Recipes

When the eggplant season is in full swing one could find eggplants of every variety - globe, Japanese, striped, white, even eggplants that looked like tomatoes. Here is a wonderful recipe for baba ghanouj (also spelled baba ghanoush) a middle eastern eggplant dip. It can be served with Joseph's low carb pitas.

This is a fantastic, nutrient rich soup that can be enjoyed almost any time of year.  The batch described below is pretty large and can be stored for the week to enjoy as lunch or dinner.  It's difficult to find ways to consume the nutrient rich kale, and this soup makes it easy, and tasty! 

I love this recipe as a healthy side dish instead of rice or potato. This is also a great recipe to have at a cookout or bring to a party! The garlic and basil make this dish extra tasty! 

This quick-to-make recipe can dress up any lean protein, or can be a simple side-dish!  Although the recipe calls for white mushrooms, you can substitute for others such as portobello or shiitake.   Leftovers are perfect to spice up your salad the next day for lunch! 

Bored with your lunchtime snack of plain fruit? This salad incorporates all the macronutrients needed for a perfect balance that will keep you full and energized. We recommend using different apples for varied tastes and color. It's almost too pretty to eat!

I love this simple recipe as a snack!  I typically just use the walnuts without goat cheese throughout the year, but the addition of goat cheese makes it a great holiday party snack!  As far as core diet items go, this one is calorie dense, and really helps fill you up during those heavy training weeks where the calorie burns are high.

This recipe is a great, healthy alternative to Powerbars or Nature's Valley bars during your pre-workout window (within 1 hour prior to your workout)....especially during the off season when it's not as critical to be race specific!

Nothing like fresh made hummas!  Serve this with a variety of fresh cut raw vegetables or make a vegetarian hummus wrap using something that is low carb such Joseph's Low Carb Wraps. Also consider cutting your low carb wraps into chips and baking them!

This salad wears many hats!  Have it for lunch, just be sure to include a lean protein; use it as a side dish at dinner; or make it your afternoon snack! 

During the cold weather when your craving soup, make up a batch of this for lunch and dinner.  Great option for vegetarians that are looking for ways to get their protein intake up.  Double the recipe to have more for leftovers!

This an easy, basic protein/fruit smoothie that requires no prep time!  To get more creative for a meal replacement, check out the smoothie 101 guide and juicing writing.

Any of our smoothies can be used for breakfast or mid morning/afternnon snacks!  Check out the smoothie guide for further ideas.

Craving dessert for breakfast?? Try this!  Looking for further ways to dress up your smoothie?  Check out the smoothie 101 guide and juicing writing.

 Check out the smoothie 101 guide and juicing writing for more ideas!

I love this nut blend recipe! This was put together to provide the best qualities of each nut for a more complete nut blend. Omega-3's, vitamins and minerals. Sometimes its tough to find all of the nuts unsalted and uncooked however, check Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Have a nut blend (1/3 cup) each day to help get your fat intake up which will support tissue repair among many other things!

Serve with chopped vegetables, as dip with grilled chicken, or with pita chips in post-workout window.

Makes about five 1 cup servings.  

This is the easiest way I know of to make sweet potato!  Its also one of the best tasting in my opinion.  They end up being fry like snack to add to any meal!

This salad can be a meal on it's own!  Perfect substitute for the traditional high calorie, low nutrient dense potato salad.  Sweet potatoes are low glycemic so don't worry if you are not in post workout window!