Food Challenge

GROUND BEEF TACOS WITH ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND VEGAN “QUESO” Spiced ground beef tacos with seasoned roasted sweet potatoes and cashew-based vegan queso are a delightfully simple yet flavor-blasted taco for any night of the week. Taco Tuesday! Did you know I’ve never actually posted a taco recipe on a Tuesday? Rebellious, I know. I’ve been waiting on sharing this recipe for months and realized I had better hop to it, because I really feel you all need some tacos for your Super Bowlapalooza this Sunday. Truthfully, the Super Bowl is the only football I watch every football season (and sometimes we just go snowmobiling instead, because: priorities); however, I dug this little ditty out of my file folders specifically for your football chowing enjoyment. De nada. These tacos are so silly simple, you’re going to blow a gasket. Spiced ground beef (I like using grass-fed), sweet potato, vegan queso (we’ll cross that bridge in a second), grain-free (paleo-friendly) tortillas. BOOM! Magnific...

SUPERFOOD GREEN SMOOTHIE BOWL A nutrient-packed green smoothie bowl recipe with avocado, greens, coconut milk, and superfood protein powder. This well-balanced bowl is a great way to start the day or refuel after a workout. This post is sponsored by Rootz Nutrition. This recipe marks the close of smoothie week – I saved the best for last! We started the week with this Chai-Spiced Persimmon Smoothie (which is basically a healthy winter milkshake if you ask me), moved to a Banana Bread Oat Protein Smoothie (which is a fancy excuse to drink your fill of banana bread-flavored bliss), and now we have the ultimate detox smoothie with a big protein punch. I’ve grown to view smoothie bowls as a marvelous post-spin or hot pilates mini meal, as they replenish my energy level nearly instantaneously and they go down easily. I’ve found if I eat big meals soon after exercising, my digestive system gets pretty peevish. Hence: smoothies. When it comes to superfood smoothies, th...

GRAIN -FREE HAZELNUT FLOUR WAFFLES (PALEO) Grain-free waffles made with hazelnut flour, almond milk, and coconut oil. These paleo waffles are perfect for weekend breakfasts! In my  Good Digestion Smoothie  post, I informed you I was about to embark on a 3-day juice cleanse, and I thought I’d take a second to give you a quick recap before I dive into the deliciousness that is these waffles. It was intended to be a 3 day cleanse, but I ended up modifying it after a day and a half by adding back clean restricted (grain-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, animal protein-free) meals. In essence, the cleanse was too much, too fast. The simple addition of clean food has made it so much more bearable, and even very enjoyable! My digestive system feels ironclad and amazing, I have more energy, and overall, my mind, body, and spirit is soaring. For me, the cleanse was a lesson that fasting to that extent doesn’t bode well with me (I got a migrane and heartburn and was having difficulty making...