truffle quinoa

This delicious and decadent rendition on skinny super food quinoa is a great on the go snack or lunch during the week as well as a wonderful side dish for any dinner. I personally love putting this under a piece of balsamic glazed salmon! Yummm! Quinoa is SOOO good for you that you could eat it every day and with a little creativity, not get too tired of it. This recipe is so simple, it’s great when you want to make a large batch and take some to work with you during the week or if you just don’t want to be slaving over the oven for hours to make dinner.

WHITE TRUFFLE OIL QUINOA

1/2 bag of baby spinach
1/4 cup of quinoa
1/2 cup of water
2 tbsp of White Truffle Oil
5 or 6 of your favorite mushroom (I used baby bella)

Put your quinoa and water in a saucepan on the stove and boil. Keep mixing around the quinoa till the water eventually dissolves, once your pan is pretty much just quinoa, turn off the burner. In a separate frying pan, drizzle 1 tbsp of white truffle oil and add in your baby spinach and chopped mushrooms. Sautee for a little till spinach has wilted a bit. Now, mix in your cooked quinoa and let it cook for a few more minutes before adding a final tbsp of White Truffle oil to the mix and then serving. Simple and delicious! Enjoy!

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summeravocadosalad

                Nothing says summer quite like colorful, light salads and this Summer Avocado Salad certainly fits the bill! I have been having some fun lately trying out various recipes for upcoming projects and I fell in love with this one! It’s perfect on it’s own as a light starter for your summer backyard dinner party or you can serve it with whole pita chips as an appetizer. Enjoy!

Summer Avocado Salad

2 Avocados (or one avocado per person)

3/4 of a mango chopped

1/4 of red pepper, seeded and finely chopped

1/4 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped

1/2 cup of grape tomatoes, sliced

1/4 of a cucumber, skinned and chopped

1/4 of a red onion, chopped

“Dressing”

juice of 1/2 a lemon, 1/2 a lime, 1 tbsp of Olive Oil and a pinch of salt

Combine all ingredients in one bowl, cutting and slicing your avocados last (so that they don’t brown prematurely), mix up your “dressing” in a separate bowl and then toss it in with all the veggies and fruits. Serve either as a dip with whole wheat pita chips or in a fun glass (like I did) as a creative, light starter for your festive summer dinner party! Tastes so fresh and so summery, you’re going to love it!

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keylimecupcake

These Gluten Free Coconut Lime cupcakes (VEGAN) were the highlight of my summer creations last year and I couldn’t help but recreate them once the weather started warming up! I’m not sure why I didn’t post the recipe last year but here it is! Over due! Enjoy these Gluten Free and Vegan gems and stay sweet and skinny!

GF/V COCONUT LIME CUPCAKES

1 cup of coconut milk
1 tsp of apple cider vinegar
(Combine both and set aside while mixing the rest of the recipe)
1 1/4 cup GF flour
2 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
1/3 cup coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
Juice of 4 limes

Add all ingredients in your mixer and then add your vinegar curdled coconut milk in last. Fill your cupcake tin about 3/4 of the way as these do not rise as much as typical cupcakes. Bake for approx 10 mins, while continuously checking on them! Enjoy!

For the icing, I simply used the vegan buttercream recipe and mixed in some unsweetened coconut as well as used the coconut to garnish the top! 😉

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Thanks for joining me on this juice journey! I can not believe it’s almost over! Here’s my post from late at night on day 4, check it out and as always, email or message me with any questions, comments, etc!

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Here’s my diary from day 2 of my juice detox! Check it out and be sure to subscribe on YouTube and follow along on instagram and Facebook to stay in the loop and hopefully juice along with me! 🙂

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I decided to record a video diary every night of my juice detox this week to hopefully show those of you who have never detoxed before what it’s like and what you can expect but also to provide a companion of sorts for those of you who are currently juicing with me. Trust me, it’s not easy but there are some incredible benefits! I’m testing out some of my favorite juices this week in order to compile a complete juice detox guide for you guys. Let me know what your experience is and what some of your favorite juice combinations are!

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veggiesThe weather is gorgeous! The flowers are FINALLY blooming and it’s time to take your body from winter time sweaters and jackets to flowing spring dresses and soon to be shorts! I love celebrating the changing of the seasons with a nice juice detox to ease my body on to the lighter, healthier foods that we crave when the weather gets warmer. And, of course, to clean out my system of any junk I may have eaten in the past months of winter. This week I am embarking on a five day juice detox! I’m going to be experimenting with new juice combinations as well as old favorites to compile a book for you with the ultimate in delicious juice detox recipes! I will be video logging every evening to let you know how it’s going, how I feel, etc. Please come and join me on this journey! Whether you start on Monday with me or Wednesday for a three day detox, I will be here to answer any of your questions and we can get through it together! So write on my Facebook wall, comment below and let’s get juicing together!!

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