Healthy Snack.

Yo people.

The other day I was being lazy at home and I didn't have anything in y fridge to munch on.  Then I remembered that I had found a recipe on Pinterest.  As a Mexican, I looooooove avocado.  It's my favorite, but I don't like eggs.  I still decided to give this recipe a chance.

Baked Eggs in Avocado 

You are going to need:

• Avocados
• Eggs
• Salt
• Pepper

1.  Take a thick slice of avocado (leave the skin on) and remove the nut, hollowing a little extra room into the space left in the middle (I used a shot glass as a kind of cookie cutter). 
2. Place an avocado slice in a lightly oiled pan and crack in an egg then stick in the oven at 350 and let cook for a couple of minutes (cover with foil if you don't like your eggs a little runny). 
3. Finish by seasoning as you like – I just used salt and pepper.

~ ENJOY ;)

Wait for my awesome Thanksgiving Fruit Salad COMING SOON :P

Healthy Breakfast! (:

Hello everybody,

So lately I've noticed that I've been gaining weight :( and it's freaking me out.  The thing is that I eat too much sweets.  I love cupcakes and any type of pastries (as you all probably know by now).
Therefore, I am trying to cut back on the bad sugars and eat more "good sugars".
Maybe you should ignore me, I don't know what I'm saying -.-
Anywho!!
The only thing I always have for breakfast is a dumb protein shake that my mom always makes for herself.   It's the only thing that I eat for breakfast because I don't really have time to eat in the morning because I always wake up late and take a long time to get my stuff ready for the day.
I got bored of having the same protein shake every morning and decided to change my diet a bit, so I tried this delicious recipe that I got from Pinterest :)

Oatmeal with Strawberries :)

Ok let's do this:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Quaker Oats
• 1 cup water
• Strawberry slices (as many as you want!)
• Chocolate chips (optional)
• Honey (as much as you want!)

ok, in your microwave heat the oats and water for about 2-3 minutes.  Add as much honey as you'd like, if you don't like honey then Stevia is a good choice, it's a sweetener that doesn't get you fat! :D ha.

Add your strawberries and chocolate chips and...

ENJOY!!!

LOVE, 

Brownies in a mug!!

Well hello everybody!!
I haven't blogged for a while, so I gotta step up my game!
So, I don't know If I have mentioned it before but I l.o.v.e. Pinterest!!  I have gotten most of my recipes from this awesome website.. If you haven't heard of Pinterest... get an account like right NOW!
Anywho, one of the recipes I tried I got it from this same website and they are...

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BROWNIES IN A MUG!

'pa la dieta..

Ok, so you will need:

• 1/4 of sugar
• 1/4 of flour
• 2 tbsp of cocoa
• pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 3 tbsp of water
• ice-cream (optional)
• And of course, your favorite mug (:

First, get your mug add all dry ingredients such as the sugar, flour, cocoa and salt.  Mix them a bit.  Then add the olive oil and water.  Mix it until it's very consistent.  Beat it.  Beat it hard.  Put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.  No more.  No less.  Be careful with your mug because it's HOT!  Add a scoop of your favorite ice-cream!  You can useFrozen Yogurt which is supposed to be low fat -.-

And there it is, your brownies in a mug!!!

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I did not take this photo.

Love, 

Healthy Protein Cheesecake :)

Hello my lovelies!
So I'm still in the "healthy mood."  This is one of my parents favorite desserts, and I kid you not.. this stuff is delicious!  If you are a sucker for cheesecake like me (Actually, I'm a sucker for anything cheesy) then you will love this recipe.  It's very simple to make and doesn't take much time.
I actually found this recipe on Pinterest and decided to try it especially for my mom, since she loves sweets for decides to avoid them.  She doesn't feel guilty when she eats this!  
Ok, let's get this cheesecake started!!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of nonfat plain greek yogurt.
• 2 tbsp of nonfat cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp of whole wheat flour
• 1 whole medium lemon
• 2 fresh organic eggs
• 1/4 of vanilla whey protein
• 1/4 cup Stevia
• 1/2 cup berries

Crust:

• 1/2 cup of walnuts
• 6-7 pitted medjool dates

DIRECTIONS:

1. Make the crust: blend the nuts and dates together in a food processor. It should turn into a crumbly gravel. If you don’t habe walnuts, you may experiment with other nuts, but I cannot assure you that they will stick together as well as walnuts do! The stickiness from the dates should hold the bits together.

2. Scoop about a tablespoon of the crumbly mixture into the bottom of the cupcake pan. This will be your cheesecake crust. You can spray the cupcake pan with PAM beforehand, but i found later that it didn’t stick very much anyway. So this step is unnecessary if you have a new slick pan.

3. Using your fingers, press the crumbles down so that it becomes a dense layer, almost like the graham cracker layer of a real cheesecake! (I learned this from eating raw vegan cheesecakes.) If the crunbles keep sticking to your hand, try spraying your finger tips with PAM. Or spray the bottom of a rounded spoon and press with that.

4. Next, make the liquid cheesecake mixture: pour everything into a blender and give it a whirl for about 15-20 seconds or until smooth. You may taste test this to see if it tastes ok.

5. Pour the mixture on top of the crust about 3/4 of the way full.

6. Throw a tiny handful of berries (I used blueberries) into each tin. This is about 6-7 berries.

7. Bake at 325F for about 20 minutes and until tops are no longer liquidy.

8. Take out, eat, and enjoy! I promise you will love this. I just had the urge to make mini cheesecakes today and this is the exact recipe and ingredients I used.

On this recipe, I did't make the crust part.  It was more calories if you do the crust, and we are trying to make a healthy recipe right? :))

Let me know if you try this recipe! And I hope you like it :)

Bake away!

Strawberries and creme protein crepes

Hello ya'll!! I haven't been posting in a while.. but I'm back!  

This time, I decided to do a non-fat recipe because I know that my friend Ale is on a diet and I don't really want to to a stumbling rock for her :P ha.

Anywho, both of my parents work out and lift weights, my dad drinks a protein shake every morning after he comes back from the gym, so I decided to try this recipe and my daddy actually liked it :')  

Ok, let's start!!

You will need:

• 1 scoop of Vanilla Whey protein powder
• 3 tbsp egg beaters
• 1/4 water
• 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup chopped  strawberries and bananas
• Nutella ;)  [optional]

1. Combine the protein powder, egg beaters, and water in a small bowl with a whisk.  Whisk until no clumps remain.
2. Heat a small saucepan over medium heat and spray generously with spray oil.
3. Pour 1/3 of crepe batter in the pan and swirl it around and spread it evenly around the pan.
4. Lift the edges with a rubber spatula.  Once the button has turned golden-brown, carefully flip it over and let it cook for another 30 seconds.  Transfer it to a plate.  Repeat steps 1 to 3 for the remaining of the batter.
5. Evenly spread the Greek Yogurt or nutella inside the center of the crepes and top with strawberries and bananas.  Fold both edges together to form a crepe.
6. ENJOY!! <3 li="li">

This is the picture of MY crepe :) I decided to use Nutella instead of yogurt cause I'm cool like that :P

And this is the picture of how the crepe is supposed to look -.-

Don't judge my crepe!!!!!

I hope you try this recipe :))

Much love, 

Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies... FROM SCRATCH!

Well hello beautiful people! This year I decided to make something special for my friends for Valentine's Day. I know this is like "all late" but I think that this is a great recipe to do for any time of the year. I decided to write about my personal favorite cookies... Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing ;) sounds yummy right??!!! You can always just get cookie cutters in different shapes depending on which time of the year you are in! I love baking cakes and cookies from scratch. In the old Mexican way. Not the American way where you just get your cake mix, eggs and voila! No no no.. this is the good stuff. Any who, let's get straight to the recipe :)

 Ingredients: 

 2 sticks of butter
1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 tsp of vanilla
1 tsp of cream of tarter
1 tsp of baking soda
1 egg

 Directions: 

In your Kitchen Aid fitted with the paddle attachement, whip together butter and powdered sugar. Add Flour, vanilla, cream of tarter, soda, and egg. On slow, stir together ingredients just until combined. Turn the dough out onto a floured board and wrap it with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Unwrap the dough and put it on a floured board. Be sure to flour the rolling pin, as well. Roll out dough until 1/4 inch thick. Cut shapes.

Place them on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 6-8 minutes at 350 degrees just until the edges begin to turn brown - baking time will depend on size and thickness of the cookie.

Royal Icing

3 egg whites
 4 cups of powdered sugar

 In the Kitchen Aid fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the egg whites until almost frothy. Add in the powdered sugar and whisk on slow until smooth. You may need to add more or less powdered sugar or water to achieve desired thickness. For sugar cookies, you want the icing to be thin enough that it will fall back on itself and smooth itself out, but not too thin so it will run off of the cookie.

Decorate them and... enjoy! ;) What I love about this recipe is that it's very easy and fast to make! It doesn't really take you that much time (unless you are baking like 100 cookies when I did last time!) You can always get creative and decorate your cookies with little designs and even put them in little plastic bags with ribbons and give them to your friends! It's the thought that matters;)

Love always,

Why Baking?

Well hello there everybody. In this blog I will be posting delicious recipes that you can use and share with your loved ones:) I decided to write about baking recipes because whenever I'm sad or stressed out I just pull out a baking recipe and forget for a while about my troubles. Not to mention that my two little sisters love baking with me and of course eating everything I bake. Sometimes I don't even get a chance to taste my own cupcakes or brownies because whenever I feel like eating them they are all gone!!! Anywho, I hope you find this blog enjoyable and hopefully you can get some new ideas and surprise that special someone in that special occasion ;) Love always, Lani