Honey Apple Balsamic Dressing

I eat salads often (daily) so sometime I have to change it up to keep my taste buds happy! Today I made a delish salad with heirloom tomatoes, apple, goat cheese, pistachios, slivered almonds, onions, and BBQ chicken! I spiced it up with a dressing you must try!

Honey Apple Balsamic Dressing:

Serves 2 

2 Tbl olive oil

2 Tbl balsamic vinegar 

2 Tbl apple cider vineger 

2 Tbl honey 

Salt and pepper 

Them mix well and drizzle over your salad! See how easy and fast it is to make a healthy dressing!!!

Enjoy- Rachel 

Lemon Garlic Caper Sauce for fish

Lemon Garlic Caper Sauce for fish, shrimp or scallops. 

This was a really yummy sauce if you like Capers. It's easy to make and will go well with probably most seafood. Adds a little extra flavor to your dish without adding too much. 

What you need...

-Fish (I used AlskanCod)

-3 Tbsp Ghee

-2 Tbsp Olive Oil

-1 small Shallot minced

-3 Garlic Cloves minced 

-1Tbsp Capers rinsed

-Juice of 1 lemon 

In a sauce pan add oil, ghee mince garlic and mince shallot. Cook on low/medium heat for around 5-7 minutes to let the garlic and shallots cook down some.  Bring to a boil and let sauce thicker some and then take heat down to low. 

Add juice of lemon and Capers that have already been rinsed. Cook on low for a few more minutes to let the flavors fuze together.  Serve over your fish. 

Enjoy!

-Jessica 

Balance.. Finding ways to keep everything balanced

I've been on a three week strict Paleo Cleanse. After the holidays my hair started falling out and it just kept getting worse. I ate bad the week of Christmas but I cleaned up my diet shortly afterwards and I started feeling better immediately but my hair just wouldn't stop falling out. So my first thought was I wasn't eating clean enough and I need to do a three week cleanse of no dairy or sugar (meaning no chocolate 😒).  So I did it.  And it was no fun.  My meals were super boring like chicken and broccoli. I didn't have anything fun to post and that made me sad. On the last day of my cleanse my hair was still falling out. It occurred to me that maybe for once this issue had to do with stress in my life and not my auto immune disease Hashimoto's.  So I decided to start a de-stressing process which included introducing chocolate and red wine back into my diet and adding yoga once a week on top of my Crossfit work outs.  The day after my cleanse ended we left for a trip to Catalina that was already planned. I took my running shoes and swore to myself I would get a good run in both days.  I got up both mornings ran stairs and ran up and down those hilly little Catalina streets. And on the first night I cut loose had some drinks and danced and even twerked (yes I twerk, and yes I can twerk good ask my sisters 😉).  I came home feeling like I truly had a great time and feeling like I learned a valuable lesson. And that lesson was this.. BALANCE. It's one of the 3 words Rachel and I have made our life Philosphy. And yet I still struggle with it.  I'm human I know. But I had been letting the stress of my work, the stress of always trying to eat so clean, the stress of making sure to get my workouts in and all the other stresses of life, take over me and in return I lost my balance.  The day I got to Catalina it occurred to me what was going on with my body. My body was telling me something and I wasn't listening instead I took the stress to a whole new level by trying to deprive myself of the things I love most.  I feel like a idiot. But that's exactly what happened. And crazy thing is as soon as I acknowledged to myself what the problem was it was like each morning when I washed my hair there was Less hair in my hands. It's still not back to normal but let me tell you there's a considerable difference.  So I guess why I'm sharing this with our followers is because I want you to know how human I am and how I try to live my life healthy happy and balanced but even I fall off the bandwagon and screw shit up. The awesome thing is that everyday we have a tomorrow to get back on that band wagon and straighten things back out. So that's what I'm doing. I'm having more fun, eating good but allowing myself indulgences and finding new ways to keep my stress at bay. I hope you too can find what makes and keeps you healthy happy and balanced. 

💜-Jess

A "Happy" song to get you through your day!

http://youtu.be/y6Sxv-sUYtM

Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower Rice

This is super easy and a great side dish for most meals. I've had a couple people ask me about how to make it so I figured it was time to show you guys. This is also  the method you use when your making the cauliflower rice for the pizza crust. So all you need is a head of Cauliflower. From there you can add anything you want to it to spice it up. Cauliflower is one of those things that has such a mild flavor That you can really get creative and add spices or herbs or different veggies to it. Also when you add the oil to sauté the Cauliflower Rice use your oils that are infused with Garlic or whatever you might have for added flavor. I always use a ton of garlic as I am in love with it. This time I used

Head Cauliflower 

1 small can Diced Green Chillies

1 Tbsp Black Truffle Olive Oil

6 Cloves of Garlic Minced

Sea Salt (quite a bit)

And green onions to top it off

So take your cauliflower and put a small handful into your blender at a time and pulse it until it looks like rice. Do this with the whole head using small handfuls. If you use to much cauliflower at a time it won't quite rice up. 

Now add the cauliflower and Olive oil to a pan and turn on to medium heat. Add your garlic and sauté for a few minutes letting some of the water in the cauliflower cook out. This could take a little while. Now add your Sea Salt and can of diced green chilles or any other spices you might want. Keep sautéing and pushing the rice around in the pan. Once it's turned slightly brown and has a rice like texture it is done. You want most of the water to cook put so this might take a little while just be careful not to burn it. Of it looks like it's burning turn the heat down. Once it's done take a fork and fluff it and seve with green onion.  It's not going to be exactly like rice but it's a great alternative to rice and you feel like your getting a rice type side dish

Enjoy!

-Jessica