Clean Eating Pan Seared Tilapia with Avocado Citrus Salsa

So, if you haven’t picked up on this one already, I am a bit of a planner. And if I am going to eat right, I need to plan to eat right. This means I need to write out every dang meal, collect every dang ingredient, for the whole dang week – or I’m dang screwed. But my Type A organization works here – it really does! Taking the guess-work out of “What’s for Dinner” really forces you to be regimented… and that’s the whole point!

This recipe surfaced when I created a meal plan for the week with basically chicken and veggies. I mean don’t get me wrong, I love chicken, and I love vegetables, but variety is the spice of life people!

Enter Pan Seared Tilapia with Avocado Citrus Salsa… admittedly this is a weird recipe. At first I was a little hesitant to combine all these ingredients, but I thought Steve would love it (he’s far more adventurous than I am) so I gave it a whirl. What a GREAT risk! It was absolutely divine! You HAVE to try this!! Its quick, delicious and light! The perfect summer meal

Clean Eating Enchiladas (one of a billion backlog posts!)

Although it has been a few days (11 days to be exact) since I have posted a new recipe… I have been a cooking mad man! Steve helped too! We’ve been on the up and up with eating better for about two whole weeks now – and I think it shows!

Now negligently, I have not recorded said delicious recipes since – well we have a dang wedding to finish up planning and constructing! And it’s been very busy in our miniature household!

So, I know I’ve made this delicious recipe, twice now, and haven’t posted it… So it’s about time this amazing dish got the credit (and historical privilege) on this blog! My favorite Clean Eating Blog, the Gracious Pantry, crafted this one up and it is just decadent, but not in a heavy-oh-my-god-what-did-i-just-do way…  It hits just the right balance of filling, satisfying and good for you! What else can you ask for… now, ladies and germs, Clean Eating Enchiladas!

Steve made this the most recent time and did an AMAZING job. This is delicious for days , or if you want to freeze a few for a rainy day – there is literally nothing I would add or subtract to this… its honestly delicious! 

chili powder makes even hot days better: Mushroom Tacos

It was a hot hot hot May evening. Steve and Lindsay had slacked the day prior and skipped out on their run in favor of window shopping and Cobb Salads. They had to vindicate the wrong they had done. So, after a brief hello and a kiss, a short play date with the pup, they were suited up and off to run 3 miles.

It was painful! “I feel like I am running through cold molasses” said Lindsay. “I feel sluggish” replied Steve. All in all, this was a much harder 3 miles than they conquered the week prior… But they finished. Drenched in sweat, trail dirt coating their ankles, pebbles lodged in their favorite running tread, they finished. THEN… They ate Tacos!

The most delightful, meaty, tender, juicy, HEALTHY tacos that ever existed! These are not just any tacos, but clean eating mushroom tacos. It’s honestly shocking that these don’t have meat in them, just because they are so filling… but that’s the wonder of mushrooms! PLUS there is cauliflower hidden in there.. Is there no food chili (the seasoning :P) can't assist?? I mean GENIUS!! To boot, Steve was brilliant (always, forever and again) and did all the prep work before the run so when we came back it was as easy as 1-2-3!

the infamous Grill Pan introduces our star player: Turkey Panini

Music: Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin (oh yeah... eat your heart out)

Drink: Water

Question: So what do you when you are having a particularly tiresome day, but still want to cook and eat something absolutely delicious?

Question: After making that fabulous aioli, how can I use it on more things, but keep it fresh and new?

Question: How do I do all this in one pan?

Answer: Panini.

After our longest but wonderful and victorious run yet, the last thing I wanted to do was get out lots of complicated instructions and.. well … try! What?! I was tired! (and sweaty!) So I literally took all five ingredients and the grill pan (my favorite kitchen utensil of the moment) and off we went!

And here is where I am going to put in a plug for the underrated Grill Pan. Honestly, I wasn’t so jazzed when we bought this.. thinking “who wants nasty soaked-in-its-own-grease table top burgers?” or “if I want to grill I’ll light the dang grill!” …oh no. I was mistaken

So versatile!

So simple to clean!

So fabulous!

I mean not only crispy paninis.. but perfect chicken... tender turkey burgers all worthy of great salivation. Hungry yet? Good! Go make a Panini on your new grill pan :P

Remember to always experiment! Try switching up the ingredients… Go wild! This makes ordinary sandwiches look… well…  ordinary!

Grill-less Grill! Clean Eating Balsamic Marinated Pork with Grilled Peaches

I did not cook this today (clearly, thanks to the timestamp, that is blaringly obvious) But I just have to get this out… A confession if you will

This is, literally, the easiest recipe in the world!

AND ITS GOOD FOR YOU!

AND IT’S DIVINE!!

The recipe is from Clean Eating Magazine.. and is BRILLIANT! We marinate ours over night for convenience, but you can marinate the day of if life allows. But literally I cannot rave enough about this - I give this recipe out as often as I can!! YUM!!!!

Clean Eating... The Saga Begins (Sorry Milky Way...)

So it has been a while since I have posted. And rightfully so! Wedding planning, working…. Alright I don’t have much of an excuse! But it’s been a fun little five months of neglect! Needless to say in this five months Steve and I have decided to get our act together! We’re eating CLEAN (dun dun dunnn)

This delicious phenomenon is centered about eating things closer to their natural state (sorry Butterfingers). No additives (sorry Schmuckers), no Red #41 (sorry Gushers) and no Rybovlavinosilishkn-iem… (sorry Smartfood)

Foolish?

Why give up all these wonderful culinary delights? Well, since they aren’t really “food” I suppose we should take the word “culinary” out of it… Why give up these wonderful delights? Well, since after eating them I get cottage cheese ass and feel like I’m walking in molasses we should take the word “delight” out of there… Why  give up these wonderful? What’s more wonderful: vanilla “flavoring” or vanilla?

Thought so.

I rest my case.

Now, I understand as a Fenton, soon to be Kaub, it is impossible to truly eat 100% clean at first blush. I mean I love cooking and eating fresh and understanding where my food is coming from and respecting my body… but sometimes I’m just lazy. I will falter. I will kick myself. But, I will get back up and I will be healthier.

So,

Here’s to reducing the size of that tire or that thigh (that has its own gravitational pull), going for that run (wanting to go for that run), enjoying the simple things (remember apples?), and not getting so stressed that I want to order dominos…

Take One people. Take one.