Here is some food for thought if you're trying to tighten up...

Staple items that I must keep in my kitchen, and you should too; 

- Chocolate Soy Milk Lite

- Organic Peanut Butter 

- Steel Cut oats

- Protien Powder

- Quinoa

- Brown Rice

- Apples

- Balsamic Vinegrette Dressing

- Greek Yogurt

- Honey

-Water

-Greens (I prefer arugula or watercress)

- Mushrooms

- Avacado

- OJ

- Low-sodium vegetable broth 

-  Organic Cocoa Powder

- Celery

- Hummus

- Almonds (I buy the huge 3lb bag so I'm never out, and it ends up saving $)

So what do you do with these items?

"Don't Be Rude, Get in the Mood" smoothie- recipe created  by my momma in her book, The Desert Detox Diet. (In blender, combine 1 cup chocolate soy milk, 1 cup nice, 1 tsp cocoa powder, 1 tbp Peanut Butter, 1 scoop protien powder). Liquify, YUM! 350 calories. For those of us that can't live without our sweets. 

 Lunch Idea- this is one of my favorite quick and easy, lite meals; slice up about 7 brown mushrooms (use a bit of low- sodium veggie broth instead of olive oil in the pan), cook for 5 mins on high then put mushrooms into a bowl. Add 1/2 of an avacado (diced), add tomato and some pepper to taste. Mix around to mush up the avacado a bit...Delicious and healthy!

 FroYo- scoop 1/2 cup of greek yogurt into a cup or bowl and put into freezer for 20 minutes. Add swirls of honey on top and even add fruit or a bit of granola, mix together...wah lah! For blueberry FroYo, mix bluberries into the yogurt prior to freezing. 

Rice Bowl - cook brown rice stove top in large saucepan, add 1/2 bag of baby carrots (chopped into 3 pcs). Satay any other desired veggies, i.e., peppers, asparagas, broccolini, etc and add on top after rice is cooked. Salmon is also very good in the rice bowl. 

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 JAM