Wraps can be filled with any combination of lean meat, fresh veggies and black beans.

INGREDIENTS:
2 slices Boar’s Head or Applegate deli turkey (the healthiest deli meat you can find)
2 Boston lettuce leaves, rinsed and dried
2 slices provolone cheese or sprinkling of shredded cheese
1/4 cup canned black beans, drained and rinsed
To taste all-natural salsa

Layer 1 slice each of turkey and cheese, top with salsa and half of the black beans into lettuce leaf and wrap up (like a taco shell).

Yields: 2 snack servings

Optional ingredients:
Replace salsa with Dijon mustard
Replace black beans with other beans
Add sliced veggies

Enjoy!

Lizzie Marie

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups strawberries, rinsed and halved
1 cup watermelon
1 cup crushed ice
1 tablespoon raw honey
Splash of Pellegrino (sparkling water)

Blend together first 4 ingredients.  Pour into 2 glasses.  Splash a bit of Pellegrino on top of each glass.  Enjoy!  This makes 2 servings.

We also had fun freezing chunks of watermelon and eliminating the cup of crushed ice.  This is an excellent drink to have after spending time in the hot sun swimming or playing tennis.

Warmly,
Lizzie Marie & Doreen

INGREDIENTS:
4 oz. Pellegrino sparkling water
4 oz. 100% fruit juice

Combine sparkling water and fruit juice in a glass and enjoy!

This drink is a great replacement for sodas or sweet tea.

Warmly,
Lizzie Marie

INGREDIENTS:
2 Cage-free all-natural eggs
1 tablespoon All-natural pesto
1 slice prosciutto (Italian ham), torn into bite size pieces
Grated parmesan reggiano cheese
To taste Sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter

Crack eggs into mixing bowl and loosely scramble with pesto. Heat pan on medium heat, add butter and move butter around to coat pan. Pour egg mixture and prosciutto into pan and slowly move eggs with spatula until cooked. Top with cheese. Serves 2.

Optional ingredients:
Replace prosciutto with chopped turkey or ham.

Explore more at my online cooking show at www.LizzieMarieCuisine.com.

Enjoy!
Lizzie Marie

Thanks for listening y’all!

Lizzie Marie

Green Eggs & Ham (with pesto and prosciutto), Marinated Berries and Fizzy Fruit. Treat your Mom to an extra special breakfast in bed!

Marinated Berries
An amazing way to jazz up fresh berries!

INGREDIENTS:
1 pint fresh berries (your favorites: strawberries – cut into bite size pieces, blackberries, raspberries), washed and rinsed
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons organic sugar

Place all ingredients into bowl and carefully mix. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Mix before serving. Serve by itself, on top of cheesecake, whole grain pancakes, shortcakes, etc. Be creative! Serves 4.

Green Eggs and Ham
A super simple and fast way to create a gourmet breakfast.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cage-free all-natural eggs
1 tablespoon all-natural pesto
1 slice prosciutto (Italian ham), torn into bite size pieces
Grated parmesan reggiano cheese
To taste sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter

Crack eggs into mixing bowl and loosely scramble with pesto. Heat pan on medium heat, add butter and move butter around to coat pan. Pour egg mixture and prosciutto into pan and slowly move eggs with spatula until cooked. Top with cheese. Serves 2.

Optional ingredients:
Replace prosciutto with chopped turkey or ham.

Fizzy Fruit
A refreshing drink and healthy replacement for soda or sweet tea.

INGREDIENTS:
4 oz. Pellegrino sparkling water
4 oz. 100% all-natural fruit juice

Pour water and juice into glass and enjoy! Serves 1.

Optional ingredients:
Try different juices for variety; cranberry, orange juice, etc. Be sure to use 100% fruit juice.

Warmly,
Doreen and Lizzie Marie

Here is the recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

¼ cup all-natural plain or vanilla flavored yogurt
2–3 tablespoons of all-natural granola or nugget cereal
A few pieces of your favorite fresh fruit (strawberries, raspberries, pineapple)

Layer each ingredient in the glass (yogurt, granola, fruit). Repeat above ingredients for 2nd layer. Makes 1 serving. Turn this into a dessert by drizzling raw organic honey on top. Enjoy! Another way to create this is to leave out the yogurt, place fruit, granola, and drizzle of honey in a bowl. Yummy!

Warmly,
Lizzie Marie

“I cannot believe my child ate healthy foods at your class and loved them!”

“My child never tries anything new… but she ate everything in class!”

“My daughter begged me to stop at the store on the way home to buy all the ingredients from your recipes… and we did…”

Participants remarks were:

“I didn’t think I’d like it, but I do!”

“It smells delicious, can I eat it now?”

And the ultimate compliment:

“Can I have more?!”

Tasty Tidbits Cooking Class is a unique opportunity for children to learn how to prepare fresh healthy foods in a hands-on cooking class led by Lizzie Marie. Embracing a philosophy to make the world a better place, Lizzie created a one-of-a-kind culinary experience which won the “Del Monte Do Something Good for You! Grant” presented by DoSomething.org. Tasty Tidbits is a peer-to-peer learning concept. Lizzie’s goal is to teach children and adults how to have a delicious time living healthy while creating healthier communities. Tasty Tidbits is offered to various community venues: scout troops, school and homeschool groups, hospitals, etc. Our community recreation center met with us recently and decided to add Tasty Tidbits to their class roster.

Students receive a hearty portion of:

• Creating delicious foods
• Introduction to healthy nutrition strategies
• Learning smart food choices to reduce chances of obesity
• Basic kitchen safety and age-appropriate cooking techniques

There is fresh class content each month. Upcoming topics will be: Snack Attack, Breakfast Club, Lunch Bunch, Wrap it Up, Pastabilities, and more. Classes are sprinkled with a dash of culinary history, math, and science along with a heaping serving of creativity in the kitchen!

Class Includes:
* Apron and recipes
* 1 1/2 hours instruction with hands-on activities
* Fresh and healthy ingredients used in all recipes

We look forward to cooking up something special at our next class!

Warmly,
Doreen

What a challenge, feed 100 people Tabouli! Hmm, okay, let’s think about this. Lizzie and I sat down with a calculator and decided the quantities of each ingredient needed to feed a crowd. We made a test run of a “normal” sized serving last week and it tasted phenomenal; however, could we replicate the flavor for many more servings? Lizzie got a LOT of great practice chopping cucumbers.

What did we learn? I don’t have mixing bowls big enough for a 100-serving batch. My kitchen counter had several mixing bowls lined up. We would have liked the final version to have more lemon flavor, but we were hesitant to add more and saturate the bulgur.

The result, 95% of the Tabouli tasters loved it! The other 5% were adults who admitted to not trying anything new or claimed they were “meat and potatoes” folks. Our serving pan was empty at the end of the event and many children asked for second servings. Most of the adults said they were shocked that a vegetarian meal could have so much flavor.

It is always satisfying feeding a flock and have them begging for more.

Warmly,
Doreen

Eating healthy does not happen overnight; do not set unrealistic expectations for yourself. Is your childhood peppered with delicious memories of Ma’s meatloaf, Nana’s chili-mac, or Aunt Mabel’s tuna casserole? Family recipes offer more than a full belly; they usually flood our minds with tasty recollections of years gone by. Family recipes handed down through the generations often include ingredients that were canned and high in salt or fat content, items that were popular many years ago. A wide variety of fresh and minimally processed foods were not readily available in stores back when our grandmothers shopped for groceries.

The Art of Meal Makeovers is a series that will inspire and challenge you to recreate your family favorites into highly nutritious meals for the next generation of blossoming cooks in your family tree. Subtle tweaks to the ingredients can maintain the integrity of the original dish while giving it a flavorful spin.

Explore our online Forums to learn from others how to jazz up recipes. Do you want to know how Granny’s homemade applesauce was renovated into a 21st Century side dish? Visit: http://forums.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?topic=78.0

Warmly,
Doreen