Oh so Loco Lettuce Wraps!

So I've watched this years' Winter Olympics more then usual and really found out about sports I've never heard of like Skeleton! But any who, today is one of my favorite days because it's Women's Figure Skating! I LOVE watching figure skaters. So awesome, so beautiful, so athletic!

Speaking of athletes, what we(look at me referring to myself as an athlete!) put in our bodies is very important. We need food that is going to give us strength and energy and not weigh our bodies down. So you should know that when I was given an opportunity to try out some plant based burgers, I jumped on the opportunity.

A few weeks ago I was sent a lovely package in the mail from the great people at Sunshine Burger to try their plant based, gluten free, soy free, organic - and now I can honestly say awesome - meatless burgers! I wasn't expecting the grand package with so many options but happily tried a few of them! Don't worry will be trying the rest soon!

A little about Sunshine Burger:

All Sunshine Burgers are made with certified organic, verified Non-GMO whole food ingredients, free of gluten, soy, corn, canola, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy or eggs. Carol has a genius for taking simple ingredients and making them taste good. And each of her flavors really is nicely differentiated from the others, both taste and texture, by varying the use of beans, veggies and spice!

The burgers are already cooked and just require reheating so it a quick meal for the most part! And you can reheat them in so many different ways. Because I'm lazy - used the microwave to reheat mine!

I'm simple and picky eater so I kept my recipe simple. I made "Oh so Loco! Lettuce Wraps" and of course I wanted to share this recipe for What I Ate Wednesday!

What you need:

Romaine Lettuce Leafs

1 Loco Chipotle Sunshine Burger

Mozzarella cheese (optional)

Ketchup & Mustard (optional)

& then...

Take the lettuce leaves and spread them out.

Cut the burger into 4 or 5 slices

Stuff the burger onto the lettuce

Sprinkle cheese nicely over the lettuce wraps 

Drizzle with ketchup & mustard.

& ENJOY!

Feel free to add other goodies like jalepeno's and salsa! I sure will next time.

I've tried 3 flavors so far: Black Bean South West, Loco Chipotle and Falafel! All were yummy! I loved the spices of the Loco Chipotle the best because I'm a sucker for spicy foods!

Anxious to try out some for yourself, find out if there is a Sunshine Burger near you! You wont be disappointed! 

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this post however Sunshine Burgers did provide me with free samples of the burgers so that I could do this post. All opinions are that of my own.

xoxo, Preshii


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Swiss Oatmeal Recipe!

I've been getting back into the swing of things with my workouts. Doing the Blogilates January Calendar, plus running, plus squeezing in wii fit has been challenging but I'm making it work.

Treadmill workout on friday was crazy. I couldn't get through the whole thing. 

I did the first portion ad last two portions but only did 1/2 of the second portion. 

Next time I will do better!

Yesterday I worked out on my break. I almost died. This is me almost dying below. But I pushed through the workout. It was quite intense. I had to modify something but despite how much I wanted to stop, I kept going.

I really am loving to see my wii fit meter have high numbers. This is the highest ever in a day I have had so far. Of course this was when I did my 10 mile run on sunday :)

Because I'm doing this new body makeover challenge, I've been trying new foods and I must admit some have been quite a success while others have been a failure. I thought I'd link this awesome recipe up for What I Ate Wednesday! Here's my breakfast for this week thanks to Blogilates. Swiss oatmeal. This was my first time making overnight oats and it was so yummy!

Makes two servings.

1 cup of dry oats.

1 green apple, diced.

1/4 cup of dried cranberries

1 tbs of sliced almonds

1 cup of non fat plain greek yogurt.

Mixed ingredients.

Let chill in refrigerator overnight.

Enjoy in the morning.

*I squeezed half of a lemon over my diced green apple before adding it to the mixture. I wanted to make sure the apple didn't turn brown or get mushy. Not sure if it wouldn't have if I didn't do it though but I'm not taking that chance lol.
I'm loving this journey to becoming the woman that I want to be. The daily readings are great. I really loved this one. It won't happen overnight but it will happen. Something we must always remember!

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Halfway through the week.

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

xoxo, Preshii


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Taste of Fall #4: Pumpkin Cookies!

I tend to enjoy the Fall season. The weather gets nice - usually make great beach days in Florida -, I start getting in the Holiday spirit, and for the most part when I think of Fall I start to also think of Food. I mean Fall does = Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season approaching in general. And the Holiday season is always full of good food. So I decided I wanted to do something special on my blog every Thursday during Fall. Taste of Fall! 

Every Thursday I plan on having other bloggers come over and Guest Post with Fall Inspired Recipes. Some may be healthy, some may not but I'm hoping they will all be yummy! With that said, let's get to our Guest post!

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So Chrissy introduced herself here last week when she graced us with an awesome tomato and pumpkin soup! Make sure you check out her intro and the recipe!  Now on to the not so healthy but yummy cookies that you've been waiting for since last week!
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As far as the unhealthy, here are my aunt’s pumpkin cookies.  I make these bad boys once a year, and while awesome standing tall on their own, I think the scarcity factor makes them even better.  Absence definitely makes the stomach grow fonder in this case.  They are sweet, cakey…everything a pumpkin cookie should be.

Not only to they taste good, but aren’t they pretty?!

Note: Do not skip the frosting. Or buy canned. It’s worth the time and effort to do these right.

Makes about 40 cookies

For the cookies:

1 cup butter

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. salt

1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Whole pecans, to garnish

1 recipe penuche frosting (recipe below)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.

2.  Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy.  Add the pumpkin, egg and vanilla.  Mix well.

3.  Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.  Stir in the nuts by hand.

4.  Drop by teaspoonfuls on baking sheet. I like to use two spoons together to form the cookies into ovals.

5.  Bake 10-12 minutes.

6.  Once the cookies and frosting are both cool, spread the top of each cookie with frosting, and garnish with a whole pecan.

Penuche Frosting

3 TB butter

½ cup brown sugar

¼ cup milk or cream

2 cups powered sugar, or more depending on your desired consistency

Directions

1. Combine the butter and brown sugar in saucepan.  Bring to boil, cook, and stir 1 minute.  Cool.

2.  Once cooled, add the milk and powdered sugar, and beat until the frosting reache spreading consistency.

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Oh these sound so very yummy! May not be healthy healthy healthy but it's okay to treat yourself every once in a while during the holiday season, right?!

You can also reach Chrissy on these networks.

Follow her on Twitter @lulubelleND

Her blogs:

The Hungary Buddha Eats the World @ www.thehungarybuddha.com

The Hungary Buddha Busts a Move @ www.thebuddhabustsamove.com

This is also like a mini link up.

No rules. 

But if you have a Fall Inspired Recipe you want to share, post your link to the recipes below in the comments!

Also if you want to Guest Post the recipe, email me at thecoilybombshell@gmail.com!

xoxo, Preshii

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Taste of Fall #3: Tomato & Pumpkin soup & Pumpkin Cookies!

I tend to enjoy the Fall season. The weather gets nice - usually make great beach days in Florida -, I start getting in the Holiday spirit, and for the most part when I think of Fall I start to also think of Food. I mean Fall does = Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season approaching in general. And the Holiday season is always full of good food. So I decided I wanted to do something special on my blog every Thursday during Fall. Taste of Fall! 

Every Thursday I plan on having other bloggers come over and Guest Post with Fall Inspired Recipes. Some may be healthy, some may not but I'm hoping they will all be yummy! With that said, let's get to our Guest post!

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Hi Everyone. I’m extremely honored and excited to be guest posting for Precious in her fall recipe roundup!

A little about me: During the day, I’m an attorney living in Chicago. When I’m not lawyering, I climb mountains, hop the globe, rap to Eminem, dance to Britney, excel at baking cupcakes, and wear short skirts with wool tights. In other words, I’m a fancy bad-ass. J  Because I’m single and found myself talking to myself too much, I started TWO blogs in the past year. One is my ongoing “life project,” if you will, a work-in-progress-culinary-trek-around-the-globe. If your taste buds like to explore, check out all the random, weird and mostly delicious international tastes at The Hungary Buddha Eats the World.  For everything else that pops into my head, you can find my rambles at The Hungary Buddha Busts a Move.

Now, onto the food.  That’s why I’m here, after all.

There are few things I enjoy more than cooking…and eating. Luckily, they go hand in hand. I can confidently say that my favorite weekend days are spent in my tiny walk up kitchen, and any given Saturday or Sunday you’ll find me whipping up a week’s worth of dishes, my favorite pop station blaring in the background.  Well, pop or Michael Buble, depending on the time of day. Yes, I like Michael Buble. No, I’m not 60 years old. I accept this.  You should, too.

Today I’m sharing two of my favorite fall recipes. One healthy. One, not so much.

First, the healthy: 

A tomato and pumpkin soup. 

I came across this non-traditional tomato soup of sorts in my culinary travels when I “cooked” Africa.  It’s creamy without cream and thanks to some jalapenos; it has some kick to it.   I found that it’s best to make this a day in advance to let the flavors meld. The first bowl was underwhelming. However, the second was phenomenal and I found myself extremely sad when I finished this pot o’soup.  It’s also vegetarian if you use vegetable rather than chicken stock.

Olive oil for the pan

1 onion, diced

2 jalapenos, diced

1 can crushed tomatoes

1 can canned pumpkin

1 TB honey

½ tsp nutmeg

½ tsp dried thyme

5 cups chicken or vegetable stock

1 can cannelloni beans

Parsley, finely chopped to garnish

Goat cheese, to taste

Salt and pepper

 Directions

1.   Heat some oil in the bottom of the stock pot, enough to coat. Add the onions and jalapenos and sauté until soft.  Add the spices and cook another two minutes.

2.  Add the honey, tomatoes, pumpkin and stock.  Simmer about 10 minutes.

3.  With an immersion blender, puree until smooth.  Add the beans and boil for about 5 minutes.

4.  When you are ready to serve, add goat cheese and parsley to each bowl.

As far as the unhealthy, here are my aunt’s pumpkin cookies.  I make these bad boys once a year, and while awesome standing tall on their own, I think the scarcity factor makes them even better.  Absence definitely makes the stomach grow fonder in this case.  They are sweet, cakey…everything a pumpkin cookie should be.

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Now that your mouth as probably watering for the ingredients to these cookies I thought I'd make you all wait until next week. Come back next week to get Chrissy's Pumpkin Cookie recipe!!

You can also reach Chrissy on these networks.

Follow her on Twitter @lulubelleND

Her blogs:

The Hungary Buddha Eats the World @ www.thehungarybuddha.com

The Hungary Buddha Busts a Move @ www.thebuddhabustsamove.com

This is also like a mini link up.

No rules. 

But if you have a Fall Inspired Recipe you want to share, link up!

Also if you want to Guest Post the recipe, email me at thecoilybombshell@gmail.com!

xoxo, Preshii


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Taste of Fall #2: Phenomenal Pumpkin Chili

I tend to enjoy the Fall season. The weather gets nice - usually make great beach days in Florida -, I start getting in the Holiday spirit, and for the most part when I think of Fall I start to also think of Food. I mean Fall does = Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season approaching in general. And the Holiday season is always full of good food. So I decided I wanted to do something special on my blog every Thursday during Fall. Taste of Fall! 

Every Thursday I plan on having other bloggers come over and Guest Post with Fall Inspired Recipes. Some may be healthy, some may not but I'm hoping they will all be yummy! With that said, let's get to our Guest post!

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Hello! My name is Robin and I am 31 years old living in beautiful Denver Colorado and I have a confession- I do NOT like eating veggies. I wish I did, really. I could blame it on my mom, who managed a fast food restaurant my whole life, but in my heart I know it’s my own dang fault.

All that being said- last night I ate my veggies. They were in the form of chili, but normally I pick around the pieces I don’t want and leave the sad remnants of what could’ve been a nutritious meal in the bowl to feed to the disposal.

Not last night. I ate ALL of it. Twice.

So here you go, the best chili I have ever had (and like any good recipe, it was passed down from a friend who got it from another person who got it from someone else and so on….)

Seriously, so easy. Make it. Eat it. Love it.

Pumpkin Chili

1 lb ground turkey

1 lb hot Italian sausage (I used a sweet Italian sausage)

1 29 oz canned pumpkin

1 14 oz canned tomatoes with green chiles, drained

1 28 oz can crushed tomatoes

1 green pepper

1 yellow pepper (I doubled the green and skipped the yellow. Yellow is expensive.)

1 medium onion (I used a white one)

1 tbsp olive oil

3 cloves garlic

1 tbsp chili powder

salt/pepper to taste

Step 1: Saute garlic, peppers and onion in olive oil in large pot.

Step 2: Add both meats and cook until they brown. Add the salt and pepper to make it yummy.

Step 3: Add remaining ingredients, stir to incorporate, and simmer for 30 minutes.

So there you have it my friends. 

The day Robin ate her vegetables, brought to you by her friends from Nerd Fitness.

Robin @ http://unquenchablelaughter.wordpress.com

and on Twitter @foreverlovewins

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Thanks for sharing Robin!! This seems so simple and easy to make! I've never had chili with italian sausage so can't wait to try it!! Make sure you all visit Robin on her blog as well and show her some love! 

This is also like a mini link up.

No rules. 

But if you have a Fall Inspired Recipe you want to share, link up!

Also if you want to Guest Post the recipe, email me at thecoilybombshell@gmail.com!

xoxo, Preshii


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Taste of Fall #1 : Crockpot Apple Butter

I tend to enjoy the Fall season. The weather gets nice - usually make great beach days in Florida -, I start getting in the Holiday spirit, and for the most part when I think of Fall I start to also think of Food. I mean Fall does = Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season approaching in general. And the Holiday season is always full of good food. So I decided I wanted to do something special on my blog every Thursday during Fall.

Every Thursday I plan on having other bloggers come over and Guest Post with Fall Inspired Recipes. Some may be healthy, some may not but I'm hoping they will all be yummy! With that said, let's get to our first post of the season!

This recipe is from Angela over at Happy Fit Mama. It sounds really yummy! I've never had apple butter but I think I must put my crockpot to use very soon!

Crock Pot Apple Butter

8 apples cored and chopped

1 cup unsweetened Organic Apple Juice

cinnamon

1. Core and chop the apples.

2. Place apples in crock pot. Sprinkle with as much cinnamon as you want. (I like LOTS).

3. Set the crock pot to high for 4 hours.

4. After 4 hours, add the unsweetened apple juice. Stir.

5. Let apples cook for 4 hours. Stir every hour.

6. After 4 hours, apples should be browning. Pour the mixture into a food processor. Blend till smooth.

That's it! Really simple recipe. Angela says her and her family has been enjoying the warm Apple butter on toast and in oatmeal! Angela also has a yummy looking healthy pumpkin donut recipe on her blog so make sure you check that out as well!

This is also like a mini link up.

No rules. 

But if you have a Fall Inspired Recipe you want to share, link up!

Also if you want to Guest Post the recipe, email me at thecoilybombshell@gmail.com!

xoxo, Preshii


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Banana Berry Crepes!

Good morning!

 Last night I had breakfast for dinner and it was awesomesauce. I made a new recipe. Banana berry crepes. Healthy and yummy. The recipe is really simple and cheap and I got it from Cassey over at Blogilates. They're apart of her Cheap Clean Eats vlogs! 

TIP for tat: Stay focused!

On Friday night I went to Senor Frogs for the first time in life. It was my friend's birthday celebration so I had to step out of the house. It was a lot of fun. Loud. But a lot of fun. I didn't drink but I woke up Saturday morning feeling hungover. I guess that's old age catching up with me. Dinner was suppose to be at 8:30 but we didn't even get seated til 9:50pm because they lost her reservation. Crazyness so by then I was STARVING. There wasn't many healthy options so I did my best. I got a BBQ chicken wrap. It was yummy. However there were a heaping of fries on the side that I devoured and also she brought cheesecake from Juniors in New York. I couldn't say no to that. I mean Junior's is supposedly famous for their cheesecake. So I had a few bites. The picture of the cake is what I didn't eat :). I mean after I killed my fries I couldn't eat all the cake. See better decision making. 

It's a party in my mouth. Yummy healthy protein bread!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. Except for that one hiccup where I accidentally threw away $20 in the trash compactor. Not an actual bill but $20 worth of products. I had brought some natural yeast and Xylitol sweetener. I thought I had brought the wrong sweetener so I grabbed the bag on my way out the house along with the trash I also needed to take out. When I got to the dumpster, I just threw it all in. 10 minutes later I remembered I had it in my hand also and felt like - beep -. What makes it worst, I went back to buy the Xylitol only to find out it wasn't the wrong one so I had to re buy the same one. Yup. That was the hiccup. Other than that I had a beautiful Sunday.

Watched my church on line that morning. I woke up at 9, church starts at 9 soooo yeah. Heard a great word and that set up my day for awesomeness.


I cleaned up and thanks to a great conversation with Katherine at Real Food Runner, I used baking soda and vinegar to clean instead of my normal harsh killing my body chemicals. Baking soda has some awesome uses in case you aren't aware.

Apparently I'm a danger to myself.

I am learning that I need more recipes. I keep eating the same things over and over again. I can be so lazy but I want new healthier eats. Eating the same ol, same ol makes me have unhealthy cravings like for I don't know - french fries or something gooey like a cupcake. Then I will really feel like a busted can of biscuits.

I am also too lazy to go to the grocery store because honestly I kind of sort hate grocery shopping. I really wish I could get it delivered. It would be so much more easier on my wonderful life. So yeah being lazy meant I had to really think about what I wanted to eat for dinner because I'm pretty much low on things that make me saw ohhhh. But long and behold I decided on a stirfry. I had some zucchini, squash, and okra in the fridge and then remembered I also brought one white potato the other day just to have.

So I whipped up this goodness.

WIAW: Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread.

What I Ate Wednesday?!

A little bit of this and that.

Here are a few things I ate these past few days.

Attack of the Berries Green Smoothie! + Thankful Thursday!

Today I'm thankful for:

• My awesome Samsung Galaxy Note 2 cellphone that allows me to take beautiful pictures.
• My arms that allow me to carry all my groceries into the house at once because I refuse to take two trips!
• My brain that will allow me to get through these last few assignments that are due - finals week!
• My Macy's credit card that allowed me to buy two more dresses for my vacation though I shouldn't be shopping
• My legs that will allow me to go for an awesome run later - I hope.
• My two new followers! (I'm a new blogger so this makes my day!) So appreciative!
• My Ninja for letting me whip up awesome green smoothies like the one below!
• Lotion because the ashyness is real.
• My friend finding true love and getting married in less than 2 weeks because I get to celebrate with them and be happy for their love. I love LOVE.
• My cruise! Oh yes vacation is a comin'.
• My body for recovering after feeling terrible yesterday!
• My TV because SCANDAL returns tonight! Thank ya Jesus!

Banana Mango Melon Green Smoothie

This afternoon I got into a mini funk.

I went to Starbucks and got my beloved Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Frap 

& warm butter croissant and all was better. 

That's all it took.

So Today's Green Smoothie was ALMOST a fail.

So here's how it went. Play by play.

My first ingredients were: Avocado, cantaloupe, kiwi, spinach, water and ice. 

Blend well. 

Taste. 

Oh my gawd this is awful.  

I wonder if I add a little bit of a protein milk drink.

Just a splash.

Blend.

Ewww still terrible.

Open freezer.

Oh wait, I wanted to add frozen mango.

Add in some mango. 

Blend again.

Pancakes - POPEYE STYLE!

Today has been relaxing. I woke up and caught up with my daily yoga and then spent the afternoon at the park. I did a 3 mile walk while reading my book club's book of the month Sacre Bleu. Then I relaxed by the water and tried to read up on some homework and some of Women's Health. I had all this great strength thanks to my wonderful breakfast!

I came across the recipe for these on one of my newly favorite blogs. I am learning to get into trying new things so I was actually excited to try these. I am a pancake fanatic sooooo why not mix my love for pancakes with my love for spinach?! I know I know, most people are going to think .... "Spinach pancakes - Ewwww" - at least that was one of my responses on Instagram but to my surprise and maybe many others if you chose to give these bad boys a try, they are quite good!

Popeye's Pancakes

Ingredients: 

1/2 Cup of Pancake Mix (I used what I had which was Log Cabin All Natural Pancake Mix)

1/3 Cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk (though I used Sweetened - it was what I had :-/)

1 tbsp of egg white

1 to 2 cups of leafy greens (i.e. Spinach but hmmm I wonder how Kale would work)

1/4 of a very ripe banana

Dash or 2 of cinnamon

Dash of vanilla extract 

Instructions: 

Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor or Magic Bullet.

Grease then hit a skillet and put it on medium to low heat. 

You want to cook them really slow with low heat. Don't rush them. Let them take their time. 

Pour 1/3 of the batter on the skillet. (Don't judge my pancakes circles)

Just as the bubbles begin to pop is when you can flip them! 

Enjoy! I did :-) . I kept it simple and just topped them with some light syrup and had the rest of the banana (from the 1/4) and two slices of turkey bacon on the side! Looking forward to this breakfast again in the future. 

Serving: For you and only you! I had enough for 3 nicely sized pancakes.
Calories: Mine was 306 calories. Calories would vary depending on pancake mix and sweetened and unsweetened almond milk!

This recipe is compliments of Petite Athleat! She topped hers with other goodies. :)

Do you like to try new recipes with ingredients you'd never imagine? Like Spinach!

What did you have for breakfast?

What's your favorite magazine?

xoxo, the coily bombshell