Allrecipes.com is easily one of the best recipe sites online.. but sifting through a million recipes to find yummy & healthy recipes can be hard. The healthy section has a lot of lol-worthy “healthy” options (cinnamon sugar pork rinds? are you serious? in the healthy section? ok.) & There’s a ton of great healthy recipes buried in other sections around the site. Here’s a list of some worth looking at!
PS - when you change the number of servings, it automatically scales the ingredients down for you!
Food allergies? Don’t say goodbye to making all of your favorite foods yet!
Here is a collection of websites, full of recipes specific to each allergen. Growing up dairy free, and almost gluten free because of my gluten intolerant brother, living almost allergen free comes naturally. But there are so many other allergens out there besides gluten and dairy. I hope you are able to enjoy!
Below are some helpful resources and meal ideas that don’t break the rules. Also, it is important to know when serving yourself “real food” you don’t need to eat as much as you would of the processed stuff! Get ready to fill up fast.
Peanut butter and jelly2 on whole-wheat bread1, sliced fresh fruit, and crackers3
Whole-wheat tortilla filled withhummus, cheese and optional veggie (spinach, cucumber, carrot, lettuce or tomato), side of fresh fruit and store-bought whole-wheat pretzels4
Eating out tip: Most restaurants do not offer 100% whole-wheat (a lot of “wheat breads” are made with both whole-wheat and white flours) so it is best to just avoid things like bread, breading/breadcrumbs, crusts, flour tortillas, etc. It is also recommended to ask questions when it comes to sauces because a surprising amount contain sugar. It can be difficult to avoid refined grains and sweeteners when eating out so we usually try to focus on finding restaurants that serve locally grown/raised products. For more tips including specific meals you could order at some chain restaurants check out this post.
Butterscotch, apple, and cinnamon oats. I’m addicted.
All you need is:
Servings of oats and water. 1 apple of your choice. 30 butterscotch chips. Cinnamon. Brown sugar. Vanilla extract.
Cook oats like you normally would on the stove (or microwave). Once cooked, add 1/2 of the apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Put into a bowl, and top with the remaining apple and butterscotch chips.
This is super filling and typically under 350 calories!
Sometimes I just want to snack and munch, but no way am I going to eat like 15 chips in 4 seconds 2 minutes for 150 calories.
Instead, I have been making air popped popcorn! I can legit eat a whole bowl… and a large bowl at that. I air pop roughly 1/4 to 1/3 cup of kernels (sometimes maybe even more if I have to share any hehe) and then instead of high calorie butter, I just spray a bit of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spray throughout the bowl. I top with various seasonings, last night being garlic salt and white cheddar seasoning.
It’s delicious, helps with late night cravings, and it’s only the calories from the kernals! :)
Productive day, to say the least! Woke up at 8am and made the delicious babies pictured above.
Banana and Peanut Butter Pancakes
Ingredients for 4 pancakes:
2 ripe bananas 2 tbsp peanut butter 2 eggs (but I only used one and it turned out fine) 1-2 tbsp of flour to help thicken (I would use vanilla protein powder next time instead and see how that works!)
Directions:
Blend together, and cook like normal pancakes.
Note: use a thin metal spatula to flip. I used a regular one at first, and kind of killed my first pancake.
After breakfast, I cleaned, did a 25 minute workout video, got all my race stuff ready (doing the 2.5 mile Rave Run tonight), and then got to work.
I decided to take my client on a walk because it is so lovely out! We also stopped to get some glow sticks for tonight, and then I ate all the avocado on my eggs. Yum.
Oh, and roasted asparagus on a Scooby Doo plate for the win.
Butterscotch, apple, and cinnamon oats. I’m addicted.
All you need is:
Servings of oats and water. 1 apple of your choice. 30 butterscotch chips. Cinnamon. Brown sugar. Vanilla extract.
Cook oats like you normally would on the stove (or microwave). Once cooked, add 1/2 of the apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Put into a bowl, and top with the remaining apple and butterscotch chips.
This is super filling and typically under 350 calories!
