Grilled Watermelon Salad

Yep. Grilled Watermelon! I've never heard of it either until my husband found a recipe somewhere in the massive online database of WEIRD recipes! Let me tell you… it's something you should at least try ONCE in your life! Because who knows.. you might really REALLY like it!

Ingredients

1 Small Seedless Watermelon (cut into slices with rind still attached)
2 Tbsp of Olive Oil
Sprinkle of Salt and Pepper
2 Bunches of Watercress Trimmed
2 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 Cup of Crumbled Goat Cheese (we like to buy our goat cheese from costco)

Directions:

Heat Grill. Brush watermelon slices with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Grill watermelon for 1-2 minutes on each side.

In medium bowl toss watercress with balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
To assemble, sprinkle each grilled watermelon slice with goat cheese. Top with watercress mixture

Hope you guys enjoy and let me know what you think in the comments below!

Butterfinger Blizzard Shakeology

So you probably saw this and without even hesitating you've decided you want this recipe because we all know how awesome Blizzards from dairy queen are! What's not so awesome is the content and calories of a blizzard! So how do you make something extremely healthy taste just like your dream blizzard? Sometimes it just takes a little tweaking and *magic* (just kidding!) to blend this awesome recipe!

Want one of these?! Well try a HEALTHIER version instead! 

 

Butterfingers Blizzard Shakeology

1 scoop of chocolate shakeology 

8oz almond, coconut, or soy milk

1/2 cup ice

5 oz cold water

1tsp almond extract

small handful of almonds

2 tbsp of peanut butter

1 tbsp sugar free caramel syrup

**Vitamix Tip** If you put too much ice sometimes you will see your shake stop blending in the mixer. In this case, let your vitamix run at high speed until you start seeing the shake move again. That's the awesome thing about having a vitamix because you can make soups because having the speed high creates heat within the mixer!

Serve and Enjoy! Hope you love me for this one!

xoxo,

Laurel

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Sauted Garlic Kale

One of the most nutritious greens out there can become an easy dinner with these simple ingredients!
Just Saute Kale, Garlic Powder, Himalayen Sea Salt, and Pepper with Olive Oil! 10 minutes and you have a super delicious and healthy vegetable for your dinner!

Gluten Free Banana Bread

If you have been to my house before you will know that we always keep Bananas out and ready to snack on because my little monkeys (kids) absolutely love them! So what do you do when your plethora of bananas start to go bad? Well Banana Bread of course! So I began really thinking hard on how I could accomplish a healthier version of the well known banana bread. I knew I wanted gluten and dairy free so that's when my search on the internet started for the perfect recipe! Of course I had to alter not having all of the right ingredients and this recipe has a little snap to it.. it has a almond extract flavoring instead of the normal vanilla so it gives it a little sass! So I hope you like this little concoction of a recipe I came up with tonight and I hope it leaves your taste buds happy!

Damsels In Training Gluten Free Banana Bread

Ingredients

4 eggs

2 cups very ripe bananas (about 4-5 medium size bananas)

1 cup splenda

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 tsp gluten free almond extract 

1/3 cup melted coconut oil

2 cups of quinoa or coconut flour

1tsp of baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven to 350.

2. In a mixing bowl beat eggs lightly.

3. Add mashed bananas, sugar, applesauce, butter and vanilla and mix throughly.

4. Add to wet mixture, flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until all ingredients are moist.

5. Pour battre into 2 greased 8X4 in. loaf pans or 1 greased 9X5 in. loaf pan.

6. Bake for 45-55 minutes for the smaller pans or 60-75 minutes for the larger pans or until bread is no longer wet in the middle. Use a toothpick to test how done it is.

7. Remove pan and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.

ENJOY! 

xoxo, 
Laurel