Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Eating Clean: Margherita Pizza

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So good you won't believe its CLEAN!

So I set off to do my meal planning like I always do on Monday. I jumped on Pinterest and started scouring for something that sparked my interest. LOW AND BEHOLD...Margherita Pizza. I love this stuff but I thought NO WAY would I be able to eat it and call it a "clean meal". Well what do you know!? Along with some help from simplecleanfitness.com I tweaked the recipe and made it pretty darn clean (AND TASTY!) So for us 21 Day Fixers you need to mark off a Red, Green, Yellow, AND Blue for this bad boy. Trust me though, its worth it!

Ingredients:
-Whole Wheat Pizza Dough (here's the thing I didn't want to make one huge pizza so I bought personal size crusts AND its Ezekiel crusts so they are WAY healthier for you!)
-Mozzarella Cheese
-Tomato (Sliced)
-Basil Leaves
-Olive Oil
-Tomato Sauce (no sugar added)

Directions:
1. Preheat your oven to 450.
2. Spray a pan with non-stick spray and lay your dough out on it.
3. Drizzle a bit of olive oil on the dough and brush it all over the top.
4. Spread tomato sauce all over making sure you get to the edges of the crusts.
5. Sprinkle some mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce.
6. Add sliced tomatoes and torn basil leaves and then sprinkle a bit more cheese on top.
7. Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Super easy and super yummy!! Try it out and let me know what you think!

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Eating Clean: Spinach Dip (Fix Approved!)

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MMM #givemealltheyums

Y'ALL....HOLD.THE.PHONE. I have found my soulmate and it resides in this little bowl up there in that picture (that may or may have not been stolen from 2 year old's stash). If you don't know me then you don't know my love of spinach artichoke dip. It's a problem. It was REALLY a problem when I thought for the longest time I could eat ALL the dip I wanted because, duh, spinach. Ha, wrong wrong wrong, those little tricksters!!!

Anyway, moving on. I found this recipe searching through the sea of links, commonly known as Pinterest. Found it, pinned, made it, devoured it!! Okay, so you want the recipe? COME ON DOWN!!!

Healthy Spinach Dip

Ingredients: 
-2 cups of raw spinach
-1 cup greek yogurt
-1/2 tsp garlic (minced)
-1 TBSP of olive oil
-any seasoning you want to add!

Directions:
1. Bring a pot of water and a dash of salt to a boil. Add spinach in and let it boil until right when it starts to wilt then remove. About 2-4 minutes.
2. Drain spinach, let it cool, get all excess water out and chop.
3. Saute minced garlic in olive oil for about 1 minute.
4. Add spinach and continue to saute for about 2-3 minutes. Add any extra seasonings you'd like here.
5. Add to the greek yogurt and mix it all up!
6. Refrigerate and enjoy!!