Walnut Frittata

This nutritious, tasty, and extremely easy to make frittata is my choice when I am not sure what I should make for breakfast, lunch, or supper. Here are the ingredients that you will need:

6-7 eggs

1/2 cup ground walnut

3-4 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley (or you can go with combination of fresh herbs such as cilantro, thyme, mint, basil,.. or don't add any, still tastes awesome)

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

Salt and pepper to taste

3 tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil

Instructions:

In a medium sized bowl, mix walnut, chopped veggies, and  minced garlic. In another bowl, whisk the eggs.  Pour the eggs into the veggie mixture and  mix well using a fork.

Heat up 3 tbsp of olive oil or vegetable oil in a nonstick skillet. Make sure your oil is hot but not smoking. Swirl to coat evenly.

Stir the fritatta mixture and pour  into the pan. Cover the pan (very important if you want your frittata to puff up) and cook over low heat until one side is golden (about 10 min).

Shake the pan to make sure the frittata is not sticking. Turn the frittata, cover the pan again and let the other side to cook as well. Carefully slide the frittata onto a round platter. Cut into wedges and serve hot, warm, or at room temperature with a side salad.

Energy boost protein oatmeal raisin cookies

These cookies were a staple in my home years ago and I had forgotten about them until a few mornings ago when I was desperately craving oatmeal raisin cookies. Soft, chewy cookies are my weakness.I noticed that I had some over-ripe bananas on hand and decided to whip up this old favourite of mine. The cookie is versatile and depending on what you have in your pantry you can make it to suit your taste. I like to do a cocoa nibs or dark chocolate chips, dried unsweetened cherries with chocolate protein powder combination as well.

What you will need...

1 cup of oats 

1/2 cup of vanilla protein powder

3 ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 tsp of vanilla extract

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

2 tsp of chia seeds

1/4 cup of almond butter, or peanut butter (all natural)

1/4 cup of raisins (no sugar added)

1/4 cup of shredded unsweetened coconut

1/4 cup of walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease baking sheet, I use coconut oil spray. 

In a large bowl, combine rolled oats, shredded coconut, protein powder, chia seeds, cinnamon. In a separate bowl mix together mashed banana, vanilla and nut butter of your choice. Mix in your raisins and nuts.

 Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and stir until well combined.

I use a table spoon to portion them out.

Bake for 8-10 min.