Monday, August 13, 2012

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Pudding Popa

I had a really good day today. I woke up this morning feeling awfully creative, when I decided to hit up Instaturd for a few recipe ideas. I follow this nice young lady named get fit_feel sexy (no user name judgement at all) that posts super good ideas. Sometimes, they're a little meh (zucchini scones) and sometimes I freak out at how awesome they are. So today, she made a variation of this wonderful fro yo recipe she has. As you all may or may not know, I love sweets. I'm nutty for any sort of almond, peanut, or cashew butter; I could eat an entire cheesecake to myself; chocolate cannot be kept in my house; small delicious little pastries are my... you get the point. Anyways, these fro yo pops are awesome. She made a variation that included cinnamon. Although I do love me some spicy cinnamon, I was feeling chocolatey today, so I mixed it up. Ah, the beauty of cooking.

You'll need: 
1. Popsicle containers. Bed Bath and Beyond sells them for $5. Score.
2. 1 cup of Greek yogurt
3. 2 scoops of peanut butter protein
4. 8 sweetner packets
5. 1 tbsp. of coffee
6. 4 tbsp. of chocolate almond milk
7. 2 tbsp. chia seeds (optional)
8. 2 tbsp. Walden Farm zero calorie chocolate syrup

How to?
1. Mix everything together, separate recipe into each pop container, and freeze it. Easy. Awesome. Super yummy. 

This recipe can be used to make protein pudding as well. Exact same ingredients, but chia seeds are mandatory and you'll need 3 tablespoons, not 2. Also a really great treat for those tough nights.

For the pops, each pop is about 120 calories and 23 grams of protein. WHAT?! Yep.

SM






Sunday, August 12, 2012

Jamie Eason Pumpkin Protein bars

Holyshitthisrecipeisamazing. If you don't make this amazingness of amazing, you may gone through the rest of your life a sad person because you never ate an awesome piece of awesome. So Jamie Eason is a spokesperson for bodybuilding.com and also a fitness writer/model/competitor. Whatev. She's awesome. And she makes bomb food. Check this out.

You'll need:
1. 1/2 cup of brown sugar Splenda. (Yes Splenda. Sue me.)
2. 4 oz. of apple sauce
3. 2 tsp. of cinnamon
4. 1.5 tsp. of ginger
5. 1/2 tsp. clove
6. 1 tsp. baking powder
7. 1 tsp. baking soda
8. 1/2 tsp. salt
9. 2 tsp. vanilla extract
10. 4 large egg whites
11. 15 oz. can of pumpkin
12. 2 c. oat flour (If you can find gluten free, do itttt.)
13. 2 cups of vanilla protein
14. 1/2 c. coconut milk

How to:
1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. Mix all your wet ingredients together.
3. Mix all of your dry ingredients together and incorporate with the wet (ha) slowly. 
4. Spray a pyrex pan with cooking spray.
5. Pour everything into the pan and pop it in the oven for 30 minutes. 

Enjoy.

This makes 24 squares. Each square is 47 calories and roughly 4 grams of protein. Noms. I like it with my coffee in the mornings, or just as a little snacky snack mid-afternoon. Yes please.

Eat clean. Live clean. 


SM

Egg Souffle Nom Noms

I found a super yummy and super easy recipes that's great for making ahead for the week. Lots of protein and nearly no carbs. Oh, and it tastes amazing. WHAT?!

You'll need:
1. 30 (yes 30) egg whites. (Buy the super big pack at Costco)
2. 1 package of 90/10 turkey sausage. We used Jennie-O
3. 2 cups of spinach
4. 2 large bell peppers
5. Half of a white onion, diced
6. Salt and pepper to taste

So what do you do?
1. Preheat the oven to 400.
2. Cook all of your sausages. I just put them in a pan with cooking spray. They need to be cooked through. Raw sausage...not kosher. 
3. Dice your onion and peppers. Cut your spinach so it's easier to work with. 
4. Cut your sausages into smaller pieces. 
5. Mix all of your ingredients in a giant bowl.
6. Spray a pyrex pan with cooking spray and pop it in the oven for 40 minutes. 

I cut it into 8 servings. Each is roughly 160 calories with 23 grams of protein. Put salsa on it. Put Chalula on it. Noms. 

Enjoy.