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Breakfast Tacos!

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It's no secret that breakfast is a favorite meal of mine. When I have time to sit down and create a substantial meal full of flavor, I'm a happy camper.

These breakfast tacos are easy, fast, and so tasty! Make a couple extras, wrap in foil and save for the next day. Then all you have to do is pull it out of the refrigerator and reheat in the oven.

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Breakfast Tacos
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4
Servings
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Breakfast Tacos
Servings
4
Servings
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Instructions
  1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs.
  2. If you have a gas stove, lightly cook/char each tortilla by placing it directly on the stove grates. Use metal tongs to turn the tortilla to char both side. Repeat for all 4 tortillas. If you do not have a gas stove, place each tortilla one at a time in a pan over medium high heat. Flip the tortilla often so it doesn’t burn. Remove when tortilla begins to show light brown spots. Reserve tortillas.
  3. Coat a medium skillet with olive oil and heat over medium heat. Cook the onion for 1 to 2 minutes or until translucent. Add the jalapeno and spinach and cook for 1 minute or until spinach is wilted. Pour the eggs over the vegetables. Add salt and pepper to mixture. Cook eggs for 3 to 4 minutes or until desired doneness. Remove from heat.
  4. Top the four tortillas with the reserved egg mixture. Add corn, queso fresco and dash with hot sauce (optional).
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Dairy-Free Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

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Looking for a sweet and satisfying dairy free dessert? Look no further, this Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream will knock your socks off!

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Dairy-Free Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
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6
Servings
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Dairy-Free Strawberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
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6
Servings
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Instructions
  1. In a high powered blender mix together coconut milk, banana, half the strawberries, sugar, vanilla, salt and ice. Start on low speed but quickly get to high speed. Mix on high speed for 1 to 2 minutes. Pour mixture into a glass or stainless bowl, fold in remaining strawberries and chocolate chips. Freeze for several hours or until set.
  2. Set out for 15-20 minutes to soften before serving.
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White Chicken Stew with Homemade Tortilla Chips

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Cold or warm weather, I love my soup, stew and chili recipes! And I'm always busy creating new ones with the season’s best produce. For stews, I love going to the farmer’s market for fresh, local vegetables to combine in one healthy dish.

This White Chicken Stew is a favorite. It is hearty, yet healthy, and full of lean protein. The vegetables along with the beans and chicken create an amazing balance of taste and texture. The meal will leave you and the family feeling warm, happy and satisfied. It’s also easy to make extra servings for delicious (and easy) leftovers.

Get the recipe below. And if you're looking to jump-start your healthy eating, join me for a quick and simple 5-Day Detox!

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White Chicken Stew with Homemade Tortilla Chips
Servings
4
Servings
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White Chicken Stew with Homemade Tortilla Chips
Servings
4
Servings
4
Ingredients
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Instructions
  1. In a Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onion, celery, and carrots. Sauté for approximately 5 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Add salt and pepper.
  2. Add the yellow pepper, jalapeño, Anaheim pepper, and green chilies and cook an additional 3-5 minutes. Add the broth, beans and kale. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 25 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender. Add chicken and simmer an additional 5 to 10 minutes or until chicken is warmed through.
  3. While the stew is simmering, preheat the oven to 400°F. Arrange the tortillas on a baking sheet. Bake for 2-4 minutes, or until crisp
  4. Ladle the stew into bowls and top with crumbled tortilla chips.
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Warming Navy Bean and Corn Soup

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When cooler temperatures hit, I find myself craving a bowl of hot soup for lunch or dinner. This healthy Navy Bean and Corn soup is one of my favorites. The addition of brown rice pasta not only makes the soup hearty and delicious, but also entirely wheat-free. Use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth, and it’s also 100% vegan. If you’re looking for a meal that will warm you up and satisfy your craving for something rich and savory—then I encourage you to give this healthy recipe a try!

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Navy Bean & Corn Soup
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4
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Navy Bean & Corn Soup
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Instructions
  1. In a large pot heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add onions, carrots and garlic and sauté over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until onions are translucent and carrots are tender.
  2. Add 4 cups broth, tomatoes and corn and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add navy beans and simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Use a soup ladle to remove two cups of soup and transfer to a blender. Blend on medium speed until smooth. Reserve blended soup.
  3. Add pasta to pot with remaining soup, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Add reserved blended soup to the pot and simmer for an additional 5-10 minutes or until pasta is al dente (take care not to over cook the pasta). Add salt and pepper. Divide into 4 bowl, garnish with chives and serve.
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Clean Eating Helped Me Lose 40 Pounds and Keep it off!

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I originally wrote this piece for MindBodyGreen.com and when it received such an enthusiastic response, I decided that I also wanted to share it with you here. Read my weight loss story below and how I achieved my goal through clean eating. And if you're ready, take The Healthy You Challenge with me! Starting January 1st, I will be hosting a New Year’s Healthy You Challenge and will personally guide you step-by-step through the program that changed my life and my weight! Read my story…

I was fat, exhausted and desperate to lose weight. Clean eating changed my life and my weight!

I know being overweight is unhealthy but when I was in my 20’s and 40 pounds overweight my health wasn’t my main concern. I was more concerned with fitting into the clothes in the closet than I was about the health consequences of being overweight. My minuscule clothes budget couldn’t keep up with my ever-expanding waistline. My closet became a war between my “fat” clothes and my “skinny” clothes and unfortunately my fat clothes were winning the battle.

I went from being an extremely fit teenager to being a somewhat fit college student to a 40-pound overweight working-woman in my 20’s.

I still remember turning down company get-togethers and blind dates because I was so uncomfortable with my weight. I was fat, tired and unhappy. I was desperate to lose weight and I tried just about every diet available.

As a true lover of food, none of the fad diets satisfied my craving for good food. On each weight loss attempt, I would lose a few pounds only to give up and gain all the weight back and then some.

It wasn’t until I realized that the media-hyped fad diets weren’t a viable solution for me that I started to work on a solution. After years of failed attempts to lose weight, I finally found a way to drop all 40 pounds and keep it off for good—I’ve been at or near my goal weight for nearly 20 years!

The solution wasn’t about depriving myself of good food or starving myself in order to see the number on the scale drop. The solution was simple—the solution was clean eating.

Eliminating excess sugar, processed foods and artificial sweeteners, chemicals and preservatives was just the start. When I finally found a way of eating that had me dropping the pounds quickly and allowed me to eat good food (like Fish Taco’s with Mango and Avocado Salsa, Chicken Skewers with Chile-Lime Sauce, Kale and Maple Roasted Sweet Potato Salad, Wild Rice and Spinach Soup, Three Bean Chili and even wheat-, gluten- and dairy-free triple chocolate brownies) I knew I found my weight loss silver bullet.

I know what it feels like to be overweight and unhappy but I also know what if feels like to finally fit into a smaller size pair of pants and smile when you step on the scale. I wish everyone who is struggling with their weight and feeling hopeless, like I felt, could know what it feels like to finally lose all the excess weight.

That’s why I wrote The Healthy You Diet: The 14-Day Plan for Weight Loss with 100 Delicious Recipes for Clean Eating. I know what it’s like to lie in bed and cry—thinking you’ll never lose weight. I know what it’s like to turn down invitations because you have no clothes that fit. But I also know how great it feels when the weight starts melting off.

Nearly twelve thousand people have already found success with my 14-Day Healthy You Challenge—the jump-start to clean eating.

If you’ve just about given up on ever reaching your goal weight, if your tired of depriving yourself of good food and if you’re tired of seeing the number on the scale creep up rather than down, clean eating may be just what you need to jump start your weight loss and once and for all reach your goal weight.

Now that I’m in my 40’s, I believe the most important benefit of being a healthy weight and eating a clean diet is countering disease and keeping your body working well/healthy. But I can’t lie; I also love the feeling of fitting into my skinny jeans!

Whether you join me for The Healthy You Challenge or embark on another clean eating program, I hope you’ll give clean eating a try. You have nothing to lose but your excess weight!

To your health!

Dawna

Want To Lose Weight? Eat More Of This Food

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Everyone's looking for a magic weight-loss pill, but maybe we should be looking for the one food that can help us lose or manage our weight instead.

Want to lose weight? Here’s a quick tip – eat more leafy greens. Not only are they packed with vitamins A, C, E and K but they’re also loaded with fiber to control your hunger and keep you feeling full longer. Use leafy greens as the base for your salads or toss in soups, stews, stir-fry or omelets. Check out four leafy greens worht trying below.

P.S. If you want to jump start your healthy eating, join me for a quick and simple 5-Day Detox! It's the perfect way to clean up your eating, lose weight and improve your health.

4 Leafy Green Worth Trying!

Swiss Chard

Not only is Swiss chard beautiful (I used it on the cover of my new cookbook), but it is packed with vitamin A and C. Swiss Chard is often sautéed but I also find it great for juicing.

Kale

Kale has become today’s most talked about leafy green for good reason. It’s loaded with vitamin A, C, K and B6. It’s also rich in folate, potassium and calcium. Kale is extremely versatile and can be used in everything from soups and stews to salads and omelets.

Spinach

This leafy green isn’t just for Popeye! Raw or cooked, spinach is rich in vitamin A and C. Use it as a healthy pizza topping or add it to soups, pasta sauce or smoothies.

Collards

Collard greens are a great source of calcium and are rich in vitamin A, C and K. Looking for another great way to incorporate collard greens into your diet? Take your favorite lettuce wrap recipe, and try swapping out the lettuce leaves for nutrient-packed collard greens.

Other great leafy greens include, broccoli, red or green romaine, endive and cabbage.

If you haven’t already, check out my quick and simple 5-Day Detox! It's the perfect way to clean up your eating, lose weight and improve your health.

Dawna