Hi! I'm Jess..have we met?

I almost passed out when I saw that my last login was in AUGUST? What have I been doing for the past few months? Oh yeah....getting married! :) Well I may have been taking a little hiatus from blogging but I have still been sticking to my eat clean ways (at least 80% ha!). I have been feeling a little more lax in the clean department, but for the most part I am staying true to my roots. I do feel like i need a little switching up here and there (definitely STUCK in a food rut). I do have some yummy recipes to add!

Eat Clean Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup 
(Borrowed from The Kitchen Table (eatclean.com))

• 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
• 1 Can Diced Tomatos
• 2 Cans Black Beans Rinsed
• 1 Chopped Onions (red or yellow)
• 1 Jar Clean Tomato Sauce
• 4 C Chicken Broth
• Salt, Pepper & Red Pepper Flakes to Taste
• 1 Can Corn
• I Jar Salsa (large or small)

Throw everything into a crock pot and cook for either 4 hours on High or 8 hours on low. When it's done.... take the chicken out and shred then put it back into the mixture and stir.

I sliced up some whole wheat tortillas with a pizza cutter to make thin strips. I sprayed some olive oil on the stirps, sprinkled some sea salt and stuck in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 mins or so. They turned out YUMMY! The whole dish was fantastic! Dustin had seconds and took some for lunch!


Vegan Banana Cookies
(Borrowed from Food.com and "Clean Food" cookbook)

• 2 bananas
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup rolled oat
• 2/3 cup brown rice flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup coconut flakes , unsweetened
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips , vegan

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In bowl, combine mashed bananas, oil, liquid sugar and vanilla, or stevia vanilla. In separate bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda and coconut (if using). Stir the wet mixture into the dry until just combined. Add your choice of "fun yum" for final stir, i.e., coco chips, raisins, dried fruit, or anything your taste desire with banana!
3. Drop onto prepared cookie sheet. They will not change from the dropped shape, so it is up to you if you wish to have round, drop cookies; or thinner, oblong cookies. Bake for about 18 minutes, until golden. Place 'em on a rack and then test the moment they are cool enough!
4. Yields about 16 cookies, but depends on drop size!
5. ****** substitutions******.
6. maple syrup = 2tbsp agave and 2 tbsp maple.
7. oil = 2 tbsp canola /1 tbsp almond butter / 1 tbsp coconut butter.
8. vanilla= 8 drops NuNaturals vanilla stevia.
9. cacao chips= raisins or your choice of chocolate chips or dried fruit.
10. coconut= sliced almonds (adds bulk).

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-drop-cookie-445654#ixzz1g4DB7ziu

This recipe was SO GOOD! I love the substitutions! I used agave nectar in place of all of the maple syrup. I subbed almond butter and 1 tbsp of coconut oil, I also used raisins and flax in place of chocolate and coconut. They turned out YUMMY!