And it continues!!!

Another quick creation tonight for dinner. One of my favorites now, it was so simple but so delicious. Once again this came from two places. The fact that we still had some cooked salmon leftover and the new Flat Out Light Italian Herb Flatbread Wrap I came across at the store the other day. That wrap caught my eye because it was low in cal had decent protein and they showed a pizza made from it. I was sold! I'm a sucker for pizza, my one favorite junk food. Seriously I could eat it for days. But enough of that! So I decided now would be a good time to put them together. The sauce was simple I saw someone on Instagram do something similar and thought it would be awesome in the wrap. Threw some spinach in it and bam!

Salmon Flatbread Wrap:

-1 Flat Out wrap

-4.3 oz. Cooked salmon, shredded into chunks

-1 tbsp. Plain nonfat Greek yogurt 

-2 tsp. Asian hot sauce (or however much you would like the spice level to be)

-1 c. Spinach

Heat the wrap up slightly lay the spinach along the center. Top with the spinach. Mix the yogurt and hot sauce together then dollop it over the salmon. Roll and enjoy!! 

Seriously can't get any easier!! I whipped this up before anyone even realized I was having dinner. Ate it just as quickly too! 

Nutrition info:

Serves 1

Calories: 340

Fat: 14.4g

Carbs: 20g

Protein: 42g

And there's more!!! At least tonight there was because I still hadn't ate enough throughout the day. Yeah I'm still getting used to saying that and the whole ordeal of that being possible haha. So I decided there was room for dessert. Greek yogurt  with strawberries and cereal. Originally I wanted it to be more like ice cream but I didn't have enough time to leave it in the freezer, bad thing about the last minute ideas. I don't like to eat past 9 unless I have to so I took it out of the freezer 20 min later, little after 8. It still wasn't quite there. Topped it with 1/2 cup of sliced strawberries and 2 tbsp of crushed up vanilla Special K. It is something I like to add to my yogurts for crunch and texture. My dessert ended up at 118 calories, .5g fat, 18g carbs, and 13g protein. Not bad and very tasty. All in all it was a very good night for my pallet and stomach.

Be creative for breakfast

This isn't necessarily a recipe post but more about switching things up. For breakfast I usually eat oats because... Well we need to eat our oats!! Haha. But!!! I forgot to make some overnight oats and my hot oatmeal wasn't sounding too great this morning. I was looking for something fresh now that the weather is heating up. I also recently bought Ezekiel bread because I wanted to see what all this fuss is about and how good a bread without flour would taste. Well let me tell you.... it is possible to make a good bread without flour. Hooray for that!!! Less carbs more protein sounds like it's right up my alley! Haha. The day before my friend had posted a picture of her muscle milk of the morning in a smoothie. That sounded pretty darn good to me, especially after an intense workout in the morning. Muscle milk was exactly what my arms needed after some Sculpt 30 from Turbo fire. Talk about building muscle!! Because I decided to have a smoothie I didn't want to top my toast with anything sweet. Protein! In that case eggs, scrambled liquid egg whites. Topped the my slice of toast with that and some chile. Had 1/4 cup of cantaloupe too meanwhile I put my breakfast together. 1 cup of frozen strawberries and 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries with water and 1 scoop of my light vanilla Creme muscle milk was what my protein smoothie consisted of. I really enjoyed this breakfast. It was simple because I just threw somethings together I had at home. It was a nice switch up to the usual breakfast. Every now and then we need to change things up to keep it interesting and most importantly our pallets interested. This also brings up another important thing. When up comes to clean eating the biggest help you can do to your success is properly stocking your fridge and pantry. When you only have good things in there it takes away temptation and it becomes easier to cook clean. Keeping it well stocked helps also when you forget to prep your meal in advance. Like in this case with my breakfast, forgot to make it the night before. But that didn't mean I was going to have to settle for something gross and fast or something unhealthy. I brainstormed a bit and whipped it up. I was able to do it because we already had it all. Trust me if we didn't I wasn't going to go to the store early in the morning after my workout just for that. This easy quick breakfast was only 357 calories, perfect!! 

Another Lettuce Wrap

Yes, I went there again and the very next day. The first one was such a success that I had to give it a shot again. Plus we have a bunch if Romaine Lettuce Heads that are going to go bad before we know it. So I did a good thing in using them up and making up a yummy meal. This one was very easy for me since my dad had already cooked some salmon the night before. All I did was grill up some veggies for a side and some pineapple chunks to top the wraps. This one just came to me when I thought about the pineapple and salmon. So here they are:

Easy Salmon Lettuce Wraps

-5 oz. cooked salmon, shredded/crumbled

-1/4 c. Grilled pineapple chunks, finely diced

-2 tsp. Kikoman Sesame Teriyaki Sauce

-4 Romaine Lettuce Leaves 

Spread the salmon evenly into the lettuce leaves. Then proceed to top the salmon with the pineapple and drizzle the sauce over them. Done!! Well unless you want a kick then add some Siracha like I did. Enjoy!

Nutrition Info:

Serves 1

Calories: 321

Fat: 14g

Carbs: 13g

Protein: 34g 

Chicken lettuce wraps... Say what?!

This was a quick meal for me as I was the only one eating lunch at home with my little one. So I got creative with what the fridge had to offer. Only shameful part.... didn't use fresh chicken 🙀. Didn't have any defrosted and still wanted some. So I used one of the teriyaki frozen foster farms chicken breasts we have in the freezer. It's not horrible, it's just not freshly cooked. With lots of my recipes I see what we have in the fridge. What looks good and is laying around. Then I just go to town on them throwing all kinds of things together an luckily it usually turns out good, or great like these lettuce wrap boat things I made. So good I will make them again this week but with fresh chicken and enough for my whole family to taste the goodness haha.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps:

Serves one

Vegetable sauté:

-2.5 oz Organic Baby Bella Mushrooms sliced

-1 c. Chopped Bok Choy 

- 3 Sweet Mini Pepers sliced

- 2 tsp. Chopped Garlic

- 1 tsp. Ginger Powder 

- 2 tsp. Kikoman Sesame Teriyaki Sauce

- 2 tsp. Liquid Aminos

I first chopped and sliced everything. Then I threw the vegetables in a pan with a spray of Pam to sauté. Once they were all nice and soft I added all the seasonings and mixed. Then I microwaved my chicken breast (normally I would have diced a chicken breast cooked it first then added the veggies and then sauté). Once it was heated through I chopped it up and tossed it in the mix. I proceeded to fill 4 romaine lettuce leaves with this wonderful mix. I finished it off with 3 grilled asparagus spears and 3 grilled onion bulbs. AMAZING!! Next time I will make sure I drizzle some Siracha over it for a little kick 🔥.

Nutrition info (with the frozen chicken breast, need to calculate for the fresh still):

Calories: 306

Fat: 2g

Carbs: 27g

Protein: 43g

Overnight addiction

Well I've been waiting to do my first post when I had pretty pictures to put up. But I have realized in order for that to happen I need to remember to make things pretty and take a picture. That is taking far too long and the blog is still sitting empty. So I thought these amazing overnight oats would excuse the lack of photography skills.

First off I shall admit I'm beginning to become addicted to overnight oats, but can you really blame me?! They are fun to make, gets my creativity going, and breakfast is ready for me after my morning workout. I haven't played too much with crazy combinations because I've been loving what I've had. The science and importance to overnight oats is letting them soak! I make mine after dinner before I go to bed so they have all

night to marinate and become oh so delicious. I browse a lot on Instagram for ideas on fun food. That is where I've came up with some of the additions I've made to my oats that have made my mornings very happy!!

Berries, berries, berries my current go to addition to my oats. Mostly because we have them in abundance and are easy to add. For some crunch and texture I like adding slivered almonds. Then for added health benefits some chia seeds, not to mention I kinda like them when they get to soak for a while and get to plump up a bit. There are plenty of other things you can add to the oats just get creative with it and have fun. Changing things up always makes clean eating easier and tasty.

I like to call this my mixed berry heaven overnight oats, because I really was in heaven when I had these.

The basics:

-1/3 c. Old Fashion Oats

-2 tsp. Organic Chia Seeds

-2 tsp. Slivered Almonds

My liquid mix ins:

-1/2 c. Unsweetened Almond Milk light 30 cal 

-1/2 scoop Light Vanilla Creme Muscle milk

-1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

-1/2 c. Water

I mix all this in my blender bottle and pour over my oats. Stir it all together, seal, and put in the fridge to sit overnight.

The next day when I was ready to eat I made my "berry sauce" to go in it.

Berry sauce:

-1/2 c. Frozen blueberries

-1 c. Frozen Whole Strawberries

Microwave the berries for a minute or so until they are defrosted and soft. Add 1 packet of stevia to sweeten and squish the berries with a fork to mix. 

Pour the sauce over the oats and add a dollop of plain Greek yogurt. I mixed and enjoyed!! Really I devoured it before I even realized what was happening. On a side note I think next time I will reduce the water to 1/4 c. to make the oats a little more dry and reduce the berry sauce by half because that was plenty (not that I'm complaining or anything haha). Then maybe I can accompany the oats with some eggs.

Mixed Berry Heaven overnight oats nutrition info (as I listed the recipe not with the cut backs I plan to make next time)

Total Cal: 288

Total Fat: 8 g

Saturated Fat: 1 g

Carbs: 49g 

Protein: 10 g

As the facts stand I will reduce the fruit and add some eggs to my breakfast, those carbs are a little too much for me and not enough protein. Just arrange things so they work for what you're trying to accomplish. 

And it's a wrap!

Happy eatings everyone!