Breakfast Pizza

 Happy FriYAY! 

Looking for a fun brunch item for the weekend? This breakfast/dessert pizza doesn’t disappoint! 

KETO FRUIT PIZZA 

CRUST::
•1 1/2 c Almond Flour
•2 TBS Sweetener
•1 stick Melted Butter
• Dash of Vanilla Extract

FROSTING::
•Full block of softened Cream Cheese
•2 TBS Heavy Whipping Cream
•2 TBS Almond Milk
•1/4 c Sweetener of choice
• 1 TSP Vanilla Extract

• Epicure Summer Berry seasoning (optional)

TOPPINGS: 
•Blueberries
•Strawberries (quartered)
•Raspberries 
•Blackberries
DIRECTIONS:
• Preheat Oven to 350F
• Combine all CRUST ingredients well
• Bake for 6-7 minutes
• Let cool, begin mixing all FROSTING ingredients
• Spread frosting on top of cooked crust
• Top with berries of your choice
ENJOY!!!

Bon Appetite  

Margaret
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What’s On Your Plate Wednesday

 What’s your favourite kind of salad dressing? 

Did you know making your own dressing could be SO EASY and QUICK?

Plus no need to have 12 different dressings taking up space in your fridge! Control the quality of your ingredients - a lot of store bought dressings use oils that are inflammatory to both the digestive tract as well as to your muscles/joints! 

I whipped up this dinner tonight for the family in under 30 minutes - the chicken was done in the BBQ and seasoned with Montreal Chicken spice from Epicure and served with Caesar salad!  

If you want to learn more about Epicure solutions and don’t already have a spicy crack dealer aka Epicure consultant - my friend the lovely Lisa  Maybery is a consultant and she can hook you up! 

Bon Appetite

Margaret

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Squeal - got the new catty giddiness

Ok folks who is old enough to remember the Sears Holiday Toy catalog getting delivered??

Well I am no longer a wee I  am still a child at heart so that’s how I feel when my favorite clean eating foodie  company drops their new catalog - it’s like CHRISTMAS all over again seeing what’s NEW to try out ..... only now I can screen shot my wishlist vs having to circle them with a big red marker ⭕️ !!  🤣

Feel free to have a look at their fabulous new products. I am exited about the new salad meal kits and for my Vegan family/friends - DIY MAYO no eggs needed!  And for my new fridge just I might have to check out the new space saver storage containers 😍 

Seriously take a peek and if you want to order and don’t yet have your own “spicy crack dealer” aka Epicure consultant please consider supporting  my lovely friend Lisa! 

You can order direct from the link here and have it shipped right to  your front door. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!

Also here is the link to the full digital catalogue for your viewing pleasure.  

Bon Appetite

Margaret 

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Tasty Tuesday

So what did you serve up for dinner? 

I admit I am proud of myself - I had a shitastic day yesterday with the house falling apart around us right before Christmas followed by another less than steller day at the Dr with the test results from the last round of tests trying to figure out what’s going in with my body raising more concerns than answers and with my trauma response to stress I REALLY wanted to eat a shit load of crappy comfort food to drown my sorrows and get those serotonins flowing for that temporary relief  … but I opted for some extra fresh Parmesan on my salad and I am gonna have a Keto Hot Chocolate with a shot of Forty Creek in it bit later and decompress with some PVR CSI catch up! Than tomorrow I am gonna get myself some healthy and longer lasting serotonin working out the stress in the POOL!

Bon Appetite 

Margaret 

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Fathead Dough Pizza

 Nom nom - tonight we are having a fan favourite grain free / keto pizza crust recipe!

What you need:

12 oz shredded mozzarella cheese - melted until gooey quickly mix in following:

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp xanthum gum

2/3 cup coconut flour

2 eggs 

Mix together and roll out evenly onto non stick silicone baking tray - I used some parchment paper over top to prevent my rolling pin from sticking to the crust.

I also added some Epicure Pizza seasoning sprinkled on top! Than bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes!

Then take out and add sauce and toppings and bake again for another 10-15 minutes or so to heat those up! 

Take out of oven when cheese is bubbly and cut into desired slice sizes!

The crust was AWESOME and loved being able to pick it up eat like a normal pizza without it being a floppy disc where the toppings all slide off! Definitely my new favourite! 

Bon Appetite

Margaret

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Ooey Gooey Queso cauliflower with Lime Guacamole Pork Chop!

If you’ve been following me you know I just LOVE Epicure meal solutions and seasonings! 

They make clean eating a snap! 

Plus you can think outside the box so to speak and use items anyway you want to explore! 

Tonight I used the Ooey Gooey Queso dip to make a sauce for our roasted cauliflower side! I used half the suggested amount of milk and stirred it up and poured over chopped cauliflower florets in the large steamer. Added handful of bacon bits and chives and tossed to cover the cauliflower evenly. Sprinkled 1/2 cup shredded cheese over the top and baked in oven on 400F for 45 minutes until the cauliflower was tender and the cheese browned up on the edges.

I created a marinade for our pork chops using the Guacamole seasoning, lime juice and a wee bit avocado oil. 

Popped it all in a ziplock baggie and let the pork chops sit in fridge for a couple hours before grilling them on BBQ! 

So delicious! 

What’s your favourite Epicure meal solution? 

Bon Appetite 

Margaret 

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Meal time Favorites!

 Table time Thursday - what’s on your plate tonight?

I made Parmesan crusted chicken and roasted veggies for the fam jam tonight! 

I love it cause it’s so easy - just mix Parmesan cheese with homemade or store bought mayo and a bit of Epicure Herbs and Spices. Make a paste with it and spread over the meat. Bake 400F for 30 minutes along with your roasted side veggies choice! We had diced tri colour sweet peppers, sliced radishes and wee bit onion. 

Bon Appetite

Margaret 

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Saturday Comfort Food

Excuse the bed head - went out for my  brisk morning walk with Paul before I showered 🤣

Two healthy meals in today - brunch of Greek Omelette seasoned with Epicure!

 

 

Baked Ham with a side of “Loaded Scalloped” cauliflower. 

 

Also my Keto Nat and this evening enjoying a Better then Broth Salted Caramel with some Kiss my Keto chocolate MTC protein while watching the Queens Gambit.

Have an amazing day!

 

Margaret

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New Year - try New Veggies

Nom nom 😋 a huge thank you to my Epicure consultant Lisa Maybery for the nudge to try a new veggie to the palette today ... I am in 💕💕💕 with BOK CHOY 🥬 I tried it tonight in the Epicure Thai Green Curry dish - I am so glad I stocked up on this particular package because it has gone to vault but if you love Thai they have several others that are just as tasty!

Seriously I walk by the Bok Choy all the time in grocery store and had no clue what I was missing ... such a great texture of crunch and it added a nice pair to the flavour our favourite Green Thai Curry ... nom nom nom! If your looking to add new healthy veggies to your palette this year Bok Choy is a must! I am going to be making it a staple for stir fry’s and soups for sure!

Check out the nutritional info on this baby .... all that protien makes it an amazing add on for a vegetarian or vegan dish!

Do you love bok choy how do you cook with it?

Margaret 

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Day 25 Epic Life recap

Breakfast ... rationing out my coconut lime seasoning from Epicure because they retired it. Why is it that you fall in love with something and than boom its gone on you? I am hoping I have found a good replacement option with a splash of fresh lime and squirt of the Torani Sugar Free Coconut syrup

Lunch .... struggling with carb cravings a lot lately but trying very hard to stay on plan. Grilled cheese is definitely a comfort food and I love the Chia Seed Loaf by Promise Gluten Free Bread  paired with ranch dip made with greek dressing and Epicure creamy ranch.

 

Dinner was Turkey Taco Salad ... quick and easy and low sodium with the Epicure Taco seasoning.I prefer the jar so I can control how much I add but they also have the no think package option as well.

My back has been barking this week but I am still trying hard with the 30 day challenge - almost to the end!

Have an Epic Day

Margaret

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Day 24 Epic Life recap

Breakfast Apple nachos with chocolate truffle yogurt ... this is a fan favorite snack for the children too! 

Lunch grilled cheese with cold veggies and dip ... cravings for carbs really getting the best of me the past week or so! Trying hard to maintain portion control to remain on plan.

Dinner Pesto chicken for dinner ... not shown protein bar and grapes after the gym.

Move more challenge plus 60 minutes in the pool at the gym

Have an Epic Day

Margaret

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Day 22 Epic Life

Breakfast .... if you are a lover of strawberries and in the London area I highly recommend getting out to Heeman's when their strawberry season starts. I will resort to buying grocery berries when the Heeman's are not in season but once their berry's come in it is Heeman's all the way!

 

Lunch - cook once eat several times. This meal freezes well and makes a create encore of the Lazy Cabbage roll casserole! Thaw and pop into the microwave to reheat or reheat on the stove if microwave cooking is not your thing!

Dinner another cave to a craving today. Paul was having French Fries with his dinner and there was just a small bit left in the bag so I rationalized might as well cook them up! 

Move More Challenge - grateful for a rest day on 2 out of 5 of the Challenges I took on this month!

Have an Epic Life!

Margaret

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Day 19 Epic Life Challenge

Breakfast ... with the weather turning lovely we are out and about heading to parks for the morning which means taking my breakfast on the go! I really love the Smart for Life protien bars for those on the go meal options!

Lunch leftover BBQ chicken with veggies and balsamic dressing and Chevre cheese

Dinner ... my childhood self would never have believed that one day I would grow up to like beets! That said as a child no one ever served them to be BBQ'd in all their caramelized goodness!

Move more challenge ... was hoping it would get easier the second month through this challenge however my back is resisting the concept of move more be stronger!

 

Have an Epic Day!

Margaret

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Day 18 Epic NSV

Breakfast ... there is something extra tasty about the combo of chocolate and cinnamon! Plus they say that cinnamon is a great metabolism booster!

Lunch leftovers to the rescue ... love that plain greek yogurt curbs the sour cream craving but packs a healthy punch of protien!

Dinner was a #NSV as one of my poor eating habits has always been that it’s too much trouble to cook just for myself so whenever my spouse travels (which is a lot specially in summer) than I tend to always go to the fast convenience food or get REALLY lazy and resort to Doritos and sour cream with salsa and call it dinner you know cause all food groups in there with protein and veggies and grains except I would eat the WHOLE tub of sour cream 😳

 I would also tend to binge watch chick flicks he doesn’t enjoy watching and mindlessly snack in movie snacks like popcorn and chocolate and drink my Baileys - I would literally go out and stock up on crap food I “needed” for my “me time” with challenge being that me time was often EVERY WEEKEND!

I really struggled my first challenge to break that bad habit but made strides with it each time making better choices - so its May and full swing reenacting seasons starting again and he’s off for 5 days and I used my Epic Life toolkit and I planned ahead to cook up proteins and have my veggies stocked and prepped and ready to go and tonight I whipped myself up Mini Chicken Fajitas with a side salad 💕 I am WORTH the trouble it takes - seriously it took 15 minutes to whip this together cause chicken was already cooked just needed to stir fry the veggies and reheat chicken and the mini corn tortillas

Move more Challenge ... putting the Cha Cha in challenge thank goodness for REST days cause my barking back was happy to only have to do a partial workout!

At the grocery store today that stupid autopilot brain if mine whose spent the past 15 years with the “me time” ritual ALMOST put some mini chocolates in the grocery cart for “movie time” they were in my hand before the other side of my brain said “hey you don’t need that crap to enjoy some me time put it back”

It takes a lot of mental effort to rewrite the brain to stop bad habits - I had gone into the store with my list and thought I was on fleck and next thing without even consciously thinking it the chocolates were in my hand!

Not this time brain not this time!!!

Thank you Epic Life 💕💕💕

Margaret

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Day 17 Epic Life

Day 17 - bam 💥 

Breakfast to go this morning cause beautiful sunny day to walk to playgroup with kiddies so needed to eat as I walked.

Finished off the second half of the Guacamole tuna from earlier this week for lunch! Nom nom marinating in the flavor makes it even better the second time around!

Nipped out for dinner after the visitation to a lovely little place called State and Maine and had a half the Burrito bowl cause came with like a weeks worth of rice in bottom 🤣

Definitely battling my inner sloth right now but got my exercising in at quiet time because I knew I would not be getting to gym tonight doing to heading to a visitation for my dear friends sister who passed away from cancer this week. 

 

Have an Epic Day

Margaret

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Day 16 Epic Life

Day 16 of the Epic Life Challenge and totally rocking the flavour palette with my balanced plates today! 

Lunch was lazy Cabbage Casserole - seriously just toss in some ground chicken, onion, celery and peppers diced and saute until cooked with some Epicure Garlic and Chili flakes add  a couple cups of shredded cabbage mix with a couple spoonfuls of low sodium tomato paste. 15 minutes from cutting board to plated.

Dinner BBQ chicken with sauteed Greek veggies and goat cheese topping.

 End of the day pain management craving - trying very hard to keep my cravings on plan with sugar free apple pecan crumble and salted caramel yogurt.

Seriously Epicure makes clean eating while loosing weight SO easy! Their spice mixes and meal kits make it a breeze to throw together a wide variety of flavour palettes so sticking to this lifestyle never gets boring - lots of variety so you can choose what works for you. 

Had to break up my move more challenge up today and do little bits throughout the day to cope with the joint pain but I did get them done eventually.  

Have an Epic Day!

Margaret

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