Zucchini Bites

I had to try this after seeing it so many times on pinterest and knowing how deeply I love zucchini. So I'll spare you the chit chat and we can get right to the action. I made mine in a regular muffin tin so of you do the same. Add an extra 5-10 minutes bake time.

Zucchini Bites

- 1 cup zucchini, grated

- 1 egg

- 1/4 yellow onion, diced

- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

- 1/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs, or whatever you have on hand

- salt and pepper to taste


1. Preheat oven to 400 degree F. Spray a mini-muffin tin with nonstick spray, set aside.

2. Grate the zucchini and then place in a dish towel to squeeze out the excess water, like when using frozen spinach. If you skip this part, the middle of the zucchini bites will be really soggy while the outside gets crispy.

3. In a bowl combine, the egg, onion, cheese, bread crumbs, zucchini, salt and pepper.

4. Using a spoon or a cookie scoop, fill the mini muffin cups to the top. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the top is browned and set. If you are using a regular muffin tin add 5-10 minutes bake time.

Juicing

So I'm on day two of phasing into my juice diet. (don't worry it's not a permanent liquid diet) I was going to do breakfast and lunch today but I cracked. I had a somewhat healthy sub for lunch but oh well. I need to make some major changes in my diet and really kick the processed garbage once and for all. I figure a juice diet is the best way to kick start it. No joke, when I drink my juice I feel like I have more energy and can think better. Then when I eat dinner I just feel so heavy and blah. I can't wait to see how this goes.

This is what I turned into juice this morning.

Strawberry-Grape Juice

Oh so damn good. I love juicing. How did I forget about this? This morning I turned this:

4 celery sticks
1 cup seedless grapes
2.5 cups of strawberries

Into this:

And enjoyed it most of the day today. Ok all of the day. I already can't wait to figure out what to drink tomorrow morning.

Carrot Celery Juice

So as I mentioned before I have been trying to get juicing back into my diet. Today I tried a new breakfast combination. After having my good bye buffalo chicken pizza last night for dinner, this breakfast truly was like day and night. Lately I haven't felt like my body was running right and I'm positive it's because of the 'fuel' I have been putting into it lately. Hopefully I will see a change soon. I'm tired of the same old same old.

So cheers to bigger better things?

Carrot Celery Juice
1. Juice 4 medium washed carrots.
2. Juice 2 celery stalks.
3. Stir and drink.

Spring Fever

I have caught the warm weather bug. So basically I have been spending my time far away from my computer and out venturing in the sun. I know, I know. I'll be back on track soon. I have decided I need to refocus on my weight loss. I have been great with going to the gym and keeping up with it but when it comes to the diet piece of it, I am slacking.

So the long and short is that I will be incorporating juicing back into my diet. I really feel my body functions better when it's receiving as many fresh fruits and veggies and possible. I am somewhat picky when it comes to eating and sometimes I have so little time in my day I can't always make a proper meal. So back to juicing it is and no more fast food! Expect to see posts about my juicing that way if I commit to sharing it with you I will have to commit to doing it.

Hope all is well and sunny where you all are.

Pancake sandwich

This weekend I took off to visit some of my friends in New York. It's been a while since I've seen them and I had to get out here before they move again across the country. We always do some of the most random things. This mornings breakfast was no exception.

For breakfast they introduced me to the pancake sandwich. It's probably the perfect combination of breakfast in a sandwich. Pancake. Egg. Bacon. Syrup. Pancake. So good! Probably the perfect morning munchie.

Knitting

So with my knitting I recently became so frustrated with my stirrup socks I decided to unravel and start over. I was getting frustrated with not being able to knit 2 even socks. So now I am knitting 2 socks on a circular needle and I will never do it any other way.

I'm more than halfway done now and I am so excited. I can not wait to wear these suckers every day.