PARENTS GONE

So my mom and sister are leaving for ORLANDO FL to shoot for FAMILY FEUD!!!  Unfortunately I was too introverted to make the team but I wish my family the best!!  Hopefully they have a blast down in FL.  I can't afford to go down with them.  So instead I'll be hanging out at home, working out, seeing friends, and above all, EATING.  And I have some pretty interesting and EASY recipes to try out!!  Most of these will be SUPER easy to make and when I go off to school I can make them at home and then bring them for healthy alternatives.

Dish #1: SAUTEED VEGGIES (yumz)
So honestly how difficult is it to make veggies?  Not difficult, but somehow the DC's seem to mess it up by adding too much oil or too much garlic.
Ingredients:
-Broccoli
-Red Pepper
-Garlic cloves (not powder)
-Sea salt
-fresh ground pepper
-Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
(even more veggies if you want: cauliflower, green peppers, onions, scallions, green beans, mushrooms, carrots, and celery are also great for saute-ing).

1-Wash veggies, cut everything up.
2-Select a suitable pan--I use a non-stick large frying pan.  You don't want to overcrowd your pan.
3-You might want to steam your broccoli/cauliflower/carrots before sauteing.
4-Heat oil on high.
5-Add garlic.  Saute for a little bit before adding veggies.
6-Start off sauteing the hardest vegetable.
7-Add other veggies.
8-Saute until veggies are tender, slightly brown, and smell yummy :)
9-Add spices

You can serve the veggies with rice or noodles too!  And you can add meat and tofu.

Recipe #2: Home-made PROTEIN DARK CHOCOLATE.
This is going to be a treat for my mom and sister when they get home (hush!).  If you can make home-made chocolate why not go healthy and add some protein as well?

Ingredients
1 TBS Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
2 TBS Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder
Sprinkle of Xylitol or another all natural sweetener
2 tsp agave or honey
1/2 scoop whey protein powder
Add ins: all natural peanut butter, walnuts and almonds, coconut

1-Microwave coconut oil until melted.
2-Stir in cocoa powder, xylitol, and agave/honey.
3-Add protein powder and stir.
4-Put into small cupcake holders.  Add extras if desired.
5-Leave in fridge for a couple hours until hardened and then ENJOY.

RECIPE #3: Smashed Chickpea Salad (CAN MAKE THIS AT DC'S!)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup canned chickpeas

 a little under 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce (about 100g) OR crushed tomatoes

sea salt, if desied

Combine and smash with a fork.  So easy!!

Saturday I'll be at a family reunion (we'll see what happens with food there!) and I'll be grabbing so to go salads/sandwiches at Whole Foods here and there as well, but I'll definitely make these 3 recipes over the weekend and update with photos and reviews.