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Delicious and Healthy Breakfast for the Family

Hannah Lucio

To start off, we are foodies at heart. I love to cook, bake, eat chips and sweets. But as we age it starts getting harder and harder to control our weight. Our bodies start to hold onto fat and weight easier, that means we need to be more aware of what we eat and how we workout. Both me and my husband are feeling it so I’m changing our food intake and we are working out better. Of course we are not strict but I’ve made a few changes. I firmly believe that diet should be a balance of 80% healthy 20% not so healthy. That way when you change the food you eat you don’t binge because you miss EVERYTHING. At least that is what I have been finding out for ourselves. So we have committed to changing our diets and it isn’t just a New Years resolution, it’s a life change. I am making more of an effort and really enjoying it so far. I absolutely love shopping at Costco, they have a far better selection and it really saves us money. Especially since we all eating the same kind of meals. I also should add that we are doing more low carb and higher protein meals. Here is a look at what our breakfast have been so far and we all haven’t gotten sick of it yet. It’s delicious!!

Husband gets:

2 whole eggs, 4 egg white

1 Tbsp Salsa (picture below)

1 Tbsp Almond Milk (picture below)

2 Sausage patties (picture below)

Cooked in 1 Tbsp Kerrygold butter

Me:

1 Whole Egg, 2 Egg whites

2 tsp Salsa (picture below)

1 tsp Almond Milk (picture below)

1 Sausage Patty

Cooked in 1 Tbsp Kerrygold butter

4 Year old boy:

1 Whole Egg

1 Sausage Patty

Cooked in 1/2 Tbsp Kerrygold butter

1 Year old:

1/2 Cup Cheddar Cheese

1/2 Cup Frozen Blueberries

This is what works for us and may not for someone else but it’s something you can look at and try it out. Me and my hubby drink straight black coffee also. If you aren’t a fan of black coffee, I hear ya. But with a little patience and practice you can learn to love it! It is also way healthier than adding creamers and other junk. There are so many different brands, flavors, boldness and other factors to try out. I prefer Pete’s coffee or any other organic dark coffee. I also buy whole bean and grind it myself. Why? Because I have noticed the already ground coffee is oily and doesn’t have as much flavor. Just something to consider.

I also have to add, my 1 year old is extremely picky (shocking right?) and teething. He loves the blueberries because they taste good but also they help numb his teeth. He lives off of Dino nuggets and I’m fine with that….for now. That is why he eats cheese and blueberries for breakfast, don’t judge hahaha

Oh! Also, I started buying block cheddar cheese because it has way less ingredients. It seriously tastes SO much better! If you need quick stuff just pre-shred your cheese and put it in a glass container in the fridge. I won’t be going back to bagged shredded cheese ever again. It’s completely different and super yummy!!

I added pictures of the brands below that we made for breakfast. Of course it doesn’t have to be exact but this is what we use and it’s delicious. Everything is from Costco, it saves us a lot! I am usually not a fan of sausage but this is a no junk sausage patty. And the most delicious sausage patty I’ve ever had, seriously.

And always remember to mix things up. The day after I posted this blog post I made this:

I made our eggs with about 1 cup of cooked broccoli from last nights dinner and added avocado. Super delicious!

If you feel good, you look good.

breastfeeding, Family, Food, post partum, Stay at Home Mom, Uncategorized, Women, workout

Yummy and Healthier Pancakes

Hannah Lucio

Our family absolutely loved this recipe. It’s easy, fast and we had all the ingredients already. Nothing out of the ordinary is needed for these pancakes. I even was able to try out the new avocado oil from Costco. I love the healthier oil options we have these days. (Picture below) I hope you get to make these and enjoy them as much as we all did. And not to mention….toddler approved 🙂


Ingredients: 

1 cup Unbleached all-purpose flour or whole wheat  flour (I used 1/2 cup unbleached flour and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour and only King Arthur brand flour)

1 Tbsp Raw sugar

2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1 cup Silk Almond Milk

2 Tbsp Avocado oil or Melted butter (I used butter the first time around)

1 Egg

1/4 tsp All Spice

Splash of Real Vanilla
Directions:

1. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, all spice and salt in a small bowl.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together Silk, oil/butter, vanilla and egg.

3. Add flour mixture to egg mixture and stir with a wooden spoon just to moisten—a few lumps are fine.

4. Cook pancakes on a cast iron pan with avocado oil over medium heat. I put just enough oil to cook the pancake, maybe 1/4 tsp.

5. Cook until you see little bubbles and flip, continue cooking until done. Maybe 1 minute longer once flipped.
I served these delicious pancakes with uncured turkey bacon from Costco (I highly recommend this turkey bacon brand-picture below) and scrambled eggs with almond milk whisked into the eggs.


Have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!!

Live healthy

Live simple

Family, Food, post partum, Stay at Home Mom, Uncategorized, Women, workout

Coffee Creamer and Awesome Fat Burning Workout

Hannah Lucio

I am a firm believer that black coffee is best. I typically (like 99% of the time) do not add anything to my coffee. But, the other day I was at the store and saw Almond Milk creamer. I love almond milk and very rarely get cow milk. So I decided to give it a try. Holy cow y’all! It taste so darn good. It is non-gmo, non-dairy, lower calorie deliciousness. I bought the Carmel flavor. If you need to add stuff to your coffee this would be a very good choice. This is the bottle and back of the bottle information. 

As for my amazing workout this morning…..I need to get my body firmer, if you know what I mean. So I decided to try pushing myself a bit. I try to run on the treadmill at the gym for 20 minutes and the least. With my body type I have found that cardio is what “slims” me down. I’ve tried doing a lot of weight lifting and my goodness. I do not like it. Lower the weight and up the reps is best for me. If I mix the two together my body starts to shape out nicely.  That is why I do a lot more cardio. On to what I did. I started out with 1 minute of walking at a 1 incline, then I ran 1 minute. After the run I slow it down to a walk, increase my incline by 1 and walk for a minute. After that minute of walking, I run 1 minute. And I repeat these steps (literally, ha!) until I get to a 10 incline. Once I complete my 10 incline I lower it back down to 1 incline and run for a minute. Then cool down for a few minute. I felt like I was going to throw up. It was that amazing! Ha! It is truly an amazing “fat burning” workout. 
Have a wonderful Tuesday!!! 
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Live fit

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Whole wheat bread with oats and almond milk recipe

Hannah Lucio

I know what some of you might be thinking…..gross! But hear me out. I am experimenting with different recipes to make our “normal” every day’s foods a little bit healthier. I came across a recipe and had to try it out. I altered it a bit and it came out amazing! I have to share my version of this recipe. 

Ingredients:

1 cup water

1 cup almond milk  (I used vanilla unsweetened 30 calorie Silk Almond Milk)

2 1/4 teaspoons (Fleischmann’s active dry yeast)

2 tablespoons honey (sue bee)

4 cups whole wheat flour (King Arthur whole wheat , whole grain flour)

1 cups all-purpose flour (Costco brand)

1 cup rolled oats (Quaker oats, regular)

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly (Costco brand)

1 teaspoon salt (mortons) 

Directions:

In a microwave safe bowl Combine water and almond milk and Microwave for 30 seconds until warm. Add yeast and honey. Let mixture sit until yeast is foamy. 

Pour into mixing bowl

Add flours, oats, butter and salt. Using a dough hook, knead on medium speed about 6 minutes until dough is smooth, elastic and only slightly sticky. Keep dough in bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let rise in a warm place about 1 hour until doubled. I check mine at about 30 minutes and it’s normally close to doubled. 

When dough is doubled, punch down and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Press into an 9×9 inch square, tuck sides in (about 1 inch each side) and roll up into a log. Press seems together to seal the dough. Transfer to a lightly greased (Pam or butter) 9×5-inch loaf pan, seam side down. Cover with the same clean towel and let rise about 30 minutes until dough reaches the edges of the pan.

Heat oven to 400 degrees F (375 degrees F if loaf pan is dark or nonstick). 

Bake 40-50 minutes. 

You can rotate the pan halfway through but not required. 

Bake until loaf is deep brown on top and bottom sizzles when you tap your wet finger on the bottom of pan. (FYI: That is how our family has always done it but be careful not to burn yourself. I have never burnt myself but if you haven’t done it before just remember to tap the bottom with a wet finger not hold your finger there.)

Let loaf sit for 5 minutes and then remove from loaf pan onto a cooling rack. I normally cut the bread and put butter on it soon after so I get to taste the freshest bread ever 🙂 

Enjoy! I hope you like it as much as our family does!

 

water, almond milk, honey and yeast foamy
  
i mix the flours, oats and salt together and add to yeast mixture
  
after 6 minutes of kneeding
  
after 30 minute rise