Add in garlic, and spices you like till incorporated
7. With a hand mixer add the oat flour and flax egg until thick and well blended mix forms, if needed add a little almond milk while mixing to make smoother.
8. In a large fry pan on medium heat, fry the meat balls until they are brown and crispy (takes several minutes each side)Heat tomato sauce on low heat while cooking meatballs
   
9. When everything  is done take your spaghetti squash add the meatballs and top with sauce and you are all set for a delicious meal!

 

Chocolate Cupcake Breakfast Shake!!

Banana Blueberry Pancakes!



Banana Blueberry Pancakes!

 

Ingredients:

 

1 and 1/4 whole wheat flour

2 tbsp. of pure maple syrup

2 tbsp. of baking powder

1 and 1/4 cup of almond milk

1 tablespoon of oil

2 spotty bananas

Blueberries

1 tbsp. of chia seeds

 

 

Directions:

1. Mash the bananas in a large bowl
2. In the same large bowl whisk maple syrup, almond milk, and oil till well blended
3. Slowly add the flour to the wet mix while whisking, until fully incorporated
4. Stir in the baking powder, and chia seeds
5. Finally add handfuls of blueberries until you reach desired amount, make sure blueberries are through out the batter
6. Spray a large fry pan and drop spoonful's (I drop 2 spoonful's per pancake) on the hot pan, flip when they move smoothly
7. I find these take less time then traditional pancakes and brown a little less 
8. Serve topped with fruit and maple syrup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Vegan Sausage and Pepper Pasta

Vegan Sausage and Pepper Pasta (can be gluten free!)

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups of brown rice pasta
• 1 1/2 cut bell peppers
• 1/2 vegan sausage (I use tofurky brand which has some gluten, other brands offer gluten free varieties)
• 1 tsp of nutritional yeast 
• Handful of fresh spinach
• 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
• Seasonings of your choice

1. Cook pasta (brown rice pasta takes a little less time)
2. In a baking pan put pasta, sauce, nutritional yeast and mix together
3. Add the raw pepper uncooked sausage and mix
4. Top with fresh spinach
5. Cook 10mins on 400

Efficient Meal Planning

Efficient Meal Planning

Today I am going to provide you with my system for meal planning,

To save you time and money!

1. Don't buy anything yet!!
2. Go to your kitchen and make a list of every food in your kitchen. You will be surprised how much is in there! I break my list into fruits, veggies, carbs/starch , proteins, and toppings (sauces, dressings, dips, etc..) breaking into a list makes it simple to create meals.
3. Sit down with a template: draw one, use a white board, whatever works for your life! Shoot for 5meals a day!
   

   
4. Now think of as many meals as you possibly can with the ingredients your wrote down get creative!
5. Tip for meal planning it to "theme" your meals. You will see in my meal plan I always have a smoothie or straight fruit for breakfast, snack is oatmeal or fruit, lunch is always veggies and a protein, dinner is the same, and I banish night cravings with a chocolate super food shake. Find what makes sense to you!
6. Once you have exhausted the resources you already have at home, see what gaps you have and put down exact meals so you can make a short affordable list. Don't be afraid to eat the same thing on multiple occasions as long as you don't get bored it will save you time and money.
7. Print out your meal plan and tape it to the fridge, so you have no excuse not to eat exactly whats on there!

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