Quinoa Pizza Bites

Instead of a full on cheat day how about a mini cheat day? I made these quinoa pizza bites for the first time last night, I slightly tweaked the recipe of course (shown below) )to make it slightly healthier, but overall it’s a great little snack or appetizer to satisfy your carb craving. 

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked quinoa

2 large eggs

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup fat free shredded mozzarella

1 tsp minced garlic

1 Tbs dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

pinch of salt

pizza sauce for dipping

Directions:

1. Cook your quinoa! Boil the quinoa and 2 cups of waterand cover. Once boiling, reduce heat to low, and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes (until water is absorbed and quinoa is tender).

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all of your ingredients (except the pizza sauce) in a mixing bowl until it is well mixed.

3. Lightly spray the bottom of a mini-muffin tin with olive oil spray. Using a Tablespoon, scoop - 1Tbs into each muffin tin.

4. Bake them for 15-20 and let cool. 

5. Serve them warm with pizza sauce to dip in!

Skinny Breakfast - Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

Just in time for fall! These pancakes have amazing flavor. I LOVE PUMPKIN! =]

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Oat Flour

2 tbsp Splenda, Truvia, or Ideal

1 tbsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tbsp Cinnamon

1/4 tsp Allspice

1/4 tsp Nutmeg

4 Egg Whites

1/2 cup Raw Pumpkin

1 1/2 cups unsweetened Almond Breeze

*To make these protein pancakes instead, use only 1 1/4 cup of oat flour and 2 scoops of your favorite vanilla protein.

Directions

Preheat griddle to medium heat.

Mix oat flour, Splenda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg in a bowl.

Wisk egg whites and pumpkin. Mix in Almond Breeze.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together.

Spray griddle with non-stick butter spray.

Scoop batter with a 1/4 cup measuring cup onto griddle. Cook 3-5 minutes on a side.

Makes 10 pancakes

Skinny Breakfast - Blueberry Pancakes

My big pregnancy craving has been pancakes and waffles. =x But I don't feel as guilty munching on these. I love this pancake recipe! I cook them at night and stick them in the fridge for the next morning. There’s no way I’d have enough time to whip up some pancakes in the am. They aren’t quite like fresh pancakes when they’re microwaved the next day but it beats skipping breakfast!

Ingredients

Egg Whites 6

Old Fashioned Oats1/2 cup

Baking Powder 1 tsp

Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk 1/2 cup

Salt 1 dash

2 tiny scoops Stevia or 2 packets Truvia

Blueberries 1/4 cup

Unsweetened Applesauce 1/2 cup

Cinnamon 1 dash

Directions

Put egg whites, oats, baking powder, almond milk, salt and Splenda in the blender.

Blend for 30 seconds on med-high speed.

Spray a pan with non-stick cooking spray, pour batter on pan and add half the blueberries.

Cook like a regular pancake.

For topping, add applesauce and cinnamon.

Recipe makes two pancakes