Southwestern Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

These are a favorite in my house! I know you are going to love it too. I made a bunch of them and had them for a few lunches during the week. I also topped it with avocado. Yum!

Ingredients :

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• 3 medium sweet potatoes
• 1 (15 oz) can corn, or 1.5 cups frozen corn, rinsed and patted dry
• Salt, to taste
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano (optional)
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced
• 1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt
• 1 to 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced or pureed
• 6 Tablespoons shredded cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until fork tender. Remove from the oven and allow to set until cool enough to handle.

While the sweet potatoes are cooling, saute the corn in a dry heavy skillet over medium high heat. Sprinkle with salt, cumin, chili powder and Mexican oregano. Cook until the corn is roasted and browned (about 7 to 10 minutes). Transfer to a small bowl; set aside.

Wipe the skillet clean and heat the Tablespoon of olive oil. Add the onions and cook until just tender. Transfer to the bowl with the corn. Add the black beans and cilantro to the onion and corn. Gently stir to evenly mix.

When the sweet potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them in half, lengthwise. Carefully scoop out the flesh, into a large mixing bowl, leaving the skins intact. (Try leaving a thin layer of potato to help the skin hold together.)

Add greek yogurt, chipotle pepper(s) and salt to the mixing bowl with the sweet potatoes. Mash with a potato masher or blender to desired texture. Gently stir in the roasted corn, onions, black beans and cilantro mix.

Preheat the broiler. Fill each potato skin with the mashed potato mixture*, topping each with 1 Tablespoon of cheese. Broil for 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted and hot. Serve immediately with a dollop of home made guacamole or just plan ol' avocado!!

 

Clean Eating Turkey Meatballs

These are prefect to bring to a party, use in speghetti with whole grain noodles, or cut up and throw in a pita for lunch. These are so good and easy to make.

Ingredients:1 1/2 lbs lean ground turkey or chicken.
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 egg lightly beaten
1 cup oat bran or wholewheat breadcrumbs
2 tbsp fresh parsely, finely chopped
2 tbsp fresh basil, finely chopped
2 tbsp fresh oregano finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, passed through a garlic press
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Preparation
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl place egg and breadcrumbs or oat bran. Add spices and mix well. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Using an ice cream scoop make meatballs and place on prepared cookie sheet. Place in hot oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

I am going to make these for lunch with a whole grain pita, some low sodium tomato sauce, a tiny sprinkle of low fat mozzarella cheese and some lettuce!!!


Calories 170, Calories from fat 24, Protein 30 g, Carbs 11g, Fiber 2g, Sugar .8, Fat 2g, Sodium 327 mg.

Week 1 & 2 of 21 day Fix

I am going to go ahead and admit it. This is my 3rd time starting 21 day fix! This time I have decided to commit the whole 21 days to following the workouts and eating according to the program. I had just finished the P90X3 and received amazing results but for some reason I couldn't stick with the program. I had gone a week without working out and I can't believe how weak I got in that time period. I decided if I was going to do this, I was going to give my all.

Below you will see my meal plan. It is color coded based off the food I was going to get for that day/week. I was excited because there was some options in this meal plan that I had removed from my clean eating meal plan. Things like turkey bacon. Love, love, love turkey bacon and now I can have it again. I also get to eat olives! I know that sounds silly, but I love them.

 

So I don't ever starve myself. Usually as long as I prep all my food for the day, I never go hungry and I still lose weight.

So week two is coming to an end and I can seriously say this time I will finish this program strong. I didn't eat so good the first week and I could definitely tell in my lack of results, but week 2 I am feeling the changes in my body.

Yes I have a life, I work full time, but I find time to do all the things that our required of me. I am not perfect, but I aim to be. When living this lifestyle, the #1 tip I can provide to anyone is meal prepping. If you have all meals prepped and ready to go you have no excuse to not eat good.

Stay tuned for week 3 results for the 21 day Fix!