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Healthy Eating

If you read my last blog and followed my advice then you probably need this post.   Lets get right to it…

  1. The most basic healthy meal:  Avocado toast  (don’t hate me…this had to be here)…I make mine by popping whole wheat bread in the toaster and spreading half an avocado on each piece.  Then I cook 2 eggs over easy, and plop an egg on each slice.Image result for avocado toast
  2. Simple cod recipe:  heat a pan with butter or oil (about 1/2 tbs per filet), add garlic and paprika, cook for about four minutes(time may vary depending on size), then add a squirt of lemon.
  3. Class up that instant oatmeal.  Start by buying organic, preservative free instant oatmeal (I like apples and cinnamon).  Then, buy some steel cut oats.  Keep some steel but oats soaking in milk in the fridge overnight.  In the morning just combine the soaked oats with milk and instant oatmeal.  Pop this in the microwave and you are good to go.     P.S. instant oatmeal is made with rolled oats and not steel cut (which have more nutritional value).  Instant oatmeal also has a lot of sugar, so it is good to tone it down with plain steel cut oats.  This recipe helped me crave sugar less because you can slowly make it contain more steel cut oats and less sugar.

My Trader Joe’s Favorites

One of my all-time favorite grocery stores is Trader Joe’s (shout out! please sponsor me!).  It is perfect for when you are too lazy to cook but you still want to eat some good food.  Some of my favorites from Trader Joe’s include:  Kringle (seasonal), Strawberry Yogurt O’s, almond croissants, pork gyoza, frozen Indian food, cookie butter, dried mango slices and mushroom ravioli.

The Kringle has a different flavor for each season.  I recently had the pumpkin one for spooky season and it was delicious, but my favorite Kringle is the Christmas Kringle.  The Christmas Kringle is like a pastry meets a Cinnabon and it is amazing!

The Strawberry Yogurt O’s and the almond croissants are my favorite breakfast foods.  The almond croissants are from the frozen section, and you just let them thaw overnight and cook in the oven.  They taste almost as good as some of the croissants I had while I was in France.

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The Indian food, pork gyoza, and mushroom ravioli are always perfect for easy and delicious dinners.

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