Cleaner Healthier Eating Chicken Vegetable Soup

Today I'm starting a new series on Ready 2 Lose Weight called "30 Days of Transformations". Every day I'll be sharing one of my healthier recipes or a recipe from another blogger friend of mine that is healthy and yummy too! I'll also be sharing before and after weight loss stories from people just like me that have completed the TSFL program (with the help of their FREE Health Coach) and have successfully kept their weight off!  

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Healthier Mexican Style Stuffed Mushrooms

Day # 4 of my Cleaner Healthier Eating and it's still going really well!  I'm feeling so much better and I can't even hardly believe it.  Well, yes I can believe it.  I've cut out all the unhealthy stuff from my diet and I've really been committed to eating cleaner healthier foods.  What does that mean exactly?  I'll tell you what it means to me....  I want to have more energy.  I want to be able to stay awake and not nap.  I want my clothes to fit better! It means that I've cut out all processed foods as much as I can.  I'm eating more fruits, vegetables, cheeses, healthy dairy, meats & vegetarian products.  I'm trying to eat as much organic as I can and just trying to be overall healthier in my food choices.  

Healthy Hamburger Wraps

You know what.... I have a love/hate relationship with hamburger.  I love them but I hate how unhealthy they are.  I love them but I hate when I get the hard "bad" pieces.  I love them but I hate when I get served one that is under-cooked.  Yuck!

Do you know what I mean? 

I've been working on the foods that I've been eating and trying my hardest to be healthier and guess what... I've been able to reduce my cholesterol from 234 all the way down to 155 in the past year.  Let me just take a minute to imagine that you're clapping your hands, or patting me on the back, or telling me good job Shauna! 

So, let me ask you... have you ever been to In-N-Out Burger?  They have them here in Utah and they actually do have very tasty hamburgers.  I only like to go about once every 3-4 months though and I now order my burger Protein Style so it cuts out the bun and it's served wrapped in lettuce instead.  

That was my inspiration for this Healthy Hamburger Wrap recipe.  Just like In-N-Out but better!  I've discovered Morning Star Farms Grillers Original Patties and I LOVE them!!!  They have such a great flavor, no cholesterol, no bad yuckie pieces (yay!), and they are so easy to cook!  I've literally died and gone to hamburger heaven :) 

And the best part... my hubby who is VERY picky about his hamburgers has actually given his stamp of approval and said he likes them.  Gasp!  That was the shocker of the year.  He's totally a hamburger and fries kind of guy and he said that these Morning Star Farms Grillers were tasty :)  

Spicy Zucchini and Tuna

Here's one of my all time favorite recipes that I make for myself during the day.  It's funny once you stop eating a bunch of junk food and you clean out your system you can really start to taste the different flavors in food and you find that it doesn't take a whole lot of seasonings to create something really yummy! 

Easy Veggie Patty Soup

 

Ok world, I'm ready to admit.... I have an addiction to Morning Star Farms Veggie Breakfast Sausage Patties!

My husband always laughs at me because I get "cravings" for these little patties and I make him buy me the big packages at Costco.  They are considerably cheaper buying them in bulk rather than smaller packages at my local grocery store.

So in my Veggie Patty recipe quest I decided to create a soup using these little delicious patties and it turned out great!  Sometimes I have it spicy depending on what type of mood I'm in, sometimes just plain.

Either way, this soup is delicious and easy to make.  And the best part?  It's tasty, quick and it's made using all of the right amounts of ingredients per the program recommendations to be my "Lean & Green" meal for the day! 

Love it!

Spicy Mushroom & Tomato Tilapia

Oh my goodness... my lunch today was so delicious!

I knew I wanted to have Tilapia but I didn't know how to season it.  I had a ton of fresh mushrooms & cherry tomatoes and I just stood there looking at my ingredients until it finally hit me.

Does that happen to any of you?  You're hungry, you know what you want to use but you don't know the exact way you want to put it together?  My husband is always coming in the kitchen to ask me what I'm doing and usually I'm just standing there in deep thought, lol!

Well, today my friends it paid off.  This dish was out of this world!