Egg In A Bell Pepper Ring

• 2 egg whites, 1 egg yolk (scrambled)
• 2 bell pepper rings (with all seeds removed)
• cheese
• avocado oil
• salt and pepper (optional)

When making your bell pepper rings, try to cut as straight as possible to prevent egg leakage (didn't do too well on the green bell pepper as you can see above lol).  Heat pan on medium and add small amount of avocado oil.  Place rings on stove.  Pour half scrambled egg into each ring.  If your egg leaks, use spatula to push the egg back towards the ring.  Flip and add some shredded cheese.  I didn't add any salt or pepper, but if you need more flavor, feel free to add some.  Serve with toast and sauteed veggies.  If you like sunny side up eggs, you can do that instead of scrambled eggs.  Enjoy this fun, healthy breakfast!

Kale Veggie Omelette

• 2 egg whites, 1 egg yolk scrambled
• leaves off 2 large kale stems
• 3 T diced red onions
• 2 T diced bell pepper
• 1 green onion chopped 
• small handful of cheese
• avocado oil
• salt and pepper

In pan, saute kale, red onions, and bell pepper with a small amount of avocado oil on medium high heat.  Once kale leaves shrink, add salt and pepper to taste and put veggies aside in bowl.  With same pan, add small amount of avocado oil and scrambled eggs.  Lower heat to medium.  Usually, the egg is not flipped but i like to flip mine to make sure the egg is cooked throughly.  As soon as you flip, lower heat to low and add sauteed vegetables to half of the omelet.  Then add green cheese and green onions and fold omelet in half.  Wait for cheese to melt and enjoy!

                                        

Energy Balls

• 1 1/4 c granola
• 2/3 c ground flaxseed
• 1/2 c peanut butter
• 1/2 c semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 c honey
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• small handful of almonds

All ingredients i used are organic.  Mix granola, flaxseed, chocolate chips, and almonds together.  Add peanut butter, honey and vanilla and mix well with spoon.  Cover and put in fridge for 30 minutes.  Make little balls about the size of a ping pong ball.  Keep refrigerated and last for a week.  They make great and tasty post work out snacks!

Fruit Cake!

So it was my daughter's bday recently and instead of getting her a regular cake, i decided to make her a watermelon fruit cake!  It was a lot of fun to make and was really yummy!  Here's how to make it!

What you'll need:

1 large watermelon

1 cantaloupe/honeydew melon

grapes

blue berries

strawberries

melon baller

cookie cutters (any shape you want)

shish kabob sticks (i used plastic ones i saved from Edible Arrangements)

toothpicks broken in half

candles

Start by washing all of your fruit really well.  Grab watermelon and cut off edges with enough meat on it.  Make sure you remove enough of the watermelon meat with the end so you can create little balls with them.  Remove skin from large middle piece and cut watermelon to desired shape for cake.  (i used circle but you can do a square, star, heart, etc.).  

Take your other melons and cut in half and clean out seeds.  With one half, use melon baller and create balls.  With other half, cut skin off and cut a large, 1/2 inch thick piece that you could cut a shape out of with cookie cutter.  I used a flower. 

Grab your pineapple and cut off the head and end and remove skin.  Cut into 1/2 inch thick pieces (hamburger way) and grab a dif shape cookie cutter and make your shape.  Clean fibers around edges with a knife. 

Everything else is up to you!  Decorate the top of your cake with whatever fruits you like!  I topped my cake with berries and lined the edges with cantaloupe balls.  With your shish kabobs, spear whatever fruits you like and top with your cookie cut fruit.  Put your shish kabobed fruits where ever you want on your cake!

For the flowers on the sides of the cake, i cut out little flower shapes with a pearing knife and stuck it in the cake with half of a toothpick.  I did the same for the blueberry i used for the center of the flower.  Finish decorating with candles!  Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight so it's nice and cold.  Don't forget to take out all the toothpicks before serving!  Enjoy your wonderful fruit cake!

Here's how i served it.  I took off all the fruit on the watermelon and sliced watermelon like i would a cake.  Then i evenly distributed the rest of the fruit.  

Teriyaki Salmon Fillet

This is my FAVORITE salmon recipe!  If you haven't noticed already, i really like salmon :)  

• 4 lbs salmon fillet
• 1/3 c teriyaki sauce
• 1/3 c lemon juice
• 1/2 c light brown sugar
• 2 T veg oil
• 1 T garlic powder

Combine above ingredients
Place salmon on heavy duty aluminum  foil.  Pour teriyaki mixture over salmon and baste.  Cover and place in fridge for 1 hr ( or longer).  You can cook it 2 ways, grilled or broiled.
To grill outside: wrap salmon loosely in foil and place on grill.  Grill over medium heat for 30 minutes, basting often.
To broil: Turn oven broil high until hot.  Wrap salmon loosely in foil and place in oven for 10 minutes.  Change setting to low broil and uncover salmon.  Broil for about 15 min. or until golden brown on top.  Take out of oven and baste.  Best served with brown rice or calrose rice.

Lemon Pepper Salmon

Here's a great recipe for salmon, that in my opinion, goes well with pretty much anything!

-Salmon (thawed, rinsed, and patted dry)
- lemon pepper
- garlic salt
- paprika
- lemon slices
- butter

Line a pan with foil and preheat toaster oven or oven to 350.  Put tiny pieces of butter where your salmon will be placed.  Use garlic salt and salt pan (foil).  Place salmon over butter pieces and sprinkle garlic salt over salmon.  Then shake lemon pepper over top of salmon.  If you like a more peppery taste, add more lemon pepper, if not, don't use too much.  Sprinkle paprika and top each salmon with a small piece of butter.  Cover seasoned salmon with lemon slices and stick in oven/toaster for 25-30 minutes.  Covering the salmon with lemon keeps the salmon moist and gives your salmon a wonderful flavor.  Right before eating, squeeze fresh lemon over salmon.  Enjoy with a salad, rice, quinoa, etc!

Fruit Infused Water

Fruit infused water is amazing!  In the pic above i put sliced oranges, strawberries, and cucumber!  Instead of cucumber, i recommend adding mint!  You can add whatever fruits you want to in your infused water.  Here's my fav one.  If you like stronger flavors, add more fruit.  If not, add less fruit.   

-pitcher of water

-sliced strawberries

- sliced lemon

- mint

Throw all ingredients in pitcher of water and put in fridge.  Drink with some ice!