• Breakfast,  Recipes

    Sweet Potato Breakfast Casserole

    Some mornings call for breakfast casseroles.  Today was one of those mornings.  Typically on Sunday nights I pour a lot of time into meal prepping for the week, but last night I was drained, exhausted, and frankly I just didn’t feel like it.  So after a long, somewhat rested night, I devoted 15 minutes of my morning to prepping breakfast for the week.   It turned out as good as I imagined. I hope you enjoy it!  Ingredients: 3 medium/large sweet potatoes, diced  6 whole eggs + 6 egg whites  3 c chopped spinach 4 small sweet peppers, chopped  1/2 c cherry tomatoes, sliced  1 tsp Italian seasoning 1 tsp…

  • Breakfast,  Recipes

    Sweet Potato Egg Muffins: Whole 30 Approved

      Approaching our first ever Caribbean trip to Punta Cana next month and we’ve decided it’s time we whoop our bootys into gear… literally.   And we had such amazing results incorporating our morning 30 minute workout and following Whole 30 in January we’re going for it again!  Whole 30 (ish)*** starts today and we’ll go through until April 23rd when we board the plane!   This morning’s breakfast was simple, healthy, and Whole 30 approved.  Sweet Potato egg muffins- perfect for meal planning/prepping and a quick, easy, filling breakfast during the week.  I’ll be making another batch of these going into the weekend too!     Whole 30 Approved…

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    Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

    Adam and Eve.  Romeo and Juliet.  Beyoncé and Jay-Z.  Peanut butter and jelly.  Buffalo chicken and sweet potatoes. Ok, so that last pair seemed questionable at first but I thought about all of the things I loved.  Chicken. Buffalo wing sauce.  Sweet potatoes.  It HAD to be good.  Well, turns out I have a new favorite way to stuff my sweet potatoes!  Inspired by one of the lovely ladies in my current fitness and nutrition accountability group, I had to try my spin on these.   So, you can do this one of two ways: Slow-cook the chicken in a little buffalo sauce and ranch seasoning or Bolthouse Farm’s Greek…

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    Roasted Balsamic Veggies

    Balsamic vinegar is my jam.  I eat it on a lot of things.  I’m weird like that.  Salad. Chicken. Rice. Quinoa. Steak. Tilapia (see, weird).  So I had to do it on veggies.  Ok. One word. Delish.  These turned out great and made a perfect side for tonight’s roasted turkey breast.  Ingredients:  2 large zucchini, quartered 2 sweet potatoes, peeled & diced 2 carrots, peeled & diced  2 green peppers, chopped  1 onion, roughly chopped  1/4 c balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp EVOO  1 tbsp chopped rosemary  Sea salt & black pepper  Directions:  Chop all veggies.  Mix vinegar, oil, and spices together.  Toss together in a large bowl.   Bake at…