Keep It Fun And Healthy

For my wonderful long weekend I had off I wanted to make something easy for breakfast that I could have several mornings in a row so I didn’t have to cook breakfast. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood to cook. So when I am I have to take it or leave it. I knew I had some bananas in the freezer and banana bread sounded wonderful. Most of the time I always have banana’s in the freezer. When I buy bananas and don’t eat all of them I stick them in the freezer to use either for oatmeal or banana bread. This is something my mom taught me growing up. She always had banana’s on hand in the freezer.   This recipe is not the healthiest because I use bisquick mix. If you wanted a healthier recipe try looking one up with whole wheat flour. I did make a healthier version because it contains Agave instead of white sugar. Agave is a natural sweetener made from plants. You can’t tell the difference between the two. I took all my ingredients out. I used eggs, bananas, cisco, nuts, and bisquick. ...

Do you ever just wish that you didn’t have to do all the work for a home cooked meal? That’s why I LOVE the crockpot. I’m sure those professional chefs would disagree but I’m not a professional chef. Throw a bunch of stuff in the crockpot and let it cook all day. It’s that easy! And it smells the whole house up with the aroma of a home cooked meal. Friday I threw a few things together and let it cook for about 4 hours. It turned out pretty awesome! Chop your veggies Throw it all in the crockpot and give it a little stir.   I served it over brown rice with a side of broiled squash and zucchini. You could also place this on top of mixed greens or potatoes. I had left over juice in the bottom of the crockpot from the pineapples and veggies so I cooked the rice in it. It added lots of flavor. The rice was a pretty good fit!   I think I need to get some new place settings on the table so my pictures will be more interesting. Crockpot Pineapple Chicken 1 lb Chicken ...

I’m off work today so I decided to make my favorite bowl of oats. I love a good hot bowl of oats in the mornings. It’s filling, healthy, and fun. I think it fits the blog title really well.   Here’s how it went: Gather your ingredients. I usually keep several frozen banana’s in my freezer for oatmeal or banana bread purposes. Check out my Mexican vanilla! The best vanilla I’ve ever had. Once milk mixture comes to a boil add banana, oats, vanilla, and chia seeds. I love chia seeds in oatmeal. They don’t have much taste but the texture is amazing. Try it next time. In my opinion this makes the perfect portion. Top with your favorite ingredients. I topped mine with slivered almonds and brown sugar. You won’t need too much added sweetener because the banana is a naturel sweetener. Enjoyed with a cup of coffee in my Cali Bowl . If you’ve never heard of Cali Bowls you should check them out. You probably can’t tell by the picture but they have an extra lip around the rim of the...

Hello all you fellow food lovers, cooks, friends and bloggers. This recipe was a new one for me. My sister actually made these before I did and insisted I try them. I’m a HUGE fan of mushrooms. I’ve had several people tell me that mushrooms taste a lot like beef when prepared as burger patties. Mushrooms also have a lot of health benefits! I served the burgers with sweet potato fries. Well, they are more like sweet potato rounds.   Start chopping up your mushrooms. Get ready to chop away. This is when I wish I had a sous chef!   Sauté your mushrooms with onion Mix together your bread crumbs and seasonings. Mix together your mushroom mixture and egg with the breadcrumbs to from patties Grill just like you would grill burgers. As you can see I had to make a beef burger for Kyle. He was afraid he was going to miss the meat in this meal. I turns out he ended up eating a half of a mushroom burger and surprisingly liked it. I knew he would, he loves mushrooms. ...

Tonight I made a dish that I learned in Foods and Clothing in High School. I love my recipe book from high school! I still make a lot of the recipes  in the book. Some of the recipes include; Red Lobster biscuits, fruit pizza, chocolate pie, and quiche. Any of you high school friends still have it? Of course I had to put a little Ramona healthy twist to it Brown your turkey sausage and onions. Put your meat to the side and sauté your potatoes. Meanwhile whip together your eggs and low fat half and half Place potatoes into bottom of greased dish. Spread sausage on top then pour egg mixture over it. Served with a side of fruit! Brunch Pie 1 lb Turkey Sausage 1/2 Cup Onion, chopped 12 oz Hash Browns, thawed 8 Eggs 6 oz Low Fat Half and Half Salt and Pepper to taste Preheat oven to 350. Brown the sausage with the chopped onion. Break up the sausage while cooking. Once it’s browned transfer it to bowl. Add a little olive oil to your skillet and cook your hash br...

  I made this dish this weekend and it will defiantly make the recipe book. I found it off of kraftfoods.com and tweaked it just a little. It turned out so yummy and it’s so easy to make plus I served it with kale chips.  Let me show you… Start by chopping your parsley and juicing your limes Mix together toasted pecans, parmesan cheese, lime juice and olive oil. Spread on top of your fish. Bake for 10 to 12 min.   Kale chips! These are so easy and you can get anyone to eat them. Even if they don’t like green veggies. Wash and dry your kale. Place on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with salt and parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 for about 10 min or until crispy. These are very easy to burn so watch them closely. I served the fish on top of brown rice cooked in chicken broth for some added flavor. Pecan parmesan Tilapia 1 cup of brown rice uncooked 14 oz of chicken broth 1 cup of water 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese 1/4 cup chopp...

  Tonight I was wanting to fix something good by using the ingredients that I already had in the kitchen. How many times do we do that?   Unfortunately I wasn’t able to do it with the ingredients I had. I was in the middle of chopping all the veggies and noticed that my onion had gone bad. So I had to make a quick trip to Walmart. Good thing it’s just down the street!   I decide to go with an easy wheat crust that my lovely coworker Lacey gave me. It just has a few ingredients and its easy and healthy. Here are the ingredients Notice the  garlic grape seed oil? I love every opportunity to use this. I pick this up back when Kyle and I visited the wineries in Altus.  I use it sparingly because it’s very strong but it adds so much flavor!   Mix together all your crust ingredients and shape in pie dish It’s not going to look very pretty because it’s very crumbly.  This was the best I could do. Bake your crust in 400 degree oven for 8 min. Wh...