Tasty Tuesday Buffalo Roasted Cauliflower

Veggies are hard in our house, my husband is picky with veggies and I am too but more open than him. We get tired of the same thing over and over and typically just eat spinach, carrots and brussels sprouts. I love the roasted broccoli but can't stand the way it makes our apartment smell and it just lingers so we rarely make it. I tried this new recipe for buffalo roasted cauliflower  and it is delish and super easy! These would be a great healthy snack for your upcoming Super Bowl Party, and I'll be sharing clean Super Bowl treats the next few weeks leading to Super Bowl! 

What you need :

1 head of cauliflower 

Olive oil

Sea Salt (we use pink himilayan) 

Garlic powder 

Buffalo sauce or hot suace (I used Frank's red hot ) 

Cut your cauliflower into pieces and place in a bowl 

Add 1/4 cup of Frank's Red Hot, 1 tbsp of olive oil and salt and garlic to taste. 

Preheat oven to 400. Place on baking sheet and cook for about 20 min. 

I like to make sure it has some brown to it for it to be completely done. I also only used half a head of cauliflower since it was hair the 2 of us and saved the other half for another night. This was so good and will also be a great healthy snack for the upcoming Super Bowl parties to help you stay on track! On the 21 Day fix meal plan which we are following, this would be 1 green 1 tsp and 1 Orange. 

Enjoy! 

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Tasty Tuesday Sweet Potato Fries

Are you guilty of buying that frozen bag of fries because it's "easier" to dump on the pan and throw in the oven? That was me. I love sweet potato fries. 

So here is an easy recipe to make them at home, and I mean so easy your husband could do it if he isn't kitchen savvy. 

Here is what you need : 

Sweet potato 

Olive Oil or Coconut Oil

Sea Salt ( you could use other seasonings also but I just keep it simple) 

I use one sweet potato for just the two of us. Clean it, peel if you would like, I leave the skin on. Cut the potato in fry like strips. Preheat your oven to 400 while you are doing this. 

Put the fries into a bowl and drizzle with olive oil or coconut oil I've used both, and sprinkle with salt. Then spread on baking sheet. 

Bake at 400 for 25-30 min or until your liking. Sometimes for me it varies as to how thick or thin the slices are. Thinner slices take less time to cook. Let cool and serve! 

These are so easy and to be honest we have both said we enjoy them much better. Also they aren't processed and you know 100% what is going on them. This is another great healthy easy treat for your upcoming super bowl party just make a larger batch depending on how many people you expect! 

Becoming Parents

I feel like the last 8 weeks have been a whirlwind. Between the birth of our beautiful baby girl, the holidays and visits from out of town family and friends I was happy when the new year rolled around to just be able to try and get in a normal routine as a family. 

Our sweet Girl was born Thursday November 19th, 2015 @ 10:56 pm and weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 20 inches long. I'm not going to lie her tiny little size was a big surprise to my husband and I both. He is 6'4" and I am 5'10", my husband was a pretty big baby at around 10 lbs and me a little over 7lbs so I was expecting atleast an 8lb baby, but as my husband has nicknamed her "Tiny", I love my sweet tiny girl. By the time we went to the doctor the following Monday she weighed in at 6lbs, but she sure doesn't have any issues growing now. I keep saying now she is my long skinny baby and I'll be excited to see how long she is at her 2 month appointment next week. There are some 3 month sleepers she can't wear anymore because of her length, yet they are loose everywhere else. 

Becoming a mommy has been the most amazing, incredible, rewarding thing I have ever experienced. You carry your baby for 9 months, your body protects them, feeds them, provides for them it's still just pure amazing that our bodies can do this. Then you give birth and the instant connection, over pouring of love, (which you already had as they grew inside of you) the feeling of immediately not knowing or remembering what your life was like before this beautiful child entered your world, and not even wanting to remember because your world has completely changed in an instant and you don't want to revisit your old life. The way you instantly love your husband differently when he truly becomes a Dad and you fall even more in love with him,  as he stands with tears in his eyes, as he tells you how amazing you are and how proud of you he is. How he instantly feels the same instant connection with this child he has been talking to inside your belly for months. (Atleast my husband did, every day)  Your world changes, his world changes, your world together changes. These are the  moments that make everything, every day spent sick, every pain your body experienced, every sleepless night and those to come, every ounce of anxiety you may have faced about labor and becoming parents, and everything else all worth it. 

We are blessed. God is so good and has blessed us beyond measure. Becoming a parent is a blessing, an incredible blessing no one should take forgranted. I will never take it forgranted. My heart breaks for friends and people out there who want a child so badly and struggle with infertility, adoption whatever it may be to become a parent. I will never know what they go through but now that I have a child of my own I pray for these people daily. 

Parenting may come with its ups and downs but every minute is worth it. I really don't remember what life was like before Emma Kate entered our lives. Someone seriously asked us the the other day if life was so different now and my husband and I both said we don't even remember what it was like before. I don't remember the woman I was before, it's like part of becoming a mother helps you find a part of yourself you never knew was there. 

And today I want to give a #MCM shout out to my amazing husband and daddy to our sweet Emma Kate. I know for him becoming a Daddy has changed his world for the better too. I see a side of my husband I've waited so long to see. I always knew what a great Dad he would be. He is a gentle, loving, compassionate all in kind of man. I am thankful for his constant help, whether it be helping in the middle of the night, to constantly doing things to help around the house to always making sure I get a little "me " time every day. I am also so thankful for the hardworking man he is, and the provider he is to our family. Because of this I am able to stay home and take care of our daughter while also focusing on some of my dreams and things I've been feeling God has called me to do. Kyle you make life so much better, your my best friend, love of my life and one amazing daddy! We love you, and I'm so glad we get to do life together as best friends, husband and wife, and Mommy and Daddy! 

Tasty Tuesday! Spinach Quinoa Egg Scramble

Tasty Tuesday is back, and hopefully regular blog post as well. If you don't know I had a baby just a little over 7 weeks ago so getting the hang of this new mommy thing! Anyways more on all that in another post. 

With a new year, a lot of BIG goals for myself for the year ( I'm setting goals not resolutions) and wanting to lose the remainder of my baby weight, get in the best shape of my life this year and to make a full lifestyle change and stick to it. Tasty Tuesday will be all about clean eats, with an occasional treat here and there. 

Yesterday I found myself with a little quiet time in the morning and time to actually make breakfast. Sunday we started the 21 Day Fix which was intended to be started last week and we did follow the meal plan pretty well but I wasn't quite ready for the workouts. I've  been having things like egg cups and yogurt with homemade granola prepped that I've made over the weekends while my husband would help with the baby (he is an amazing help, I don't even have to ask) so we could ensure we were eating well. This year is truly about lifestyle change for us. 

When I found myself with this time I decided to try a new recipe I found on pintrest that I had everything for because all 3 items are staples in my fridge for clean eats. I always have spinach and eggs even when I'm not at my best, and quinoa is always something I like to keep a cooked batch of in the fridge. Goes well with dinners and other things and it's nice to make a big batch and just warm it up. So all you need for this is those 3 items. Spinach, eggs and Quiona. 

I used 2 eggs, about 1 cup of spinach (one green on the 21 Day fix) and about 1/4 -1/2 cup of Quiona ( one yellow container on the fix) which is why I'm not sure the exact measurements. I cracked 2 eggs in a small bowl and scrambled with a fork and added a little Pink Sea Salt and Pepper. Threw them in a skillet with the spinach and while the eggs were still a little runny added the quinoa. I also added a little Parmesan cheese,  only about 1/4 a blue container because I needed the rest for dinner later but you can add more. I think goat cheese would be great too! Topped it with a little hot sauce and done. You could add more  veggies and any other seasonings you like. This would also be a great easy dinner or lunch. So there ya go. Stay tuned I'm going to get back at blogging regularly again just may take some time. I'm soaking up all the time I can with my sweet girl because I've heard they grow up to fast and I already feel that way! 

***Interested in the 21 Day fix and online accountability groups? Shoot me an email at meganalvey58@gmail.com or message me on social media, I would love to chat! ***