Toasted Pinenut & Feta Spinach Salad w/ Lemon Agave Vinaigrette served with grilled Tilapia Fillet

Oh so yummy and super healthy I tossed this flavorful salad today after church.

Serve with your favorite fish fillet "grilled" with your favorite seasoning.

If possible use organic ingredients to make it "toxin" free :)

(I've been watching way too many documentaries on healthy eating lately.)

Toasted Pine nut & FetaSpinach Salad

1 bunch spinach washed, dryed

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half

1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese 

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1 Avocado, diced

Directions:  

In medium/large bowl

tear spinach to desired size

add all ingredients

toss with Lemon Agave Vinaigrette not more than 5 minutes before eating.

Place seasoned grilled fish fillet encima (on top)

Lemon Agave Vinaigrette  

(puts the yum in the yummy)

Juice from 2 lemons

1 Tbls extra virgin olive oil

1 Tbls agave syrup

1 tsp white wine vinegar (rice vinegar)

1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper

place all ingredients into a plastic or glass seal proof container and shake it like crazy

Toss onto salad immediately before serving.

100% Whole Grain One Bowl Brownies

I am always trying to reduce white flour in recipes and add ground flax seed to all of my baking. Today I halved the recipe and baked it in a 8x8 pan. The brownies are a bit crumbly, but when eaten with a fork oh so decadent. This is my new Brownie recipe....completely revised and designed to make me feel like I am being super health conscious and thus enabling my great desire to eat sweets on a daily basis. Serve with ice cream if you have it on hand or a chilled cup of milk.

*after cut you can freeze in container, pull out and allow to defrost, or warm them up in the microwave, taste just as good as the day you made them!

P.S. One of Chloe's favorite activities with me is making brownies. We have made these twice in the past week and a half ;-)

Enjoy!

100% Whole Grain One Bowl Brownies

Ingredients

• 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 3/4 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1/3 cup ground flax seed
• 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
• 1/3 cup milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
2. Microwave chocolate and butter in large bowl at HIGH for 2 minutes or until butter is melted.
3. Stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, flaxseed and nuts.
4. Spread in greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
5. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over batter.
6. Bake for 35 minutes (do not overbake).