Food
Thursday nights are my favorite time of the week. My roommate and I have started this tradition where every Thursday night one of us picks a recipe to make and the other one is the sou chef. Usually this also involves drinking a bottle of wine and watching a movie or TV show. (We just started watching House of Cards, the Netflix series with Kevin Spacey, it is so good!) This occurs on Thursdays since neither of us have class on Fridays. 4-day weekend for me every weekend! Life is hard, right?
Quinoa Crusted Chicken pre baking it
This past Thursday we made a quinoa crusted chicken for dinner. It was really easy and turned out pretty good! All you do is roll the chicken in flour, then egg, then the quinoa, and bake for about 20 minutes. We added some mozzarella and basil on top and had tomato sauce on the side. The taste of it was really light, kind of like how light tasting fish is. Overall a good dinner and much healthier than breading it in bread crumbs!
I decided to experiment for dessert plus I wanted to test an idea I had for a 4th of July dessert. I based my recipe off of a blueberry crumble recipe and made my healthy adaptations. It turned out to be delicious. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out that the Publix by me carries frozen yogurt. The vanilla flavored one tastes just like ice cream but is way healthier. I definitely recommend using FroYo (frozen yogurt) with this dessert.
Blueberry Crumble: serves 6-8
Blueberry Crumble with Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients
For the filling
12 ounces (about 1 pint) Fresh Blueberries
1/3 cup Agave Nectar
1/2 tablespoon Coconut Flour
1 to 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice, depending on the tartness of the blueberries
1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
For the crumble
3 tablespoons Coconut Flour
1/2 cup Quick-Cooking Oats
2 2/3 tablespoons Agave Nectar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
1/2 Avocado
Frozen Vanilla Yogurt
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9-inch pie plate with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Make the filling: Taste the blueberries to determine how sweet or tart they are. Toss the blueberries with the agave nectar, flour, lemon juice, and salt. Transfer the berries to the pie plate.
3. Make the crumble: Stir together the flour, oats, agave nectar, vanilla, and salt. Mash the avocado with a fork so it is blend-able. Blend in the avocado with either a fork or your fingers. Crumble the topping over the berries in large clumps.
4. Bake the crunch until the berry filling is bubbling and the crunch is set and browned in places, 20-30 minutes. Let the crunch cool very slightly before serving with frozen yogurt.
Blueberry Crumble
For 4th of July I was thinking I would make this plus a Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble. This way there is a red, white, and blue theme! Nutrition wise, this is a low calorie and low fat dessert with lots of fiber!
I’ve been trying to eat healthy consistently, but of course as I am writing, this is what I’m eating:
Bacon, Kale, Tomato, Avocado Sandwich with Cottage Cheese
Workout
My Road Bike!!
About a month ago I bought a road bike and I am so in love. Mainly I use it for commuting to campus, but this last Saturday I decided to take it out for my 1st long ride! I went to the Silver Comet Trail starting in Smyrna. This path is beautiful! It’s very flat, which is exactly what I needed, and runs all the way from Smyrna to the border of Alabama. Of course, I did not ride that far, but the ride itself is through a beautiful wooded area. I will definitely be coming back here to ride more often. I was sad to see how many people a lot older than me sometimes passed me. I’m young I should be better, right? Hopefully in future rides I’ll be able to keep up. I rode about 14 miles and felt wonderful. I did forget to bring sunglasses and had so many bugs fly into my eyes. Never making that mistake again!
Would my mother eat this: She said she would try the chicken!! She does not like blueberries though. Can’t win them all.
I’m new to biking, so please help me out and suggest good places to go biking around Atlanta!
Things My Mother Will Not Eat 