Cleansing

Starting now, for 2 weeks, I'm starting a new diet cleanse. 

I start the morning with a hot cup of water with half a lemon squeezed into it. After that I have the required breakfast smoothie....

 2 tbsp rice protein powder 

2 tbsp ground flaxseeds 

1/2 cup frozen berries 

1/2 banana

1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

Green tea: Preferably organic
Protein: One 6-oz serving of meat (chicken, turkey or fish) per day 
Carbs: 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice a day (otherwise no carbs/starches)
Fats: Good fats in moderation (e.g. olive oil and avocado)
Dairy: 1 cup of 2% plain Greek yogurt per day (otherwise no dairy)
Vegetables: Unlimited low-glycemic vegetables and Detox Broth
Snacks: Hummus, pickles, a couple handfuls of nuts

What not to do!

• No wheat (except 1/2 cup brown rice)
• No artificial sweeteners (this includes all diet soda)
• No white sugar
• No alcohol
• No caffeine (only green tea)
• No dairy (except Greek yogurt)
• No additional exercise
• No meals between 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Other things to do...

• Take probiotic in the morning.
• Take a multivitamin (preferably 1/2 in the morning and 1/2 at night). 
• Take a detox bath every night (soak with 2 cups Epsom salt & 1 cup baking soda).

http://www.doctoroz.com/slideshow/dr-ozs-2-week-rapid-weight-loss-plan-instructions?gallery=true&page=6

I got all my info from Dr.Oz. The idea of the cleanse was brought up by my mother. We thought since we were both trying to eat clean and become healthy this could jumpstart the process and help us out. 

Italian night

Stuffed Shells

I began by boiling the big shells first and while they were cooking I made the cheese mixture.

 Heres the mixture at first, it's egg and ricotta cheese. It was thick but really smooth.

 Then I added lots of Parmesan and mozzarella. Then I added oregano, basil, and salt and pepper for taste!

Then I stuffed the shells with a spoonful of cheese.

Once they were all stuffed I filled a pan with spaghetti sauce till it was about an inch thick. Then laid the stuffed shells and baked them at 400 degrees for roughly 30 minutes.

And this is the outcome! They were pretty good and we ate them with a side salad. 

Sunday Dinner

Sunday Dinner with my dad has become a tradition. Typically we grill out every Sunday now. Whether its Salmon, Tuna, Steak, Ribs, Chicken, Wings, anything!

This is baked mashed potatoes, but it's mixed with light cheese and cauliflower. Sounds kinda weird or gross, but it was pretty good! While my dad boiled the potatoes we put a tray over the pot and the cauliflower rested on top making them soft and mushy which made them easy to mash with the potatoes. 

Truffles!

Oreo Truffles

I made these truffles with my boyfriend, Zac. At first, I was making the birthday cake truffles, but he likes peanut butter so we decided on the peanut butter truffles! They came out a little rich, but the birthday cake ones were perfect.

 First we started  by putting the Oreos in the blender to make them turn into a crumble or powder.

Like thiss!!

One the left is the birthday cake while the right is the peanut butter. For each mix add 8oz of cream cheese (softened). Adding the cream cheese makes it very thick and easy to create little balls like in the picture below.

Heres making the balls and on the back burners is chocolate being melted to smother the truffles

This last picture is of Zac covering the truffles with chocolate. Once they're covered they can look pretty by putting sprinkles on them.

Sadly, I didn't take a picture of the final results because they didn't look very pretty. The mixture kinda looks like poop and I burned the chocolate so we had to use bakers chocolate and I didn't realize it was unsweetened so the peanut butter ones came out pretty rich. but Zac still liked them! So it all worked out in the end.