Smoothie Time....

come to me

After my INSANE workout this morning, I replenished my body with an extremely bright blackberry smoothie, which I prepped last night. Last night I placed the following in my handy dandy magic bullet:

• 1 cup of frozen blackberries
• 1/4c of skim ricotta cheese
• 2TB of almond butter

This morning I added a splash of almond milk to get things moving along. I blended it all together.  It's a good thing I had this in the morning.  I was able to completely divert what was at work this morning:

stay away!!

Breakfast: Toast with Almond Ricotta and Nectarine

Hello Everyone,

So, I'm going to try to bring you one Cinch! recipe, that I have
created, a day. Today, I'd like to share one of my favorite
breakfasts which is a fruit and almond spread on toast.  I love this breakfast because it keeps me quite full and energized.

Ingredients:

1 slice of whole grain toast
1/4c of skim ricotta cheese
2TB of slivered or sliced almonds (I like slivered)
1 nectarine, diced
1tsp of cinnamon

Preparation:
Place the ricotta, almonds, nectarine and cinnamon in a bowl. Stir to combine. Top toast with spread. Enjoy!!

Here's how this meal shapes up:
Whole grain: bread
Lean protein: skim ricotta
Plant fat: almonds
Produce: nectarine
Sass: cinnamon

If you're following Weight Watchers, this meal comes out to 5 points.

Breakfast time: Cinnamon Ricotta Toast

So, as some of you may know, I'm doing the Cinch! Diet. I just finished the five day fast forward and now I'm continuing to eat healthy meals that contain one whole grain, one plant fat, one produce and one protein, all in correct portions. So, following these guidelines I had a DELISH Cinnamon Ricotta Toast for breakfast. Here are the deets:

Ingredients:
One slice of Ezekiel's bread toasted
1/4c of non fat ricotta cheese
1tsp of cinnamon
2TB of sliced almonds
1 banana, sliced

Preparation:
Mix the ricotta and cinnamon. Spread on toast. Top with almonds and banana.
Delish! This will keep me full for a few hours!

Fiber Filled, Protein Packed Breakfast

Good Morning Everyone, How are you all doing? Since it was a little chilly for me this morning, I decided to have a warm breakfast. I made a healthy fiber filled, protein packed breakfast of oatmeal. Here are the deets: 1/2 cup of oatmeal cooked in one cup of skim milk. 1/4c of fat free ricotta cheese stirred in 1TB. of chunky PB stirred in Cinnamon also stirred in My breakfast was quite high in point (7.5 to be exact), but ranked in at 380 calories., which will probably keep me full until lunch time - I hope. The good thing about this breafast is it's very nutritionally packed with fiber, protein and healthy fats. What did you guys have for breakfast?

************Recipe Alert: Strawberry Ricotta with Chopped Almonds************

As the weather is getting warmer outside, I'm starting to crave cold things for my breakfasts, rather than my usual oatmeal. With that said, I've created my own recipe called Strawberry Ricotta with Chopped Almonds. This is truly a decadent breakfast which I think I will be having for a while! Ingredients: 1/2c fat free ricotta cheese 1TB of strawberry jam 1TB of chopped almonds Sprinkle of cinnamon Place the ricotta in a bowl. Top with strawberry jam, chopped almonds and cinnamon. Enjoy :-) Total WW pts: 4

***B-Time***

Good Morning Ppls, I hope you all had a great weekend! I came up with a few revamped recipes for Pizza, Quesadillas and Tacos. I'll be featuring these recipes throughout the week. OK -let's get down to business. This morning I had a smoothe which consisted of: 1 c. skim milk: 2 WW pts. 1/4 ff ricotta: 1 WW pts. 1 tsp. of peanut butter: 1 WW pts. 1 tsp. of dark cocoa powder: 0 WW pts. 1 tsp. of instant coffee: 0 ww pts. All for a total of 4 WW pts!!! How was your breakfast?

***B-Time***

Good Morning Everyone, So for breakfast I made another smooothie...I guess I've moved into the smoothie rut :-p. Here was today's smoothie: 1c. skim milk 1/4c. ff ricotta 1/2c. strawberries 1/2tsp. of rose water 1/2 tsp. of cardomom powder I know this may sound unusual by adding the rose water and cardomom powder, but this was delicious!!! Also, its's amazing how the ricotta adds such rich and thickness to the shake!! This smoothie was only 4 WW pts!!!! How was your breakfast?

***B-Time***

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you all had a good evening! So for breakfast today I had another smoothie which consisted of the following: 2 tsp. of PB: 1.5 WW pts. 1/4c of FF Ricotta: 1 WW pts. 1 cup of Skim milk: 2 WW pts. 1 tbs. of cocoa powder: 1 WW pts. All for a total of 5.5 WW pts.! How was your breakfast?

***B-Time***

Good Morning Ppls,

This morning for breakfast I had another smoothie, but this was a little different. Here are the deets:

1c. Skim Milk: 2 WW pts.

1/2 scoop of Chocolate Whey Powder: 1 WW pt.

2 teaspoons of PB: 1.5 WW pt.

1 tablespoon of ff Ricotta: 0 WW pts.

1 tablespoon of instant coffee: 0 WW pts.

I found I was able to add some extra thickness, creaminess and protein by using one tablespoon of ff Ricotta, for 0 WW pts. Also, the instant coffee I added help bring out the chocolate flavor in the shake, and of course wake me up :-)

This shake had a total of 4.5 WW pts.!

What did you guys have for breakfast?