Friday, September 20, 2013

Meal of the day: Veggie suite for the King (and queen)

Ingredients:
-1/2 an onion
-3 mushrooms
-2 mini peppers
-1/2 can of Bush's vegetarian beans
-4 cloves of garlic
-4 stalks of asparagus
-a half a cucumber
-a cup of peas
-1 tbsp of butter
-2 tbsp of peanut oil (or extra virgin olive oil)
-1/2 tsp of dried mint leaves (or oregano if you don't have it)
-1/3 tsp of McCormick Garlic sea salt grinder

Directions:
-dice up the onion
-bring a big frying pan to medium heat and add the peanut oil in
-put onion inside pan and saute for a minute
-dice mushroom and peppers
- add to onions
-saute for a minute
-add Bush's vegetarian beans to the side of the mixed veggies (don't mix them
-cut asparagus in halves and add on the side of veggies and beans
-let simmer for about a minute on LOW heat
-chop garlic and add to the veggies
-chop up cucumber in halves and put off to the side
-microwave peas in a small bowl for a minute
-place McCormick's garlic & sea salt over all the food and shut off stove
-place the veggies on the side of a plate, Bush's beans in the middle and asparagus on the side.
-place cucumbers on the other side of the plate
-place peas beside the veggies and cucumbers
-add dried mint leaves on the cucumbers
-optional** add some more McCormick's garlic & sea salt

Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Total time: 10 minutes

Nutritional value:

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Nutritional Berry-mix-a-lot

Yummmy!!!

-One banana
-2 cups of water
-1/2 cucumber
-8 chunks of melons
-1 cup of mixed berries
-2 tbsp of chunky peanut butter
-1 tsp of coconut oil
-3 dashes of cinnamon

Blend it all together until smooth. Drink up!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Broccoli Coconut berry mix

A nutritional smoothie that will have you energized for the rest of the day!

-1 banana
-4 chunks of a melon
-1 med. Sized tomatoe
-1 cucumber
-1 cup of mixed berries
-1 1/2 cup of broccoli
-1 tbsp of peanut butter
-1 1/2 cup of coconut milk

Blend it in the blender until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy!