Snack | leanKitchen

Jun 29th 10

The perfect afternoon snack for my perfect children!

Love-you-long-time parfait

I’ve gotta make things LOOK good when I give it to my kids to make them think it TASTES good, too. I oftentimes find myself putting things into shapes for the kids (pancakes, cookies and such on special occasions). The other day, I made them each a parfait. As you know, I love Chobani Greek Yogurt, and they have kids flavors. I bought the Chocolate and Honeynana. I then put a layer of...

May 6th 10

A quick, supportive snack that the kids will LOVE, and so will YOU!

Peanut Butter and Honey-Stuffed Apples

What a quick, easy, and delicious supportive snack! First, take an apple and core it. You can choose to use the regular corer, or the one that cores and slices, you just won’t technically have a stuffed apple that way…or you can put it back together So take your sliced up apple, and either pipe in (or dollop atop), a scoop of Chobani Greek Honey Yogurt, and another scoop of natural...

May 4th 10

Lemon zest tops this delicious supportive stuffed snack!

Lemon Hummus Stuffed Cukes

This past weekend, I attended a Bridal Show, where I shared a table with none other than Ben Warstler of Ben’s Bootcamps. We talked to brides about getting the bridal bodies of their dreams, my contribution of course being my supportive recipes. Here are a couple of pictures of our set up! While there, we happened to notice another vendor, Market Cafe and Catering. Their food smelled...

May 3rd 10

Lots of Quick, Supportive Snacks!

20 Quick & Supportive Snacks

Still I get lots of e-mails from people who have a ton of issues with one component of fat loss, and that’s snacking. According to my resident fat loss expert and conditioning coach, Ben, snacks should be 100-200 calories. It seems that everyone is always asking me for examples, so here these are, just for you! Celery with peanut butter In the mood for chips, but trying to watch that waistline? ...

Mar 25th 10

Cranberry lemon leanara bars, Tod and Deveney’s fav’s!

Cranberry Lemon leanara bars

So Tod n’ Deveney tried these on air yesterday as well…and they loved ‘em! Super simple, super quick: 1 cup almonds, 2/3 c. cranberries (dried, unsweetened), zest of 1 lemon (plus the juice of a half), and 2/3 c. dried apricots. Food process till they are all uniform like this: Cranberry lemon bars, chopped Next, press into a wax paper-lined bread loaf pan: Cranberry bars,...

Mar 19th 10

Awesome, Awesome substitute for chips; salty and crunchy, and absolutely fabulous!

Kale Chips

For the most part, I’m a really great eater; I’ve literally drank maybe 5 sodas in as many years, and that’s because they were mixed with punches, or the only available drink wherever I happened to be. I don’t ever feel like eating chocolate, I’m not into cookies or sweets. It’s easier for me to “give up” the bad stuff, because I never got into it...

Mar 17th 10

Simple nut butter in celebration of St. Patty’s!

Pistachio Cashew Almond Butter

Happy St. Patty’s Day, folks! I was thinkin’ it’d be really awesome to figure out some green breakfast for my readers, and NOT the typical green eggs. I happened to see my friend Kristen’s facebook status yesterday, where she was making her own almond butter. I thought, hmm…I could do pistachio butter on green apples for a nice natural, supportive green St. Patty’s...

Mar 10th 10

Alright guys, I’m on Warp Speed (an 100% compliant meal/training program) again, so I’m doing my best to make stuff for YOU GUYS, my readers, and not be tempted to eat it, but this one is almost too good to not try!
First up, you take 3/4 tsp Cayenne, 6 “shakes” of red pepper flakes, 2 tsp. of big, crunchy [...]

Speedy Spiced Edamame

Alright guys, I’m on Warp Speed (an 100% compliant meal/training program) again, so I’m doing my best to make stuff for YOU GUYS, my readers, and not be tempted to eat it, but this one is almost too good to not try! First up, you take 3/4 tsp Cayenne, 6 “shakes” of red pepper flakes, 2 tsp. of big, crunchy sea-salts, and 1/2 tsp. of Oregano. I put this in a bowl, and...

Mar 6th 10

A chocolate cherry coconut bar great for snacks!

Chocolate Cherry leanara Bars

In my former non-supportive eating world, there was, again, a bar that I was in love with. It had cherries, coconut, grains and nuts, a fudgy, chocolatey covering, and it was oh so good! Today, I attempted, and succeeded at, recreating a similar bar. I took 1 cup of almonds, 3/4 of a cup of dried, unsweetened cherries, juice of 1/2 an orange 1/3 c of chocolate protein powder (Prograde), 1/4 cup of...

Feb 25th 10

Comparable to the bars you buy in the stores that boast no sugar, gluten, wheat or soy, these lean-ara bars are scrumptious!

Lean…ara bars

Alright so there’s this brand of bars I LOVE, and they boast no sugar, no gluten, no dairy, vegan, etc. etc. My favorite one of these bars is the Lemon Pie kind. So, given that I eat them constantly, I wondered if I could recreate it in my leanKitchen. Now, the beauty of the ingredients list on the back of the package is, you get to see WHAT’S in it, but the downfall is, you don’t...