Fruit Ninja

I have something new and exciting to share today! I mean all of my posts are just soo exciting already, right? har har har. This post make post numero tres brought you my Pinterest inspirations. If you haven't figured it out yet, i'm utterly obsessed with Pinterest. For those of you who are not familiar with

Pinterest is it super awesome website. As they describe it: 

"Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests." 

It's perfect for people like me who have like ten billion bookmarks saved of ideas I like. This way it is all in one place organized and I can share it. Sounds like a dream to me! Only thing is you have to be invited to the website.. so you enter your email and they will send you a invitation to the site in a couple weeks. If you already have one you can follow me by clicking the button on the right side of the page! 


Anyways enough about that and lets get to the good stuff! 


Jordan likes to eat healthy. I do not. I struggle with choosing fruit and veggies over chips and Chipolte. I am kind of a picky eater, but more so, I don't like trying new foods. But after working on a project for my Nutrition class I realized I needed to change. 


For class I had to keep a food diary for a few days then place it into a program called ESHA. ESHA essentially breaks down all the foods your eating and tells you what nutrients, fats, carb, calories, protein, etc, etc, are in it. I had a disgraceful outcome. I was "malnourished" even though I was packing on the pounds. 


So in the hopes to change my malnutrition I am choosing to eat healthier, more colorful foods, smaller portions and work-out along with it. 


You are probably thinking how does this have anything to do with Pinterest.. Well in a search for a easy way to keep my healthy eating habits up I found this..

This lady from Big Red Kitchen blog, started making all her lunches and dinners for her and her family in mason jars. She would spend a couple hours on Sunday precooking all the meals for reheating later! Loving it! 


So of course I had to try it out. I don't like to spend a lot of time cooking after work or even making my lunch in the morning. So today I gathered up all the fruits and veggies and cut them all up for fruit jars, veggie jars, pasta jars and ready made salads. I felt like I was playing a real live version on that Fruit Ninja game.. which is throughly addicting.. don't even get me started on that! 

Here's what I ended up with! 

Fruit Salad Mix
Mango
Kiwi
Raspberries
Pineapple

All 4. One for each school day!

Simple Salad
Orange Juice/Honey/Red Wine vinaigrette
Lettuce
Raspberries
Grilled Chicken ( coming soon:))

I like this one for lunch or dinner.. I can just shake it up with the vinaigrette and eat!

Bell Pepper Pasta
Pasta
Sauteed Yellow and Red Bell Pepper
seasoned with garlic and other stuff I found in my pantry!

I have a couple other snack packs and yougurt and granola for the mornings too.. 

When I was all done I stored all the left over fruit and veggies in the jars too to keep them fresh! Labled of course! 

Aren't they pretty! 

I'll have to keep you updated on how well they work for me.. I'm hoping they will be easy to grab and go for when Ill be in class all day! 

I would love to hear any ideas you have for other meals in a jar. Just leave a comment below to share!

Until Next Time,

Jasmine 

Molten Microwave Magic

I constantly have a sweet tooth. I crave chocolate and goodies all the time, which usual results in me pouring chocolate chips in a cup with milk and scooping it out with a spoon. Weird, I know. 
I felt like making something sweet but was definitely too lazy to actually bake something. I knew that I have some recipes pinned on Pinterest (which btw is my new best friend for any type of inspiration!) for a microwave cake. 
Being a baker, I was naturally hesitant when I read you could make a cake in 5 minutes and in the microwave.. There are just so many things wrong with that idea! Alas, I caved in and had to see for myself if this was actually possible. 
I found the pin on my Pinterest and it sent me over to the blog 2 Stews, in which I give the credit to for this molten microwave magic. This recipe is seriously fool proof! 


1-2-3 Chocolate Microwave Mug Cake 


3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 
4 tablespoons sugar 
1 tablespoon flour
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons egg whites or plain egg whites in carton
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon chocolate chips* 
* As a variation, substitute almond extract for vanilla. Also, you can change the chocolate chips to any flavor chips you like. 

In a 1- 1 1/2 cup microwave safe mug, ( I ended up using a really large mug), blend cocoa, sugar and flour together.

Add milk, oil egg whites and vanilla. Stir vigorously for 2 minutes, making sure to get all ingredients incorporated.

Sprinkle chocolate chips on top, if desired. (Yes, PLEASE!) 

 Bake in microwave for 2 minutes. Check to makes sure it is cooked on the bottom by lifting it a little with a spoon. If it is runny, cook 10 seconds more. Do not overcook, or it will turn rubbery. It puffs up and may overflow but that is ok, it deflates a bit when cooled. You want the texture to be moist and slightly under cooked. Let it cool until warm and serve! 

I ended up drizzling chocolate syrup on top, but you can put what ever you want. Whipped cream, carmel, butterscotch, anything will work! 

For the amount of time it took to whip this sucker up it was AMAZING. This recipe has gone on my go-to recipes for a quick pick me up, forrrr suree. Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think!

Toodledo and Enjoy,

Jasmine