Name...? fast and easy

1/4 C. brown rice

1/4 C. Beans (black or kidney or mixed...)

1/2 avacado

Tofu (if you like! optional) or chicken

add some hummus to the side

oatmeal

Oatmeal with 1/3 C. almond milk. Banana and walnuts on top. Sprinkle on some cinnamon too. So simple and easy. healthy food can be fast! Sometimes I add 1 tbspoon of almond butter and stir it in.

Tomato avacado salad

I don't know why I don't eat this kind of stuff more often. Easy. Tomatoes, avacado and a little bit of sea salt.

POWER-PACKED GRANOLA CEREAL

POWER-PACKED Granola cereal

• 1/3 c rolled oats (regular oats would work too)
• 1 t sunflower seeds
• 1 t shelled pumpkin seeds
• Dried fruit of your choice
• 1 T chopped raw walnuts

Combine all ingredients and top with milk. I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk and it was so good!

14 layer cake

KATIE! Can we try this with a pamelas or betty crocker mix, please?! YUMMY!

http://www.bakerella.com/fourteen-for-the-fourteenth/

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

I haven't tried this yet, but I saw it on yahoo recipes and i'm really excited to try them!

Banana Salsa
Make a quick salsa with 2 diced peeled bananas, 2 tablespoons minced red onion, 1 tablespoon mincedcilantro, 1 teaspoon minced serrano or jalepeno pepper, juice of 1 lime, and brown sugar and salt to taste. Use it to top fish or tacos... ect...

Broiled Bananas

Slice 1 peeled banana in half lengthwise. Put banana pieces, cut sides up, on a rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle the banana pieces with 1 teaspoon brown sugar, and broil on high until the sugar bubbles and the bananas brown (about 2–3 minutes). After broiling, sprinkle with cinnamon—or drizzle with 1 teaspoon rumfor an extra-special treat.

apple oatmeal

Back to pureeing... I pureed some apples and then froze it in a ice cube tray. Then made oatmeal and added the apple ice cubes to melt in the hot oatmeal... Then sprinkled some nutmeg and cinnamon onto it. YUM! It was like adding the apple butter to it. So good. I didn't even have to add sugar or anything.

Oatmeal: Cook one cup of oats with two cups of water. Bring to boil, then simmer for a few minutes. To help cool off the oatmeal to give to a hungry child, add three or four cubes of apple puree. This will cool the oatmeal and add a nice sweet taste without adding sugar.