Friday, September 20, 2013

Healthy, yet flavorful meal ideas

People are always under the misconception that living a healthy lifestyle requires major sacrifices, especially when it comes to their diet. If you've read any of the last several blog posts you'll see recipes that prove quite the contrary. It takes a little creativity and different way of thinking, but it's very easy if you just try. Here are some recent meals I've thrown together, maybe these will help get your creative juices flowing.

High protein bagel sandwhich using P28's high protein bagels. The meat is Boar's Head low sodium turkey breast with lettuce and hot banana peppers added. There may be some mustard on there too (can't remember).



Next is a spinach salad topped with strawberries and toasted pecans. Dressing used was an olive oil based raspberry vinaigrette. My favorite salad to make! You can use green leaf lettuce instead of the spinach. I switch back and forth between the two. 


High protein pizza anyone? Here's a high protein pizza using P28's high protein flat bread (made with whey protein isolate). I added a little bit of organic pizza sauce on top, with banana peppers, baby spinach and a hint of mozzarella cheese (just enough to add flavor). It turned out awesome! Hard to believe it was probably under 350 calories and had 30+ grams of protein.



Finally, a quick and easy high protein snack. I wanted an apple but needed protein, so I decided to make a whey protein yogurt dip. I mixed vanilla whey protein with a little cream cheese or cottage cheese and a dash of stevia for added sweetness. It was better than expected! 



Saturday, September 7, 2013

Healthy Peanut Butter Cup Recipe - High Protein, Low Carb, Clean Cheating!

This might be the easiest recipe yet and while the pictures didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, the flavor did. These are absolutely NOM, NOM!

Only 2 Ingredients:
1 x Scoop Dymatize Elite Casein Chocolate Peanut Butter
2 x Teaspoons Organic Creamy Peanut Butter

First, it should be noted that I drain all the oil off my peanut butter and refrigerate in order to make it hard and dry (don't judge, that's how I like it).

Mix the Dymatize Elite Casein protein powder with 1/4 cup of water. Add water to desired consistency. It should be very thick. The drier, the better. Next, put 1 layer of protein mix on the bottom of your cup. Then add 1 teaspoon of peanut butter on top and then cover with the rest of the protein mix. Finally, place in freezer until it's as hard as you want it. Remove from freezer and enjoy!

If you freeze it for too long, just set it out until it thaws to the consistency you want.

 

BOOM! So easy and caveman (with a freezer) could do it!

Approximate Macros: 225Kcals, 27.5g Protein,  6 Carbs (1g Fiber), 10g Fat