Parsmary Meatballs

8:14 AM Marie G. 0 Comments


The story is, I was starving by 3 pm yesterday at work, therefore I did not bring enough food. I ate my roommate's bacon (she knows) thinking I would replenish it after the WOD last night. By the time I got to Trader Joe's for some wonderful nitrite free dry rubbed bacon, all the bacon was GONE. I mean ALL and there were a couple of us just staring into the abyss of an empty shelf, hoping it would restock itself. So, to still pay her back and not starve for the rest of the week between meals, I decided to make us some meatballs using anything in the fridge that was bound to go bad soon. I was craving beef anyway! When I posted this last night, so many people have been asking me about it, so I might as well just post it so you can all enjoy these TONIGHT!

I snuck in greens for a balanced snack. Inspired from nomnompaleo's Asian meatballs:

1 lb 95% lean beef
2 stalks green onion
2 small shallots
2 stalks rosemary
3 branches of parsley
1 1/2 handfuls baby spinach
1 small peeled sweet potato
1 tbsp tomato sauce or a paste
1 tbsp red boat fish sauce
Salt
Pepper
Coconut oil spray (Trader Joes)

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Mince green onion. Pulse sweet potato, shallots, rosemary, spinach, and parsley in a food processor until minced (I'm lazy and impatient).

2. Mix by hand without over kneading with ingredients from step one, beef, salt, pepper, tomato paste, and fish sauce.


3. Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls and place evenly spaced on coconut oil sprayed foil.

4. Bake for 10 minutes, rotate cookie sheets, then bake for another 10.




Yields 30 meatballs. Snack away or store them in the freezer in an airtight container and pop them in the microwave for ~30 s when you need a quick protein boost!





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Blueberry Coconut Flax Seed Pancakes

7:50 PM Marie G. 0 Comments





2 tbsp of light coconut milk
2 egg whites
1 tbsp of coconut cream
1 tbsp of coconut oil
1/4 tbsp of vanilla
1/2 tbsp of baking powder
4 tbsp of flax seed meal (This amount varies, I added more until I had the batter thick enough)
1 scoop protein powder
3 tbsp of water if batter is too thick
1 cup of blueberries

1. Mix all wet ingredients. I like adding in order of least to most viscosity.
2. Slowly mix in all dry ingredients. Add more flax seed meal if too runny. Add more coconut milk or water if too thick. Fold in blueberries.
3. This batter is much thicker, so fry each side with coconut oil for 3 minutes on low heat. Use smaller than usual dollops, since the baking powder will make the pancake inflate.

 Before:


 After:


SEE!? Like one of those dinosaur sponges that blow up in a glass of water!

Yields 3 pancakes.





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ACTUAL Crumb Topping!

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Revised Breakfast Muffin 
Oats 2.5 cup almond meal
2 egg whites
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 large banana
2 tbsp Coconut cream
2 tbsp light coconut milk
1.5 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dried apricots 
1/4 cup dried mango
Drizzle vanilla ext



1. Mix all ingredients in food processor. If too dry, add almond milk until blends.
2. Bake at 375 20-25 min. Cool then place crumbs on top of muffins (super messy, be careful)!



Cinnamon Crumb
6 tbsp coconut spread 
6 tbsp coconut oil
1/4 cup of coconut sugar
1/4 cup of cinnamon
1/4 cup almond meal

Crumbs are not as chunky and dry as regular crumb cake crumbs. Still yummy though.. fine and grainy :).









See those yummy mango pieces?!

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Hulk (coughKALE) Pancakes

9:07 AM Marie G. 0 Comments


I LOVE pancakes. I will probably be posting several versions of pancakes in the future. This is a good one if you want to get your greens in the morning and you need a change from your daily smoothie.





1 scoop protein
2 tbsp flax seed meal
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp vanilla
1 egg
1 egg white
1 banana
1 cup kale
Coconut oil to fry

Yield: 8-9 mini pancakes




1. Blend all in a food processor. If you don't have that (you poor soul WHY not!?), smush the banana with a fork and blend with the rest of the ingredients.























2. Fry each side for 2-3 minutes (I timed it with my oven timer while I did some cleaning). It WILL be thin, delicate, and brown. Top with almond butter, honey, and chia seeds. Dig in.



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Favorite Meal of the Day. Always.

10:29 PM Marie G. 0 Comments
Dessert: Clealeo Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Ice Cream



Cookie Dough (adapted from Fast Paleo):
Crushed Dark Chocolate bar (Nice to smash after a stressful week of work and gives the Edy's chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream effect) or Dark Choco Chips (Laziness)
1 cup Almond Butter

1/4 cup Honey
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
2 tsp. Vanilla

1. Blend ingredients in a bowl.
2. Roll into big cookie dough bites.
3. Freeze while you make the ice cream.
4.  Mix in once ice cream is complete.
5. Eat.

I ended up having a 1.5 to 1 Cookie Dough to Ice Cream Ratio... so you can shrink the amounts OR you can be like me and load up the dough into your own serving. I know, me bad (I can never get enough cookie dough).


Vanilla Ice Cream (adapted from Protein Pow):
1 tub of  Cottage Cheese
2 tbsp of Mascarpone
1/2 cup of Vanilla Whey Protein
1/2 tbsp of Vanilla Extract

1. Mix in a bowl
2. Freeze for 30 min, stir. Repeat twice more.
3. Eat.

This yields a extremely creamy recipe. What can I say, I am a double churn kinda gal! You can store it for later in the freezer, but I think in the future, I will prep these for separate one person servings. It was a royal PAIN in my behind defrosting this EVERY SINGLE TIME I wanted ice cream.

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"Clean"/Gluten-free/"Paleo" Pancit Palabok

10:27 PM Marie G. 0 Comments
Lunch: Clealeo Gluten Free Pancit Palabok
I vowed I would start blogging if I liked how the palabok tasted. Yes, I tasted as I made it, but there was NO way of knowing until I actually ate it all. My recipe made 5 servings, so I had to wait until lunch at work to have a verdict about it... and obviously I liked it if I am posting now.

NO, this is by no means a healthy REPLICA of palabok. The taste is impossible to replicate without shrimp cube and fish sauce, but I tried my best. I think that I could revamp this as I learn more about flavorings, but I literally used what was accessible to me. It tasted light, just the right amount of flavor. I scraped the bowl, and that is enough of a sign to me that it was good. It prayed it would be good, because I have battle scars from hot coconut oil.


PS: Paleo and clean are in quotes because everyone interprets this eating lifestyle in a KAZILLION different ways. Let me know what you think!

Noodles (From nomnompaleo):

1 spaghetti squash: Pick one that is heavier than it looks and is golden.

1. Chop the squash in half
2. Take all the seeds out
3. Cover the inside with melted coconut oil
4. Place in a microwaveable dish that is big enough for the two sides to lie down flat, insides up
5. Microwave, covered
6. Use a fork and scrape the insides until you cannot scrape anymore
7. Place in a separate dish

Sauce:

2 tbsp coconut oil
1/2 lb ground turkey
3 cups chicken broth
6 tablespoons spelt flour
2 tbsp fish sauce (red boat) but I only had sea salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1. Brown ground turkey in coconut oil. 
2. Pour in chicken broth and allow to boil.
3. Add spelt and mix until evenly blended and simmer until thick.
4. Add fish sauce and black pepper to taste. Add sauce on top of noodles.

Topping:

1 cup Procuitto, thinly sliced and cut into small pieces
½ cup Snapea Crips (pounded)
2 hard Boiled Eggs,sliced
½ cup Cooked Shrimps (boiled or steamed)
1/4 cup  Scallions, finely chopped
3 tbsp Fried Garlic
2 pieces Lemon, sliced (or 6 to 8 pieces calamansi)
21 Seasoning (Trader Joes)
Pinch Curry Powder

 Decor as previous picture if you want to be authentic and pretty. All you really need to do is make sure all ingredients are evenly spread throughout the top of the sauce. Dig in!



Meal prep action. Let me know what you think of my first clealeo palabok!



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Mug Cake and Muffins

10:13 PM Marie G. 0 Comments

Let me first clarify (Please skip if you do not care about my rationale. DO NOT skip if you've had a bad day.):

1. I eat clean first and Paleo second = Clean + Paleo = Clealeo
2. I am not a chef or a baker, I just love to eat. I am meticulous and follow recipes to the T, BUT I adapt them to what I have in my kitchen or really just to experiment.
3. A lot of recipes happen by accident.
4. I am not trying to lose weight, but Crossfit has driven me to eat to improve my scores in WODs and eating this way has helped me feel the best I have ever felt in my life. I also want to compete one day, so I am trying to transition into doing things right my first year of training.
5. I believe in honesty. I have tried recipes in some other blogs that claim that their food is AMAZING and their husbands and kids love it, so I believe them. I try the recipe and spit it out when I try the finished product. I will NEVER tell you something is amazing when it isn't BUT, your taste buds could be different.
6. Piggybacking on the last point, I did a 10 day sugar cleanse with my friend shortly before starting to eat clean, and now I think certain candies and cakes do not taste as good as I used to think. I am really into natural sweetness now. For example, I ate a chocolate truffle and it tasted almost like medicine.  I used to gobble those like popcorn. I also had a twix bar before and I was SO upset that I was not satisfied. It used to be my FAVORITE candy bar. T.T
7. Soft double churned/gelato/soft serve (with chocolate shell of course) ice cream, cheese, red velvet, pancakes, and cookies are my vices . 
8. I like things done quickly, since time gets eaten up by a LOT of things lately (work, bills, life) so meal prep used to be TORTURE for me, but I got used to it. You should too. I do all my prep on Sundays and freeze in portions for the week.
9. Piggybacking again on the last point, I recently got into green smoothies since I need to make myself eat more veggies and I HATE SALAD. Chugging them down is the quickest and greatest idea EVER. You NEVER taste the veggies if you make it right.
10. I HATE SALAD. I forced myself to cook since I loathe it so. When I eat salad, I feel like Little Foot in the Land Before Time eating star leaves.

 Lastly, I hope you enjoy my recipes! Comment with any questions you have, I would love to help! I will try to post as much as I can with as many options as I can think of.

BREAKFAST:
Clean Aprinillanana Protein Breakfast Mug Cake with Cinnamon Crumush Topping

 Cake:
1 tbsp coconut cream (the thick kind in the can)
1 Egg
1 Drop vanilla
1/4 c spelt (or flaxseed/almond meal or coconut flour if you want this paleo)
1/3 tsp baking powder
Scoop protein powder
1/2 banana mushed


 Cinnamon mush crumb topping:
1 tbsp coconut butter
2 tbsp spelt flour (again substitute as you wish)
Drizzle agave (I would personalty substitute coconut sugar to get the true crumby texture of the topping)
1 tsp cinnamon
Combine all ingredients and microwave for 1-2 minutes until the center is cooked (no batter is on a toothpick when you poke it). Mine took a minute and 45. Cool, then put on crumb mushiness on top. Enjoy.

SO FLUFFYYYY


GOBBLE GOBBLE.

Meal Prep: 
Clean Apricoconillanana Breakfast Muffin with Cinnamon Coconut Whip Topping

Muffin:

 2 1/2 Cup Quick Oats
2 Eggs
2 Scoops Vanilla Protein Powder (I use Casein because it makes everything so plump and is very filling for breakfast)
2 Medium 'Nanas (bananas)
1 Cup Coconut Cream
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Cup Dried Apricots
Drizzle Vanilla Extract

 Mix all ingredients in food processor. If too dry, add almond milk until blends. Spray baking pan with coconut oil or butter up with coconut spread. Fill each cup to the top. It won't rise too much, I promise.

Bake at 375F 20-25 min. Cool then spread whip topping!


 Cinnamon Coconut Crumb.. "Whip" (until I can get Coconut Sugar and Almond Meal)

 6 tbsp coconut butter
6 tbsp coconut oil
Scoop protein powder
1/4 cup of cinnamon

 Whip until fluffy. If too thick, add almond milk until desired consistency. Wait for muffins to cool, then spread on the topping and EAT. I love these for grab and go situations ( aka every work week).


Delectable.

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