Limey Smoothie

This recipe comes from my in-laws. For those of you who don't know, my father in law is a nutritional health doctor and cures people of their ailments.. which include all of the very serious variety. He has around a 90% success rate of curing people who are terminally ill with cancer, diabetes and so on. To learn more you can go to their website at pHmiracleliving.com.

Anyway, I have a hard time eating as healthy and granola as Andrew does (he's on a much looser version of his parents health regimen.) But when his mother Shelley made this for me I absolutely LOVED it! I had a hard time believing what was in it when she told me. So any who, give it a try.. it's the PERFECT ultra ultimate healthy cool summertime snack.

Ingredients
- 1 whole english cucumber
- 1 HUGE handful of spinach
- 1/2 an avocado (large or small)
- 3 peeled limes
- 1 TSP green stevia (or sugar, but stevia's the natural healthy alternative :])
- Plenty of ice

Blend and enjoy! Tell me what you think. You love it or hate it, but all I know is that it's the tastiest healthy snack I've ever had, and it's so simple to make! (PS don't let the photo fool you, it tastes better than it looks, you can tell your kids it's a monster slime smoothie. :])

DECEPTIVELY DELICIOUS... & lovin' it!

Ok I think most of us try to do this any way with veggies our kids won't touch with a ten foot pole --- aka anything that is green! This book has so many good Ideas on how to include veggies into regular items your kids probably eat on a regular basis as well as some new items that I would not have ever thought of!

ones' we've tried this week in the Stokes Home that have passed the Child test!

ALOHA CHICKEN Kebabs
Prep - 10 mins
Total- 25 Mins
Serves 4

1 Cup whole wheat Bread Crumbs
1/4 Flax seed meal
1/2 sweet potato puree
1/4 Pineapple puree
1 tbsp reduced sodium Soy Sauce
1 egg white , Lightly Beaten
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 lb boneless chicken cut into fingers
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tbsp whole wheat flour
Non Stick Cooking Spray
1 tbsp Olive Oil


in a small bowl mix bread crumbs w/ flax seed meal

In a second bowl combine the sweet potato and pineapple,
soy sauce, Egg white & Coconut & mix w/ fork

Thread Chicken fingers length wise onto skewers - Sprinkle both side of chicken with salt - & then with flour - Dip the chicken into the egg white mixture & then roll it in the breadcrumbs until completely coated.

Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and set it over medium high heat. When the pan is hot add the oil.

Add the chicken in single layer and brown for 3-4 minutes each side until the chicken is cooked thru and is browned all over.

YUM YUM YUM!

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Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup oats

1 tsp Baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp cinnamon

3/4 cup brown sugar

6 tbsp Butter

1/2 Banana puree

1/2 cup zucchini puree

1 lg egg white

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 - 

coat 2 cookie sheets with cooking spray

in a bowl combine flour, oats, 

baking soda, salt & cinnamon & stir to mix

In a large bowl beat the sugar and softened butter 

with a wooden spoon until just combined - do not over mix. 

Add the Banana & Zucchini purees and the egg white and stir just to blend

Add the flour mixture, raisins and walnuts

Drop the dough by heaping tbsp onto the baking sheets, leaving about 1 inch between. Bake until golden brown 12 - 15 mins. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 4-5 mins - just until they are firm enough to handle - then transfer to rack to cool.

PS - my improvisation - we had no raisins - & Jeb just doesn't like them

Instead of raisins we added 1/2 cup of craisins - and mini chocolate chips 

Fresh from the Garden Lasagna

Here is our new favorite dinner made from our fresh produce grown in our garden...

Hunts spaghettisauce
1 package lasagna noodles
16 oz of Cottage cheese
3 heaping handfuls of mozzarella cheese
4 homegrown tomatoes
1 homegrown zucchini
3 homegrown peppers
1 homegrown onion

Drizzle a small amount of spaghetti sauce in bottom of 9x13 pan. Layer Noodles, cottage cheese (spread evenly over noodles), cheese, sliced tomatoes, slices zucchini, sliced peppers, sliced onion, sauce, then repeat layers two more times. Cover top layer with sauce and cheese. Cook for 1 hour on 350.

Yum Yum Good!

Brown Rice and Chicken

Now that my DH has lost 80 Lbs this has become a healthy and easy family favorite.

In a large baking dish:
Drizzle olive oil around bottom of dish
add 2 cups of short grain brown rice
4 cups of water
3 chicken bouillon cubes
20 baby carrots
top with 4 half chicken breasts
Sprinkle with your favorite seasonings.
Cover and Cook at 375 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.