Clean Eating Chicken Marsala

Clean Eating Chicken Marsala

(Makes approximately 5 quarts)

NOTE: Don’t let the ingredient list scare you. Most of the recipe is spices. This is actually a very quick and easy recipe to make!

Ingredients
1 cup unsweetened almond or light coconut milk (I used almond milk)
1 tbsp. white vinegar
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp. cumin
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 tsp. curry
1 tbsp. garlic powder
2 tbsp. onion powder
1 tbsp. garam masala
2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. coriander
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 (15 oz.) cans light coconut milk, unsweetened
5 large chicken breasts, boneless & skinless
1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes (no sugar added)
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste (no sugar added)
Fresh cilantro for garnish

Directions

Step 1 – Combine all ingredients (except the cilantro) in a 5 quart crock pot and cook on high for 4-6 hours or until chicken is fully cooked. Stir occasionally during cooking process to be sure the chicken gets submerged in the liquids.

NOTE: It will start out looking a bit thick and dry, but the liquids will release into the pot after about an hour or so of cooking. If this does not happen for some reason and you feel it will burn without more liquids, add 1/2 to 1 cup of clean, low-sodium chicken broth. But wait a full hour before doing so.

Eat and Enjoy!

Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 cup

Calories: 215
Total Fat: 13 gm (This will vary depending on the chicken used)
Saturated Fats: 4 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 25 mg
Sodium: 382 mg
Carbohydrates: 16 gm
Dietary fiber: 2 gm
Sugars: 3 gm
Protein: 10 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 6

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Parchment-Baked Chicken with Arugula, Sage and Rosemary

 Parchment-Baked Chicken with Arugula, Sage and Rosemary

Ingredients

• 4 sections of parchment paper cut into 12 x 16-inch pieces
• 2 cups / 480 ml arugula leaves, torn
• 4 x 4-oz boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
• 2 tsp / 10 ml fresh chopped sage, divided
• 2 tsp /10 ml fresh chopped rosemary, divided
• 1 cup /240 ml chopped plum tomatoes, divided
• Sea salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, divided
• 4 tsp / 20 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 4 tsp / 20 ml kalamata olives, sliced and pitted (optional)
• Clean cooking spray

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 450°F / 232ºC.
2. Fold parchment paper in half to create a crease. Unfold the paper and coat it lightly with cooking spray, leaving a two-inch border.
   
3. Place ½ cup arugula on one side of the parchment so it touches the fold but not the ungreased border.
   
4. Place chicken breast over arugula; sprinkle with ½ teaspoon sage and ½ teaspoon rosemary. Top with 1/4 cup chopped plum tomato.
   
5. Add a pinch of salt and black pepper then drizzle with ½ teaspoon olive oil. Top with 1 teaspoon of olives if desired.
   
6. Fold parchment paper over the chicken and arugula and seal edges with narrow fold.
   
7. Repeat with the remaining parchment paper, chicken and other ingredients.
   
8. Place packets on baking sheets. Bake for 20 minutes or until puffy and lightly browned.
   
9. To serve, open packets and transfer arugula and chicken breast to plates. Pour juices over top.

Slow Cooker Pork & Kale

Slow Cooker Pork & Kale

(Makes about 9 cups)
Ingredients
2 1/2 lb pork loin chops
7 cups chopped, raw kale
1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes, no sugar added
2 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp. onion powder
1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

Directions
Step 1 – Place everything in your slow cooker, pork chops on the bottom layer and tomatoes on the top layer.
Step 2 – Cook on low for 8-10 hours.
Eat and Enjoy!

Nutritional Content
1 serving = 1 cup
Calories: 201
Total Fat: 4 gm
Saturated Fats: 1 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 58 mg
Sodium: 427 mg (Use no sodium tomatoes to lower this)
Carbohydrates: 14 gm
Dietary fiber: 3 gm
Sugars: 1 gm
Protein: 31 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 6



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I wont let it hold me back

I had my procedure done on Wednesday. It went really well! They put me out so I was very loopy when I woke up for a couple of hours. Jed was laughing at me telling me I kept telling him the same things over again. Haha! Everything went WAYY better compared to my biopsy:) I'm really thankful I was able to switch doctors.

Of course that has put me out of working out for a little while. I won't let that hold me back though;) My first instinct is to eat bad since I don't feel good and can't workout anyway. And to be honest with you that's what I did the first couple of days but I'm starting now. I'm back on track eating healthy. I can't wait to finish healing and start up p90x! I might even do the p90x/insanity hybrid. I haven't really decided yet. I think Jed is going to do p90x also, so I'm super excited about that!

It really feels amazing passing this journey along to other amazing people who are in this to get healthy and feel good about themselves:)

I've been slacking on posting recipes so I'm going to try to get back to that :)

Back to the real world :)

I'm starting another beach body challenge starting April 16th. Please comment if you'd like to be apart of it! Only accepting 6-7 people. That way I can give everyone the attention they need to succeed!

So I spent the last week in Florida. I had a blast! Looking back at the pictures I'm pretty impressed to where all my hard work paid off with working out and eating right! I feel pretty confident with my body! :) Beach body has truly changed my life for the better. I totally PIGGED out while I was in Florida. But I am glad to be home and back on track:)

I'm taking a little break from working out! I have my procedure March 28th and it will take me a few weeks to heal but soon as I'm all healed up I will be jumping into another program!

My results:)

Wow. I've completely amazed myself. If I didn't take pictures every week of my results I would have never knew how much my body was changing! The combination of shakeology and Insanity's workout program has given me these AWESOME results. And keep in mind that during the middle of this I also had to take 3 weeks of because of medical reasons!! Let me know if you want help getting results like these ;)

WOW :)

I wanted to share some of my teams successes! Two the women I am coaching are KILLING it! One of them has lost 4 lbs and 6 inches in 11 days and another one of them has lost 8lbs in 7 days! I am so proud of them. They are truly putting some hard work into this and its definitely paying off!!

10 days until I leave for Florida! I'm so excited:) I'll be busting my butt until then with my workouts!!!