Teriyaki Mushrooms and Peppers with Rice

This Sunday I woke up to a sparkling blanket of pure white snow covering the ground. Naturally, I proceeded to partake in the typical first snow day ritual. I brewed some tea, grabbed the coziest blanket I could find, plopped myself down on the couch next to my roommates, and settled in for a Netflix marathon. I don’t know about you but fresh snow always makes me want to stay inside and be lazy all day long. It also makes me want to eat piping hot meals, from fresh baked cookies to a mug full of hot chocolate. However, by the time dinner rolled around I opted for something healthier than the aforementioned snow day treats. I whipped up some sizzling teriyaki peppers and mushrooms with rice and it was the perfectwinter meal. It was also so quick to make, I only missed ten minutes of an episode of New Girl.

This meal is jam packed with nutritious vegies. Mushrooms offer a surprising amount of protein and the green pepper adds a nice crunch to break up the tenderness of the mushrooms. I like to use PF Chang’s teriyaki sauce because it is not only tasty, but it is pretty cheap and a bottle of it lasts me a very long time. It also doesn’t have as much sodium as other teriyaki sauces and it offers less calories than most. Five-minute rice is a great way to cut down some cook time on your meal. That being said, I recommend using brown rice if you have extra time. While it does take much longer to cook, brown rice is much healthier for you than instant white rice. Brown rice is much less refined which means it isn’t stripped of a lot of its nutritional content like white rice is.

Of course we all have a different montage of ingredients in our fridge and a variety of diets. This recipe is conveniently very easy to alter to your needs. Chicken, snow peas, water chestnuts, chickpeas, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, beef, and carrots are some of the foods I like to add to this dish to keep things interesting and keep things heathy.

Ingredients:

½ cup of water

½ cup of rice

½ tablespoon of butter

5 medium sized white mushrooms

¼ a green bell pepper

1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce

Directions:

1. Pour ½ cup of water into a saucepan and bring to a boil.

2. Pour a half cup of five-minute-rice into boiling water and cover. Proceed to cook rice for five minutes or until fully cooked.

3. While rice is cooking, chop up mushrooms into nickel sized pieces.

4. Melt ½ a tablespoon of butter in a small pan over medium heat. Add mushrooms and proceed to cook until they are slightly brown.

5. While mushrooms are cooking, chop green pepper into small pieces. Add pepper to pan with mushrooms. Sauté for 2 minutes.

6. Add 1 Tablespoon of teriyaki sauce to mushrooms and peppers. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes or until your vegetables are fully cooked.

7. Remove rice from heat and scoop it onto plate.

8. Remove mushrooms and peppers from heat and place on dish. Bon appetite!

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Sweet Matcha Latte

Hello Boss Ladies!

In my most recent post I talked about 7 healthy and tasty drinks, one of which was a Matcha Latte. Today I am going to give you my iced matcha latte recipe. Matcha Tea is a superfood that has taken the world by storm. It’s like a cousin to the pumpkin spice epidemic and I for one am a big fan. I usually use matcha as a healthier alternative to drinking caffeinated beverages which have lots of added sugar, like energy drinks and caramel lattes. It gives me a little caffeine buzz without the crash afterwards. I also avoid added sweeteners and artificial flavors. Matcha tea is one of my favorite things to sip on during fall mornings or when I’m studying for classes. If you are already a card caring member of the matcha fan club or if you have never tried it before and want to discover what has made it so popular, stay tuned.

Matcha has plenty of benefits for your body and your overall well-being. It can help calm you down and relax during those stressful weeks or hectic parts of your day. Since matcha is a natural detox drink, it helps to flush toxins out of your system and leaves your feeling refreshed. Matcha also boosts your metabolism which can help with inflammation and weight loss. This drink is loaded with vitamins that are essential to a healthy diet. For instance, Vitamin C, chromium, zinc, and magnesium are just a few of the vitamins this super food is packing. The thing that really makes matcha a superfood though is its ridiculous amount of antioxidants. In fact, one cup of matcha has more antioxidants than ten cups of green tea.

This is recipie is like directions to a little cup of heaven. This takes just a couple minutes to make and it is worth every second. It gives you a rich matcha taste with subtle hint of sweetness and coconut. I like my matcha a little on the sweet side so feel free to add less honey or skip it altogether if you don’t. Stevia is also a good substitute for honey if you don’t have any on hand. Try to stay away from processed artificial sugars for sweetening.

Prep Time:

5 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon of Matcha Tea Powder

1 Tablespoon of Honey

2 Tablespoons of Hot Water

1 ½ cups of coconut almond milk

ice

Directions:

1. Pour the hot water and the matcha powder into a cup and mix until completely smooth.

2. Add honey to the matcha mixture and stir until fully combined (the mixture should be completely smooth).

3. Pour the coconut almond milk into the mixture and stir until smooth and fully combined.

4. Add you desired amount of ice and enjoy.

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Its Time to Drink

Welcome Boss Ladies!

Drinks are underrated. They are crazy cheap, insanely tasty, and offer loads of health benefits. I love sipping on little cups of goodness throughout my day. This week I am going to be showing some of my favorite drinks that help keep me feeling my best no matter how stressful my week is.

1. Iced Matcha Tea

I have slowly been perfecting my green tea preparation. I love whisking matcha mix with a little bit of honey and then adding coconut almond milk and ice to it. It makes a sweet matcha green tea drink that is truly addictive. Matcha tea can help keep you focused, reduce stress, detox the body, enhance your mood, promote weight loss, and rejuvenate your skin. It is practically a super food.

2. Lemon Water

Lemon water is a great way to cleanse your body. It boosts your immune system, reduces inflammation, promotes weight loss, and helps clear your skin. Lemon water always leaves my body feeling great. I usually like to drink it at the end of my night to help fight inflammation.

3. Lime, cucumber, mint detox water

This may sound like a weird combo, but it is actually a delicious drink to sip on. Cucumber helps to clear your skin, flush out toxins, lowers blood pressure, and supply your body with antioxidants. Mint helps with digestion and reduces tiredness. This drink will leave you feeling refreshed and is perfect rejuvenating yourself in the middle of your day.

4. Apple cider vinegar

I mix two tablespoons of apple cider into a glass of water and drink it firs thing in the morning when I wake up. Now this isn’t the tastiest of drinks, but it is amazing you’re your health. It jumpstarts your metabolism and your immune system.

5. Kombucha

Kombucha is a fermented tea that comes in a variety of flavors. There is a reason this drink had become so popular. It detoxifies your system, helps your digestion, and boosts your energy. My favorite flavor is blueberry and I love to drink this whenever I feel I need a boost.

6. Golden Lattes

Golden lattes have cinnamon, ginger, and turmeric. It is important to add a small pinch of pepper to your latte to activate the turmeric. Turmeric is a soothing ingredient that helps calm inflammation. It is great for your gut health and I recommend drinking it before you go to sleep.

7. Black Coffee

A cup of black coffee is sometimes the only thing that gets me through my morning. Not only is coffee the perfect pick me up, it also keeps your liver healthy, cleanses toxins out of your system, helps with weight loss, helps your heart stay healthy, reduces stress, and prevents Parkinson’s. I would recommend not adding sugar or creamer to your coffee. I know it makes it taste a lot better and cuts through the bitterness, but it also adds a lot of sugar and chemicals to your drink. To get the most out of your cup, try to keep it black.

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