CLEAN CEASAR DRESSING

I absolute love caesar salads. It's one thing that I crave right before my monthly cycle and rightfully so. If you think about,  I am losing iron, and the body craves what it needs. With that said, fuel your body according to what it needs.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups FAGE Greek Yogurt
• 3 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
• 1/3 cup Extra Virgin Light Olive Oil
• 1/3 Red Wine Vinegar
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons of fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon onion powder 
• 2/3 cup of parmesan cheese (could use less)

Directions: Mix all the ingredients in a food processor or blender. Store the dressing in mason jar in the fridge.

 ENJOY:)

Taco Season

Pre-packaged taco seasonings often contain unnecessary ingredients that could be harmful to your health. Luckily, many companies have recognized this and have removed some of these ingredients. However, one can never be too safe. Plus, taco seasoning is quite easy to make!

Harmful Additives: 

• Sugar
• Potato Starch or Modified
• Corn Starch
• Citric Acid
• Maltodextrin
• Autolyzed Yeast Extracts (AKA MSG)
• Natural Flavor
• Carmel Color (sulfites)
• Cellulose

Taco Seasoning for 1 pound of meat

Ingredients: 

• 1 tablespoon of chili powder
• 1 tablespoon of oregano
• 1 1/2 cumin
• 1 1/2 paprika 
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Spicy Avocado Dip

This is a hit at my Super Bowl party last year. I am pretty sure I didn't have any left overs.
Ingredients

• 2 cups of FAGE plain Greek Yogurt
• 3 small avocados
• half green pepper
• half red pepper
• 1 packet of Hidden Valley Fiesta Ranch

Directions: add the yogurt, avocado slices, sliced peppers, and sprinkle in the entire dressing packet. Now blend all the ingredients in a food processor or blender. Pour or rather scoop the ingredients in to a bowl.

Clean Eat Honey Mustard Dressing

Over the last year, I have been on the journey of clean eating. I have seen my body transform to a confident women of pure strength and heath.  Lately, I have been less reluctant to use dressing and dips that have a shelf life. My theory has been any thing that has a shelf life, will indeed have a shelf life on you. Just look at the back of a typical dressing. Sodium, high fat, sugar...Woo wait, a lot of sugar.

Don't get me wrong, I love jazzing up my salads, but some of the ingredients I have no idea how to pronounce, little lone what it is. Therefore, I have decided to make my own. Some things have cost me more than just settling and saving time by buying the product. However, if I was on a mission to save money, I could have probably saved a chunk of change by eating Ramon Noodle and splurging on the dollar menu. However, I am not! I have one life. With that, I feel the need to honor that life by living healthy and being the very best that I can possible be.

Clean Eat Honey Mustard                                                                    

• 1 cup of nonfat greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon of honey
• 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
• 3 tablespoon Ideal sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon all spice
• 1/4 cup alle cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoon light olive oil
• 1 tablespoon mustard seeds
• dash of cayenne pepper

Directions: Blend all the ingredients in a blender or a food processor. Pour the ingredients in a mason jar and store in the refrigerator.

Chipotle Vinaigrette Dressing

This is great as a marinade or simple drizzle it over a salad.














Ingredients:

• small can chipotle adobe pepper in sauce
• 1 tablespoon fresh oregano (dry season will work)
• 1/2 cup extra virgin oil
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar (balsamic work great too)
• 1 cup of water
• 2/3 cup Ideal sugar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon salt (optional)

Direction: Mix all the ingredients in a blender of food processor by adding the oil slowly at the end.
Poor into a container. This make about 32 oz. 

PB 2 Spread

PB2 Spread

When I have a craving for peanut, but I really don't want to sacrifice the calories and fat, I will grab my PB2. This is excellent as a spread, dip, or simply devouring it right out of the bowl. Super easy...super healthy...

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons of PB2 (powdered peanut butter)
• 1 cup FAGE Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons of Ideal sugar (sugar subsitute)

175 calories

28 grams of protein

1.5 grams of fat