Recipes from Jennifer

Here are recipies I love!!!
Chicken BBQ Black Bean (From Jillian on biggest looser)
Saute till lightly brown
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
1 breast chicken
(and fresh ground pepper)

Add
1 can black beans, drained
1/2 cup masterpiece bbq sauce (my favorite)
1/4 cup cilantro

After BBQ Chicken and Black Beans are done, enjoy with a carb smart whole wheat tortilla. You can add fat free cheddar cheese and light sour cream if desired! I love this, very addictive.
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The recipies below I just submitted to a cook book that will be put out by BYU football players and coaches wives. They really help me when I try eating healthy. That does not mean that I endulge in them...moderation!
Sprouted Almonds

1 cup raw almonds (or any amount)

Sprouted almonds are so much better than raw almonds. It takes approximately 3 days to sprout almonds. Super easy, and way better for you than raw almonds.

Place almonds in a mason jar with water all the way to the top. place in fridge overnight. Rinse in morning 3 times. Rince in evening 3 times. Repeat for 3 days. Enjoy!
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Healthy, RAW (meaning only natural ingredients) Brownies

Raw brownie recipe:

1 cup almonds (you can use walnuts in a pinch, but pecans are much better!)

1/2 cup cashews
1 cup dried dates

1 cup dried coconut (unsweetened)
5 tablespoons raw cacao (cocoa) powder (or unsweetened cocoa powder)
4 to 5 TBS raw coconut oil

3 tablespoons honey or agave nectar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1. Place almonds alone in your food processor and process until they become small and crumbly. Do like wise seperately with the cashews.

2. Add dates to the raw brownie recipe and process again until the mixture sticks together and the dates are well processed.

3. Add the remaining ingredients to this raw brownie recipe and process again until the mixture turns a lovely dark chocolatey brown. Stop processing before it gets too buttery. (There should still be air between the small bits so that you will be able to press them down into your brownie pan.)Or, you can mix with your hands in a bowl.

4. Dump the mixture into a brownie dish or small cake pan and press down firmly using your clean hands. I use wax paper to line a square 9 x 9 pan.

5. Refrigerate this raw brownie recipe for a couple of hours. Or place in freezer. Then you can flip out the brownies (if you used wax paper), and cut them. Then I usually place them back into a freezer bag so I can eat them when I wish. You do not have to refrigerate it, but it is much easier to slice when chilled. By the way, this is actually a raw brownie recipe that keeps its shape! So it can be good for serving to non-raw fooders because the presentation of this raw brownie recipe is good when chilled.
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Basic Raw Macaroon Recipe

2c Dried Coconut (unsweetened)

1/2 C Almond Flour (you can make by taking raw almonds, blending them in the blender till fine...not till they turn into butter. Then take fine strainer and press with a spoon the blended almonds through the strainer. This makes almond flour. I often use all almond parts of the blended almonds).

1/4 C Coconut Butter (or coconut oil works, coconut butter makes it a little more compact)

1/4 C Maple Syrup*

1/4 C. Agave

1 Vanilla Bean

Pinch Sea Salt

Mix all ingredients together (I use my hands). For vanilla, use recipe as is.

*Maple syrup is not considered raw. You can substitute agave but the macaroons will not have the same consistency.