Happy New Year! Starting a brand new year is usually a transformative time for many of us. After completing a full 365 days, we set brand new goals and resolutions for ourselves in order to propel ourselves forward even further on our journey. However, I think I am not alone when I say that the start of 2021 feels… well different to say the least…
Are you using food as fuel or is there more going on in your kitchen? Eating well is an absolute necessity for our physical health (of course!), but for some of us, our relationship to food and mealtime might be a bit more complicated. For some of us, we turn to food after every bad day at work or stressful situation and our eating habits can start to get away from us. If you can relate, do not worry because you are DEFINITELY not alone, (trust me!). Emotional eating can be really difficult to address within our lives, which is why I am so glad that founder of Escape from Emotional Eating, Jessica Procini, has come back on The Stress Less Show this week to share her tips on stopping emotional eating for good…
Coping mechanisms, we all have them. While sometimes coping mechanisms are useful tools in helping us process the stress in our day, some coping mechanisms end up doing more harm than good. Maybe it's food, maybe it's wine, maybe it's shopping, maybe it's TV - whatever it is, it's important for us to check-in and let go of coping mechanisms in our lives that we find no longer help us. That is why I brought on Th Stress Less Show this week life coach and owner of Eau Claire Sober Living, Michelle Markquart, to share her tips on how to let go of unhealthy coping mechanisms in order to make room for healthier ones…
How many of us have done this: we just got home from the WORST day ever. Our boss screamed at us again, we were late to everything, and by the time we get home, the only thing we can think about doing is plunging face-first into a huge tub of ice cream and whatever else we have in our kitchens. We all have those comfort foods we love to turn to when we aren’t feeling great. However, while it may make you feel good for a moment, food is not going to make all that stress go away. This week on The Stress Less Show, we are talking about food and emotional eating - a huge issue for so many of us out there. I brought Jessica Procini, founder of Escape From Emotional Eating, on the show to help us learn how to stop using food as a way to cope with our stress…
Easy Apple Krisp
Serving: 8-10
Ingredients:
Directions:
*If you can't find almond meal at the store, you can pulse almonds in a food processor until fine to make almond meal. OR, you can substitute in white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour) in place of the almond meal.
*Recipe by http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/easy-apple-crisp-recipe/
This week's rest day recipes comes from a good friend, Larisa Manzo, who recommended the protein waffles recipe from morethanheels.com. As with any waffle recipe you can also make pancakes--and that is exactly what Larisa did.
Protein pancakes with peanut butter and blue berries (331 calories/ 38 grams of protein/ 14 grams of fat/ 16 grams of carbs)
Mix following ingredients and cook:
Serve with 50 grams of blueberries and 1 tbsp of chunky peanutbutter and enjoy!
Click the photo above for this delicious and easy recipe!
1. Chop up 1-2 small potatoes (and boil them until done), a few carrots, and a quarter of an onion.
2. Put chicken in a pan and fill it with water until the chicken is covered. Boil the chicken until done.
3. While potatoes and chicken are cooking, prepare crust. Use the directions from the jiffy pie crust box.
4. When potatoes are done, strain and put in a pie dish along with the carrots, onions and salt and pepper to taste. 5. When chicken is done, put broth (chicken water to taste) in pie dish. Tear chicken into small pieces and put in the pie dish.
6. Take your prepared pie crust and cover all the ingredients.
7. Bake in the oven for approx. 35 minutes or until golden at 350 degrees.
Enjoy!
How to make Trail Mix:
Trail Mix is a great alternative to the granola bar (what the heck sticks those things together anyway?--lots of unneeded sugar). Anyway, Trail Mix is delicious and easy for "on the go" and for pre/post-workouts. Enjoy!
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Okay, I have to admit that I haven't tried this recipe yet, but dang does it look super freaking delicious.
Sunday night I tried this EASY AND DELICIOUS treat for dinner! I'm still craving more that's how good it was! All you need is a zucchini, olive/vegetable oil, garlic and Parmesan cheese! SCORE! Check out Cooking Classy's recipe here! :D
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TOTAL CALORIE COUNT: 460
Calorie Breakdown:
This meal was definitely filling and as always the calories can be cut even more by buying even healthier products such as smaller wheat tortillas, low fat cheese or turkey bacon (I was just using some leftover ingredients from around my house :P ). Happy Eating! :)
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