A few delish recipes to add...

Dear Blog, I have not forgotten about you! I promise! I realized I haven't actually posted a recipe in quite some time ha! I need to get on the ball! In the past few weeks I have thrown together some recipes that have turned out REALLY well!

Southwestern pizza

Crust
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup flax meal
1 tsp agave nectar
1tsp active yeast
1 tsp salt
1 cup lukewarm water

Mix all ingredients together and kneed the dough for a good five minutes. Cover and let the dough rise for an hour. Knead the dough for an additional few minutes before rolling out onto the pizza pan.

Toppings
Salsa (I used natural chunky salsa from costco). Use as much as you would like on your pizza.
1/2 cup corn (I used trader joe's roasted corn...soooooooooo good!)
Shredded chicken breast (Again...trader joe's! I always buy the frozen chicken strips to have on hand, they are lightly seasoned and delicious).
A few handfuls of low fat mexican style cheese

Toss in the oven (preheated to 450) for 12-15 minutes. This pizza was GOOOOOOD! Dustin and I were both big fans!

Black Bean Brownies (beware, you are going to want to eat the entire pan)

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
3 egg whites
2-3 tbsp coconut oil (or any other clean vegetable oil)
1/4 cup cocoa powder (I used a little more than this)
pinch of salt
1/2 cup agave nectar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease an 8x8 baking pan. Throw all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour batter into baking pan and smooth with spatula. It's optional to top with dark chocolate chips (I had semisweet chocolate chips that I used). Bake for 30 mins and let cool completely before cutting into them. These are so good! I put them in the freezer so I can just pop them out whenever I am getting a chocolate craving!

Eat clean items...costco style!

I haven't posted an edition of eat clean item of the week in...oh...forever! So I was thinking about what I have been munching on lately that I could add. I felt this was a good time to pay tribute to Costco and their eat clean BULK items that I keep buying over and over! Here is a list of my faves...

- HUGE bag of organic baby carrots
- Big jar of natural almond butter
- Big bag of flax meal
- 2 pack of agave nectar
- big container of fage yogurt
- big container of low fat cottage cheese
- big bags of salad
- frozen brown rice
- organic vanilla soy milk (dustin uses this stuff!)

I am sure I could keep adding to the list! Costco is definitely the place for some healthy goodies! I have also been meaning to buy their whole wheat spaghetti and organic spaghetti sauce, both of which are so cheap for how much you get!

Energy drinks.....oy!

I will be the first to admit that I am not 100% eat clean all the time. Energy drinks are my new "unclean" habit. Working nights is a little rough and these magical cans of energy really do the trick. I know that I need to work on this habit of mine, but for the time being I think they are here to stay! I have just been trying to make up for them by making sure my snacks and meals are EXTRA clean! :) I haven't really been making too many awesome recipes lately! I gave a go at some ginger cookies that turned out terribly! I also made some protein bars that turned out pretty good! I took my previous recipe for chocolate protein bars and just left out the chocolate and added some wheat germ. They are more like protein cake ha! They are good though! Tonight I am going to make chicken paprikash. We shall see how it stands up! I am hungarian afterall and have had my fair share of ridiculously rich and full fat paprikash! :) I found the recipe on The Kitchen Table at eatclean.com

Eat Clean Chicken Paprikash
Ingredients

* 1/4 cup EVOO
* 1 medium onion diced
* 3 thick chicken breasts - cubed
* 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
* salt + pepper
* 3 tablespoons good quality Paprika- this is the KEY ingredient!
* 1 can no salt added diced tomatoes
* 1 cup water
* 1 tsp red pepper flakes (more or less depending on your heat levels)
* 1 clove garlic diced
* 2/3 cup 0% plain greek yogurt

Instructions

Add EVOO into a medium size stock pot over medium heat. When warm add the diced onions and cook about a few minutes until almost translucent. In the meantime, put whole wheat flour and a sprinkle of S + P in a large ziploc bag. Add chicken and toss around to coat evenly. Push onions aside in pot and add all of the flour coated chicken. Lightly brown the chicken all over. Add in garlic and GOOD QUALITY PAPRIKA. Toast the paprika a few minutes by constantly mixing the chicken- onion- paprika mixture. Be careful not to burn the spice. Next add the diced tomatoes, water, and red pepper flakes (optional). Bring to a slow boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer , covered about 30 minutes.

Ladle about a cup of the tomato broth into a heat safe small container (glass measuring cup). slowly whisk in yogurt. add more sauce as needed. (mixture should be like a thick soup) Pour sour cream mixture into large pot with the rest of the sauce and chicken. mix to combine.

Serve with brown rice or whole wheat egg noodles