Tag: healthy recipes

Almond Flour Crust Pizza You Won’t Regret

Almond Flour Crust Pizza You Won’t Regret

If you are human you most likely enjoy pizza. If you don’t like pizza there may be something wrong with you… This almond flour pizza crust has saved my life. That might be an exaggeration, but you know what I mean. Pizza is something I […]

Coconut Flour Chocolate Chunk Bars

Coconut Flour Chocolate Chunk Bars

Coconut Flour is my new best friend. These Coconut Flour Chocolate Chunk Bars are seriously off the charts. They are so moist and melt in your mouth. I would say they are the perfect combination of salty and sweet. I’m so excited to have found […]

Healthy Black Bean Burgers

Healthy Black Bean Burgers

Trying to cut back on meat? Or just looking for something new for dinner? These black bean burgers are healthy and super easy to make.  And delicious!

This past week Thomas and I decided to switch things up a bit. We usually eat meat for dinner, but this time we tried something different. After watching a documentary I realized that we definitely eat too much meat. I figured it wouldn’t hurt us to go a week without meat and try some new recipes.

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com, but altered it a little bit.

Healthy Black Bean Burgers:

healthy black bean burgers

Ingredients: 

  • 1 (16 ounce) can of black beans – here in Spain they don’t really have many canned beans so we soaked ours over night, cooked them, and then measured them out.
  • 1/2 green bell pepper, minced
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 onion, minced
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tablespoon of chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon of Thai chili sauce or hot sauce (I used Valentino)
  • 1/2 cup of bread crumbs

**Note: If you like a lot of heat use 1 tablespoon of chili powder and 1 teaspoon of hot sauce to really give it an extra kick!

Instructions: 

  1. If grilling the burgers, preheat on high. Lightly oil a sheet of aluminum foil. If you plan to bake them , preheat the oven to 375 degrees , and lightly oil a baking sheet.
  2. In a medium bowl, mash black beans up with a fork until they are thick and pasty.
  3. Add in your finely minced green peppers, onion, and garlic. Then stir into the mashed up beans
  4. In a small bowl, stir together the egg, chili powder, cumin, and chili sauce.
  5. Stir the egg mixture into the mashed beans. Mix in bread crumbs until the mixture becomes sticky and holds together. Divide the mixture up into four patties.
  6. If you plan to grill them, place the patties on foil, and grill for about 8 minutes on each side. If baking, place the patties on the baking sheet, and bake for about 10 minutes on each side.
  7. Top the burgers with your favorites. We decided on roasted sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and avocado. The sweet potatoes and the avocado really balanced out the heat!

***Note: If you have a food processor feel free to put the green pepper, onions, and garlic in there. We just don’t have one so we minced everything up and it worked out just fine.

Give them a try and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

An Egg-less Morning: Oats & Fruit

An Egg-less Morning: Oats & Fruit

For anyone that knows me they know I have an obsession with eggs. I’ve never been one for a sweet breakfast. Eggs, toast, avocado, and the occasional bacon (or chicken sausage) have always been my go-to. But after doing some research and letting my tastebuds […]

Dark Chocolate Cups: Roasted Blueberry & Almond Butter

Dark Chocolate Cups: Roasted Blueberry & Almond Butter

So remember when I said I was obsessed with dark chocolate? Well here I go again. Dark chocolate cups are my go-to. But it was time for something other than banana and almond butter. I found this recipe for roasted blueberry & almond butter dark […]

Soup Du Jour: Chicken Minestrone

Soup Du Jour: Chicken Minestrone

Ever have the problem where you’re craving two things at once? Well it happened to me. I was craving both chicken noodle soup and minestrone so I decided to combine them. Sound crazy I know. But to be honest it came out amazing.

I don’t think it’s that hard to mess up soup. It’s a bunch of veggies and broth, what could possibly go wrong?

Chicken noodle soup will always be one of my favorites. But I was looking for something a little more hearty. Adding fire roasted tomatoes and beans to the mix was the best decision I’ve ever made.

By the way, this was another perfect fall dish to make. Super easy and so filling!

Here’s how you make my soup of the day:

Soup of the Day

Ingredients:

  1. 4 large carrots
  2. 4 stalks of celery
  3. 1 large onion
  4. 2 diced zucchinis
  5. 1 can of fired roasted diced tomatoes
  6. 3 cloves of garlic
  7. 1 can of white beans (or any bean you’d like)
  8. 1lb of chicken breasts or thighs
  9. About 7 cups of low sodium chicken broth or veggie if you’d like!
  10. Veggie pasta (optional)
  11. Sea Salt, Black Pepper, and Oregano to taste.

 

Instructions:

Add about 1 1/2 tbs of olive oil to a pot. Sauteé all the veggies (celery, carrots, onions, zucchini)  and garlic. Next be sure to add the salt, pepper, and oregano. Add the broth and fire roasted tomatoes. Bring to a bowl then let it simmer on low for 30 minutes. While the soup sits I cooked up some chicken breasts and seasoned them with salt & pepper. After those were cooked I added them into the soup. Lastly toss in the beans. Serve with a dollop of pesto (optional).

***Thomas and I ate this soup two nights in a row because it made such a big batch, which was awesome. The second night we decided to cook up some veggie pasta to add it in. It was great both ways!

Paleo Sweet Potato Pancakes

Paleo Sweet Potato Pancakes

Since Thomas and I moved to Spain we haven’t made too many friends. It will definitely take some time, but we did recently meet a lovely couple. We met Matt and Cassie through the program we are doing here in Spain. They are from Wisconsin […]

The Best Frozen Treat: Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites

The Best Frozen Treat: Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites

So I’ve always been a savory person until about a year ago. Dessert was never really my thing. I know that sounds crazy, but it’s true! Now I can’t go to bed at night without something sweet. I blame this on my Nanny (grandmother). She […]