Chicken Pizza Recipe!

Have you seen my tabs UP at the top? (Healthy Breakfast, Healthy Lunch, Healthy Dinners etc)

I like to put some of my go to dinner recipes up there.
I have some qualifications when it comes to my dinner recipes.

1- Simple, healthy ingredients: I do not have all the time in the world to make dinner.  Between Karate, Art class, Piano lessons, Dance lessons, basketball and my own training schedule, 5 course dinners do not happen around here!

2- Must taste good:  bottom line. Healthy food must taste good to me. It must be moist, have flavor, and can not feel or taste like cardboard.

3- Quick and easy: Quick to assemble. Easy to throw together! (advanced prep work is always necessary for healthy meals however. Bottom line...you must prepare or shop with a purpose, in advance, or your meals will not be beneficial for your health)

4- Protein packed, and vegetabley filled: (I made up that word if you couldn't tell)
Protein = satiation people! It also equals muscle.  So if you are looking to improve your figure, eat your protein!  And I hope none of you rolled your eyes when I said vegetabley filled...veggies are an awesome carb source and really who can't find at least one, hopefully two vegetables to like? (And no corn is NOT a vegetable...)

On a side note, I went to a seminar a couple weeks ago and Dr. Tracy Gibb was one of the speakers. He was absolutely hilarious and entertaining, which was great, but he also knew his stuff.  He said if every mommy would feed their kids 1 little piece of broccoli at dinner, EVERY DAY, their immune systems would bump up drastically.  Broccoli is nutrient packed and is also an immune system defender.  He said the broccoli with the biggest bang for your buck, are the florets that still have a blue tint to them.

I just added one of my favorite recipes "Chicken Pizza" to the Healthy Dinner section. It's fast and easy and my kids love it, cause they get to create their own pizza.  Go check it out and let me know what you think.

I love this picture. 

My bootcamp ladies might not however.

This is is at 6:30am in the morning.

They had just finished doing as many push-ups as they could, in 1 minute.

They are awesome.

Because they are conquering fear.

Because they are forcing themselves to make their health a priority in their life.

That is not easy for us momma's to do.

Doing push-ups is not easy.

Waking up at 5:30am is not easy.

Being uncomfortable is not easy.

There is no growth, in being comfortable.

Loves,

Jill

Recipe Share! My Breakfast Omelet

Jill's Breakfast Omelet:

Omelets are not an uncommon thing around my house.

I'm always switching ingredients to make it interesting to my palate and to keep it healthy!

This is what I did this morning:
2 egg whites
1 egg
1 Tbl milk 
Ham (preferably not lunch meat) chopped up into small pieces
Mini peppers chopped up into small pieces.
1 slice of laughing cow cheese (cut into small pieces)

Mix the eggs really well, then add the milk, and mix again.
Lightly spray your pan with cooking spray if needed. (I suggest using your smallest frying pan)
Pour the egg mixture onto the pan and let cook until completely done on one side.  (Mine looks perfectly browned, then I flip it over.)
With the browned side on top, and the other side cooking, add the chopped ham, mini peppers and laughing cow cheese onto the top of the browned side.
Once the bottom side is browned, fold it over (in half) and then put it on a plate and enjoy!

I eat this as is, no salt, pepper, or ketchup needed ;)


*I buy the mini peppers at Costco in the vegetable section...they are sooo good, even to eat alone! Or my favorite is to dip them in roasted red pepper humus. (I saw the mini peppers at Wal-Mart the other day too)

I would love to know what you eat for breakfast...would you mind sharing? Leave it in the comment section!

Loves,
Jill

Can I hear you say...Smoooooothie!

Hello!

I have been slightly obsessed with my latest green smoothie creation, and the energy that I feel from drinking this every morning!  

 

So I had to share and pass along the recipe. This is the BEST way to get your greens and some fruit in one easy, delicious, quick, way!

Jill's Green Smoothie Recipe:

1 1/2 or 2 handfuls of spinach
4 or 5 frozen strawberries
1/2 of a banana
1 tsp of Chia Seeds
1 scoop of Vanilla Protein Powder
7 ice cubes
1/4 cup (or as needed) of water

Turn your blender on and get rid of all the chunks!

Here are some pictures of the products I use.

Spinach that I bought from Wal-mart:

Strawberries 

(again purchased at Wal-mart, but I looove the Costco strawberries cause they are bigger and I only need 4)

  

Protein powder (again purchased at Wal-mart)

Chia Seeds

(Click on the link to learn more about them. Great source of protein etc)

1/2 of banana (you all know what that looks like)

Ice, and water!

Put it in the Blender: and blend!

Give this a try, you will love it!

Oh and have you ever heard of Kid History? 

This goes right along with this post and you will laugh your pants off! 

(click on the link below!)

Kid History 6 

Loves,

Jill

A Vintage Fall and Yummy recipe...

I love Fall and all it brings. 

I'm sure my Fall fav's are probably yours to so I won't go over all of them, BUT one that I cannot resist sharing is the Absolute beauties around me.  

I love photography and taking pictures.  

I'm for sure NOT a pro or even close to my amazingly talented SUU roomate Angie, 

find her here Simplicity Photography 

or talented like my other amazing SUU rommate Kari who is amazing as well and her blog is here www.karidavisphotography.com 

But I sure love to shoot and enjoy everything about photography (even the editing!).

Monday we took our annual drive up the canyon and I was once again amazed at all the color up AF canyon right now.  It is breathtaking!

(I figured out how to save my "actions" in Photoshop! So I saved a setting and called it vintage and applied it to the following pic's)

 

 (no vintage action on this next one)

Seriuosly, if your ever in Utah during the fall, the mountains are a must on the destination list!

Also I wanted to share one of my FAVORITE and easy recipes.

It is also Gluten and Dairy Free as well, which is perfect for my two kiddo's with intolerances.

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken

Serving size 6

6 Skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

salt and pepper to taste

1/2 c honey

1/2 c prepared mustard

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp dried parsley

(I usually double the ingredients so I have lots of sauce)

Salt and pepper thawed chicken halves.  Mix all ingredients together.  Put chicken in crock-pot and pour over chicken. Bake on High 4 hours or LOW 6 hours.  Serve warm.

For my family, I serve the chicken over rice, or I'll cook up some sweet potatoes to serve on on the side.  Since I try to keep as much white flour and starch out of my diet as possible, I just end up putting my portion over spinach and having a spinach salad which is my FAVORITE!

I hope you are all enjoying this amazing time of year!

(Blogger has been on the fritz lately.  This post took me 5 days to post! rrrrr.)

Loves,

Jill