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STIR FRY PIZZA…SLOW-CARB, GLUTEN-FREE, WHEAT-FREE

I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE THING!

If you are SLOW-CARB, GLUTEN-FREE, WHEAT-FREE
or just trying to EAT BETTER,
you NEED to try this!
 Question:  Have you ever scrapped the toppings off of a pizza to avoid eating the crust?  No fun.  It’s basically the toppings of the pizza and I don’t miss the crust at all this way.  
This is the way I’m kinda obsessed with making it right now.  
You should be really creative with this and then tell me what YOU did!
Boars Head Pepperoni or Turkey
we use this kind.  They don’t Compromise!
 
Pasta/pizza sauce
purple onions
artichoke hearts
green bell peppers
a little mozzarella
1. Toss pepperoni/turkey, onion, bell peppers into a skillet and “Stir Fry”
2. Add artichoke hearts and cook a while longer.
 3. Then add pasta sauce.  Cook it until it’s bubbly and thickens up.
Crazy easy to make and kind of confused I didn’t think to do this sooner.  
But oh well, I have it now and I hope you do too 🙂

Slow-Carb Sandwich

It was a sandwich for lunch kind of day.  And this is a good way to eat your sandwich. 
 
BoarsHead lunch meat.
Hummus.
Spinach.
Purple onion.
Cucumber.
 
You can add anything you want to it.  This is very good and I like it better now than a bread sandwich.  The only thing… kinda messy.  Keep your napkin close!

SCD CONTEST PRIZE – DipDaDip

Meet Kelly!
She has an awesome Etsy shop called
Kelly makes the coolest custom notebooks.  
She gets inspired from interior design trends, street art, and typography, advertising and graphic design.  
It’s all very cool!
I just LOVE these… and have GREAT NEWS for you:

THE WINNERS OF THE 
WILL BE GETTING ONE OF KELLY’S CUSTOM NOTEBOOKS!!!  

WoooooWhooooo!
Thanks Kelly!

 GO visit DipDaDip now!

I hope all of you Slow-Carbers are working hard!  I can’t wait to see all of your results 🙂

Celebrating Cheat Day!!!


On the Slow-Carb Diet it’s a RULE that we take off 1 day a week and eat whatever we want!  We spend 6 days eating slow-carb high density foods.  Then – on the 7th day – we spike our caloric and sugar intake with whatever food we want… pasta, breads, fruit, sweet treats…….. YUM!

PHYSICALLY:  This diet will shred body fat with it’s cycling method!

MENTALLY:  This diet will change the way you look at food.  You will begin to see the effect food has on our body… after all, it’s true:  WE ARE WHAT WE EAT!  You will become a student of yourself!

EMOTIONALLY:  It’s a lot easier to make wise food choices when you know you will get to eat “that” in the near future.  I encourage Slow-Carbers to write down the foods their body is screaming for during the week.  Make a CHEAT DAY LIST.  I do this! This is an intense diet and it’s good to rest emotionally.  This seems to give me a new dose of momentum moving into the new week of healthy eating.  After all, even God rested on the 7th day!

One more thing… 
The Slow-Carb Diet teaches us to PLAN AHEAD!  Be intentional with the foods you eat.  🙂

Now, let’s CELEBRATE 
DGW DAY!!!
-dieters gone wild-
Here are some of the DGW food pics from you Slow-Carbers:
 
Here we go – on our way to make the most out of DGW day.  
All I can think about is the 
Whole Foods black & white cake.  
Have you had it?  Ohhhhh, it’s the best.
My kids REALLY like cheat day!  
They are so sweet to participate with me 🙂

 theDELIMA 
They all look amazing, but there are no black & white cupcakes  🙁 

enterDANIELLE
She is my new best friend!  LOL  
She took the time and made sure I got the perfect cupcake!  🙂
H.A.P.P.Y!

I think I can speak for all of us: 
 Cheat day is the best!!!… but we always look forward to getting back to our “normal” eating pattern the next day.  We are ready to have our energy back and we are ready to feel good again at the end of the day!
Am I right?  

What’s your favorite CHEAT DAY food?
Read HERE about what Holly thinks of CHEAT DAY.





Slow-Carb: 2 MORE WEEKS!!!

For most of us who have taken on the 
SLOW-CARB CHALLENGE 
this winter, we only have 2 more weeks left!!!!  
We have been at it for 4 weeks now and I have SO LOVED hearing all of stories!  Great things are coming from this push towards a healthy lifestyle!!!


A FEW THINGS:

  1. Be sure to check out the details for the slow-carb CONTEST and enter to win!!!!  Take a look HERE.  There will be great HEALTHY prizes given 🙂 🙂 🙂
  2. If you have a story or comment regarding the slow-carb challenge, let us hear it!  You can tell talk to us in the comments or email it to me and I will add it to the  “Quotes and Conversations” blog.
CHECK OUT SARAH’S BLOG!   
 She is a Slow-Carber and has shared some amazing recipes with us!  Thanks Sarah 🙂


This is SO good.  Everything about this is Slow-Carb except for the cheese.  I will be making this soon 🙂


Hummmmmm, I think that’s all for now.  
Oh, be sure to FOLLOW this blog to keep the HEALTH & FITNESS encouragement coming!

Thank you,
Ashley

THE BEST BEANS THING RECIPE

This is the fastest, easiest thing to make ever.  
1. Sautee’ ONION and GARLIC in COCONUT OIL for a few minutes.
   (buy it at TROPICAL TRADITIONS – it’s seriously the best- don’t believe me?  Read the review)
2. Add some GROUND CUMIN.  I probably add about 1 tsp.
3. Cook for 1 minute.
4. Add 1 can of diced tomatoes.
5. Add 2 cans of BLACK BEANS.   RINSE THEM FIRST PLEASE!
6. And done.
 I love to add avocado and lime.  
 Now go make it and thank me later 🙂

ZUCCHINI PIZZA

ZUCCHINI PIZZA
I love pizza and am realizing that I can play around with it to kill the carbs and increase the nutrition.  It’s like a DREAM… true HEALTHY PIZZA!
 
So here’s what I did.
1. Cut zucchini into about 1/4 in slices.
2. Put zucchini in a zip-lock bag with olive oil.  Shake up really good.
3. Put the slices flat onto a pan… save your self clean-up time and lay down some foil first.
4. Broil for 2 minutes, flip, and then broil an addition 2 minutes.
5. Add your sauce, cheese, and another toppings you want.  
6. Broil one more time for 2 min.  

 Watch the cheese and make sure it doesn’t burn.

 Yummy!  
I really enjoyed these with my KALE CHIPS.  
 
My kids plate. 
OK, so I didn’t fool them with the pizza.  They were a little weirded out
 – with good reason – 
and ate the top off the pizza, leaving the zucchini for the trash 🙁 
 
 Oh well, I guess this will be MOM’S version!   
Try it out and let me know what you think.  
Did you get creative with your toppings?