ABChick Pea's, VOO & Sautéed Balsamic Veggies with Quinoa

First and foremost.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you mom's, grandma's and mom to be's. AND most importantly to the most important mom ever, to my amazing mom!!

Don't my mom and I look alike?! ::sarcasm::
Product of a mixed race marriage <3

Here are just a few of my weekend eats: A breakfast, a lunch and a dinner.

First up- Breakfast.

One morning I enjoyed a bowl of overnight oats, my absolute favorite breakfast to have in the morning. One reason because it is so delicious and two it keeps me pretty full for at least 4-5 hours.

Ingredients:
1/4 cup oats (Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Oats)
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tbs. chia seeds
1 tbs. almond butter
1/2 tbs. oraganic agave nectar

Directions:
In a bowl add all the ingredients, except for the almond butter and agave nectar, mix well, cover and refrigerate over night. Next morning add the almond butter and agave nectar. Either heat up the VOO in the microwave for a few seconds or eat cold.

Nutritional Information: 255 cals., 8 g. fiber, 9 g. protein


Next up- Lunch

For lunch one day I decided to try out Angela's Peanut Butter Chick Pea's from her website Oh She Glows . I was very unsure on how these were going to taste but decided to give it a go! I adapted her recipe a bit. Instead of peanut butter I used almond butter and agave nectar instead of pure maple syrup.

OMG these were delicious! No joke! If you like chick peas and like almond butter/peanut butter, you'll love this. (I hope)

Almond Butter Chick Peas (ABChick Pea's)

(Adapted from Angela's Chick P's& P.B)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup drained and rinsed chick peas (I used canned ones)
1 tbs. almond butter
1/2 tsp. organic agave nectar

Directions:
Drain and rinse the chick peas. For a single serving take 1/2 cup of the chick peas and add to a deep bowl. Next in another bowl combine the almond butter and agave nectar. Scoop the almond butter and agave nectar mixture and add to the chick peas. Mix well with a spoon. Either eat these alone, add to a salad, a wrap or on top a piece of bread. Quite honestly, the almond butter chick peas are perfect just eaten alone!

Nutritional Information: 240 calories, 11 g fat, 7 g fiber and 11 g protein.

Not too shabby!!



And lastly- Dinner

I just wanted something quick, easy, delicious and healthy. Rummaged through my fridge and came out with some leftover quinoa, a orange  yellow bell pepper, chopped onions, grape red tomatoes, mushrooms and sugar snap peas. Sauted the veggies in a pan then added the quinoa to heat it through and drizzled with some balsamic vinegar. Quick, easy, delicious and healthy. YUUUMMM.

Nutrional Information: 212 cals., 5 g. fiber, 9.5 g. protein.

No real recipe for this, it's pretty straight forward!

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

XO Jen

TGIF, literally! Snapshot, Flipcard and Cleanse day 5

Happy Friday!! So happy that it's finally here. TGIF, literally.

Yesterday marked day 5 of the cleanse and it was also Cinco de Mayo. A day some people use as an excuse to go out and drink till they pass out. Haha. Not this girl!

I did go out for a bit last night and hung out with one of my best friends and another close girlfriend of mine. I've been feeling in a bit of a slump lately and last nigh was exactly what I needed to get out of it. A night filled with great conversation, laughter and smiles. Sometimes, something so simple as seeing your close friends can do the trick, and it absolutely did last night.

I had an early start to my day yesterday, a 5:30 a.m wake up call to be exact, or I should say alarm blaring wake up call. Got up and did a quick cram session before my midterm at 8 a.m. Had a bowl of overnight oats consisting of:

• 1/3 1/4 cup oats (Gluten free of course)
• ~3/4 cup vanilla almond milk
• 1 tbs. ground flax
• 1/2 tbs. almond butter

Quick and easy and it kept me full all the way through school and the gym. After the gym I whipped up a banana protein shake, went outside and caught some sun.

The banana shake had in it:

• 1/2 a medium frozen banana (Gives it more of a shake like texture)
• 2 scoops Arbonne Protein powder
• 1 cup Vanilla almond milk
• 1 tbs. chia seeds
• 2 ice cubes

At some point in the day yesterday I was greeted by Jack ready to roll out!

My "roll" dog

Dinner time rolled around and I enjoyed a quinoa spinach salad with bell peppers, mushrooms, asparagus, sugar snap peas, chick peas and a handful of slivered almonds. Just what I needed.

Today marks the 6th day in my cleanse and I'll report later on tonight on how it went!

Oh! I almost forgot! There are 2 NEW ways to view my blog: Snapshot or Flipcard. Check out the picture on the sidebar (To the right of this post) and click on it to view!

Enjoy your Friday!

Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

Good morning Wednesday! And what a beautiful Wednesday it is. The weather is absolutely gorgeous! The sun is shining and nothing but blue skies. Puts a huge smile on my face!

I started my morning off with a bowl of apple cinnamon VOO (vegan overnight oats). OMG it was so yummy! The first time I've had it! I have a bunch of apples in my fridge, so last night, while I was putting together my VOO, I thought I'd put one to good use. I didn't add it to my VOO until this morning.

Instead of my usual honey and almond butter oats, I did cinnamon with apples aaaand just a small spoonful of almond butter. (I love the stuff, so I couldn't help myself.) Last night I prepared my VOO by adding the oats, almond milk, ground flax and cinnamon to a bowl. Whisked together, covered with saran wrap and popped it into the fridge. This morning I added the cut up apple and a small spoonful of almond butter. But first I popped it in the mircrowave for about 40 seconds to warm it up. Stirred it all together and ate! It was sooo delish!

Apple Cinnamon VOO

Ingredients:
1/4 cup oats
3/4 cup almond milk
1/2 tbs. cinnamon
1 tbs. ground flax or chia seeds
1 tbs. almond butter (optional)
1 apple cut up in bite sized pieces (I didn't use the whole apple, probably just half of it.)

Method:
The night before in a bowl, add the oats, almond milk, ground flax or chia seeds and cinnamon. Whisk together, cover and put in the refrigerator to sit over night. In the morning, remove from the refrigerator and pop into the microwave for about 40 seconds to heat up. This part is optional. I like mine just a tad bit warmed up. Next add the cut up apple to the VOO and a small spoonful of almond butter (optional). And viola! Apple cinnamon VOO.

*I added a little more cinnamon to mine, which is why it looks so dark in the picture. I love cinnamon.

I stirred mine all together once everything was added. Apple cinnamon VOO along with a cup of coffee and supplements. (Multi vitamin, fish oil, and B-12)

Love this mug! The penguin is too cute!

Beautiful Wednesday morning

Enjoy your Wednesday! I'm off to get ready for the day, run some errands then hit up the gym. Looking forward to happy hour later this evening with three of my best girlfriends. Can not wait!

xo Jen