Love me some green smoothies! My husband and I juice at least 3-4 times a week. I would love to do it every day but it's a lot of work, and a whole lot of dishes. 

What you'll need:

• 2 stalks celery, juiced (preferably in a juicer)
  
• 1/2 large cucumber, juiced (preferably in a juicer)
  
• 1 cup spinach
  
• 1/2 avocado
  
• 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
  

What to do:
In a blender, add the celery juice, cucumber juice, spinach, avocado, and almond milk and blend on high until smooth. 

It doesn't get any better than this. For only 300 cals., this healthy breakfast is such a delicious treat to your tummy. I always say make your food look pretty so that your insides will be pretty too. After eating this, your insides are going to thank you :) they're going to send you a letter in the mail inviting you to a healthy lunch. Why do these thoughts even come to my head? 

What you'll need:

• 1/2 cup oatmeal
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• handful of almonds & walnuts

What to do:
Mix the oats with the almond milk and microwave as you would any other ordinary bowl of oats. Pop them in a blender with the blueberries and blend until you see that pretty color in my picture. Toss nature's goodness on top and voila!

This is my healthy version of hummus, I left out the tahini paste and instead added some other goodies. I just don't like tahini, it's yucky. You can add it if you like. Personally, I think it tastes like chalk. 

What you'll need:

• 1 can chick peas, rinsed & drained
• 1 orange bell pepper 
• 2 tbsp 'Karoun' Kefir Light Cheese
• 2 tbsp nonfat plain yogurt
• 1 small garlic clove
• 1/4 cup water

What to do:
Chop the bell pepper into 4 different pieces and place them in the oven to broil. Once it's done, add all the ingredients into a food processor, or a blender, and blend until smooth. This makes 6 servings, each is about 65 calories. 

First off I'd like to thank Spain for their amazing cheese, except I doubt 'spanish cheese' has anything to do with Spain, let alone its surrounding countries. If you don't have spanish cheese in your fridge, buy it now. I've recently discovered that it tastes good with pretty much everything and so you're going to see it a lot in my cooking (even though I'm lactose intolerant). So, apparently I have bad cholesterol... it's in my genes and there's nothing I can do about it, besides watch what I eat. Hence the occasional removal of yolks in my omelets. But then I throw a bunch of cheese on there so what the heck is the point, right? Okay, now for the good stuff... 

What you'll need:

• 4 egg whites
• 5 spears of asparagus, chopped in half
• 2 scallions, diced
• 1 oz spanish cheese, finely shredded
• salt to taste

What to do:
Put the spears of asparagus in a sprayed-pan and let cook until they soften. If you lift one up, it should still be able to maintain it's shape (don't over cook them to the point that they frown). Add the scallions, and cook for another minute. Add the egg whites making sure that they get around all of the asparagus. Cook until the eggs are done. Top off with the cheese while the omelette is still hot and dive right in. 

Wow, this was delicious! It's a MUST-TRY. If you like oreos, and you like peanut butter, and you like apples, but you don't like what it has to offer (ehimm sugar ehimm) you have to make this! It's only 150 calories per serving, and this recipe makes 2 servings :)

What you'll need:

• 1 & 1/2 apples, thinly sliced
  
• 1/2 tbsp peanut butter
  
• 2 tbsp almond milk 
  
• 1/2 an oreo (the side without the cream), crushed. 
  

What to do:
Put the peanut butter, almond milk, and crushed oreo into a zip lock bag, and knead together until you get a smooth consistency. Pour this heavenly concoction over your apples and enjoy. 

Grilled Chicken Salad, at it's finest.  Great lunch for less than 250 calories. This is the perfect way to get rid of your left over chicken dinner from last night. Then again, at my house we're stuck with grilled chicken from the night before, every single day (does that make it any less of a left-over... i think so?) At what point does food in the fridge become a left-over? And who the heck got to decide on the definition of that term? How do people even create terms to put in the dictionary? Is there like a dictionary judge that gets to decide all these things? Wow, my mind just went off on a very weird tangent. But really though, I want answers... 

What you'll need:

• 5 oz. chicken breast, grilled and chopped
  
• 2 cup of spinach, chopped
  
• 1/2 tomato, chopped
  
• 1/2 cucumber, chopped
  
• 2 tbsp of my secret homemade dressing :)
  

What to do:
Grill the chicken breast and slice it into chunks (or use left-over chicken). Place the spinach in a deep bowl and top with tomatoes and cucumbers. Then, add your choice of salad dressing and enjoy. 

Okay, I realize that these may not look that pretty but I swear they're so tasty. Only 150 cals. for each one! You could eat 10 of these a day and still have room to snack. Okay maybe not 10 but after trying these you might consider it. My recipe makes 8 servings. 

What you'll need:

• 4 yellow squashes, sliced in half and cored. 
  
• 1 1b. lean ground beef
  
• 1 poblano pepper, diced
  
• 1/2 spanish onion, diced
  
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 oz. spanish cheese, cut into tiny cubes

What to do: 
Cook the meat, onions, poblano pepper, and spices together. I added the core of 1 squash (chopped) into the mix as well. While that is cooking, place the cored squash halves in the oven and broil for a few minutes. Separate the cooked meat mixture into 8 portions, and fill up the squash halves. Separate the spanish cheese into 8 portions and sprinkle on top of each one. You can eat them just like that, or you can pop them in the oven and broil for a little to melt the cheese. I tried them both ways and they're both absolutely delicious! 

I love putting my smoothies in jars! First of all, it's a convenient and inexpensive spill-proof container that I can throw in my purse and not worry. Second of all,  it makes me feel important when I carry it around and people stare at both of us (my smoothie and I) while their minds wander off about what's inside the jar, why they don't have one in their hands, & how they can get one. At least that's what I want people to think. They could just be wondering why there's a dumb girl drinking out of a jar. Any who! This pretty packed jar is under 200 calories (depending on the size of the fruits).

What you'll need:

• 2 peaches
• 1 mini banana
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
• 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt 
• 1/2 cup ice

What to do:
Put everything in the blender but leave out half of one peach. Dice the peach while your smoothie is blending and throw it on top once it's done. It's a nice little surprise to have cut up fruit floating around in your drink, just try not to choke on it :) 

This was so satisfying and full of nutrients. Kinda nice not having to eat chicken for a change! Lord knows that won't last very long. My recipe makes 8 servings; under 200 calories per serving.  

What you'll need:

• 1 & 1/2 cup of brown lentils
  
• 1/2 cup long grain brown rice
  
• 5 cups of water
  
• 1/2 large onion, sliced
  
• 1/2 tbsp cumin
  
• salt and pepper to taste
  
• 1/4 cup nonfat yogurt for each portion
  

What to do: 
Put all the ingredients together with the water and bring to boil. Lower the heat and cover the pot. Let cook until the rice is done, and the lentils are soft. Then top of with a generous spoon of nonfat yogurt and sprinkle on some dried parsley. 

Oatmeal is my favorite breakfast food.. I like to get creative so that it's not the same old boring bowl of oats. This beauty is around 200 calories. 

What you'll need: 

• 1/2 cup of oats
  
• 1 cup of water
  
• 3 blackberries, sliced
  
• 2 strawberries, diced
  
• 2 tbsp coconut milk creamer
• a pinch of 'Kind' cinnamon granola
  

What to do: 
By now you should be a pro with oats! Mix them with the water and coconut milk, pop in the microwave, top with the berries, and sprinkle on some cinnamon granola clusters. 

This is great to make when you have leftover steak. Super easy, simple, and healthy. 

What you'll need:

• 5 oz steak, cut into strips
• 2 cups spinach, chopped
• 1/2 cucumber, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, diced
• 1 scallion, chopped

What to do:
assemble your salad, top with the steak, and drizzle with your dressing of choice. I use my secret homemade dressing on all of my salads; it's delicious and only 6 cals per tablespoon. You really can't beat that. 

Made this energy-boosting jar of heaven for breakfast this morning. The entire recipe is only 150 calories but tastes like a 1,000 (if that makes any sense). 

What you'll need:

• 1 cup blackberries 
  
• 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
  
• 1 medjool date, pitted
  
• 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
  
• 1 tbsp coconut milk creamer
  
• 1/2 cup of ice
  

What to do:
Throw everything in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour it into a mason jar and it's ready to go :)

#1 Rule: To eat a good snack, one must make that snack look pretty :) and for just a 100 calories this is the prettiest of them all. 

What you'll need:

• 1 tangerine
• 2 tbsp Karoun Light Kefir Cheese
• a pinch of cinnamon granola

What to do:
Slice open the individual pieces of the tangerine to make an opening for the cheese. Put the kefir cheese in the bottom corner of a zip lock bag and tear off the tip of the corner to make stuffing the orange easier. After you stuff the tangerine slices, sprinkle on the granola making sure it gets onto each slice. It is absolutely delicious!

If this doesn't look appetizing, I don't know what does! Entire wrap is about 250 calories and I used left over grilled chicken from last night. Don't be reluctant to eating chicken for breakfast.. my husband does it all the time -_- 

What you'll need:

• 1  Tumaro's 60-calorie wrap
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg white
• 2 oz grilled chicken 
• 1/4 cup reduced-fat feta 
• salt & pepper to taste

What to do: 
Make the eggs as you would an omelette. Once they're done, slide it onto a wrap, fill with grilled chicken, top with feta, wrap it up, and pop it onto a panini maker to toast!

Perfect late night snack! At or around 150 cals. 

What you'll need:

• 3/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt
  
• 1 stalk celery
  
• a palmful of walnuts (the more the merrier) 

What to do: 
Layer the ingredients like a parfait! P.S., do NOT leave out the walnuts, they're the best part :)