Even Food Needs a Makeover Every So Often

I Love food. Yes that is Love with a capital "L". Something wonderful that I'm learning on my journey so far is that you can still Love food and eat right. I'm learning to enjoy new things about food. Finding I'm open to trying things I've never tasted before or even cooked with before. I like the adventurous aspect of NEW!

Here are some things I've tried in the last 2 weeks that are new to me:


Lots of Green stuff! This is Stir Fry. I swapped the white mushrooms out for Baby portobellos and the butter for Coconut and Sesame oils. I added Flax and Sesame seeds and I used more spices than salt. 


This is what I'm calling Hayley's Power Cookies (I'll post the Recipe). They are made with mashed banana not Egg and All natural peanut butter and honey instead of oil and sugar. You an pack them full of what ever super foods you love. I chose Flax and Chia seeds, dried cranberries and raisins and almost slices. These are sweet, filling and packed with energy boosting nutrients (word to the wise-there is enough fiber in these to cause a little tummy rumble).

More Power Cookies

Lunch most days. Some sort of Salad- this one is Greek

Breakfast Most days-Plain Greek Yogurt with a small spoonful of fruit preserves for flavor, fruit of choice (banana in the case) and a ton of yummy dried fruits, nuts and seeds

I Love Tuna-But Mayo can be a huge calorie source with not much to offer in the nutrients department. So here I have swapped out mayo for some mashed Avocado. I added pickles and some dejon mustard and hardly missed the mayo at all.

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