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Categories: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle, Recipes

Egg White, Spinach, and Feta Scramble

Mornings can be busy, so I love having a few quick and easy breakfast recipes to go to when I’m short on time. One of my favorites is an egg white, spinach, and feta scramble. A healthy breakfast can improve your ability to concentrate and energy levels to take on your day.

Thanks to my sponsor, Eggland’s Best, for supplying the free product to help me write this post today!

I think one of the best things about this is that you can add in whatever ingredients you have available in your fridge and change it up for whatever you’re in the mood for.

Ingredients:

  • Eggland’s Best 100 % Liquid Egg Whites – 1/3 cup (the whites of 2 eggs)
  • Spinach – Handful, chopped
  • Crumbled Feta Cheese – about 1/4 cup
  • Everything But the Bagel Seasoning
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Recipe:

  1. Spray the pan with olive oil cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
  2. Add the spinach and cook until it begins to wilt. Move to the side of the pan.
  3. Add the egg whites. Add salt and pepper to taste and begin to scramble with the spinach once they start to cook.
  4. While the eggs and spinach are cooking, sprinkle in part of the feta cheese so that it is able to melt into the scramble.
  5. Once cooked, remove from pan and transfer to a bowl or plate.
  6. Top with the remaining feta cheese and Everything But the Bagel seasoning.
  7. Enjoy!

Other options that would pair well with this combination:

Let me know your quick and easy breakfast favorites!

Categories: Holidays, Recipes

Dairy-Free Green Bean Casserole Recipe

One of my absolute favorite side dishes has to be a green bean casserole! An obvious go-to for Thanksgiving, but also a winner for other meals too. So many of these recipes include canned cream soup or condensed milk, so I wanted to test out a recipe made with plant-based milk (you could also use almond milk) since I partnered with NotMilk™. Plus, it’s actually super easy to make this sauce from scratch!

Ingredients:

  • Green Beans – 1 pound, trimmed
  • Mushrooms – 8 ounces, sliced
  • Garlic – 2 cloves, minced
  • Olive Oil – 5 tablespoons, divided
  • All-Purpose Flour – 6 tablespoons
  • Vegetable Broth – 1 cup
  • Almond Milk or Plant-Based Milk – 2 cups
  • Salt & Pepper – 1/2 teaspoon each
  • Nutmeg – a pinch
  • Fried Onions -1 1/2 cups, divided

How to Make this Green Bean Casserole:

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F
  2. Cook the green beans. Boil a large pot of water and add a pinch of salt. Fill a bowl with cold water and ice for when the beans are cooked. Add the green beans to the boiling water and cook for 5-6 minutes. Then transfer to the bowl of ice water.
  3. Cook the mushrooms. Set a skillet over medium high heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Cook the mushrooms for 5-7 minutes. Remove and set aside.
  4. Make the sauce. Wipe out the skillet and set over medium heat. Add the remaining olive oil, 4 tablespoons. Stir in the all-purpose flour. Cook about 2 minutes, continuously stirring. Slowly whisk in the vegetable broth and then the almond milk. Continue whisking. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until the sauce has thickened. Stir in the salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
  5. Combine the beans after you strain them, mushrooms, sauce, and 1/2 cup fried onions into a mixing bowl. Stir well.
  6. Transfer the combined ingredients to a casserole dish.
  7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling.
  8. Remove and top with the remaining fried onions, 1 cup.
  9. Bake for 5 more minutes, until crispy on top.
  10. ENJOY!

xoxo Shannon

Categories: Lifestyle, Recipes

Recipe: How to Bake Quest Cookie Bites

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Quest Nutrition products…especially their protein bars!  Sometimes, it’s fun to change things up (like microwaving the bars for about 20 seconds…). Did you know you could bake Quest Nutrition cookie bites with one of their protein bars? Healthier sweet treats are definitely a win in my book!
1. Take one Quest protein bar. I used chocolate chip cookie dough, but you could use any flavor you like! Cookies and cream might be my second favorite to use for this.

 

2. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.


3. Cut into 8 pieces.

4. Bake at 325 degrees for 5 minutes.

5.Pull out and use a spatula to press down each piece to shape and flatten.

6. Bake for 3 more minutes.

7. Pull out of the oven and allow to cool.

8. Enjoy your cookie bites!
 
The link to my TikTok video making these is here.
 
The taste and texture is the best when these are fresh! Let me know if you bake these Quest Nutrition cookie bites.
 
xoxo Shannon
 

 
 

Categories: Disney, Recipes

Disney’s Polynesian Resort Date Night…At Home

One of our favorite resorts to visit at Walt Disney World is the Polynesian.  It’s absolutely gorgeous and it has so many great dining options…Kona Cafe, ‘Ohana, and Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto are our go-tos.

Since we can’t take a weekend trip down to Disney, we decided to recreate a date night at the Polynesian at home.


To start, I got out some wax melts that smell JUST like the resort from Walter & Rosie Candle Co.  I also burned one of my favorite candles, the Volcano scent from Capri Blue.
I pulled up a Spotify playlist of some of the area music played around the resort and played that while we got drinks and dinner ready.  You could also put together a playlist of some of the songs from Moana or Lilo & Stitch!
I pulled out my Moana fabric knotty headband from Main Street Tilly Ears too!
Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is hidden away inside the resort and one of the most entertaining bars I’ve ever been to.  If you haven’t had a drink there yet, I highly recommend it!

I blended up a tiki rum drink inspired by one of the drinks on the menu.  We have a couple tiki cups from Trader Sam’s at home and they were perfect for our date night (if you’re 21+ obviously)!  For a non-alcoholic drink, you can mix passion fruit juice, orange juice, and guava juice for the well-loved POG or Liliko’i juice.
The main dining restaurant at the resort is ‘Ohana.  “‘Ohana mean family. Family means no one gets left behind.”  Recognize that quote from Lilo & Stitch?  Their signature dinner dish are the terriyaki noodles.  If you’ve ever had them before you know how delicious they are! We made up our own noodles and served them with pot stickers.  

Our friends joined us virtually and they made Hawaiian style pulled pork sliders for their meal.
After our dinner and Facetime call, we loaded Moana on Disney+.  Definitely one of my favorites!
We finished the night with the classic Dole Whip as our dessert.  I can’t believe I’ve never made this at home before…super easy! 
We also watched the Happily Ever After fireworks on the Disney Parks Blog.  Check them out here!  There may or may not have been some tears. 
We had so much fun recreating some of our Disney favorites at home.  It makes missing the parks and resorts a little bit easier.  Now we are trying to figure out what to do next!  Any suggestions?

Categories: Lifestyle

Sunday Prep for a Great Week

Sundays are one of my favorite days of the week!  I make sure to take time out to prepare myself for a great week ahead.  It makes the week just a little bit smoother and as stress-free as it can be! 

I do a LOT online, but I still prefer to have a planner I can write my days out in and keep track of my To Do lists.  I love being able to cross things off once I’ve completed them! Anyone else?!  I was so excited to receive an Erin Condren Life Planner to try out and share with you all.  I’m only a couple weeks in, but I love how fun it is to customize to my needs and my style.  I even personalized it with my name on the cover!  
I chose the vertical layout when I ordered my Life Planner.  Right now, I am putting anything scheduled in the top boxes, using the middle boxes for MUST DOs for the day, and the bottom boxes for any extra notes.  On Sundays, I take some time to fill in the week.  On the far left, I keep a running TO DO list of anything I want to accomplish before the next Sunday.  Then I make sure to add some fun stickers!  
I try to do at least a little bit of meal prep on Sundays so it’s easier to make better choices during the week when I’m short on time.  These containers are perfect for me! They have three sections that I use for protien, veggies, and sometimes grains.  Some of my go-to prep recipes are here: shredded chicken, egg cups, and salads.  You can also check out these meal prep containers and other items that I use in my Amazon Store.  One other tip:  placing a grocery store order online through Walmart and driving to pick it up is kind of amazing and I suggest giving it a shot!
I also take a little time to do some beauty maintenance.  Whether it’s going to get my nails done or doing them myself, using a face mask or treatment, or relaxing in a bubble bath it’s always nice to just enjoy a little bit of downtime before the new week begins…even if it’s just 30 minutes! [These came in my latest FabFitFun Spring Box!]
What are things you do on Sunday to get yourself ready for the upcoming week?
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Erin Condren. The opinions and text are all mine.

xoxo, Shannon

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