Lots of Green for Lunch

Kale Chips

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Guacamole

Whats not to love!!

Sunday Morning Motivation

FRENCH WAFFLES

Mix up  French Toast batter; eggs, vanilla, milk and pumpkin pie spice...

drag your favorite bread thru it (gluten free if you want)

Place on your waffle iron to cook - 

BEST French Toast Ever

Butter and Maple Syrup 

DELISH!!

Sunshine Motivation...

Another fine SUMMERS DAY...

in MARCH?!?

So todays projects were fueled by; 

St. Pattys Day GREEN SMOOTHIES

2 cups of Fresh Kale

4 cups of Fresh Spinach

1 cup of Blueberries

1 Cup of Strawberries

2 TBLS of Natural Peanut Butter

1 Cup of Almond Milk
1/2 Cup of Yogurt

1/2 cup of water

1 Banana

2 Tablespoons of Maple Syrup - 

SLURP....

SO GOOD n GOOD for you!!!

The RECIPE from the Sugar Shack

BUTTER MILK PANCAKEs ( they also have a Gluten Free Mix that is DELISH)

3 c Hodgson Mill Buttermilk Pancake Mix

2 c milk

2 egg

4 Tbsp. oil

 add in 1 -2 cups + each of the following 

Dried Cherries and Fresh Blueberries

then add in 1 1/2 cups of  organic Oatmeal

then just before you put these on the griddle pour in a 1/4 cup maple syrup

Preheat griddle to 360 degrees F.  Place pancake mix into mixing bowl;  add milk and egg, stir in vegetable oil.  Mix just until blended.  Let stand for 5 minutes.  Cook on one side until bubbles form on the edges, then flip and cook on other side until golden brown.  Serve hot.  Top with your favorite syrup, honey, molasses, jams or jellies.  For thinner pancakes use more milk, for thicker pancakes use less milk.  Makes 6-8 pancakes.

Eat better and Move... You will feel better I promise!! Speaking from Personal Experience!

Hi, my name is Fibromyalgia, and I'm an invisible chronic illness. I am now ‘ Velcroed’ to you for life. Others around you can't see me or hear me, but YOUR body feels me. I can attack you anywhere and anyway I please. I can cause severe pain, or if I am in a good mood, I can just cause you to ache all over.
Remember when you and Energy ran around together and had fun? I took Energy from you and gave you Exhaustion. Just try to have fun now! I also took Good Sleep from you and in its place gave you Fibro Fog (a.k.a.)Brain Fog. 
I can make you tremble internally or make you feel cold or hot when everyone else feels normal. Oh yeah, I can make you feel anxious or depressed, too. If you have something planned, or are looking forward to a great day, I can take that away too. You didn't ask for me. I chose you for various reasons: that virus you had that you never quite recovered from, or that car accident, or childbirth, the death of a loved one, or maybe it was those years of abuse and trauma. 
Well, anyway, I'm here to stay! I hear you're going to see a doctor who can get rid of me. I'm ‘ROFL’ (rolling on the floor laughing)! Just try! You will have to go to many, many doctors until you find one who can help you effectively. In fact, you'll see many doctors who tell you ‘it’s all in your head’ (or some version of that). If you do find a doctor willing to treat this ‘non-disease’, you will be put on pain pills, sleeping pills, and energy pills. You will be told you are suffering from anxiety or depression, given a TENS unit, told if you just sleep and exercise properly, I will go away. You'll be told to think positively, poked, prodded, and most of all, you will not be taken seriously when you cry to the doctor how debilitating life is for you every single day!
Your family, friends, and coworkers will all listen to you until they just get tired of hearing about how I make you feel, and that I'm a debilitating disease. Some of them will say things like "Oh, you're just having a bad day", or "Well, remember, you cant expect to do the things you used to do 20 years ago," not hearing that you said "20 DAYS ago"! Some will just start talking behind your back, while you slowly feel that you are losing your dignity, trying to make them understand, especially when you are in the middle of a conversation with a ‘normal’ person, and can't remember what you were going to say next!
In closing, you've probably figured out that the ONLY place you will get any real support and understanding in dealing with me is with Other People With Fibromyalgia! They are the only ones that will understand your complaints of unrelenting pain, insomnia, fibro fog, the inability to perform the everyday tasks that ‘normal people’ take for granted.
Remember, I'm stuck to you like Velcro – and I expect we'll be together for the rest of your life

Quick Easy HEALTHY

RED SKIN KALE MELT

Baked 2 Red Skin Potatos (small for me large for Bruce)

While baking I sautéed with a bit o olive oil

1 cup of Kale

1/2 cup of Onions

1/2 cup of Mushrooms

and a few bits of left over sirloin and seasonings of your choice

when onions and mushrooms were tender I 

put it on the baked potatoes 

then a bit of cheese -White Cheddar - 

As soon as cheese was melted it was lunch!!

YUMMINESS!!!

Another WINNER according to Hubby!!

Todays projects fueled by

Kale Chips 

• 1 bunch of Kale
• a couple tablespoons of olive oil
• sea salt

Preheat oven to 350. Tear kale into bite-sized pieces, avoiding the tough inner stalk. Rinse well in water and dry as best you can either in a spinner or on a tea towel. Pour olive oil into large bowl and add the kale. Sprinkle with  sea salt and toss gently to evenly distribute the oil and salt, Place on baking sheet then 

Place in oven and bake about 25 minutes, or until the kale is crisp.

 Best if eaten warm but not necessary. You can also sprinkle with Parmesan for a change

Goes well with Grass Fed Rib Steak and Redskins

Even my hubby is a fan of the Kale Chips!!

Breakfast Fit for my King

Egg White n Scallion Omelets

Sautee with a wee bit of olive oil

a chopped up clove of fresh garlic

a 1/2 cup chopped scallions 

a bit of seasonings (your choice)

a sprinkling of cilantro

then whip up 3 egg whites and one whole egg till frothy

add in a 1/4 cup of feta cheese blend

then add to pan with scallions, garlic etc - 

cook till eggs are cooked thru... flipping once

serve with salsa 

fresh avacado

sour cream - 

Delish