Cajun Stuffed Peppers

With summer around the corner that means green peppers are coming into season FRESH from the garden soon!

I could never find a stuffed pepper recipe I LOVED so I just made up this simple one on my own.

Stuffed Peppers

3 cups of cooked rice (brown or long grain)
4-6 green peppers
1/2 lb turkey sausage (lean ground beef or turkey would work too)
8 oz can tomato sauce
1 tsp Cajun seasoning, or to taste (I love Tony Chachere's brand)
Grated cheese

Have rice cooked and ready to go.

Cut tops off of green peppers and clean out the insides. For softer peppers boil in a pot of water for 5-10 minutes (they don't cook long in the oven later). Set aside.

Cook sausage until done. (I like to cut up the pepper tops, minus the stem, and cook that along with the peppers.) Add cooked pepper and sausage mixture to rice in a bowl. Add in Cajun seasoning and tomato sauce and stir.

Place peppers in a baking dish. Stuff them to the top with rice and sausage mixture. Top with cheese.

Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes or until cheese is nice and melted.

Makes 6 stuffed peppers. (I made 4 and just had extra rice to eat.)

Rosie's Beachbody Transformation

In honor of Transformation Tuesday, I want to share with you an AMAZING one from a coach on my team!

Rosie has been working SO hard and I couldn't be more proud of her. She used Beachbody fitness programs (mainly the 21 Day Fix), Shakeology, and clean eating to get her results!

Read her story below!

(Words from Rosie)

" When I say Beachbody has changed my life I'm not just blowing smoke. 

My mentality before Beachbody on losing weight?? Just starve yourself. Shame yourself into feeling so bad and so crappy about your body and your appearance that your emotions take over and shut down your common sense and you STARVE yourself to see results! 

New mentality?? Work your ass off, give your body ALL the vital nutrients it deserves and needs, wake up every morning with a game plan and a schedule and fuel that with a healthy lifestyle and THATS how you see REAL RESULTS! 

I joined Beachbody literally lost, with no clue on how to lose weight and get TRULY healthy. I felt daily anxiety about my appearance and my life. I felt like it was just passing me by and I had stopped TRULY living. I felt secluded and cut off from the rest of the world and honestly I felt depressed. I was always putting everyone's needs before mine and leaving myself to drown in anxiety with an emotional cup that was NEVER being refilled. 

Fast forward to today. I have NEVER felt more fulfilled. I have honestly found my niche. I have found my community. I have found my happiness... I have found MYSELF I have found my CONFIDENCE. 

I have a giant group of some of the most amazing people I have ever met behind me and I have made so many amazing friendships through out this process. I no longer feel secluded or alone but instead I feel COMPLETED and EMPOWERED. 

.... THIS is how I got THESE results and THIS is the program that I have lost 18 POUNDS on."

AMAZING story right?! This could be YOU next!

If you're ready to start on your own journey click HERE and let me help you get the support and the tools you need to find your own success!

Whole Wheat Apple Cinnamon Waffles

These delicious whole wheat apple cinnamon waffles are perfect for a weekend breakfast! They whip up quick, they are filling, and they freeze great!

 

Apple Cinnamon Whole Wheat Waffles

1 1/2 C whole wheat flour 
1/4 C white whole wheat flour (or any other kind)
2 tsp baking powder
2 T honey (or pure maple syrup)
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 C nonfat milk (or almond milk)
1/3 apple sauce (or some kind of healthy oil)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon

Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients. Combine. Cook until golden brown in waffle iron. Top with apples and pure maple syrup!

Cinnamon Apples (optional)

1-2 apple pealed and chopped
Cinnamon
Coconut oil

Heat about 1-2 T coconut oil in a frying pan, add apples, sprinkle with desired amount of cinnamon, and cook until soft (stirring frequently). These are GREAT on oatmeal too! 

Pineapple Chicken Skillet

I LOVE pineapple! 

I originally found this Pineapple Chicken Skillet as a kabob recipe (really good that way too!), but I didn't want to go out in the cold to cook it so I adapted it into a skillet recipe!

It's super easy and a family pleaser :)

Pineapple Chicken Skillet

1 lb chicken cut into bite sized pieces
1/4 C low-sodium soy sauce 
2 tsp sesame oil 
1/4 tsp ground dried ginger
1 8 oz can pineapple chunks, drained
1 red bell pepper 
1/2 large onion
1/2 T coconut oil

Cut up chicken and place in a ziploc bag with the soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger added. Shake to come. Marinate for at least 30 minutes in the fridge. 
Cut up pepper and onion into bite sized pieces. 
Heat skillet to medium high heat and heat oil. Add chicken and cook halfway. Add peppers and onions and cook until chicken and veggies are done. Add in pineapple the last few minutes of cooking to heat through. 
Serve with rice and enjoy!

21 Day Fix: 

You can scoop out the right amount of portions for a green, red, and purple container. If you have it with rice that would be a yellow as well. 

Quinoa Ham Fried Rice

Lunch (and dinner sometimes) at my house has to be QUICK and EASY! 

When I have quinoa or brown rice already cooked this recipe is perfect to whip up in just a few minutes and it is also 21 Day Fix approved! #bonus

 

  Quinoa Ham Fried "Rice"

1 Cup frozen peas (or another veggie mixture)
1/4-1/2 Cup cooked diced ham (or chicken)
1/3 Cup cooked quinoa (or cooked brown rice)
1 egg
1 tsp sesame oil 
1-2 tsp low sodium soy sauce (to taste)

Heat oil in pan and toss veggies and ham until veggies are cooked through. Push to the side and scramble egg. Mix together and enjoy!

21 Day Fix measurements: 

1 Red

1 Green

1 Yellow

1 tsp