Healthy & Delicious Meal Ideas

Hi Friends! Thank you so much for stopping by, I wanted to share a couple more meal ideas. If you are new to reading my blog; then you will find out that I like to cook and eat fairly healthy. Don't get me wrong, I love me some  Chickfila. But I'll say that I eat pretty healthy 75% of the time and that is usually from what I cook at home. I also love shopping local at the Farmer's Market and finding locally grown produce. I can get the benefits of local foods and support local farmers.

One of my favorite lunches lately is this delicious salad. The ingredients include:

Locs 

Half of an avocado

Leafy Greens/Arugula

Red Onion

Manzanilla Olives

Chick Peas

and my home made salad dressing.

Salad dressing ingredients: one serving

Half of a lemon

Three tablespoons of apple cider vinegar

 Two table spoons of Olive oil

Salt/Pepper

 

This second recipe is something that I threw together and it was so yummy.

Its a breakfast casserole or you could eat it anytime if you'd like.

Ingredients:

Seven eggs 

A few handfuls of spinach for those extra vitamins from greens

Diced bell pepper

Diced Red Onion or Yellow- I used red because that's what I had on hand

Two links of Boar's Head Honey crisp fully cooked Chicken Sausage diced

Diced sweet potato- I recommend giving the sweet potato a little saute before adding to the casserole for baking.

Once you've added all of the ingredients add to preheated oven and bake until egg is thoroughly cooked.

Feel free to add salt and pepper to your mixture.

I have a few more recipes to share stay tuned. Let me know if you try any of these!

Ebonee💜

Healthy Breakfast Ideas

Hi Friends,  since its January and we are all getting back on our A-game with eating healthier and making health a priority. I thought it'd be great to share some healthy recipes that I personally eat for breakfast. 

 

We all have heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 

So the first of this series of recipes is all about breakfast; they'll be more recipes to come. 

So first off is this delicious breakfast bowl. It is my version of a breakfast egg scramble. The ingredients include Apples and Sweet Potatoes and of course, eggs.

I first tried the apple and sweet potato combo at a friends and decided to add it to my scrambled eggs for some extra nutrients. Also, I thought it was a good savory, and filling breakfast. 

Literally, the only ingredients are- 1 serving

2 eggs scrambled

1 sweet potato cubed

1 apple cubed

For the apples and potato cook them until they're soft in a tablespoon of butter/ghee or avocado oil- your preference. 

On to another favorite is my Greek yogurt and fruit bowl.

This is super easy to put together.

The ingredients include;

A cup in a half-ish of Greek yogurt

Add some of your favorite fruits- Mine are Strawberries, I love strawberries they are my absolute favorite fruit. Papaya, Blackberries, and Bananas are also my favorites.

Granola 

Honey- optional

If I'm not overally hungry in the morning and want something a little lighter; I'll eat an apple and some peanut butter. That's usually on the go while I'm driving- lol. Even though its not overally extravagant, it stillprovides nutrients and protein from the peanut butter.

There is a another recipe that I like to make for breakfast but I'll save that for another blogpost. Let me know if you try any of these and what's your breakfast go to. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. 

Ebonee

 

Sunday Meal prep Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit Cheddar Crisps

Happy Sunday evening friends. Today was a semi-productive day, meaning I didn’t get any house chores done. But I did manage to get some meal prep done and make a delicious recipe. I’ll be home in Florida most of this week and also working from home on some schedules. So I wanted to make a healthier and delicious meal for at least two days of this week. When I travel, obviously I eat out and sometimes it’s a lot of quick unhealthy foods. So when I’m home I like to reset and make something healthy, delicious, and somewhat quick. So as you may know, Callie’s hot little biscuit is my favorite biscuit company and I have two packages of their biscuit mix in my pantry. I was thrilled when they sent me a package of their frozen biscuits as well as their cheese crisps. Their cheese crisps to me are a combination of a cheez-it and a crouton with a dash of spice due to the pepper. I wanted to incorporate the cheese crisps into my meal this week so I put my creative thinking cap on and decided on making baked breaded chicken thighs using the cheese crisps and some bread crumbs mixed together. So I whipped out my cookware and went to cooking and MY OH MY!!!!! It turned out better than I thought. I’ll humbly give myself a 10 out of 10👏🏾 I highly suggest making this for yourself. I included homemade Baked seasoned sweet potato fries and carrots and broccoli for all of the healthy vitamins.

Here is the recipe. Note* I'm a single person so this recipe can be adjusted to your particular needs.

4 chicken thighs - I used the one with the skin on.

1/2 of a cup of bread crumbs- you can use seasoned. I used unseasoned because that's what I had in my pantry.

Olive oil

Salt and Pepper for your chicken if you don't have seasoned bread crumbs.

1/4 cups of crushed Callie's Hot Little Biscuit Cheese crisps.

Heat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Drizzle olive oil over chicken and season with salt and pepper. 

Mix the bread crumbs and Cheese crisps together and spread over chicken and then place in oven until it's thoroughly cooked. And then through together some sides and enjoy your meal.

Callie's Hot Little Biscuit can be found in grocery stores like Costco, Fresh Market, and online also. They actually started as an online company shipping their delicious family recipe biscuits. So if you don't have a Fresh Market or a Costco near you, sending it via mail is a great option. I received my biscuits via mail and it was packaged nicely. 

Let me know if you try this recipe, I'd love to know. I know that many of you message me with kind words stating that you love my recipes and love when I share them.

Thank you so much for stopping by my little blog. 

Hugs, 

from the Sunshine State🌞

Crustless Quiche recipe

So I decided late last night to make a quiche for lunch today. I had some veggies in from the garden that I wanted to use and some leftover items in the fridge that I didn’t want to waste. No wasting food 🙅🏾‍♀️  It turned out delicious.
Here are the ingredients that I used:
Two eggs
Boar’s Head Feta cheese- because it’s the best.
Kale
Tomatoes from the garden
Chives
 1/2 cup All purpose flour
 1/2 tsp of Baking powder
1 cup of Milk
1/3 cup of Buttermilk- for extra flavor
garlic powder
You can add in salt and pepper if you'd like but I added it afterwards because I heard adding salt to eggs before cooking makes them dry. But I didn't have to add much salt because I had a lot of flavor with my ingredients.
I set my oven to 400F added olive oil to my favorite stoneware dish, linked here and here's the whole set including the quiche stoneware as well. I mixed all of the ingredients together and cooked for about 30 minutes. These appetizer plates are my favorites and SUPER inexpensive. I love the classic white combined with a modern square shape.

Let me know if you make this recipe and feel free to add whatever you'd like, it doesn't have to be exactly like mine.

Sending virtual Hugs,

from the Sunshine State💜

My Favorite Healthy Snacks while Traveling

Hi Friends! Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll be traveling again for work this weekend and I'm packing my favorite foods. Some I have been eating for a while; some I just discovered and wanted to share with you. First off, I drink a lot of water, so that was a must. And I love Angie's Boom Chicka Pop popcorn they have a variety of flavors including some holiday flavors that are delicious. This one is one of my favorite flavors. This beet orange juice is also delicious made with Florida oranges which made me an instant fan. I love the regular orange juice as well as the strawberry lemonade. Delish!

I also tried out a new breakfast item. This strawberry overnight oats are my new favorite for on the go travel days and it tastes yummy too. When I'm home I normally eat a nice bowl of greek yogurt for protein, granola, honey, and fruit. This breakfast item actually has greek yogurt so it was perfect. I have to have a lot of protein in the morning. Also, some of my favorite snacks are nuts. They are a good source of protein. 

All of the non-perishable snacks I put in my new Lilly Palm Beach zip-up tote so that everything is nice and safe. I love this print. I picked it up last week and the Lilly team said that it's not even on the website yet, so its very possible I'm the only person with this bag. LOL. They have it in a different print. The print name is "Postcards from Positano." I'll link the one on the website here for you to check out. I love the zipper because I can secure my items and they won't fall out. Last but not least my favorite fall drink at the moment is apple cider latte. Its the perfect on the road drink. It gives me all of the Happy Vibes.

A Day in New Smyrna Beach

Hi Friends! So I started my vacation off the right way- at the Beach! While the rest of the world may be getting cooler fall weather. It's still flaming hot here in my home state. Although I've been trying to dress in more of my darker Lilly clothing. If you've been wearing Lilly for a while you might remember this print and maxi. I wore it today at one of my favorite beaches-New Smyrna. I am not kidding when I say that everyone loved this dress and made so many comments about it. Its one of my favorites and I bought it a couple seasons back during the APS. I had a great and relaxing day eating healthy foods, walking along the beach, taking lots of pictures on my camera, and going to the cutest acai/smoothie shop ever. Thank you so much for stopping by. Oh, and btw this blog post marks my 100th blogpost on my blog!!!! wooohoo!

My favorite things in this picture: A light lavender building, Purple flowers, and dolphins.

Summer Time Flat Bread Pizza (Vegetarian)

Hi Friends, I love cooking. I also love creating different things to eat and not having the same thing over and over. I wanted to make my own Flat Bread Pizza at home today instead of going out and buying it. You can either grill the flatbread or put it in the oven. I put together some simple ingredients and created a vegetarian flatbread pizza.

Ingredients: flatbread
Boar's Head Goat cheese ( the best ever, but of course I'm partial to this wonderful brand)
Olive oil
Garlic
tomato sauce
black olives
fresh basil
oregano
fresh organic mushrooms

The Goat cheese was AHHHmazing on it. It had a very rich flavor; I'll definitely be making this again! Bon Appetit 

Semi Healthy Meal Prep Idea

Hi Friends! So as promised, here's a semi-healthy meal idea for the week. The reason I say semi-healthy, is although the dressing I use is organic; it still has a decent amount of sodium. You can adjust the portions according to how many you're serving. But all you'll need is
1. Organic Pasta
2. Annie's goddess dressing ( Its a blend of lemon and garlic)
3. asparagus
4.shrimp or chicken ( I love seafood so I went with shrimp)
Cook the pasta according to the instructions, cook the shrimp until pink and the asparagus until tender. I steamed my shrimp and asparagus in the same pot to cut down on time ( i don't have very much of it).  Mix all of the ingredients together and I recommend serving it chilled. The dressing tastes better in my opinion cold. You can also top this recipe with feta cheese for a complete greek style flavor. Let me know if you try this recipe.  I have eaten it for lunch and it's quite scrumptious.

Saturday morning Banana Pancakes

Hi Friends! I've been in the mood for some yummy pancakes lately. But I didn't want to leave my house for them; so I found this recipe for banana pancakes, but I revised it a bit. So here's the recipe.

                      

                                                   Ingredients: 1 Egg

                                                   a half teaspoon baking powder

                                                   quarter teaspoon baking soda

                                                   one banana 

                                                   quarter to a half cup of coconut milk (this is what I used because I'm                 

                                                   allergic to almond milk)

                                                   a half cup of flour

I cut the original recipe in half for myself to make three pancakes. But I'll link the original recipe here. But first puree the banana, I added a couple drops of vanilla extract. Add the egg to the banana puree and then add all of the dry goods. Heat skillet to a  three or four and you got yourself a delicious Saturday morning breakfast. I also added warm peanut butter and cinnamon on top of my banana pancakes. Happy Saturday Friends, I'll be being lazy all day. 

Healthy smoothies with Daily Harvest

         I don't know about you but I love smoothies! But sometimes I don't always have time to prepare the fruit for my smoothie, that's where Daily Harvest comes to help. Daily Harvest is known for their ready-to-blend smoothie, they also offer soups, chia parfaits, overnight oats, sundaes, harvest bowls and LATTES!!!! So if you're super busy Girl Boss like myself or a mom on the go, or even just don't have the time to prepare the smoothie ingredients. Check out Daily Harvest, when you go to check out your order be sure to put in the code: petalprep so that on your first order you get 3 free smoothie cups.

I love the strawberry and peach smoothie, it's delicious. And not only are these smoothies delicious but they are made with real, unprocessed, unrefined food and nutritionist-approved. I added coconut milk and a scoop of greek yogurt for some extra protein for my morning breakfast. Be on the lookout next week for a fun way to use your Daily Harvest smoothies. Let me know what flavors you get.

Girls trip in Naples

       Hi There! I hope that 2018 has been great so far! On our Naples Mom & Daughters trip, we had to have brunch at  our favorite restaurant in Naples.- Jane's Cafe on 3rd- It has a fun British- American vibe. The food is so delicious, I highly recommend it if you're in the area. Its located in the historic Old Naples area in a pretty coral colored building.

They have the most amazing drinks. I like to get the freshly squeezed strawberry orange juice- because you know strawberries are my favorite. My mom and sister tried their raspberry pear lemonade with the fresh fruits mixed in. Not only did they say it was delicious but it looked pretty too.

They also have vegetarian options as well, last time I had the avocado toasted and fresh fruit. Delish!!! The weather was so perfect-we sat outside in the courtyard and the staff is so friendly. I can't wait to back. 

Homemade Body Scrub

Hi There! I wanted to share with you my personal homemade body scrub. Its really simple and very moisturizing. It also makes a great gift. So first things first. Find a pretty glass jar, Mine was a preserves jar with a pretty copper lid. Its a little more than 11oz.

 

Now ingredients:

 1-2 Table spoons of Organic Coconut Oil ( I highly recommend Organic since you are putting it on your skin)

 Half of an Organic Lemon

Half a cup of Sugar

* Any essential oil that you may want to add*

I chose Avocado oil and added a Tablespoon in a half

Mix all of the ingredients together and there you go! I chose the coconut oil because my skin loves it and I use it in place of lotion on days that I don't use my body scrub. The lemon lightens up any scars you may have and the Avocado oil is a natural humectant which means it naturally preserves moisture. Which is great for me because I have dry skin. I also use coconut oil and avocado oil on my hair which is very tight and curly in texture and needs all of the moisture I can give it. *This scrubs is so perfect for me. Adjust this recipe according to your particular  needs and preference. Especially if you have an Allergy to any of these ingredients*

 I love exfoliating with this scrub. It lives my skin feeling super soft and moisturized and don't even have to use Lotion.

 You can store this in your refrigerator up to 7 days. Let me know if you tried it out. And thank you for stopping by.

 

 

Breakfast Ready!!!

      HI THERE!!!! Well, As promised I'm writing this blogpost on my Grandma's delicious oatmeal. I know it sounds crazy saying my Grandma makes the BEST oatmeal but it is the truth. My cousin and I have been trying to master it for a little while. And I'm almost there. WooHoo!!! I asked my Grandma who I call "Nanny" what's the secret and the one thing she told me  was to cook it slowly. So here's a slightly revised version of the recipe.I usually make this while I'm getting ready for work or on days I'm working from home because the key is slowly cooking the oatmeal.

 For 1 serving a half cup of oats ( I like the all natural whole Grain Old fashioned oats) with a little less than a cup of water on medium low heat for 10 minutes.
And then I add 3 quarters of a cup of milk and turn it to a medium heat for about 7 minutes. And then I add 1-2 teaspoons of real vanilla extract and 1 tablespoon if you like it sweeter 9 Like my Nanny) add more sugar. I like to watch my sugar intake. And for the last 3 minutes have it on high. I add nuts and fruit for extra vitamins and protein and because I love it. Let me know if you try this recipe and if you like it. And thanks for stopping by.