Kaitlyn O'Rourke: Foodspiration

Lemon Garlic Crockpot Recipe
Another easy peasy, lemon squeezey meal!!!

No pun intended.. Okay maybe just a little pun!

But really, this meal is another super easy meal!

Ingredients:

4 large chicken breast
Fresh thyme
2 garlic heads
4 lemons
Meat tenderizer
Salt and Pepper

Directions:

Slice lemons
Peel and cut garlic
Put a layer of lemons and garlic in the bottom of the crockpot
Layer the chicken next
Put meat tenderizer, salt and pepper on chicken
I FORGOT THIS STEP IN MY DINNER.... Put thyme over top the chicken
Last, layer the chicken with lemon.

Put the crockpot on low for 6-8 hours and enjoy!!

Dont be alarmed if there is liquid in the crockpot when you come back 8 hours later!! It is just the juices from the chicken, and lemons!!

This is how tender the chicken is!! I stabbed it with a fork to get it out of the crockpot and it fell apart!!

I paired this dinner with veggies and it was delicious!!

Crockpot Mexican Dinner

Today is another QUICK and simple recipe!!

I dont know about you, but throwing ingredients into a crockpot, letting it cook all day and dinner is served... NOW THATS MY KIND OF MEAL!!!

My family is really big on Mexican foods, so this one is for them!!

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts
1 cup black beans
1 cup corn kernels (frozen bag)
1 small jar of salsa
1 tbsp cumin (or a little less, I am not a huge cumin person, so if you arent either, only do a 1/2 of a tbsp)
1 tbsp chili powder
2 cups cooked brown rice

Directions:
Put everything int the crockpot. Cook it on low for 6-7 hours.

Dinner is served!!

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

This meal is super filling!

You might look at it and think, I'm not even going to be full after eating this. But TRUST ME, you will!!!

Ingredients:

24 oz. boneless chicken breasts
1 stalk of celery
1/2 diced onion
2 cloves of garlic
16 oz. fat free/low sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup Franks hot sauce
1 head of lettuce

***Optional:

1 1/2 cups shredded celery
2 large celery stalks cut into 2 inch matchsticks

Directions:

Put the chicken, stalk of celery, diced onion, and chicken broth into a crock pot. Put it on low, for about 4 hours.
Take chicken out of broth and start shredding it into small pieces.
Save a half cup of the chicken broth and throw out the remaining chicken broth from the crockpot.
Put the chicken, 1/2 cup of chicken broth and the 1/2 cup of franks hot sauce back into the crockpot. Cook it on low for another 1/2 hour.

P.S. Those arent my huge hands, my boyfriend thought he should help!!

Once the Chicken has cooked for a 1/2 hour, get out your head of lettuce and start taking a lettuce leaf off and fill with the chicken. You can fill the lettuce leaf with celery, carrots or blue cheese.

Eat & Enjoy!!

Chicken Spinach Crockpot Meal
This meal is probably one of the easiest meals you will ever make!!

I wanted to do a weeks worth of crock pot meals, because I really dont like cooking. I figured there has to be other women out there who really dont like to cook either, or maybe they just dont have enough time in their day to make healthy, delicious meals.

So if this sounds like you, keep reading because this weeks meals are for YOU!!!

Ingredients:

1 piece of boneless chicken breast, per person in your family. (We cooked for 4 people, so there were 4 pieces of chicken.
1 bag of frozen spinach
1 jar of clean marinara sauce (READ the ingredients, if you cant pronounce the ingredients, put it back on the shelf, find a marinara sauce that you can pronounce all the ingredients)
1 can of diced tomatoes (we used 2 cans because we really like tomatoes)

Directions:

Put the 4 ingredients into a 5 quart crock pot and cook on low for 6-7 hours.

***I am in love with hot spicy things! So to add a little flavor, I put crushed red peppers on top of mine!!!

EAT & ENJOY!!

Sea Salt Caramel Shakeology

If you are anything like me, you LOVE sweet treats. Honestly every night after dinner, I want something sweet (I take after my mom)!!! There are so many times, I want to drive to our local store, Wegmans and get their delicious Sugar Cookies, they are literally to die for!! But lets be honest, those cookies dont love me back and its not worth eating one cookie and ruining a whole weeks worth of healthy eating.

A couple months ago I found this recipe and decided I needed to try it out for myself.

I actually am drinking it as we speak! Today is my first time trying it!!!

So here is how I feel about Sea Salt Caramel Shakeology!!!
Honestly, I wasnt expecting it to taste much caramel because to me chocolate Shakeology is a strong chocolate taste and I am really not much of a chocolate person, so I dont really drink the chocolate Shakeology much. But, this recipe, you can TOTALLY taste the caramel and the chocolate doesnt taste as strong!

I downed my shakeology this morning it was so good!

Here is the Recipe!!!!!

Im not really a person who measures, so just bare with me!!

6 ice cubes
1 scoop of chocolate shakeology
1 splash of caramel extract (I read somewhere that people were having a hard time finding the caramel extract, but I found my at good ole WALMART)
Put all your ingredients in the blender, and start putting water in the blender until it fills up a little past all your ingredients. (I told you I didnt measure, haha)
Blend it all together!!!
Pour it into your cup and sprinkle a little sea salt on the top of your Shakeology!!!

Do you want to try Shakeology? Message me for options to get your BAG today!!!!

Who doesnt like Reese's?

I know that when they are in my house they get eaten so quickly.

So I decided to make a healthy version of Reese's, this way when I eat one, I dont feel guilty.

Ohh and did I mention, you need 4 ingredients and it takes less that 10 minutes to make!!

What you need:
2 tbsp Coconut oil
4 tbsp Chocolate Shakeology
2 tbsp PB2
2 tsp water

Step 1:
Heat up coconut oil for 30 seconds in the microwave.

Step 2:
Add in your Shakeology and stir.

Step 3:
Mix your PB2 and water.

Step 4:
Poor Shakeology mixture into the bottom of cupcake wrappers (we only had normal cupcake wrappers, but when you make this yourself, get the mini wrappers).
Poor some of your peanut butter mixture.
Lastly, finish with your top layer of Shakeology mixture.

So I made the Reese's and of course wanted to try them to give you my honest review of how they turned out.

I put way too much chocolate in them. Ya know how normal Reese's have more Peanut Butter than they do chocolate? Well mine were opposite. So next time I need to change that. If you like a lot of chocolate, it might not bother you as much, but for me... I am not a chocolate LOVER.

Second--- I am a PEANUT BUTTER FREAK, and I didnt the PB2 was strong enough, you could taste it, but it was really a faint taste. So the next time I make them, I am going to use almond butter instead!!

I think I am going to make these sometime this week with the changes I think will help!!
**I am on the hunt for the mini cupcake wrappers, so let me know if you find any!!

Quick Chili Recipe
This recipe is healthy, quick, easy and not to mention SUPER CHEAP!!!!

I know I cant be the only out there who HATES to cook. It wouldnt be so bad if I didnt have to clean up after I cook. Ya know what I mean.

So... when I do cook, I make it quick, easy, and use the least amount of pots and pans as possible!

::Okay so heres what you need, 5 ingredients. THATS IT!!!::

- 1 package of turkey burger
- 1 can of tomato sauce
- 1 can of kidney beans
- 1 can of crushed/diced tomatoes
- 1 pack of chili seasoning

First get one large pot, put your turkey burger in the pot and start browning your turkey.

(Ew raw meat grosses me out)

Next put in your chili seasoning. I like that it soaks into the meat and gives it a lot of flavor.

(Someday I would like to start making my own seasoning, but for now, I make sure to get the 30% less sodium)

Next I mix in my crushed/diced tomatoes and the kidney beans.

(I personally like to add diced tomatoes instead of the crushed. I like thicker chili but my sister likes it more thin and soup like. And I like to add pinto beans and black beans)

Lastly, I add in the tomato sauce.

I like to let it cook for 15-20 minutes just so that all the ingredients mix together and the for the flavor!!

BUT

If you are impatient and cant let it cook for 20 minutes - crank up that heat and let it cook for 5 minutes and eat!!!

I like to add one more thing to my personal bowl and that is CRUSHED RED PEPPER, YUM!!!