Summer of Popsicles!

How I compete with miss Honey. pictures to come!
We have a sweet neighbor that gives out candy all the neighborhood kids. She even tells them to call her "Miss Honey".
So sometimes my little friends knock on my door and ask for something. Here's what I did: I went down to Bed, Bath and Beyond and bought 2 popsicle molds on clearance for 2.99 each. Each mold holds 4 popsicles. (I also used 2- 20% off coupons to save 60 cents each, if you want a coupon let me know, I have tons!)
Now, I fill my popsicle molds with 100% juice and sometimes I cut up fresh berries and throw that in too.
I love it that I can give them something healthy without all the sugar. One of the little girls said, "Homemade popsicles are my favorite!" Sometimes I have to fill my molds up several times a day depending on demand.
Christian eats about 3 popsicles a day. He knows how to open the freezer and get one out. He says "pawsica" So cute!

Veggie Pizza

Pizza Crust: (this is the best/easiest whole wheat pizza crust I have) If you have a better one let me know)

2 cups Wheat Flour, unbleached (you could also use a combination of whole wheat or spelt with the wheat flour)
½-1 tsp Real Salt or Himalayan Salt (depending on how salty you'd like it)
2 tsp non-aluminum Baking Powder
2/3 cup Water
¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Combined dry ingredients and then pour in the wet ones. Roll out on a cookie sheet or pizza stone to desired shape and size (makes 1 large crust)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook crust 25 minutes.



Pizza Sauce:
8 oz can of tomato sauce
1/2 TB agave
1/4 cup Olive Oil
fresh garlic, basil, oregano to taste

I just combine this in a bowl and then spread it over the crust.

Toppings:
onion (bountiful baskets)
tomatoes ( garden)
green and red bell peppers (bountiful baskets)
zucchini (garden)
broccoli ( bountiful baskets)
and a little cheese!

I roasted my toppings in the broiler for about 7 minutes with a little cococut oil.

Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas!

Don't you just love crock pot recipes? Just perfect for Sunday! We got a few bell peppers and an onion in our baskets this week so I decided to make this for Sunday dinner. Wish I had a picture!

Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas

2-3 Frozen Chicken Breast, skinless
2 & 1/2 cups natural chunky salsa
1 green pepper, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
1/2 large onion, sliced
1/2 zucchini, sliced (mine was from my garden, yum! Nobody else like zucchini, but me so I had to sneak it in)
1 1/2 TBs fajita seasoning (if you don't have this just use chili powder and cumin or taco seasoning)

Place all ingredients in the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 5-6 hours or 10-12 hours on low. Shred chicken before serving.

I put this all in the crock pot before church. Then when I came home I made some brown rice and steamed corn to go with it.
Then I got to work making the tortillas:

Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas:

2 3/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 cup Ground Flax Seed
1/2 tsp Real Salt
1 tsp aluminum free Baking Powder
1/2 cup Coconut Oil
1 cup hot water

Combine dry ingredients. Mix in oil until flour balls up. Pour in hot water slowly and mix. Make into 2 in diameter balls and then roll out into a tortilla (mine are never perfect circles). Cook over medium heat in non-stick skillet (no oil needed since it's in the mix). Cook about 1 minute on each side or until tortilla bubbles.

Everyone ate some Michael, Christian, Me and my parents. It sounds hard but we got home from Church at 4:20 and we were eating by 4:50.

The best diet ever! Recipes!

I have been getting a basket of fruits and veggies from Bountiful Baskets every week. Yum TONS of fruits and Veggies for just $15 dollars! This is definitely saving my grocery bill.

I have a goal to eat (with my family) all of the produce before it goes rancid. We have to eat at least on fruit and one veggie EVERY meal! We are eating like crazy!

Every week I make my meal plan based on what we get in our basket. I thought that I could share my meals and recipes on the blog.