![Bake an Egg in an Avocado for a Fast and Healthy Breakfast Treat
Instructions:
preheat oven to 425, have cast iron pan in there
Slice avocado in half, take out pit
take pan out, put avocado half on, crack egg in
put whatever you want on top
place in oven and cook till your eggs [are done how you] desire
(via reddit)](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyw1amBks31qah476o1_500.jpg)
Bake an Egg in an Avocado for a Fast and Healthy Breakfast Treat
Instructions:
preheat oven to 425, have cast iron pan in there
Slice avocado in half, take out pit
take pan out, put avocado half on, crack egg in
put whatever you want on top
place in oven and cook till your eggs [are done how you] desire
(via reddit)
Strawberry Santa Claus
- Strawberry
- Light cream
- Caster sugar
- Chocolate (used to draw eyes and mouth)
- Granulated sugar (sprinkled on plate for snow scene)
Banana Pineapple Tomato Orange Kale Smoothie
Yes, all of those ingredients together.
Ingredients:
- 1 banana
- 1 cup pineapple
- 2 small tomatoes
- 1 orange
- 4 cups baby kale
- 8 ounces of filtered water
Anyone willing to try this? The creator of this smoothie said the pineapple and orange help mask the flavor of the tomatoes. It also works as a meal replacement.
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Ingredients:
-1 lb large strawberries
-8 oz. cream cheese, softened (can use 1/3 less fat)
-3-4 tbsp powdered sugar (4 tbsp for a sweeter filling)
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-graham cracker crumbsDirections:
1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.
Vegetable pasta. Favorite new dish? Definitely.
Ever since my obsession with carrot pasta first began, I have been searching for other vegetables to make a “pasta” dish. Luck was on my side because I stumbled upon this beautiful picture from the Kitchen Confidante. The different colors were a feast to my eyes! Unlike the Kitchen Confidante, I did not make a sauce, but I am sure the noodles would have tasted amazing with anything since the vegetables absorb lots of flavor. Maybe next time? This dish is unbelievably easy to make and healthy! It took me a little over fifteen minutes to make.
- Wash the vegetables, then dry.
- Use a julienne peeler to form noodle shapes from the zucchini, squash, and carrot. I peeled the entire vegetables.
- Steam the noodles.
- Once cooked, place the noodles in a bowl and top with freshly grated parmesan cheese and some lemon juice.
life:
Use your phone photos to make you very own DIY stickers, magnets, photobooth strips, and even a lamp!
Instructions and ideas here: 5 Fun DIY Ways to Take Your Phone Photos Off-Screen
(via our guest-blogger PhotoJojo)
Rock candy…. I totally want to make this in a billion different colors. BREAKING BAD STATUS
I haven’t done it personally but I found this online— seems simple enough!:
2 cups water
1 cup white corn syrup
3 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Then I added:
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
3 drops of blue gel food coloring
I boiled the mixture and then continued stirring it on the heat until it reached 300 degrees F (used a candy thermometer to measure the temp). At that point, I poured it into a tray to cool. It hardened up in about an hour and then I smashed it to pieces.
Started watching Breaking Bad and it turned into a binge session. Working my way through Season 3 now.
Rice Krispy snowmen
Project Random Grow Update: Indoor Growing
I neglected to post an update on Project Random Grow after I moved all the plants inside my house to avoid the sub-40 temperatures. After seeing that the chili plants were going nowhere, I decided to dump them. The strawberry plant was also going nowhere and at one point was infested with well over 100 baby spiders. Sounds horrific, but when they’re the size of ticks and spread out it doesn’t look so bad!
This is the window sill in the bird room which is where most of the plants occupy. This window seems to get the most sunlight. To the left is my tomato plant which I’ve trimmed down. Next to it is some kind of flower (a lily?) that hasn’t bloomed any flowers since its first bloom, and on the right is the mango tree which seems to have stopped growing.
It’s interesting note: the tomatoes that fell to the soil have sprouted! So if you want to grow some extra tomato plants from your existing one is to just drop some tomatoes on top of some soil and let it do its thing.
The avocado trees have had some problems with browning leaves which is why they are barren on their bottom half. Right now they’re around 40 inches in height—not including the buckets they’re in.
My fantastic meyer lemon trees which have had ripe fruit on them for a couple months now. I’ve left the fruit on for so long that it decided to keep growing more. See the white flowers at the top?
Obligatory lemon in hand shot. The trees consistently produce fairly large and super juicy lemons.
And finally, a little surprise.. Going to try to grow this big avocado seed!
Slimtastic Smoothies: 20 nutritious and delicious smoothie recipes
- Banana: Blend 2 bananas with 1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup skim milk, 2 teaspoons honey, 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 cup ice.
- Strawberry Shortcake: blend cups strawberries, 1 cup crumbled pound cake, 1-1/2 cups skim milk, 1-1/2 cups ice, and splenda or stevia no calorie sweetener to taste.
- Raspberry Orange:Blend 1 cup orange juice, 1 cup raspberries, 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1 cup of ice and splenda or stevia no calorie sweetener to taste.
- Honeydew-Almond: Blend 2 cups chopped honeydew melon, 1 cup almond milk, 1 cup ice, and honey to taste.
- Strawberry-Kiwi: Blend 1 cup strawberries, 2 peeled kiwis, 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 cups ice.
- Cherry-Vanilla: Blend 1 1/2 cups frozen pitted cherries, 1 1/4 cups milk, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract, a pinch of salt and 1 cup ice.
- Grape: Blend 2 cups seedless red grapes with 1 cup concord grape juice and 1 1/2 cups ice.
- Blueberry-Banana: Blend 1 banana, 1 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk, 1 tablespoon each honey and lime juice, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract and 1 cup ice.
- Creamsicle: Blend 3/4 cup frozen orange or orange-tangerine concentrate with 1/2 cup cold water and 1 cup each vanilla ice cream and ice.
- Spiced Pumpkin: Blend 1/2 cup each pumpkin puree and silken tofu, 3 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, a pinch of salt and 1 cup ice.
- Black Raspberry–Vanilla: Blend 1 pint blackberries, 1/2 cup raspberries, 1 cup vanilla yogurt and 1 tablespoon honey.
- Banana PB&J: Blend 1 frozen banana with 1 cup soy milk, 1/4 cup each creamy peanut butter and wheat germ, and 2 tablespoons seedless strawberry or raspberry jelly.
- Vietnamese Coffee: Blend 1/2 cup chilled espresso or strong coffee, 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk and 1 1/2 cups ice. Top with chocolate shavings and/or chocolate syrup.
- Pineapple-Mango: Blend 1 cup each chopped pineapple and mango, 1 cup coconut water, a dash of ground allspice and 1 cup ice. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
- Chocolate-Banana: Blend 1 banana, 1 cup chocolate ice cream, 1/2 cup milk, a pinch of salt and 1/2 cup ice.
- Peanut Butter–Apple: Blend 1 chopped peeled apple, 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter, 2 tablespoons flax seeds, 1 1/2 cups each soy milk and ice, and honey to taste.
- Veggie: Blend 1 1/4 cups tomato juice, 1/4 cup carrot juice, 1/2 peeled cucumber, 1/2 celery stalk, 1/4 cup each parsley and spinach, and 1/2 cup ice.
- Lemon–Poppy Seed: Blend 2 teaspoons poppy seeds, the zest and juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 cup plain yogurt, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/2 cup each milk and ice.
- Strawberry-Maple: Blend 2 cups strawberries, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1/4 cup each maple syrup and wheat germ, a dash of ground cinnamon and 1 1/2 cups ice.
- Apple-Spinach: Blend 2 cups spinach, 1 chopped peeled apple, 1/2 cup silken tofu, 1/4 cup each soy milk and orange juice, 1 tablespoon each wheat germ, honey and lemon juice, and 1 cup ice.
