Pumpkin Soup

Two food blog posts in one day?! What is this insanity?!

It's been a lazy Sunday spent in my kitchen! I had some pumpkin puree left over from my pancakes the other day, and decided to whip up some pumpkin soup. I scaled the recipe way down because I didn't have much pumpkin left (and honestly, I'm only cooking for one) so if you decide to try this out you may want to double the amount of ingredients. Here's what I did:

Ingredients:
-1 cup pumpkin puree (canned)
-2 cups chicken stock or broth
-1/3 cup heavy cream (I opted for almond milk instead to keep it healthier)
-1/4 cup chopped onion
-1/2 tablespoon Flavorgod™ Garlic Lover seasoning
-1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
-3 pieces of turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
-Black peppercorn to taste

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in medium-sized saucepan, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. I saved some of the turkey bacon bits to sprinkle on top. That's it!

Banana Protein Waffles

Good morning and happy Sunday, fitness friends!

I decided to dust off my trusty waffle iron this morning and put that bad boy to good use. Here's the recipe for my whole wheat banana protein waffles:

Ingredients:
-1 egg (or 2 egg whites, I decided to use the whole egg today for the extra fat.)
-1 large banana
-1/4 cup whole wheat flour (or you can use oat flour, whichever you prefer.)
-1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
-1 scoop Protein Synthesis™ vanilla protein powder
-1 scoop Glutacor™

Directions:
Grease and preheat waffle maker.  Mix all ingredients together in large bowl. When waffle maker is ready, pour in batter, close lid, and wait until light goes off (or however your waffle iron works). I drizzled my waffle with peanut butter and sprinkled some cocoa chia granola on top. So-freaking-good and so-freaking-easy!

Pumpkin Protein Pancakes

Good morning, all!

This morning I got the hankering for some pumpkin pancakes, like, the "can't eat, can't sleep, reach for the stars, over the fence, world series kind of" -- craving. :)

Considering I don't make anything without also adding in my favorite supplements and healthy twists I figured I'd share it with you all! Here's my recipe for pumpkin protein pancakes:

Ingredients:
-1/3 cup pumpkin puree (canned)
-1/2 cup oats
-2 egg whites (or about a 1/2 cup)
-2 tablespoons unsweetened vanilla almond milk
-1 scoop protein powder (I used Protein Synthesis® in vanilla)
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized bowl.  Grease a non-stick skillet pan over medium-heat. Once heated, pour batter and let sit until tiny bubbles form on top. Flip and let other side cook, and voilà! I topped mine with a little powdered sugar and cocoa powder, but I bet peanut butter would be pretty good too ;). ENJOY!

Nicki's Healthy Pizza

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! 

If you follow me on other forms of social media, I promised to put my recipe for my healthy homemade pizza up on here.  So, here it is!

Pizza Sauce:
-8 oz. can tomato sauce
-2 teaspoons FlavorGod® Garlic Lovers seasoning
-1/4 teaspoon black pepper
-1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
-1 teaspoon Sriracha® (because I'm crazy and I put this ish in ERRYTHANG)

Pizza Dough:
-4 cups whole wheat flour
-1 teaspoon sugar
-2 teaspoons salt
-1 envelope all natural yeast
-1 1/2 cups hot water
-2 tablespoons olive oil
-1 scoop Glutacor® (available at Nutrishop Dewitt)

Combine all dry ingredients together in large bowl, mix in hot water and olive oil until dough forms a solid ball.  Remove from bowl, knead into a smooth ball on lightly floured surface.  Place in a large, oiled bowl, cover with saran wrap, and keep in warm area to let rise for 1 hour.

After dough has risen, turn out onto lightly floured surface and divide into 2 pieces.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Stretch out dough and place on pizza stone or baking pan. Spoon on sauce and add whatever toppings you like.  I chose to put Italian style shredded cheese (a blend of low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella, provolone, romano, asiago, and parmesan cheese), black olives, mushrooms, broccoli, and andouille turkey sausage.  Pop that bad boy in the oven for 10-15 minutes and enjoy!