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Feb 09 2014
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……INFINITE LIFE FITNESS RECIPE:Protein Cookies…

Being someone who has to watch what they eat can be difficult when you are tempted with delicious sugary treats every day.

There are so many HEALTHY alternatives out there  but the hardest part is finding them!

Well…i was lucky enough to stumble upon a great healthy treat that can be a healthy treat.

Introducing Quest Chocolate Chip Cookie’s

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Here is what you will need:

Here is how you make it:

  • Turn your oven onto 250 degrees

  • Open your quest protein bar and cut it into however many pieces you would like (i cut mine into 8 small pieces).

  • Place a piece of foil on the cookie sheet (this step is optional)

  • Place the cut pieces of protein bar on the cookie sheet

  • Place cookie sheet WITH protein bar in the oven

  • MAKE SURE TO WATCH THE protein pieces because they will cook very fast.

  • Allow them to cook in the over for 10-20 minutes (depending on how long it takes them to rise and cook)

  • Once they are brown take them out of the oven

  • Allow them to sit for about 10 minutes to cool off

  • Last step….ENJOY! :-)

 

These protein bars taste JUST LIKE warm chocolate chip cookies once they are fresh out of the over.  Don’t get me wrong…these protein bars taste just as good without baking them BUT they are even better once you toast them.

These are for sure of my healthy guilty pleasures.  When something taste this good it is so hard to believe that it is actually healthy for you.  You can also do this with other Quest bars (such as the chocolate brownie and peanut butter supreme bars).  Try this out with any other their bars and find which one is your favorite!






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Sep 29 2013
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…Infinite Life Fitness Recipe: Protein Pancakes…

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One of my staple food items are my protein pancakes!  They are great to eat at breakfast time, but I will also make a batch of them and have them to eat when I am traveling or to have as a snack.  The great thing about these pancakes it that they are low carb, high in protein, and they TASTE AMAZING!  You can also play around with them and make your own flavors.  You can get creative and play around with the recipe to make them just how you like them!

Here is how I make my protein pancakes:

  • 1 large egg
  • 22 grams of your favorite protein powder
  • 5 grams of coconut flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (if you use chocolate protein powder try using chocolate extract)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • water (add until you want it as thin/thick as you would like)
  • Optional:  You can use almond milk instead of water
  • Optional:  Fresh fruit like berries or mashed bananas
  • Optional: PB2 peanut butter powder OR chocolate PB2

You mix all of the above ingredients into a bowl or cup.  You then pour the batter into a skillet, waffle iron, or any other kind of pan that you would like.  You can make the mixture think or thick depending on how you like it.  You can make the batter thinner to make more pancakes.  Cook them like you would cook “regular” pancakes.

I use Walden’s Farm fat-free (sugar-free, calorie free, and carb free) syrup on my pancakes.  IT TASTE AMAZING!  It tastes just like regular syrup to me but without all of the calories and added macros.

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You can play around with what kind of protein powder you like to use.  I have tried several different brands but a brand such as Body Fortress or Cellucor will work fine.  The fun part is finding a brand that offers a variety of flavors and just trying them out.  Different protein powders have different consistencies so you may have to add more or less to get the right mixture for your pancakes.

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When I do my weekly meal prep, I will make several batches of these and freeze them.  This will allow me to make a bunch of them and save them to heat up and eat later.  This also helps them to stay good for longer than a week.  I do this because breakfast is usually one of my busiest times of the day.  At night i will take out a few pancakes from the freezer and put them in fridge.  Usually in the morning they are not frozen any more and I can heat them up with my syrup.

Please feel free to try these out and let me know if you have any questions OR if you have an alternate way to make these!

ENJOY!






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Jan 13 2013
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…Meatball Monday: Quick Dinner Idea!…

Time is a great issue with everyone!
Time is what allows us to decide if we will be able to work out today…of if you are able to cook the right kind of food.

The key is to MAKE time to fit in your workouts…

MAKE time to create quick and healthy meal options for you (and possibly your family!)

Today I would like to share another quick meal option with you…

Ground Turkey/beef/chicken/Meat Balls

Time: 15-20 Minutes

Oven Temperature: 400 Degrees

What you will need:

  • The meat of your choice (Ground turkey, beef, or chicken.  All should be available at your local grocery store.  The key is to get the LEAN package of meat.  The HIGHER the number is the leaner the meat it.

Example: 94/6 Beef = 94% lean beef 4% fat.  This is the best lean option for beef.  Your store may not have this lean of meat, so try to find the HIGHEST number you can.

Turkey:  99% lean is the best (and the same goes for chicken as well)

Yes it may be a little more expensive BUT these are the healthiest options.  You can even consider the less lean meats but try not to get the most fatty meat)

  • Chopped up veggies (like onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, etc.  You want to make sure that they are chopped into small cubes and that the pieces will fit nicely in the muffin pan holes.

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Instructions: 

***These instructions are made to follow if you use ONE pound of meat.  If you use two I would just double the recipe****

Set your oven to 400 Degrees

First get your package(s) of meat and put them in a big mixing bowl 

Add whatever seasonings you would like to the meat 

Add your chopped up veggies(I usually put onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms on my meatballs.  I will put 1/2 cup of each veggie in a bowl with 1 pound of meat)

Add 1/2 egg whites OR 2 full eggs(I found that this helps to keep the meat ball together so it does not fall apart)

Add 1/2 cup Quaker plain oats(you can also use bread crumbs or any other kind of bread product.  I use this because it adds to the meatball allowing it to stick together as well as adding to the taste of the meatballs) **You can also skip this step. You do not have to add a bread product if you like***

Make Sure to mix all of the contents in the bowl very well to allow for the best distribution of the veggies, spices, and anything else that you put in the bowl

Spray muffin tin with non-stick spray

use 1/4 or 1/3 measuring cup (depending on how much meat/veggie mix will fit in each muffin tin hole)

Measure your meat into the 1/4 cup or 1/3 measuring cups and fill each muffin tin hole

Once all holes are filled

Place muffin tin in the oven

It will take 15-20 minutes for them to cook.

Just watch them and allow them to somewhat harden and turn brown on the outside.

You can break open one meatball to ensure it is all the way cooked before you completely take them out of the oven.

Allow to cool…serve…and ENJOY!

 

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These are great because you can make a batch and keep them in the fridge and grab them when you are in a hurry! You can eat these with pasta, veggie mix, or with anything else you like!

These also allow you to eat the right portion size!
I usually will have two meatballs, a side of veggies, and something else small (like pasta or rice) with this meatball meal.

Hope that you try these out sometime!






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Oct 11 2012
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…Infinite Life Fitness Recipe: Flourless Protein Muffins!…

Well if you guys do not know, I consume quite a bit of protein.

It is always nice and refreshing to find new and exciting ways to make meals that have MORE protein but also have LOW calories and LOW carbs.

While surfing the net I have found quite a few recipes that I have tried…but i changed them slightly to fit my nutritional needs (low calories…low fat…low carbs….high in protein!)

If you do not follow me on Instagram than you probably should!!  I post new meals and meal examples almost everyday!

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Infinite Life Fitness Chocolate Flourless Protein Muffins:

Ingredients: 

  • 45 grams of (4.5 tablespoons) Chocolate Peanut Butter OR Chocolate flavored Protein Powder (ORDER THE PROTEIN I USED BY CLICKING HERE)
  • 45 grams of (4.5 tablespoons) unsweetened dark chocolate coco powder (or you can use regular chocolate
  • 120 grams of (8 tablespoons) egg whites (I used the inexpensive Wal-Mart brand liquid egg whites)
  • 1/2 tablespoon (or 1.5 teaspoons) baking powder
  • 60 grams of (about 5 tablespoons) Walden Farms Peanut Butter Spread (it can be bought at Wal-Mart or even on Amazon)
  • 100 grams of  (about 7 tablespoons)Fat-Free Cream Cheese
  • 40 grams (4 tablespoons) Truvia sweetener (you can use any sweetener you like, this just happens to be my favorite)

Directions:

    • Heat your oven to 350 degrees.
    • Weigh out all ingredients and put into a bowl
    • mix all ingredients in the bowl (you can use a hand mixer but i just used a wooden spoon.  Also, let the cream cheese set out about 20 minutes before you start so it is soft enough to mix in with the other ingredients)
    • Mix batter until it is nice and smooth! (I mixed it for about 10 minutes just to make sure to get the clumps out and to make it nice and smooth)
    • Pull out a muffin pan (or baking tray or glass cook ware)
    • oil pan with olive oil
  • use 1/4 cup measuring cup and dip out mix and put into ONE muffin time (each muffin hole should get 1/4 cup of the mixed batter! This should make SEVEN muffins. The last (7th) muffin i did have to scrape the bowl to fill the last of the 1/4 cup to make the last muffin)
  • IF YOU USE COOKIE TRAY/GLASS COOKWARE: oil the cookware with olive oil to help prevent sticking.  Pour all of the batter into the tray or glassware (allowing it to settle like brownie batter) and put it in the over.  You will have to cut out your own square.  YOU WILL HAVE TO RECALCULATE total calories/fat/protein/carbs if you do it this way.  I split my mixture evenly between 7 muffins so what is listed below is not correct (if you make yours with the cookie tray/glass cookware)
  • bake for about 17-20 minutes (Just watch the muffins after 15 minutes! I could have taken mine out about a minute early…but i left it in for right at 20 minutes and they still came out very moist like muffins)
  • Take out of the oven and let stand/cool down for about 10 minutes

Nutritional Facts PER muffin:

  • Calories: 55.6
  • Carbs: 9.1 grams
  • Protein: 9.0 grams
  • Sugars: 1.4 grams
  • Total Fat: 0.6 grams
  • Sodium: 299 grams

Nutritional Fact FOR THE WHOLE BATTER:

  • Calories: 390
  • Carbs: 64 grams
  • Fat: 4 grams
  • Protein: 63 grams
  • Sugar: 10 grams
  • Sodium: 2094 grams
  • Take the numbers above and divide them by how even many muffins… brownie squares…or how ever many pieces you decide to divide the batter up by.

As you can see the muffins came out looking like REAL muffins…no flour…half of all the other crap most muffins (or brownies) are made out of!

The small white speckle on the right is cream cheese (just did not mix the batter good enough)

***NOTE***

the recipe that I copied this from had way more ingredients than what I used.  So you can double the above recipe if you would like.

IF YOU LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE YOU WILL LOVE THIS MUFFIN!! I am a HUGE fan of dark chocolate so this was amazing for me.  If you do not try using regular coco powder and also try using half of the amount listed above!  The dark chocolate coco taste was so strong with this batch that I was unable to taste ANY peanut butter taste (that was in the protein powder AND Waldens peanut butter spread) so next time I will use half of the amount I used for this batch to get more peanut butter taste.

But the muffins are fluffy…they smell great…they taste great…they were VERY simple to make…not a lot of ingredients and the ingredients I did buy I plan on using them again so  I will for sure get my moneys worth!

If you try these please let me know! I am always curious to see how other people make them!

You can add nuts or berries to these if you like to add more flavor.  You can play around with it and have fun!

ALSO Feel free to check out my other protein recipes such as:

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Fudge Cake (CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE) 

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Peanut Butter Protein Fudge (CLICK HERE FOR RECIPE) 

I hope that you enjoy these!






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