The Season For Strawberries
Strawberries are the fruit of Summer! So, we decided to fill your day with delicious and very creative recipes that highlight the sweet summer fruit, that will cover you from breakfast through till dinner time. For an added bonus, why not grab your friends and family for a strawberry picking excursion?
BREAKFAST: PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY CHIA PUDDING
Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia Pudding | Healthy, Vegan,Gluten Free
This amazing Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia Pudding was created with the Peanut Bureau. It's healthy, vegan and gluten free and will quickly become your go-to nutritious snack, breakfast or dessert. Y'all know I love my peanut butter and banana combination recipes, but I'm equally obsessed with peanut butter and jelly.
SNACK: STRAWBERRY MUFFINS
Easy Paleo Healthy Strawberry Muffins - Fearless Dining
Are you looking for a light and fluffy paleo strawberry muffin recipe? I have finally worked out a flour combination to make the best healthy strawberry muffins! Grab some cassava flour and tigernut flour, you won't believe how easy this muffin recipe is to make!
LUNCH: STRAWBERRY & GOAT CHEESE SALAD
Green Salad with Strawberries & Goat Cheese Recipe
This lively salad captures the essence of early summer with ripe strawberries, chives and baby spinach. To make it a meal, top it with grilled chicken breast.
DINNER: GRILLED CHICKEN WITH STRAWBERRY SALSA
Grilled Chicken Cutlets with Strawberry Salsa
We also love to drizzle Tangy Strawberry Barbecue Sauce over the chicken.
DESSERT: STRAWBERRY FROZEN YOGURT
5-Minute Healthy Strawberry Frozen Yogurt | Just a Taste
5-Minute Healthy Strawberry Frozen Yogurt Satisfy your sweet tooth sans the guilt with easy, creamy 5-Minute Healthy Strawberry Frozen Yogurt! Four ingredients and five minutes. Add a homemade waffle cone to the equation and you should go ahead and alert your local ice cream shop that there's a new dairy queen in town.
Patrycja Gardygajlo by Rene Habermacher for Vogue Japan
Strawberry Dress by Moschino Summer '12 (Photo: Vogue Italia)
Happy Cinco De Mayo: Guilt Free Burrito Recipes!
You can still enjoy the celebrations of Cinco De Mayo, and eat clean! Check out these great burrito recipes from Cooking Light!
Healthy Burrito Recipes - Cooking Light
Roll and wrap this Mexican favorite in the comfort of your own home.
Denisa Dvorakova by Nicole Bentley for Marie Claire Australia
Kate Moss by Mario Testino for French Vogue
Clean Soup Recipes: Comfort Food That Can Get You Bathingsuit Ready.
Winter is leaving, but there’s still a chill in the air. It’s days like these when you only want warm comfort food. We have found some amazing soup recipes that will not only satisfy your cravings but are cheap and easy to make too. They are super nutritious and, believe it or not, they will help you get bathing suit ready!
1. Roasted Carrot Soup
Well Plated / Erin Clarke
It has the full flavor of roasted veggies with a little kick of garlic and cumin. A versatile recipe that works for both vegans and dairy-lovers. RECIPE
2. French Onion Soup (Cleanse Version)
CleanTeam / Frank Giglio
From the Clean Program, a 21-day cleanse created by Dr. Alejandro Junger, there is a soup so delicious that you will not believe it’s acceptable for such a diet. Although it does not include the cheese and bread that is used in the traditional French onion soup recipe, you’ll be saying, “Oh-la-la!” after the first taste. RECIPE
3. Curry Butternut Squash Soup
Healthy Seasonal Recipes / Katie Webster
If you’re still clinging on to the holiday season, this one is for you! The taste of the baked butternut squash with a hint of spice is deliciously rich and completely vegan. If you want to turn it into something more exotic, you can increase the curry or add alternative spices, along with a can of coconut milk. RECIPE
4. Hummus Soup
Cooking Light / Jennifer Causey / Ann Taylor Pittman
And now for something completely different! We’re not going to lie – we have not tried this one, but it sounds delicious. For one, it’s hummus. If you’re going to make the toasted chickpea topping, it may be a little more time consuming, but it seems like it would be worth the wait. RECIPE
5. Tomato Thyme Soup With Arugula Topping
Clean Eating / Chris Hennessey / Alexa Weibel
The thyme with the arugula and ricotta topping morphs a traditional tomato soup into an Italian delight. You don’t even have to chop any tomatoes! RECIPE
Cooking with FMD: Katia’s Green Smoothie
Katia's Green Smoothie
Needing to eat more greens, but you can't stand the taste or texture? California based model and avid cook, Katia Coate, has a smoothie recipe that is so sweet and refreshing that you won't believe you are drinking a full day's serving of spinach.
RECIPE
1-2 cups Spinach/ Baby Kale
1 Banana
1 1/2 cups Frozen Pineapple
Ginger (to taste)
1/2 Lemon
1 cup Water/ Milk / Milk Substitute
Mother Agent: Stars Management
Five Healthy Snacks Perfect For Long Casting Days
A day full of castings back to back allows little room for a sit-down leisurely lunch. Although there are plenty of healthy and nourishing meals you can pick up and eat on the go, such as a wrap or a salad bowl, you also need a few snacks at the ready to maintain your energy levels. Attempting to win over the casting directors, while running on empty, is difficult. Stave off the sugar level yo-yos with these five delicious, healthy, and energy reviving snacks. Not only do they travel well, but will not be messy or give you ‘food breath’ right before you meet a client.
1. Endurance Crackers
A delicious, energy boosting, savory snack. Using a combination of chia, sunflower, pepita and sesame seeds; they are vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free, nut-free and oil-free – and they are super easy to make! RECIPE
2. Spicy Power Bars
Derive your energy from this heavenly mix of fruit, nuts, and spices. Added bonus: No need to bake, just leave in the refrigerator overnight. RECIPE
3. Blueberry, Almond, and Puffed Amaranth Granola Bars.
Yummy gluten-free granola bars packed with superfoods. Highlighting the grain Amaranth, extracted from the crop that was considered sacred by the Aztecs. RECIPE
4. Spiced Honey Tahini Cookies
These gluten-free and naturally sweetened cookies are too good to be true. Perfect with a morning cup of coffee or with a cup of afternoon tea, these versatile treats can even turn into seasonal holiday bites! RECIPE
5. Cherry Pie Larabars
Made from three natural ingredients, and only takes ten minutes to make. What better way to get a delicious, anti-oxidant, and energy reviving snack than this? RECIPE
