Sweet Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips

This was my way of fighting off the ice cream craving on Friday night. Dan and I ate thee entire thing ourselves. The Salsa is good and low cal but the chips are gonna add up in calories, but they are not fat calories like ice cream and you can eat a WHOLE lot more than ice cream.

Simple, simple, simple.
SALSA
4 cups of whatever fruit you are craving or have in your fridge. I did mangoes, strawberries and kiwi's. But seriously whatever you want (I want pineapple next time!)
3 TBSP of honey
1/2 tsp of cinnamon (optional keen)
There is your salsa!

CHIPS
4 TBSP melted butter
mixture of cinnamon and sugar
6" tortillas

preheat the oven to 350

brush butter over tortillas and sprinkle with sugar mixture. Use a pizza cutter and cut each tortilla into 4th so they look like chips. Place in the oven 10-12 min or until lightly brown. Cool completely. Eat up.

Puffed French Toast

This should not be breakfast food, it should be a candy! Dan actually made these for me...Oh, it was so good. I know I say that about every recipe and about how much I love my "Our best bites" cook book but I must not lie. So this one is not hard to make up but it has a lot of directions and you have to be SO careful when frying it, not to burn it. So I am just going to put the link to the website. http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/05/puffed-french-toast/

Fresh Fruit Bruschetta with Orange-Honey Cream

So this is actually not bad for you! But SO good for your belly. Made these last night and loved them. Of course super easy, it just took a while to cut up the fruit.

Fresh Fruit Bruschetta with Orange-Honey Cream
Recipe by Our Best Bites

1 baguette or similar-sized French bread loaf
4 Tbsp. butter, melted
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1-1/2 C diced strawberries (about 10 medium strawberries)
1 C finely diced mango (about 1 medium mango)
1 C finely diced kiwi (about 3 kiwi)

1/2 C Breakstone’s Sour Cream
3 Tbsp. honey
1 tsp orange zest

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice bread into 1/2 inch slices. Place in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet. Use a pastry brush to brush each piece with melted butter. Combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle evenly over bread slices. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are toasted. Set aside to cool.

While bread is toasting, combine Sour Cream, honey, and orange zest. Stir to combine and place in the fridge.

Combine strawberries, mango, and kiwi and stir gently to combine. When bread is cooled, place about 1 Tbsp. of fruit mixture on top of each toasted bread slice and drizzle with sweet sour cream mixture. If needed, thin sour cream sauce with 1/2-1 tsp orange juice. Garnish with mint leaves if desired. Serve immediately.

Healthy Chicken Cordon Blue

I saw this on tv the other day and had to give it a try.  (I promise I really don't watch that much tv!)

4 chicken breasts

4 slices of low-salt, low-fat lean ham

4 slices of fat free/low-sodium swiss cheese

1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil or canola oil

3/4 cup of bread crumbs or 1 cup whole grain cereal flakes grinded in mini food processor  ( I also threw  in some Italian seasoning)

Pound out your chicken breast until flat.  Then layer ham and then the cheese, roll up and then use tooth pick to hold them in place.  Cover in olive oil and then roll in bread crumbs.  Cook at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minute, the last few minute set oven to broil and let them get crispy.  

This has around 350 calories per serving.  These were so easy and delicious, even Corbin loved them!

Crock Pot Chicken and Rice Soup

One of the girls at my work made this soup for dinner for us last night.  It was so good.  I have to post it so I don't forget the ingredients  (though pretty easy).  Sorry no pic, but trust me it was fantastic.


8 cups of water
4 chicken bullion cubes
Boil top two ingredients together until dissolved unless you use canned broth
1 1/2 cups of chopped celery
1 cup of chopped carrots
some chopped up onion,  (how ever much your taste desires)
1- 2 chicken breasts chopped
1 box of rice a roni with the seasonings


Throw it all in the crock and let cook 4 hours or how ever long your crock pot thinks.  And there you go, an super easy, yummy soup.  If you don't want to crock pot this, just do it on your stove cooking your ingredients first. And then throw them together. 

Egg White Wrap

Seriously I eat this almost everyday for lunch. It is protein packed and is so low in fat and calories and very delish.

3/4 cup egg whites, ( I used egg beaters or whites from egg)
1 La Tortilla Factory tortilla ( I love these wraps, they have 12 grams of fiber and 8 grams of protein)
3 TBS salsa
1/8 to 1/4 cup shredded cheese

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 serving (306.4 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 237 Calories from Fat 73

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8.1g 12%

Saturated Fat 3.0g 15%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 15mg 5%

Sodium 978mg 41%

Total Carbohydrates 22.5g 7%

Dietary Fiber 12.8g 51%

Sugars 3.8g

Protein 32.1g

Vitamin A 6% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 13% • Iron 3%

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Read more: http://caloriecount.about.com/egg-white-wray-recipe-r606721#ixzz1IgPeupP8

Healthy Granola

Healthy Granola

So I used to make this all of the time and then I got burnt out on it.  But I made last week, and once again I am hooked.  This is so yummy. And oh so healthy.  Lots of protein to keep you full.  You can eat it plain, in your yogurt or with milk as cereal.  This makes quite a bit.  


4 cups rolled oats
1 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flax seed
3/4 cup protein powder ( I used whey based vanilla, Dymatize, this is the best tasting protein powder out there!)
1 TBS cinnamon ( I omit it, allergic)
Mix all these ingredients in a large bowl.
Then in another bowl mix:
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
6 TBS canola oil
2 TBS water


Method:
Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients.  Stir thoroughly.  Spread evenly onto a cookie sheet.  Bake for approx 25-30 minutes or until lightly golden brown.  After you take out of oven let it just sit in the pan for an hour to 3 hours to firm.  Then break up and put into container.  I like to add in almonds, coconut, raisins or dried fruit.  This includes 2 important ingredients for weight loss: Protein and Fiber to curb your appetite.  You will eat less and feel satisfied longer!