Basic Hummus

1 can chickpeas
4 cloves garlic
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 teasponn red pepper flakes

Process chickpeas, 2 garlic cloves, sesame seeds, lemon juice, 3/4 red pepper.

Keep chickpea liquid and if to thick while processing add a bit to loosen.

Chip up 2 garlic.

Put processed hummus in bowl. Top with chopped garlic. Drizzle some chickpea liquid on top. Sprinkle with the last of the red pepper flake.

ENJOY...

Cucumber Water

1/3 of a 21 Day Fix green container of cucumber.

Yum

Ball really surprised me when I cam across this surprise at the grocery store.

Alfalfa Sprouting Seeds

Many of you know I have been growing and completely enjoying my Bean Salad Mic of sprouts.

Look what arrived today.

No Cook Oats - Almond Milk (21DF)

Prepping my breakfast for the weekend.

ALL OUT OF YOGURT????!!!

Sub it with Unsweetened Almond Milk.

No Cook Oats - Blueberry (21DF)

Also known as Overnight Oats

Ingredients:
1 purple -- fresh fruit
1 red -- plain greek yogurt or unsweetened almond milk
1/2 yellow -- rolled oats
1/2 blue -- chopped almond

Layer in container.
Place in fridge the night before.
In the morning.... ENJOY...!!!

I traditionally layer mine bottom to top... red, yellow, blue, purple on top.

Pineapple Chicken (21DF)

This is my dinner for the week of 8/2/15 to 8/8/15.

This is a spin off of the Pineapple Chicken Skewers found on page 159 of Autumn Calabrese new cookbook Fixate.

What a great little brainstormer of a book for those on the 21 Day Fix plan.

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My version took out the skewers and tossed it on a plate.

Ingredients:
1 red -- cooked cubed chicken
1/3 purple -- raw pineapple chunks
2 green -- onion and green bell pepper (equal amounts)
1 yellow -- cooked quinoa

Directions:
PRECOOK Chicken to last the week. Just cook it through.
Portion out.
Add pineapples and freeze. (I do not like chicken just setting in my fridge. Just a precaution.)
When time to make dinner for my family I start 2 sauce pans going.
1. To thaw and nicely brown the chicken and pineapple together. (TO DIE FOR Yummo...!!!)
2. To make the Quinoa. (I eyeball this from not cooked measurement to cooked measurement with extra as my grand kids LOVE to eat these.)
So now we have the pineapple combo going and the quinoa.
Take a few second to lay some romaine lettuce down as a bedding on your plate. I LOVE what we do with this at the end. ;)
Turn off quinoa when done. Let the temp go down a bit so it doesn't scorch your lettuce. (that is not pleasant.)
Toss your onion and green peppers in with your chicken and pineapple till warmed through. It can still have a little bit but not where the onions are totally translucent.
Focusing on the center of your lettuce on the plate gently pour your quinoa. (gently cause those little babies take FLIGHT.)
Add your chicken mixture on top and ENJOY...

Once you have devoured all your chicken mixture... I love scooping all the quinoa onto those crisp romaine lettuce leaves and having me a goos old taco-ish treat.

(For those who need a little more to this a teaspoon of agave goes a long way. Mix it in with the quinoa before plating.)

#InAGmaMinute

If you have never seen toddlers eat quinoa. It is so funny. I showed them how to put each one between their teeth to get that little snap from each quinoa. SO CUTE... them and all the Nana LOOK..!!!