Sexy Iron Healthy Smoothie

Benefits of eating Beets:

• Beets contain high amounts of boron, which is directly related to the production of human sex hormones.
• Beets are high in potassium, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, iron; vitamins A, B & C; beta-carotene, beta-cyanine; folic acid.
• They are a wonderful tonic for the liver, works as a purifier for the blood, and can prevent various forms of cancer.
• Beets contain betaine, the same substance that is used in certain treatments of depression

Benefits of eating Maca:

• Provides vitamins B1, B2, B12, C and E.
• Maca is widely used to promote sexual function of both men and women.
• It supplies iron and helps restore red blood cells, which aids anemia and cardiovascular diseases.
• Maca is known for increasing your energy levels and increasing your stamina.

Candy's Ham and Green Bean Soup

This is a super easy soup to make when you have no time or energy.

There is a lot of about's when it comes to measurements for this recipe. Why you ask? Well I add what I like and if I like it a lot (ahem GARLIC), I will add a lot of it. That's why I love this recipe it can be tweaked just for your taste buds!

 

Ingredients:

About 3 cups of cup fresh green beans
2 cans of low-sodium chicken broth
2 cups of water
about 1 1/2 cups of Quinoa noodles
About 1 cup of roughly chopped onions
5 huge garlic gloves chopped
About 2 1/2 cups of chopped ham
Salt and Pepper for taste
Spinach and Herb mix from Tastefully Simple

Boil the water and chicken broth. Once boiling lower to a simmer and add the quinoa noodles. While the noodles are cooking chop up the onion, green beans, ham, and garlic. Rinse off mushrooms. Once the noodles are 'al dente' (soft and hard at the same time) add the chopped and rinsed goodies to the soup. Cook on simmer for about 10 minutes. Add salt, pepper, and tastefully simple's spinach and herb mix. Spoon into a bowl and ENJOY! So easy your husband can do it.


 

Green Smoothie: Spinach Time

It's Spinach time Smoothie:
One banana
one apple
handful of baby organic carrots
lots of spinach
one tablespoon Greek yogurt
handful of frozen blueberries
1 teaspoon bee pollen
1 teaspoon Vitacost whole food shake
1 teaspoon chia seeds
About 1 quart of Rice Milk and 1 quart of Water

Blend all ingredients in Vitamix or blender. Pour and enjoy. I couldn't stop drinking this smoothie it was sweet and tart. I had to remind myself to take a photo and as you can tell this was the photo you got. SO DARN GOOD!

Meal Prep Sunday 15 Apr 13

 

On Saturday I was sitting cruising facebook trying to decide how much my body wanted to do since it was hit hard with a cold or as my co-worker likes to call it: The Bionic Plague. I was really deciding to take a long hard nap when my phone rang. Picked up that damn phone to find out that the Cooking Class I signed up for started and I was tardy. So I brushed my teeth and headed out the door sickness and all. Heck, I paid twenty dollars to get my cooking on. Boy, am I glad I went because one of the recipes we learned because my Meal Prep for the whole week. It is called 'Salad in a Jar' and the recipe is by  Kelly Wisner. Who is an amazing woman. She is so passionate about food and the bees that we get along quite well. If you haven't had a chance to do any of the classes then let me tell you, you are missing out. Check them out here. You won't be disappointed and you will learn how to cook vegan and raw foods!

 

 

Salad in a Jar
by Kelly Wisner

Dressing Ingredients:
1 tablespoon Tahini Butter (or any nut butter)
1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinager
1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
1/2 tablespoon of Soy Sauce (next I will be using Miso)
Ginger to taste

Salad Ingredients:
Snap Peas
Tomatoes
Beans
Red Pepper
Red Onion
Feta Cheese

Mix all the dressing ingredients in a blender. Chop all the veggies or fruits that you want in your salad. I actually chopped up all the ingredients listed in the salad ingredients section. Then leave over night in the fridge or use that day. Just pour over some greens and you have a meal fit for a Green Goddess!

HINT: Freeze your ginger and then just grate it. It comes out like powder and stays fresher longer.



 

Meal Prep Sunday

I had to do an easy meal prep on Sunday. I really had limited time with drills this weekend and loads of orders to process out from my small cosmetics business. I had to think of something till about Thursday. I decided to make a soup and salad combo for  the week!

I heated the stove and started to boil water for eggs. I love me some hard boiled eggs in my salad or mixed with greek yogurt and mustard on a tortilla wrap.

While I waited for the eggs to boil for 30 minutes I then proceeded to chop up zucchini and garlic.

 I started my other burner to make some quinoa quick. Once the quinoa was cooked. I placed the zucchini, garlic, and quinoa into little plastic 'soup bowls'.

 

Here is the quick and easy part of the meal prep. I didn't make the soup base by hand instead I whipped out my trusty Trader's Joe soup in a box mix. I only have a few left since Trader Joes is about a 2 hour drive away from where I currently live.

 

I poured the soup into the little 'soup bowls' I had and BAM I have soup for the next 4 days!

 

 

Now that is super fast meal prepping for the about 4 days. I will figure out what I will do for the 5th day of work.

 

I also cut the eggs and place them in my salad with sesame seeds and sweet pepper and a side of mangoes. I actually can't wait to eat lunch today!

 

 

 

Candy





 

This Lady Eats Green Smoothies

I am in love with green smoothies and my Vitamix loves them just as much. What is your blending tool when it comes to smoothies? I post a lot of my smoothie's on instagram since there is a huge Vitamix community on there. They give me ideas on what to create in this awesome blender.

This Lady Eats "This Green Fruit Smoothie" :

Ingredients:
1 Apple cubed
1 Banana peeled
1 Kiwi peeled
5 Strawberries
1 Orange
Handful of Kale
Handful of Spinach
1 teaspoon Chia Seeds
1 teaspoon local Bee Pollen
1 teaspoon of Vitacost's Whole Food Shake
Water

Place all the Ingredients in your blender. Blend for 20 seconds. Taste. Add honey or Agave if need be. This smoothie is so nicely sweetened by the strawberries I didn't need to use any. Once fully blended pour into your mason jar (or whatever cup you have) and enjoy!
 

This Lady Eats Roasted Asparagus Soup

I am the soup queen. If you follow this blog you will see a lot of homemade soups that were just inspired by my creative brain. I am on an adventure into eating what my body needs for energy and to heal it's self. We are not prefect when eating foods in this world but I can at least try to be and hopefully this will inspire you to be just as healthy. This was my lunch yesterday. I have had many requests for the recipe so I thought I would create a blog to be able to share recipes of my good eats!

This Lady Eats Roasted Asparagus Soup:

Ingredients:

2 bushels of asparagus
1 whole yellow onion
1 package of portabella mushrooms
3 huge garlic cloves
4 slices of pickled jalapenos
1/3 cup of unflavored almond milk
1 can of chicken stock
1/3 cup of yellow onion
Salt and pepper to taste
3 thick slices of ham

 
Heat oven to 350 degrees; Place asparagus, onion and mushrooms on two trays for the oven. Drizzle Olive oil on top and roasted for about 35 minutes. Beware your mushrooms will sweat so placing them on their own tray is idea.

 
Once the asparagus, onion, and mushrooms let them cool; Place the onions, mushrooms, and diced ham in a pot. Put your roasted asparagus in your Vitamix, Blendtec, or blender of your choice. I used my Vitamix which I love dearly! Add, the 1/3 cup of raw onion, 3 garlic cloves, 4 slices of pickled jalapenos, 1/3 cup of unflavored almond milk, and pour the can of chicken stock into the blender. BLEND until smooth or the consistence that you want. Pour the GREEN liquid into the pot and heat to eat tonight or store them in plastic containers for lunch the next few days! Freezes well! Add salt and pepper for taste.

 
This recipe only took me about 15 minutes to whip up since the roasted produce was done 2 days ago. :D All I had to was pop everything in the Vitamix and place the ham, roasted onions, and roasted mushrooms in my little plastic containers!

Enjoy this flavor filled soup! Follow me on instagram: LadyCandySparks