4 day protein pancake streak

This is me making dinner. More on that after.

Back to pancakes. I think I'll be having these for the next few days. I'm so excited at dinner to go to bed so that breakfast can come sooner. I've been getting used to not-so-sweet pancakes, so I don't put anything on top of them, just blueberries. I'm sure you're sick of hearing about these pancakes, so I'll move on. But if you haven't made them yet, make them now :)

I found a recipe in Clean Eating magazine (my new fav) for curried chicken with green peas. The original recipe had 37 grams of carbs, and 32 grams of protein. Since their calculations included 1/2 cup of rice, I figured I could make this into a low carb, and more healthful meal by subbing in veggies for grains.

Update: I just checked, cutting out the 1/2 cup of rice takes out 23 grams of carbs from the recipe.

This recipe turned out super delicious. It was very spicy, had lots of flavour, and went perfectly with the vegetables.

Here is the recipe that I adapted from Clean Eating:

Curried chicken with vegetables:
Keep in mind this is more of a Thai curry, not Indian curry

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup minced scallions (or green onions for people like me who had no idea what these were)
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed, and preferably organic, free-run
• 2 tbsp curry paste, I used red
• 1 cup veg broth or chicken broth, I used veg
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• S&P to taste
• 10 asparagus spears, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/4 red onion, chopped
• 2 cups broccoli, chopped

Directions:

Saute your vegetables, minus the peas, garlic, and scallions, in a pan with 1 tbsp oil. Add some salt and pepper. Salt and pepper your chicken cubes. In a separate pan, saute your scallions and garlic. After two minutes, add in your chicken and saute till' golden (about 5-7 minutes). Whisk together your curry paste and broth, and then add to your chicken mixture. Cook for 2 minutes, simmer, and then add your sauteed veggies from the other pan. Cook for a few more minutes, or until desired tenderness is reached. Salt and pepper everything and enjoy with a huge glass of water, you'll need it.

My back is aching typing this post, because I have posture like Quasi Modo. I have to lay down to straighten it out, I'll see you guys tomorrow after I stuff my face with protein pancakes.

Yep, that's me sitting at the computer.

Homemade Almond Milk!!!..and Cauliflower Curry

This dish was quite spicy! After mincing the green chilies I touched my face, and my face and hands have been burning since 6:00 ! I served this dish over brown rice and it was very delicious!

Curried Cauliflower and Potatoes:

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 hot green chilies, minced (take seeds out, and wear gloves? hehe)
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 5 roma tomatoes, diced
• 3/4 head of cauliflower, diced
• 4 red skinned potatoes, diced
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tablespoon coriander
• 2 teaspoons turmeric
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt and pepper

Directions:
Saute the chilies and cumin seeds in oil. Wait until the seeds start to pop and then add in the cauliflower, potatoes and tomatoes. Cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes and then add the rest of the ingredients. Add 1/4 cup of water at the start. As the ingredients start to stick on the bottom, add more of the water. Cook for about 30 minutes, or until vegetables reach desired tenderness! Enjoy!

I also made my own almond milk! I had a little bit of trouble doing it because I used a food processor : you definitely need a blender for this job. But the effort was worth it, i've never tasted anything so crisp and good!

My vanilla and date flavoured almond milk!

Ran into a bit of trouble. Water was leaking everywhere, while almond milk was shooting out at me. Nothing that some paper towel can't fix!

The strained material from the milk. I'll probably use this in my oats.

So proud! If it looks like I was sweating in the kitchen it's because I was! I had so much going on at once! :)

I also made myself some almond butter and chocolate soft serve!

I did a 45 minute " yoga for buns" workout from yogadownload.com, and I worked on my biceps and shoulders today. I've been reading alot about these "21's" for biceps and I decided to give it a try. You do regular bicep curls, but you do 7 reps of the bottom half of the curl, 7 reps of the top half of the curl and then 7 reps of the whole bicep curl. You repeat this 4 times! It really really works your arms!

I can't wait to put some of my almond milk in my oats tomorrow morning!

Have a great night!