Happy St. Patrick's Day

It is always a great day when you have an excuse to celebrate where you came from.  Now, I didn't come directly from Ireland but my ancestors did and I am very thankful for the life they have given us here in the U.S.A.  I am also thankful for the delicious food the Irish are  know for.  Today we did not recreate any Irish dishes because we had our fill last evening when we celebrated with family.  There were so many choices and everything was delicious!! and now to think about what will we eat for the rest of the week?

Well thankfully, I am the meal/menu planner.  As you know I create my own meal plan and my family will eat most of what I eat. I do however modify and/or change some of my meals throughout the day for my children.  Dinners we all eat what I make.  I like to try new recipes so those do not always go over so well but we do have everyone at least try!! 

So here is my meal plan for the week

The night is gone but we will always be Irish and that I am very thankful for...

  

Here's to Living a Fit, Happy, and Healthy life

and WE will do it 

TOGETHER!!!!

~Alyson

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

I was looking for new clean snack ideas and let me tell you how excited I was when I came across this one - Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins!!! Hello, you had me at Pumpkin but then to add in the other two buzz words "chocolate" and "muffin", I thought I was on the wrong website.  Nope, it was clean alright - it came from cleaneatingonline.com.  If you are new to clean eating, this is a website to check out if you need ideas on where to get started.  Another way to check out clean eating is to join my next Shakeology and Clean Eating Group.  If you are interested CONTACT ME so you can grab your spot.  

Okay lets talk about these muffins....

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients...

3/4 cup demerara, turbinado, or sucanant sugar

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

2 eggs (next batch I will try 4 egg whites)

3/4 cup canned pumpkin

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions...

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Place paper liners in muffin pan and spray lightly with cooking spray.

2. Mix sugar, unsweetened applesauce, and eggs together in a medium bowl.  Add pumpkin and water and mix again.

3.  In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices, and salt.  

4.  Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and mix just until combined.  Stir in chocolate chips.

5.  Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.  Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Yields - 12 muffins

Check out my other Clean Eating Recipes HERE.  and again if you are interested in my next 30 day Shakeology and Clean Eating Group, please CONTACT ME.

Now is the time to learn how to

Live a Fit, Happy, and Healthy life

and WE will do it 

TOGETHER!!!!

~Alyson

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myshakeology.com/alysonh

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