Tag: healthy

by amanda@afitkitchen.com

Favorite Breakfast Casserole

Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re having a great week so far. I know I say this in every post but this week is flying by! I think the busier I get and the more things I add to my plate the faster it seems like time goes by. Speaking off adding things to my plate, this breakfast casserole is my favorite.. as you can tell by the name of it. I’ve made it probably a dozen times and it never disappoints. I actually took this recipe from PaleOMG and modified it a little which really just means I added mushrooms, peppers and cheese. I don’t want to take full credit for this since I really didn’t come up with it but I just wanted to be sure I shared it with you because it is a favorite in our house! It’s perfect to throw together when you’ve invited friends or family over for brunch. It’s also perfect for you and your significant other to devour all by yourselves.. I am saying that because we have done that more than once. You’ll understand why when you try it.

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Greek Chicken Burgers

Is it really Wednesday already? This week has completely flown by and I find myself laying in bed trying to get this post done before I go to sleep tonight because I just realized what day it was.. that’s the kind of week it’s been. I was in Florida for the past 6 days with a bunch of friends for the Disney World Marathon. It was a blast!!! If you read my last post I talked about how I was nervous to run the half marathon because I hadn’t trained one bit. I actually did much better then I expected! All I know is I’m glad it’s over and I kicked butt! A majority of the group ran the full marathon and it was their first one. I’d love to run a full marathon some day but I think I just need to get over the mental aspect of it. I mean 26.2 miles?! That’s far. That’s even a far drive in my car!

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Tropical Pomegranate Smoothie

I have seriously been missing out. Howecome nobody ever told me that pomegranates are like the best thing ever?! What’s funny is that the day I made this smoothie was the first time I even tried pomegranate. Want to hear something even funnier? I told my husband that I was excited to try pomegranate for the first time and his response – “I don’t really like them because it seems like there’s not much left to eat once you remove all of the seeds.” I laughed pretty hard.. since the seeds are what you actually eat! I love the tangy flavor, it reminds me of cranberries but a little sweeter. 

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Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Well, the holidays are officially over and it’s time to start cleaning up the diet again. Every single year I tell myself this will be the Christmas where I turn down sweets all together. It never happens, not even close. I said this in my prior post but I’ll emphasize again just how much of a sweets person I am. You can give me salads for dinner every single night if that means I’m getting a piece of chocolate after. So with the holidays it’s not really the meals that get me in trouble as much as it is the delicious baked cookies and cakes that are always available and ready to be eaten. My mom actually packed us up a box full of different cookies to take back home with us and we just decided tonight to throw them away because both my husband and I know that we don’t have the best self control when it comes to that stuff. So our strategy to not eating sweets and other bad things is to not buy it and not have it around the house. It’s worked pretty well for us so far! Until I get an undeniable chocolate chip cookie craving.. and all bets are off. But luckily that doesn’t happen too often.

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Peanut Butter Black Bean Brownies

First of all, I feel like I should confess that while I’m typing this post, I’m also watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It’s just one of those Christmas movies that I have to watch every year along with A Christmas Story, Elf and The Grinch. I’m typically not a huge movie person but when it comes to Christmas movies, I could watch them all day. 

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Southwestern Chicken Quinoa Soup

This is by far one of my favorite recipes. Not only because it’s delicious but because it’s incredibly easy to make, it’s cost effective and it’s perfect for meal prepping! This recipe makes a very large amount but the good thing is it tastes just as good reheated which makes it perfect for lunches throughout the week! This is a hearty soup that is packed with flavor and is ideal for these chilly nights. Speaking of chillier nights, I’m hoping for cooler temperatures here in Charleston soon..  the weather hasn’t really decided what it wants to do. Just before Thanksgiving it was starting to cool down to the low 60’s during the day and it was PERFECT. This week it’s decided it wants to go back up in the high 70’s.. just as I finished decorating for Christmas. I am totally a sweater weather person around the holidays. Something about it being T-shirt weather when Christmas music is playing just bothers me. 

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Spaghetti Squash with Chicken Sausage, Spinach and Sundried Tomatoes

So I really tried to come up with a shorter, catchier name for this dish but just couldn’t do it. So Spaghetti Squash with Chicken Sausage, Spinach and Sundried Tomatoes it is.. I mean I didn’t want to leave out anything? Feel free to comment with your suggestion if you have one. It’s gotta be better then what I came up with.

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