Friday Recipe Find - Sweet Potato Falafel

Happy Friday!!!!!! 

This week has felt quite busy!  I'm trying to make positive things happen in my life which sometimes takes a lot of leg work, I'm really hoping it's worth it!

I've got a basic idea for my goal board that I talked briefly about here and hopefully will have it assembled this weekend, I can't wait to share it with you.

In my world busy tends to mean: tired and achy, on the verge of a cold, and close to tears at all times.  Luckily I have an excellent team (whom I pay with love) to keep me from going over the edge.  My family and my friends are so great to talk to and text with and always have excellent advice, my hippy remedies such as the warming socks treatment tend to keep any sickness at bay if I catch it early enough, and my wonderful husband offers unconditional support and keeps the house running when I feel like it's too much and I can't keep up.

Cody made sure to take me for a walk a couple of times this week and literally a full blown headache was eliminated so simply!  He also followed along with the meal plan I had on the fridge and I was lucky enough to come home to a couple of prepared dinners!  I found a recipe for Sweet Potato Falafel on 101cookbooks.com and thought it sounded like a must try, and let me tell you IT IS.  Really super delicious, and tastes even better when a loved one makes it for you :). 

We topped them with some garlicky hummus and dug in!  Hope you enjoy!!!
 

Chicken, Sweet Potato Falafel, and Hummus!

XO - Michelle

Friday Recipe Find - Sweet & Spicy Sweet Potato Chips

HAPPY FRIDAY!!  I'm so excited that the weekend is almost here and am trying to figure out what kind of healthy treat to get or make myself for this evening to celebrate!!!  I saw a post about Luna & Larry's Organic Coconut Bliss on Artificial Offenders and feel like I need to find out if these are sold anywhere around Cranbrook or Kimberley...

I am a huge sweet potato fan.  Yum yum yum.  My first try at sweet potato chips came from He and She Eat Clean.  I've since used many a recipe from this site, all with excellent results.

Sweet potato chips needed to be a spot light on Friday Recipe Find, so please click here for this delicious recipe.  After I got comfortable with the idea of sweet potato chips, I started playing around with spices and now mix and match different flavours depending on my craving that day.  They are an almost daily staple in my meal plans!!

Hope you enjoy!!!

Back In Action & Friday Recipe Find - Trail Mix Energy Bars

Well...  I think it's been almost a month since I posted anything!!

I had a really amazing August!  Our wedding was everything I hoped it would be!!!  Most important, we loved every minute of it and got to let all the stress go and have fun.  Second most important, we got rave reviews from all of our friends and family.  It was truly a great day!!!  Rather than explain the ins and outs of the day I will just share a few pictures.  We're still waiting to see most of them but our photographer Meagan from Unbridled Images shared a few teasers.

rustic decor for the win!!

our fave pic so far

ski hill weddings are awesome!!

Following the wedding the sheer impact of being busy set in.  We were beat and did a lot of sleeping, relaxing, and nothing.  A month of eating a lot of restaurant food has come back to haunt me...  I feel puffy, tired, and uninspired.  Heehee, rhyme.

All of that will be changing very soon because the wonderful James Wilson has just posted a new 12 week challenge for his Body Earned program.  I am excited to follow through this time!!!  I'm going to make this program work with my lifestyle, and will have more on that next week.

Good to be back in the blogosphere ;)

A Friday Recipe Find...  I really want to get back to sharing recipes that I've found and loved, and also introduce you to some of my fave blogs!

Trail Mix Energy Bars from Healthful Pursuit are our spotlight for today.  I was incorporating these bars into my meal plan every second week before my hiatus from health because I love them oh so much!  I already have them planned for next week, and I'm betting you'll want to too!

XO - Michelle

Friday Recipe Find - Chocolate Maple Crunch Banana Muffins

Cody will be home tonight and it will be non-stop until the wedding!  I can't wait to see him :) <3

Since I know we have a crazy busy upcoming week, I wanted to pre-bake some snackies.  Oh recipes, how I adore you :)  These muffins hit the spot and will be one of our go-to's while we run errands and work on last minute projects.

I shared the link for this muffin recipe previously, but feel that it needs to be spotlighted for Friday Recipe Find because it is such a winner!!!

Though I had a bit of a hiatus from my usual kitchen love, I've been easing back in to some baking and cooking and am having so much fun!

This recipe uses a food processor, and since I got an amazing beautiful food pro at my bridal shower (the same one that Leanne Vogel from Healthful Pursuit has!!!) it was a winner.  Upon trying these muffins, even more of a winner.

Delicious, tasty, and treat-like, you would not guess that this is a paleo recipe.

Be sure to click the link below and check it out!

PALEOMG Chocolate Maple Crunch Banana Muffins

Friday Recipe Find & Off to Banff I Go!!!!

Any packing list that includes hiking boots, sports bras, and sleeping bags is bound to be a winner.  Include a wolf pack of your bestest ladies and you've got a grand weekend in the works.  Well folks, that's exactly what I've got going on!

I woke up this morning in the best mood ever!  A Friday off from work, gorgeous weather, bag packed, texts from friends... aaah yes, hello stagette weekend.

I'm about to hit the road, but let me share with you this weeks edition of Friday Recipe Find.  I'm just going to leave you the link, so please go and check this out!  Juli from Paleomg is really funny and real.  I enjoy her blog oh so much and these breakfast meatballs are delish!  I used turkey sausage and bacon in mine, yum!!!  And another time I subbed in ground chicken for the sausage.  Do what meets your eating style!

Breakfast Bacon and Maple Meatballs from PaleOMG

Trip recap on Monday!!!

XO - Michelle

Friday Recipe Find - Lemon Dill Hummus

I have been on a real hummus kick lately!  It's so tasty and I love to use it in place of mayo or as a dip.  With the warm weather I was trying to think of a refreshing spin on regular hummus and instantly lemon dill came to mind.  I hopped on over to Google to see what I could find...  and find I did!  This recipe hails from Oh She Glows, and I can't believe I haven't come across this blog before!!!  I have been scouring the recipe section and will definitely be referencing it often!

I brought some of this hummus to a friend's house and everyone who has tried it has loved it!

Find the recipe on the Oh She Glows site here.


XO - Michelle

Friday Recipe Find - Clean Eating Chicken Fingers

Friday Recipe Find for this week comes from Little B's Healthy Habits.  Brittany's blog was one of the first that I started following when I decided to change my lifestyle, and this Clean Eating Chicken Fingers recipe was one of the first clean recipes I made, and is still one of my very favorites!  Here is the link to her recipe.


XO - Michelle

Friday Recipe Find - Maple Cinnamon Almonds

I LOVE RECIPES!  It is quite possible that I'm addicted to reading blogs and trying out recipes that other people have posted about.  I am not a good recipe developer, but I am a good recipe follower!  I have found that my skill lies in rooting around on the internet and in various cookbooks for the perfect recipe.  I decided that maybe I should share some of my finds... So here is the first official Friday Recipe Find!!!

This recipe hails from my best pal Danielle's blog, Eating Running Living.  She has been blogging for a really long time and just recently told me about it!!!  I've been enjoying reading what she has to say, and hearing her perspective on things.  It's also pretty cool to see my name or picture pop up from time to time :) - almost famous hehe.

I saw this recipe on her blog last week and decided I had to try it, so glad I did!!!  I've been munching on these almonds all week, using them as my morning snack... and throughout the day/evening to stave off any sweets cravings.

Maple Cinnamon Almonds

1 tin Almonds

1/4 c Shredded Coconut
2 tbsp Maple Syrup
1/2 tbsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Sea Salt

Mix all together in a bowl * and spread out on a parchment covered baking sheet.

*Note, I kept adding almonds until they were all lightly coated.  Use less almonds if you like them heavily coated, and more if you like them lightly coated like I do!

Bake for 30 mins at 250 degrees.  

YUM

XO - Michelle