Sunday, November 16, 2014

CHOCOLATE SHAKEOLOGY MUG CAKE



CHOCOLATE SHAKEOLOGY MUG CAKE
The healthiest cake you'll ever eat


The easiest cake you'll ever make


I've seen mug cakes before and thought why couldn't I do this with shakeology, its pretty much like a cake mix but healthy. This is probably the easiest cake you'll ever make, not to mention that it's jammed pack with super foods and it tastes delicious. Once I made it I couldn't stop thinking about the endless possibilities that you could make with it. One that came to mind was  PEANUT BUTTER...omgaaawd YES!! I had to try it.. Ummm hello this stuff it the BOMB.. 



Now you can have your cake and eat it too... I fully plan on experimenting more with Shakeology. Another thing that comes to mind is Food Prep you could easily premake these protein packed goodies for the week and they count as a meal. Woot! I just had one and it's just as filling, I also had a large glass of water with it.Totally  FULL and satisfied. This will be perfect if I'm traveling or don't have time to make a meal replacement shake.


What to do:
It's super easy. Spray a mug with cooking spray. Mix 1 scoop of Chocolate Shakeology with 1/4 C water in a separate bowl or cup. Once mixed add it to the mug and cook for 1 min 30 seconds. That's it, just like that =)
Enjoy



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Friday, October 31, 2014

CANDY CORN ENERGY DRINK



CANDY CORN PUNCH
ENERGY DRINK



What a FUN way to celebrate the holidays. I came up with a Candy corn Shakeology Shake why not an ENERGY DRINK.. I always get inspired around the holidays to come up with NEW ways to enjoy my drinks and shakes. This was super easy to make and it tastes like punch. The best part is that you will get tons of ENERGY because it's made with E&E Energy and Endurance.




I wanted to make sure that I kept it healthy so I used ZEVIA a zero calorie soda made from STEVIA. It's an awesome soda alternitive...No SUGAR, NO ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS. E&E is the same way, so both products will not raise your blood sugar levels.





RECIPE

Ingredients:

8 0z all natural Orange Juice
8 0z premixed E&E
4 0z Zevia

Directions:

1. Fill your large Mason jar with ice
2. Pour in the orange juice first. I added a few drops of red food coloring
3. Next layer the premixed E&E on top (I added 2 drops of yellow)
4. Top off with Zevia

Walla! Energy for hours and it tastes AWESOME!!
ENJOY!

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Friday, October 24, 2014

SUPER EASY CHICKEN CROCK POT MEAL



 SUPER EASY SANTA FE CHICKEN FOOD PREP 
IDEA ONLY 4 INGREDIENTS



SANTA FE CROCK POT CHICKEN
On any given Sunday I have some type of chicken cooking in my crock pot. I feel it's the easiest way to cook 5 lbs of chicken for the week, set it and forget it. The crock pot has saved me many times and it's essential to Food Prep if you want great results with achieving your goals. 

Before I started my journey it was a lot of fast food and not many home cooked meals. I was just too lazy to cook and wanted food fast ans NOW. A few years back one of my cousins suggested Italian crock pot beef. I decided to try chicken with it instead, I'm not much of a beef eater...but I do enjoy a steak every now and then.

4 INGREDIENTS THAT'S ALL



INGREDIENTS
  • 5 LBS FROZEN CHICKEN BREAST
  • 1 CAN NO SALT ADDED DICED TOMATOES
  • 1 BOTTLE LAWRY'S SANTA FE CHILI MARINADE
  • 1 T. FAT LOUIES GARLIC OLIVE OIL

POUR 1/2 CAN OF TOMATOES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CROCK POT, WITH 1/2 BOTTLE OF THE MARINADE

PLACE THE FROZEN CHICKEN THE POT ANS POUR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOMATOES ANS MARINADE OVER THE CHICKEN. LASTLY DRIZZLE 1 T. OF GARLIC OIL OVER THE TOP.

COOK ON HIGH 4-5 HRS OR LOW 8-10 HRS. ALWAYS CHECK THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE WITH A FOOD THERMOMETER, THEY RECOMMEND 165F. 

ONCE IT REACHES THAT TEMPERATURE I DRAIN THE JUICE AND PLACE IT IN A SEPARATE BOWL FOR SHREDDING. I USE 2 FORK TO SHRED THE CHICKEN AFTER IS COOLS DOWN A BIT, THEN STORE IT IN THE SAME BOWL. IT WILL LAST A WEEK BUT SOMETIMES I WILL FREEZE HALF OF IT IF I'M HAVING ANOTHER MEAT THAT WEEK ALSO. 

ENJOY THE FLAVOR IS FANTASTIC.

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2 INGREDIENT PANCAKES
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Banana pancakes
 
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For those of you who know me, know that I ONLY eat food that has a ton of flavor. It's embedded into my soul from my mom. This banana pancake recipe isn't new by any means...but how I jazzed it up is and it's all CLEAN. I didn't even know what Clean eating was until a few months into journey, that was 1 year ago and now I hold  
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Banana Pancake Recipe
Pancake Ingredients:
1 Banana
2 Lg eggs
Chocolate topping:
1 T Organic Coconut Oil
2T Organic Dark Chocolate mini chips made with Stevia

Other Toppings:
Vanilla Greek Yogurt, Organic Coconut, and Organic Raspberries
Pancakes:
Cut up the bananas into 1 inch slices, crack 2  eggs into the bowl and mash them with a hand blended. literally takes 1 min. Depending on banana size sometimes I will add 1 heaping T. of organic coconut flour to thicken it up.


Fry them up on medium heat in 1 T. of Organic coconut oil. flip them when you see bubbles around the edges. Remember they are mock pancakes so the texture is different, it takes them a little longer to cook and they're not as fluffy. Set aside.
 
Chocolate topping:
Take 1 T. of chips and oil and add them to  a coffee cup and heat in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time. remove cup and stir chips. Keep doing this until you notice that its starting to melt, then add more chips and repeat. you need to be careful because chocolate burns quickly, so make sure you stir it a lot. Once its melted add it directly to the corner of a sandwich baggie. Squeeze it all to the corner twist the bag and snip the tip off to drizzle the chocolate mix.
What to Do:
The rest is pretty simple. Add a container of vanilla Greek yogurt on top of the pancakes,top with raspberries and coconut. Then Drizzle the Chocolate mix in a back and forth horizontal pattern. Walla! Now you have a breakfast that looks like it stepped out of a Culinary magazine and it tastes totally delicious. Enjoy! 
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Ever wonder how the HECK does she get her pics to look like that?! It's NO shocker that a lot of my photos are edited, it allows me to express myself and get extremely creative. I've been asked what types of Apps have I been using by so many Coaches and friends that I decided to blog about it and show you exactly what I'm using. Let the fun begin....

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The best picture editing Apps that I found are PicsArt, Fotor, Moldiv, Decopic, and Phonto. Most of these are user friendly and offer tutorials to help you along.
 
 
 


PICSART is a little more challenging to operate especially from a small phone....But its the BEST out there for complete photo editing. One shop stop, it does everything! It's very similar to PicMonkey but it doesn't have as many options. It's a little time consuming at first, but once you get the hang of it you can create some very beautiful and inspiring pictures.

SAMPLES OF PICSART




PICSART has a tons of different tools, filters, borders, shape masks, frames, you can add other photos, use clip art, add text, and create virtually anything.
 
BEFORE



AFTER 
 

 
 
 

 
 
FOTOR is another Awesome App. I mainly use this one for ease of many filter choices. If I'm trying to create a certain look or feel, I will use this one first. I'm a big fan of vintage black and white photos. To me they look timeless and classic.
 
      
BEFORE
 



AFTER
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
MOLDIV is my go to App for quick and easy collages. I think I paid $1.99 to receive access to all of them. It's well worth it, I like a large variety of collages. This App is probably the easiest to use, I can knock out a collage in under 2 min. It doesn't have filters, but you can change border colors, text, and adjust the frame. The number one reason why I use this App so much, it has built in stroke options. It will make you text stand out from your pictures. Saaweet!
 
SAMPLE COLLAGE
 

 
 
 
 

 

DECOPIC is a super FUN App. I get my BLING from here lol. A girl has to have some bling in her life =). This App has a lot fun stamps to add to your photos. It also has frames, skin whitening, and many built in templates to choose from incase you don't feel like being that creative. The templates are pretty cool, you just add your pic and WALLA.

SAMPLE TEMPLATES



 
 




 
 



PHONTO is a great App that offers many, many styles of fonts. The FAMILY Vacation image below was edited with a Fotor filter, fonts with Phonto and I added sparkles with Decopic. The Red Velvet Shake is an example of the fonts they have.
 I'm a very visual person and have utilized all of these Apps to create one picture. Time consuming YES.. but I will take the extra time to create that look that I have envisioned in my head. I'm kind of a perfectionist that way. I know BAD right?! Not at all, it means I take pride in my work and I'm not going to post something just to post it.. If you cant see it (too dark or blurry), it's not visually appealing or doesn't add value, this girl WON'T post it. No way!

PHONTO FONTS
 






I would say that a majority  of my pictures comes from mobile Apps, I hope this sheds some light on the many photos that I create and you find this helpful. If you have any questions please comment below and I will try to answer them the best that I can. I'm very excited to see what everyone comes up with. Please feel free to tag me in your posts or use #TOPSECRET so I can find them. LETS GO!! EXPRESS YOURSELF!!!

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

PEANUT BUTTER CUP SHAKE

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHEESE CAKE SHAKE



I was on a mission to come up with a rich chocolate shake that tasted similar to a Dairy Queen Reese's PB cup Blizzard. DQ is my weakness, but soooo bad for you. SUGAR OVERLOAD, not to mention how fattening it is YIKES! I'm extremely picky with how my shakes taste and knowing how rich DQ blizzards are, I knew that I was up for a  Shakeology recipe challenge. I needed to involve my kiddos for this one since they're big time ice cream lovers. My kids sampled several shakes until I NAILED IT! As far as PB, I would suggest an All Natural Brand for the most flavor. If your watching calories PB2 is the way to go...but their is a flavor difference. 

This shake ended up being a Favorite at my house this summer, it's super easy to make and it tastes heavenly. That's RIGHT angels are singing. =) A little tip with this one, place it the freezer for a few hours before you eat it, not overnight. I drank this one a lot during my first 90 day fitness program and lost 40 lbs doing so.However, I didn't add ready whip =(. Ummm did I mention that SHAKEOLOGY is clinically proven to help you lose weight and lower cholesterol.

A big thank you to my kiddos for being the taste testers. Love ya.=)









RECIPE


1 CUP ALMOND MILK
1 SCOOP CHOCOLATE SHAKEOLOGY
1 CUP ICE
2 T SUGAR FREE CHEESE CAKE PUDDING MIX
1 T OF PB2 OR ALL NATURAL PB

BLEND, FILL GLASS HALF WAY WITH SHAKEOLOGY, SPRAY SF READY WHIP IN THE MIDDLE AND POUR THE REMAINING SHAKEOLOGY OVER IT.

ENJOY!



Thursday, October 9, 2014

CANDY CORN SHAKEOLOGY


CANDY CORN SHAKEOLOGY



I came up with this shake idea about a month ago when I seen another coach hold a contest for Beachbody's Super Saturday in Florida. I really wanted to enter it but I live in WI, not even close. I messed around with this one and the best way to serve this is making two separate shakes. Now you can make a simple vanilla shakeology, divide it and make the orange shake.....But when you add the orange juice it's way to runny. I prefer thick shakes..#allaboutthebass =) lol

I'm all about flavor too..I can't have just a simple vanilla Shakeology. Nope! This shake is definitely made for entertaining, everyone likes eye candy. It's the perfect shake for Shakeology Shake & Share Events. Its super easy to make, it tastes delicious, and its very colorful. Perfect for fall events too.


This Meal Replacement Shake is the perfect way to make sure your kids get all their fruit and veggies in. Some kids won't even touch  veggies because they resemble trees lol. I struggled with that one when my kiddos were little. Preparing this Fun shake would be an AWESOME way to make sure they were getting all the proper nutrients they need. They will love the flavor and guzzle it up. =) 


ORANGE DREAM SHAKEOLOGY

1 SCOOP VANILLA SHAKEOLOGY
1/2 RIPE BANANA
1/2 CUP 100% ORANGE JUICE
3-5 DROPS ORANGE EXTRACT
1 CUP ALMOND MILK
1 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
ICE TO BLEND

BLEND ALL INGREDIENTS, POUR INTO AN EXTRA LARGE GLASS TO CHILL IN FRIG, RINSE OUT THE BLENDER TO PREPARE THE VANILLA SHAKE

EXTRA RICH VANILLA SHAKEOLOGY

1 SCOOP VANILLA SHAKEOLOGY
1 CUP ALMOND MILK
2 T SUGAR FREE VANILLA PUDDING MIX
1/2 T BUTTER EXTRACT
ICE TO BLEND

BLEND ALL INGREDIENTS AND POUR INTO A GLASS FILLING IT HALF WAY. NEXT FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE GLASS THE ORANGE DREAM SHAKE. TOP IT OFF WITH SUGAR FREE READY WHIP AND SPRINKLES IF YOU WISH.
ENJOY!


Tuesday, October 7, 2014

RED VELVET SHAKEOLOGY RECIPE


RED VELVET SHAKEOLOGY RECIPE





I just created the Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Shake. After 4 failed attempts I was ready to give up! I tried multiple recipes with Vanilla Shakeology and nothing was tasting right or similar to red velvet at all. Then I had one of those light bulb moments WHAT IF...I try Chocolate. The first attempt tasted like extra sweet chocolate and that was about it. BUMMER!! I was getting frustrated until I started thinking outside of the box and I NAILED IT!! I even had my daughter and boyfriend try it out, both agreed it tasted just like Red Velvet Cake Batter.. Woooo Hoooo Finally!





The BEST thing about this shake is that its Actually a very healthy Meal Replacement that's full of 70 different nutrients. It's super dense, very filling, and is clinically proven to help you lose weight. BONUS!! If there is one thing I'm awesome at, it's making shakes taste extremely fattening.... but they're healthy. =) I've been making shakes for over 20 yrs and take pride in all my recipes. ENJOY it's worth it. 



RECIPE

1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology
1 cup Almond Milk
1 cup Ice
2 T. sugar free Cheese Cake Pudding Mix
1/2 T. Cherry Extract
1/2 T. Butter Extract
2 T. Jordan's Skinny Syrup-SF Red Velvet cake
also 3-5 drops of red food coloring