Breakfast idea #1-- pinapple smoothie

So, I found out that pineapple contains an enzyme called Bromelain. It has a number of health benefits that could be found here. Trouble is, most of the Bromelain can be found in the core of the pineapple. Let's face it...who wants to eat the core? Well, thanks to the ideas presented on this blog, now we can eat the core without feeling like we're chewing bamboo.

The basics of this smoothie as I tried it:

1 quarter pineapple, with core
1 banana
1 orange, with the peel cut off
1 large handful of fresh spinach (SEE--spinach in your breakfast--who would of thought!)
enough water to make it drinkable

Blend.



Yes it's green--don't let that keep you from drinking up. It'd delicious! No sugar involved. And you even managed to get a vegetable (I promise you can't taste the spinach at all)



Just one thing. Don't drink too much, okay? There is like 300% of your daily fiber in one drink, so Watch out!

Some non-healthy chicken noodle soup

I'm putting this up just for my sister Rosie. I kind of threw this together after going to lunch at the Olive Garden and eating this: Chicken & Gnocchi Soup


Image courtesy of The Olive Garden.


Yummy Chicken Noodle Soup:

2 chicken breasts
1 bay leaf
several stalks of celery, chopped
salt (1/2 tsp.?)
pepper
sage (sprinkle these things in until they look good)
lots of carrots
3 large red potatoes, cubed
celery seed


Boil all ingredients until chicken is cooked. Take chicken out and cut into small pieces. Continue boiling until vegetables are tender.

If you used too much water (as in more than 2 quarts...ish) then, spoon some of the broth into a jar to freeze for later. Or you can put them in ice cube trays (thanks Rosie!) This eliminates the need for canned chicken broth (too expensive) or bouillon, which can contain MSG and lots of other unwanted ingredients.

Add these ingredients and bring to a boil for 5 more minutes:

Worcestershire sauce (about 1 tsp.)
6 strips of bacon, cooked (microwaving is easy)
a large handful of fresh (organic! --Spinach is one of those foods that has high concentrations of pesticides. Don't believe me? Check it out here)
homemade pasta
1 can of evaporated milk. (regular milk works too--not as creamy, but probably less fattening.)

1/2 c. (ish) of Parmesan cheese


you might need to add more salt and pepper to tate.

Now here's some soup that actually fills you up and doesn't make the husband feel like he's at a Relief Society social.


Enjoy!!!!

Just say NO to "Chippy"

So, Jake went to the Filipino store to get soy sauce b/c that's where it's the cheapest. He served his mission in the Philippines, so he likes to make a trip there now and then. But this time, he came home with some illegal contraband: a Filipino version of Fritos:


But a quick look at the back of the bag shows that this particular snack has MSG, and 23% of your saturated fat, among other things.

That is why, when you fold it over, this snack says....



And Crappy it is. The husband had just better satisfy his munchies with a little bit of this:


Healthy granola, full of fiber. (More on this later--I found this great recipe for homemade granola and tweaked it so it has hardly any sugar in it. It's yummy!)

So yeah--who needs crappy chippy anyways??