Ingredients:
*1 cup quick oats oats (gluten free}
*1 cup dark chocolate creamy almond butter
*2 TBSP honey
*2 scoops Salted Caramel Life Shake
Instructions:
Mix in any order & form into bite size balls & chill!
I think these would be great dipped in dark chocolate with sea salt sprinkled on top. I’m going to try that during the holidays!!
Guilt free treats!
Cottage Cheese Banana Oatmeal Protein Pancakes
If you are on Instagram at all, you’ve seen it’s trendy to cook with cottage cheese now and a super easy way to add extra protein to your food and it usually goes undetected! Try for yourself and report back!
Yields 3-4 pancakes - let me know if you make this!
Ingredients:
½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats, gluten free if desired
½ medium banana
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
1 egg
¼ cup low fat cottage cheese
Optional add-ins/toppings: Fresh berries, chocolate chips, peanut butter
Instructions:
Place all ingredients in a blender/immersion blender and blend until completely smooth, about 30 seconds.
Lightly coat a large nonstick skillet with grass fed butter and heat over medium low heat. Drop batter by 1/4 cup onto skillet. Cook until bubbles appear on top. Flip cakes and cook until golden brown on underside.
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A few days ago I posted Tyler's brekky in my stories because I get tons of questions about what I feed my kids for breakfast. Matthew is 9 yrs old and my carb kid...he could live on bread, pasta, cereal, oats (this is a new addition) and tortillas forever and life would be good (do we fault him???), so it's a struggle to sneak protein in. I will always opt for high protein options for this reason.
He picked out these “Egg’Wich” bun-less sandwiches at Costco and when I saw they had 17 grams protein, I BOUGHT TWO! However, when it came time to eating them, he realized it’s not a McDonald's Egg McMuffin (with bread on both sides) and can't be bothered to eat it. But, those that know me know we don’t waste food and I don’t make different meals for each family member, my motto is “Eat it or Starve”. Might sound harsh, but my pediatrician taught me this early on in motherhood and Bless Her. I’m so thankful she did.
Tyler (my 13 yr old) loves these and will happily eat the entire box if I let him. I would choose these for my pwn breakfast except "spices" as an ingredient is too vague and could have garlic and onion, which I’m allergic to.
Here's what I look at... NOT THE PICTURE (although that sold Matthew ). Flip it around and see that the first ingredient is EGG and second is Sausage. YAY for both of those being "whole ingredients" and not Sugar or Starches.
Then, the macros. If you're following portion fix containers (if you aren't message me and I can get you started, it makes things super simple and it's how I coach ALL my nutrition clients - macro eating) these are 1R, 1B. 17g protein, 3g carbs, 12g fat, only 1g sugar (and it's not "added sugar" - WIN) and 190 calories. Still low enough calorie to put this on top of Dave's Killer "thins" which gives you another 80 cal, 4g protein, 3g fiber, 3g sugar and only 2g fat. This is a solid breakfast choice and can be ready in 3 min flat from freezer to plate! No one is too busy for that and you're only adding 1Y to the combination!
Life Shake is always a great option and both my boys drink it, but make sure you add additional food to it so you get more calories. Generally you want to eat at least two, or more, containers together for a meal. So adding ½ a banana (I add a full for my 13 yr old and my husband), frozen zucchini, frozen cauliflower, PB2, etc will make it more calorie dense to hold you over. With 20 grams protein, you don’t need to focus on more of that.
Make sure your brekky is enough calories to sustain you until lunch with at least 300 calories.
