Make at home Popsicles

Last night I had two banana's that needed to be used since they were super smushy and brown. I had this brill idea jump in my brain. Why not make something sweet? Who doesn't love sweet things? I know I do. I also prefer a clean sweet thing then a dirty one. Dirty ones cause my body to have less energy than normal. Ready for the recipe?

Ingredients:
2 bananas
1 cup of frozen strawberries
1/4 cup of raw milk (hazelnut milk, almond milk, oat milk, and another other milk will be fine.)

Directions:
Pull out your Vitamix and place all the ingredients in the blender. Blend till smooth. Pour into Popsicle containers or just a container. Freeze overnight. Enjoy!
 

Soaking nuts

I am soaking these lovely hazelnuts over night so I can make some Hazelnut Milk. This is my second time doing this because a.) my Mom loves it and b.) my cat loves. If my Mom and Cat love it then well it is time to make more milk!

I have been asked, "Doesn't making your own nut milk cost more money then buy it in the store?" My answer has always been sweet and simple: No. No it doesn't cost me more money to make nut milks. My hazelnut milk actually saves me about 8 dollars. I also saves me from all the preservatives that add into the milks. Thus homemade is much more cleaner to drink then store bought. Oh man now there are two other benefits to make your own milks. You can also be creative with your milks. Try adding some cinnamon, nutmeg, or even dates and see how much you enjoy the flavor!

Fresh vs. Packaged

Who do you think always wins?

What nut/grain milks do you make? I want to hear from you since you and I inspire each other!

 

My Cancer Fighting Happiness filled Smoothie

Today's Smoothie was super yummy.

Did you know that eating an Apple will help you avoid Alzheimer's, protect against Parkinson's, curb cancer, reduce cholesterol, beat constipation, boost your immune system and many other benefits.

Eating Carrots help provide eye health, prevent cancer, protects your heart, is a natural detox, among other benefits.

Eating Watermelon helps keep your heart healthy, prevents cancer, helps stir sexual juices, reduces infections, cleans the liver, and many other benefits.

Eating Spinach helps ward off cancer, is an anti-inflammatory, contains loads of antioxidants, provides eye health, is a skin healthier, creates stronger bones, and many more benefits.

Eating Pumpkin Seeds protects the prostate, improves bladder functions, is effective against depression, treats parasites, prevents cancer, and many other benefits.


Fruits and veggies are so amazing. They are made with only one ingredient and their benefits are quite amazing for our bodies, yet we eat all that dirty food. The food with labels that have weird "monster" words for this fake food. Look up the benefits for your favorite dirty food and see what it really does to your body. I am a big lover of clean eating since it really follows my blood type the best.

Research, Read, and Empower.

I need something sweet and good for my body

I have been feening for something sweet lately and looking at making good for the good alternatives. Today has to be one of the best sweet foods I have made in a while besides those amazing energy balls. This was super easy to make as well. Are you ready for your sweet taste buds to be satisfied?

Easy Now Sweetie: 

1 1/3 cups of halved strawberries
1 1/2 tablespoon of ricotta cheese
and 1 teaspoon of maple syrup

Cut the strawberries in half as stated above. Place into a container. Then add the ricotta cheese and maple syrup. I shake the container gentle when the lid was on to mix the ingredients. That's it. Enjoy!

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: Potato Soup with Shrimp

Let me tell you first off this soup is so tasty and amazing. I tweeked a few of the ingredients from recipe since it was written by Paula Deen from foodnetwork.com.

I decided that I wanted seafood for lunches this week. So glad I found this recipe and decided to give it a try.

Potato Soup with Shrimp

Ingredients:
1/2 stick of butter
1 small onion diced (I used a medium purple onion)
2 medium carrots diced
5 cloves of garlic chopped (I added this because you can not have soup or shrimp without GARLIC)
2 tablespoons flour.
8 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cubed (I used 3 medium/large potatoes)
4 cups milk (I used Hood Milk)
1/2 cup Chicken Broth (instead of 2 chicken bouillon cubes)
1 cup half and half (I actually mixed 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream and 1/2 cup chicken broth)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 lb of cooked, peeled, and cut in half shirmp
crumbled bacon for garnish
grated sharp cheddar cheese for garnish

Directions:
In a 4 quart saucepan, melt the butter. While the butter is melting saute the onion, carrots, and garlic until they are slightly tender. Stir in flour and cook for one minute. Add the milk, chicken broth, and potatoes. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes. Add the 1/2 heavy whipping cream and 1/2 cup of chicken broth, salt, and pepper. Add the shrimp to the soup and stir well. Serve soup sprinkled  with bacon bits and grated cheese.

Paula says you can add corn instead of shrimp.

I hope you guys enjoy this recipe and the special tweeks I did to it. Have a great one and keep it healthy!

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 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