Healthy Living By Dani

03/05/2024

Check out Jamie’s story! 👇

“Down 98 pounds & living my best life. I am so thankful I chose health. I am so thankful I chose ME! I am so thankful for this program. ❤️❤️”

03/01/2024

Happy face to face Friday! 🥳 I’m so grateful to have found this program! Not only did it help me achieve my goal weight but it taught me how to make better nutrition choices and properly fuel my body! 💪

02/23/2024

Happy face to face Friday!!! 😃 It’s been 11 months since I began my health journey and I still feel fantastic!!! ❤️ Not only did this program make it easy to help me reach my goal weight but it taught me about proper nutrition to keep it off! 🌺 💫

02/17/2024

Healthy and easy weeknight dinner recipe!! 🍽️

Beef & Broccoli 🥦 on Cauliflower Rice

INGREDIENTS:

✤ 2 lb raw beef round steak, cut into strips.
✤ 2 TBSP + 4 tsp low sodium soy sauce
✤ 2 Splenda packet (optional)
✤ 1 cup of water
✤ 3 cup broccoli florets
✤ 2 tsp sesame or olive oil
✤ 4 cups cooked, grated cauliflower / frozen riced cauliflower

DIRECTIONS:

1. Toss steak with soy sauce and let sit for 15 minutes.

2. Heat oil over medium high heat and stir fry beef for about 5 minutes, or until browned. Remove from pan.

3. Add broccoli, water, and Splenda (optional) . Cover and cook for 10 minutes (or until broccoli is starting to turn tender), stirring occasionally.

4. Add beef back in and warm thoroughly.

5. Serve over cauliflower rice.

✤ Makes 4 servings

02/16/2024

You don’t have to spend long hours in the gym to get the weight loss results you want! 💪 Finding a sustainable balance of habits and nutrition is the answer. I love Laura’s transformation as a GYM OWNER! 💗

Gym owner, marathoner and busy mom, Laura lost 40 lbs on our nutrition based program. Our program made it easy for Laura to obtain her fitness goals by eating more often and working out less. (sounds crazy right???) The proof is in the pudding! 🌺 💫

02/13/2024

Crab Cakes 🦀 Delicious and healthy!!! 😁

INGREDIENTS:

✤ 14 oz crabmeat
✤ 3 eggs
✤ 1 TBSP parsley
✤ 2 tsp Dijon mustard
✤ 2 tsp lemon juice
✤ 1 ½ Tbsp almond flour
✤ ¾ tsp old bay
✤ 1 TBSP light mayonnaise
✤ ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
✤ 2 tsp olive oil for frying

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven broiler.

2. Mix together crabmeat, parsley, almond flour, and crab seasoning.

3. Beat together egg, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and lemon juice.

4. Form into patties and place on a lightly greaser broiler pan or baking sheet.

5. Broil for 10-15 minutes, until lightly brown.

✤ Makes 3 servings

02/10/2024

Lasagna Stuffed Chicken 🍽️

INGREDIENTS:

✤ 1 lb chicken breasts
✤ 1 cup part skim ricotta cheese
✤ ¼ cup egg beaters
✤ 1 tsp oregano
✤ 2 tsp basil
✤ ¼ tsp garlic powder
✤ ½ tsp salt
✤ ¼ tsp black pepper
✤ 2 TBSP reduced fat Parmesan cheese, grated
✤ 1 cup reduced fat shredded mozzarella, divided
✤ 1 cup marinara sauce

DIRECTIONS:

1. Butterfly chicken breasts and place into a lightly greased baking dish.

2. In a small mixing bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, egg beaters, ½ tsp oregano, 1 tsp basil, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and ½ cup mozzarella cheese.

3. Spoon about ¼ cup of sauce onto one half of each chicken breast. Spread ricotta mixture on top of the sauce and fold chicken breasts over to close.

4. Drizzle remaining marinara sauce over chicken. Top with ½ cup mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. Sprinkle with remaining ½ tsp oregano and 1 tsp basil.

5. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 25-30 minutes, until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165℉.

✤ Makes 4 servings

02/05/2024

Do you go to 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒔 for Coffee 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔? Watch out for hidden sugars and order the healthy way!
☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

ORDER hot or iced…
Step 1: Chose your Base

Brewed Coffee- Most Traditional flavor 5 cal for Venti

Cold Brew- Richer Flavor and smooth drink

Espresso shot based drinks: 5 cal per shot
(Blonde is best)

Americano- espresso shots and hot water 4 shots in venti

Iced Starbucks DoubleShot- 5 espresso shots in venti.

However if coffee is not your forte, the Teas follow similar builds to the coffee🌿

Step 1: Black Tea or Green Tea

Step 2: Creamer🥛

*Starbucks’ Almond Milk is 1/2 Healthy Fat or less!

Tall- 2oz 1/4 Healthy Fat
Grande- 3oz ~ 3/8 Healthy Fat
Venti- 4oz 1/2 Healthy Fat

Step 3: Flavors

Starbucks Currently has 5 sugar free options for their syrups.

Sugar Free Vanilla
Sugar Free Caramel
Sugar Free Cinnamon Dolce
Sugar Free Mocha
Sugar Free Hazelnut
Sugar Free Peppermint(seasonal)

How much should you use? (All are 0 cal)

PUMPS
Short- 2
Tall- 3
Grande- 4
Venti- 5
Venti- 6

All for 1/2 of a Healthy Fat or less.

02/04/2024

Healthy Asian Beef Vegetable Skewers 🍢🍽️

INGREDIENTS:

✤ 14 oz raw beef sirloin cut into 1 inch pieces ~ yields 10 oz when cooked

Marinade for Meat:

✤ ¼ cup lite soy sauce
✤ 1 tsp beef bouillon granule
✤ ¼ cup water
✤ ½ tsp garlic powder
✤ ½ tsp ground ginger
✤ ¼ tsp black pepper
✤ 2 tsp sesame seeds

Vegetables:

✤ 3 cups (15.78 oz) green, yellow, or red peppers, cut into 1 inch pieces

DIRECTIONS:

1. Combine ingredients for marinade in a small bowl.

2. Marinate meat overnight in a large Ziploc bag.

3. Add veggies to marinade an hour before cooking.

4. Discard marinade and assemble meat and veggies on skewers.

5. Put the skewers of meat and veggies on a grill and cook until desired doneness.

✤ Makes 2 serving

02/03/2024