Healthy Sweet Potato Burgers

I love potatoes of all shapes, sizes, and colors... I don't discriminate on carbs when they have potential to taste like french fries. I'm pretty sure you agree right?

So a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I went to our friends house (cute engaged couple -- Tiarah and Tony) and they introduced us to an AWESOME seriously healthy and EASY recipe... So thank you Tony for being health focused and getting us hooked even MORE so on potatoes ha!

This recipe is EASY... and takes minimal mental effort. Ready? Me too, because even the left overs are #bombDOTcom

What you Need:

• Two large sweet potatoes or yams
• organic, unrefined coconut oil
• Himalayn salt and pepper
• Grass fed beef/lean ground turkey/black beans -- use your preference of a patty -- black bean burgers are a GREAT option for vegan and vegetarian folks! For the black bean patty recipe (vegan and vegetarian friendly) CLICK HERE
• Hamburger seasoning 
• Olive oil
• shredded cheese or pepper jack 

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cut up the sweet potatoes in circles - these will be your BUNS! So make sure your SP are big enough or your patties are smaller depending on the size
2. Grab a pyrex larger glass dish. Toss in 1 tbsp of coconut oil -- if its not melted just place in the oven for a second. Toss the sweet potato slices around so they are coated with the coconut oil and add a dash of salt! Put in the oven for about 25 minutes -- don't let them get TOO soggy or your buns will fall apart! 
3. Season your ground turkey, beef or black bean patties with your choice of seasonings -- I liked hamburger seasoning,  pepper, a little salt, and add shredded cheese to keep most. Then place into SMALL patties and coat with olive oil. 
4. Either in a pan, on a grill (like my hand dandy George Foreman), or in the oven, cook the patties until desired temperature/well/medium well/etc. 
5. When both are done, add some ketchup, avocado and enjoy! Or whatever toppings you want ;-) 

21 Day Fix Approved:

Depending on which bracket your in based on your caloric needs/goals it depends on how many red/yellow/blue and green containers you have portioned for each meal. If you follow my meal above, it would be two red/two yellow/two green/1 blue (ok maybe two blue... whoops darn avocado). 

But the main containers you are using: Green, Red, Yellow (& blue if you are adding avocado) 

*The sweetness from the coconut oil adds the perfect sweet/salt ratio to your dinner, trust me its AMAZING! It doesn't taste like coconut burgers ;-) 

Bon Appetite! 

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Southwest Turkey Quinoa Casserole

Hi chickadees =) Hope your weekend was FANTABULOUS....  << thats one of my most favorite made up words... its fantastic + fabulous

Mine consisted of the World Cup, working out, the beach, working a little and coming up with new recipes <3

I know.. catchy.

Anyway, I was browsing Instagram a few nights ago looking at some #FOODPORN...

*which is actually a REALLY bad idea because anytime I lay in bed and look at food at 11pm it makes me want to snack, so I try to avoid this

when I stumbled across a turkey casserole dish. I totally forgot to double tap (like that ish) and screen shot it so I could do it.

So I decided to just wing it. A casserole can't be THAT hard. And it wasn't! SCORE.

What You Need:

• Lean ground turkey 
• Shredded Fiesta Blend Cheese
• Taco seasoning
• Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy seasoning
• Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle seasoning
• Paprika 
• 1/2 onion
• 1 can of corn
• 2 cans of black beans
• 2 cups of cooked quinoa
• 1 diced fresh jalapeño
• minced garlic
• 2tbsp olive oil
• avocado for topping
• sour cream and salsa optional (and so good with it)

Directions:

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. Dice up onion, jalapeño and garlic. Sautee with olive oil on low heat. 
2. Prepare/cook quinoa if not done yet before doing the next step (the quinoa and turkey will finish at the same time)
3. In a bowl, empty the ground turkey and add spices -- mix well and add 2tbsp of olive oil
4. Ground up turkey in the pan and cook through
5. While turkey is cooking, check quinoa (it should only take about 15 mins to cook both)
6. Drain beans and corn, and empty into a casserole dish
7. Add the cooked quinoa and cooked turkey into the casserole dish and mix well with the beans and corn. 
8. Add the shredded cheese and either mix in or leave on top
9. Place casserole dish in oven and cook for 10 minutes
10. Let cool, add avocado and enjoy!

You'll see.. SO good! 

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Strawberry Avocado Summer Salad

Welp, HAPPY ((ALMOST)) Summer!!!! Ok, I'm a little early, but that's ok.

I'm not a huge salad person when I have to make it myself because I just don't know what to do... I think its option overload so I always end up putting the wrong things together. I know, strange.

Anyway, this salad came out YUMMM and it was so easy.. and I'm a little proud of myself-- I can make pancakes from scratch off the top of my head, but I cannot master a salad, except this easy one.

21 Day Fix approved:

2 red -- chicken or protein (if you use two chicken breasts -- I cut all my breasts in half before I cook them so I get "more" out of it)
3 green -- I like a lot of spinach, but you can measure it out
1 purple- strawberries
1 blue- avocado (I'm apart of AA -- avocado's anonymous, I have a problem)

What You Need:

• 1/2 avacado
• spinach
• Himalayan Salt
• Pepper
• Diced up chicken (or protein of your choice)
• diced up strawberries
• diced up avocado
• lemon juice

I don't use dressing, so if you do, by all means go for it... I just like less calories. I use lemon juice with salt and pepper ;-)

So combine all that, dash of salt, dash of pepper, lemon juice... and that's it! 

It's simple, but fresh and easy. Can't go wrong! 

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