Fun, Food & Fashion with Danielle: March 2014

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

This weeks food highlights

Good Morning!
I thought today I would get back to sharing some of my favorite meals from this past week with you!

Veggie Stir Fry with Homemade Peanut Sauce & Baked Spring Rolls - I bought Egg roll wrappers in the refrigerated section at Superstore and filled them with sautéed cabbage, carrots, green onion & water chestnuts. Seriously yummy!

Okay I bought ANOTHER new cookbook - 'Oh She Glows' is an amazing Vegan cookbook - she also has a great blog! I made this yummy Apple Pie Oatmeal the other morning

Greek Salad & Oil Free Baked Falafel Bites from the Oh She Glows cookbook

A favorite around our house - Homemade Pizza! I love my cast iron pizza pan

Danielle

Monday, 17 March 2014

The perfect veggie burger...

I am determined to find the perfect veggie burger recipe! I have tried many different recipes and have yet to find a go to recipe - there is always something missing. My brother Chris and friend Aislinn came over last week and we made 3 different recipes at once so we could compare them. Here are a few pictures from our recipe trial. Aislinn is vegan so we opted to make the burgers vegan!

Recipes:
1) Our Perfect Veggie Burger - Oh She Glows
2) Black Bean & Quinoa Burgers - Love & Lemons
3) Spicy Chickpea Veggie Burgers - Running on Real Food

All the burgers were yummy but I still haven't found "The One!" I will keep experimenting and putting my own spin on recipes and I will let you know when I have perfected it!

Danielle

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Green Smoothie

I have been drinking green smoothies for about a year now and they have become a daily staple breakfast item for both Kevin and I.

I have always loved fruit smoothies…I mean who doesn't?! So refreshing and delicious! I started drinking fruit smoothies with protein powder in them for breakfast a few years ago and really enjoyed the simplicity. Wake up, make a smoothie, take it with me to work and sip on it throughout the morning. Adding protein powder to my smoothie makes it more filling and allows me to just have a smoothie for breakfast and feel full until lunch time.

My Mom got onto to Green Smoothies through my cousin Katie. She purchased a Blend Tec and started making them part of her daily routine. Safe to say they have changed her life and improved her energy levels! Slowly but surely I got more inventive with my morning smoothie and started adding more greens and viola the green smoothie was born into our house. I couldn't image my life without this green stuff! I love working out and then coming home and having my smoothie - its delicious, satisfying, healthy and makes me feel so amazing! Having 5+ servings of fruit and veggies before lunch is an amazing way to kick start your day.

We don't stick to a recipe we use what we have - these are our typical smoothie items

Arbonne Vanilla Protein Powder

Chia Seeds

Frozen Fruit (I prefer mango or pineapple)

Banana

Spinach

Kale

Fresh Ginger

Lemon (1/4 of lemon for a blender full)

We sometimes will add pear, apple, cucumber, avocado or celery - just depends on what we have and feel like! Oh and cinnamon is a delicious addition as well.

Do you like smoothies?

Danielle

Friday, 7 March 2014

Whoops where has the time gone?!

Hello there!
I have gotten out of doing my regular posts since our kitchen renos - whoops! Also Kevin and I were away for a 3 night x-country ski getaway to Maplelag Resort in Callaway, Minnesota to ring in his 30th Birthday last week!

Here are a few pics from the past week…

This Carrot Ginger Soup from my Joyous Health Cookbook was phenomenal and so easy!

Maplelag Resort! An amazing x-country ski getaway! They take care of all the meals and dishes you just have to show up! Days went like this….Wake up, Eat breakfast, Ski, Eat lunch, Ski, Afternoon relaxation including drinks and cards, Dinner, Drinks and relax in steam room and sauna, go to bed and repeat! Also we almost completed an 1000 piece puzzle while we were there. It was great to getaway for a few nights and relax!