Clean Honey Vinaigrette

My husband and I walked to Phish Phood tonight for their awesome summer salad. I love any salad that is greens with any fruit, any stinky cheese, and any nuts! It's my favorite combo. Unfortunately the salad dressing is loaded with sugar and has bacon in it...not good for the no sugar and clean eating plan. So I decided I had to make my own sugar free dressing. It's so easy, I am not sure I will ever buy dressing again!

Clean Honey Vinaigrette 
2 1/2 tablespoons of honey
3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon of Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb

Day 7 of No Sugar

So far so good! I really haven't had to many cravings which is nice. I don't feel like I have been as strict about it this week as I should. When I went on my anniversary trip I had sandwich that I am sure has sugar in the bread. Since then I have been doing a pretty good job though. I am very surprised that I am not craving it. I am still craving other foods though. Like PIZZA and a big ole cheeseburger. Other than that I am good to go. I will write in next week to see. After 2 weeks I might be singing a different tune ;)

Clean Eating Granola

I LOVE granola! I Especially love it on greek yogurt with some strawberries for breakfast! YUMMMY!!! My friend Lori gave me this Alton Brown Recipe and I decided to try to make it clean. You can't even tell. It was almost clean to begin with!

Clean Eating Granola

3 cups of hot multi-grain cereal
1 cup of chopped pecans
1 cup of cashews
2 tablespoons of toasted flax seed
2 tablespoon of cinnamon
3/4 cup of shredded coconut (I omit this)
3 tablespoons of raw coconut crystals
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of organic maple syrup
1/4 cup of coconut oil
3/4 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of raisins

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Microwave the coconut oil for about 10 seconds to melt it.

I a large bowl combine the cereal, nuts, coconut (if using), flax seed and coconut crystals.

In another bowl, combine maple syrup, coconut oil, cinnamon and salt. Combine both bowls and mix. Pour onto 2 sheet pans and spread out. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.

Let cool completely. Transfer to an airtight container. You can add the raisins at this time, but I add a little each time I use it so the moisture of the raisins doesn't affect the granola. ENJOY!!

Clean Avocado Chicken Salad

This was very good and I don't even like chicken salad! So quick and easy to make. I always have guac, canned chicken, and greek yogurt on hand so this is always available! 

Clean Avocado Chicken Salad

1 large can of all white chicken

1/4 cup of FF greek yogurt

dash of garlic salt

1 tsp of garlic and herb Mrs. Dash

1 100 calorie pack of Wholly Guacamole

Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix until well blended. I ate this with crackers, but you could serve it as a sandwich on clean bread.

Thanks CBS, for ruining my day!

Ok, so I know that diet soda is NOT clean, but I still drink it. Number one because I am addicted to it and number two because it has no calories. I have drastically decreased my intake in the last couple of months, but after this I think I need to get off it cold turkey...ok may 1 a week!!! ;)

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Wholly Guacamole

Well I have officially found my favorite clean snack....wholly guacamole 100 calorie packs. Why are these little packs of goodness so amazing...I'll tell you.

1. Portion Control. I could eat a bucket of guac. So the fact that these are portioned out in little packs is awesome!
2. You can freeze them. You can freeze these little suckers for up to 3 months. I LOVE that!
3. They are all natural and clean!
4. You don't have to keep avocados on stock. I don't know about you, but my avocados always end up going bad. I forget they are there and it's too late.
5. Last but not least, they taste GREAT!

Junkless June

AKA NO SUGAR JUNE!!! This month I am kicking off no sugar month. When I say no sugar, I mean no refined added sugar. I will still eat fruit, agave, and honey. Just nothing with added white sugar. Which means I will be reading a lot of labels since they tend to sneak sugar into about EVERYTHING!!! No fructose, dextrose, sorbitol, or any of the other 100 things they call it! Even though I will have agave and honey, I am going to try to limit those as well.

My reason for starting this...

I went to my therapist yesterday and told her I can't even drive by a fast food restaurant without wanting to stop in. I am totally addicted to food. She said it's the sugar I am addicted to. It's a drug. So, with that said she wanted me to go 28 days without it to kick the habit. This is going to be really hard for me and I am going to need lots of prayers.

The thing about having a food (sugar) addiction is that it's socially acceptable and you have to eat to live. With that said, I can't just take food out of my life, but I can take sugar. She said this doesn't mean I will need to be sober from sugar, but that 28 days will kick the cravings. It will kick the wanting to go out to eat and thinking about food all the time. She said the sugar is running my brain.

So we will shall see. Going out to eat for my 5th anniversary to La Vigne this weekend and I had already looked at the dessert menu....no can do now! That's ok, my husband is sweet enough!!! ;)