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Let’s face it, eating a healthy diet is hard. But not nearly as difficult as it was years ago. Now we have all kinds of great options for food choices that not only taste great, but are good for us! You can choose plant-based foods without sacrificing quality, taste or convenience. And for a busy family, that’s what I need!

Today we’re featuring three products that you can feel good about eating without sacrificing taste! We’re going to make a protein-packed superfood bowl that is entirely plant-based. I bought all three of these products at Publix.

We’re starting with Birds Eye® Steamfresh® Barley & Kale Superfood Blends. This is a great base for a lot of different meals or side dishes. You simply microwave it and it’s ready to go.  Birds Eye Steamfresh Superfood Blends are super easy and quick to prepare. They’re made from nutrient-rich vegetables, grains and fruits, so it’s not only easy to enjoy nature’s healthiest ingredients, but delicious! These are made with no artificial flavors or preservatives and they’re an excellent source of antioxidant vitamin A and C.

This blend has broccoli, carrots, brown rice and red beans in a light roasted garlic sauce. The seasoning is absolutely delicious and because it’s high in protein, it keeps you satiated for a long time.

I put a serving of the Birds Eye Steamfresh Superfood Blend in a bowl and added two Gardein™ Seven Grain Crispy Tenders. Now, before you turn your nose up at a plant based crispy tender, let me just tell you…these are superb! If you fed them to your family, they would never know that they’re eating a meatless product.  Gardein Plant-Based Foods are a wholesome range of tasty plant-based foods with a meaty texture. Made from soy, wheat and pea proteins, vegetables and ancient grains (quinoa, amaranth, millet and kamut®). Gardein is easy to digest and free of cholesterol, trans and saturated fats. The majority of Gardein foods are a good source of fiber and low fat too. Gardein is also 100% vegan – meaning it is animal and dairy free.

Because I like the tenders extra crispy, I baked them first, and then I crisped them up in a pan with some Earth Balance® Original Buttery Spread. It melts in the pan just like butter, and made the tenders crispy, crunchy and delicious.

Earth Balance Buttery Spreads is the tub that started it all. This Original Buttery Spread has made its name as the ultimate toast topper and a crucial part of your dairy-free arsenal.  It’s creamy, spreadable texture and rich, buttery taste come complete with our proprietary blend of oils.  It’s vegan, lactose-free, non-dairy, gluten-free, has 0g Trans Fat, no MSG, it’s non-GMO, an excellent source of ALA Omega 3.

For some sweetness I added some Mandarin oranges, and for a little extra crunchy protein, a few almonds.

This was a bowl of protein packed goodness that tasted like a restaurant meal. I’m so excited about all of the different ways that I can work these great products into my diet!

And of course…coupons!!!

From February 17 to March 2, Publix supermarkets are offering up some great coupons for plant-based meal solutions. You’ll find $1 off any 1 Gardein item, $1 off any 1 Earth Balance Buttery Spread, 2 for $5 Birds Eye Protein Blends, and 2 for $6 Birds Eye Superfood Blends. I can tell you I will definitely be stocking up on these!! Just click here for your coupons and grab your savings.

This post is sponsored by Pinnacle Foods. All comments and opinions are my own.
Several months ago, Mr. Coupondipity and I were not watching what we were eating…at all. And we were waaaaayyyy out of shape.

Over Christmas, we decided it would be fun to spend Christmas in New York City. And it was definitely fun. But do you know how much walking you do in New York City? We should have known. This wasn’t our first rodeo. I have performed in Carnegie Hall twice, and we’d been to the city a few other times as well.

The subway was two long blocks uphill from our apartment. I teasingly told him to get a cab to take us those two blocks to the subway station. Hahahahah. I was joking (unless of course he did it). I’d hop right in that cab!

When we returned home from that trip (and a trip to Europe was planned for the spring) we knew that we had to do something to take control of our health: our bodies, our eating habits, and our amounts of physical activity.

First up – we joined a gym. And then came the hard part. Eating right takes planning, money and time. We are always trying new recipes to add to the limited foods that we will allow ourselves to have.

We were thrilled to discover Mrs. Paul’s® Seafood and Veggie Meals at our local Publix! This is an easy, go-to meal solution that is not only delicious, but only takes a few minutes to prepare and it’s in line with our eating plan! That is a win-win in our book.

There are so many great things about Mrs. Paul’s Seafood and Veggie Meals that it’s hard to cover them all!

First, let’s talk about the taste. Delicious. The blend of veggies in the Lemon Herb Shrimp (barley, spinach, sweet potato and chickpeas) gives this meal a restaurant-quality taste. These vegetables complement each other and are a perfect accompaniment to the plump, juicy shrimp. I can also tell you that this meal was seasoned better than any frozen meal I have ever prepared.

Now let’s talk about how long you’re going to have to slave in the kitchen to get this meal on the table. Let’s see. Five seconds to grab it from the freezer, 7.5 minutes in the microwave, 1 minute to dish it up. In less than 10 minutes, a delicious dinner is on the table.  I love the fact that not only is this a simple meal for two, the serving (half of the bag!) is only 220 calories!

You can choose:

Lemon Herb Shrimp
California Style Salmon
Garlic Shrimp

Mrs. Paul’s Seafood and Veggie Meals start with premium seafood, rich with Omega-3s that are paired with high protein Birds Eye® vegetables and grains. They are seasoned with popular flavors to restaurant quality perfection that steam in minutes. These meals are a good source of protein, which helps build muscle and keeps you satisfied longer.

You will find these in the frozen food aisle at Publix – mine were next to items like fish sticks and fish filets.

And we wouldn’t be doing our job without finding you a coupon! Click here to get $1.50 off any Mrs. Paul’s Seafood and Veggie Meals. The coupon is good from 2/17 to 3/2, so grab it while you can! 

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Have you ever said, “I’d like to eat a more healthy diet, but it’s too expensive and it takes too much time to prepare the meals and I don’t have time to shop for all of that and besides, healthy meals are boring.”? Yeah, me, too. So when Fresh ‘n Lean approached me to try some of their meals and share my thoughts with you, I was excited!

Let’s talk about the food! We were sent several different meals, and there’s just not enough room to tell you about all of them, but I’m going to share my two favorites.

First was the Breakfast Oatmeal

Check out the ingredients:

*gluten free rolled oats
*dates
*raisin
*apple
*coconut milk
*vanilla
*cinnamon
*grade b maple syrup
*coconut oil
*almond
*sea salt

Do you see those big chunks of apples and dates? And it was chock full of raisins, too, with a cinnamon/vanilla flavor. This oatmeal was simply delicious! And it really packs a punch…it kept me full, satisfied and energetic for hours.

My other favorite was Spiced Lentils with Dino Kale.

See those nice pieces of fresh veggies? This dish was loaded with exotic flavor, and I think I could eat it every day. Certainly it can’t be healthy. But yes, it is!

All of the Fresh ‘n Lean meals are plant based. Who knew that you could enjoy such great meals without meat? I didn’t!

Fresh N Lean is a 100% plant-based food delivery service that prepares and delivers premium quality, all organic, gluten-free and fresh meals nationwide. They are passionate about using the very best all-natural ingredients to make sure their meals always taste fresh.  

With Fresh n’ Lean’s vegan diet meal delivery plan, you get a week’s worth (3 meals a day) of vegan dishes that are always delicious, healthy, chef prepared meals you can conveniently grab-and-go from your refrigerator. Each meal arrives in a microwave and oven safe container that you can take with you to eat almost anywhere. Just pick the meal you are in the mood for, heat it up, season it to your taste and voila!

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At the end of next week I am going on vacation. To Europe. It’s a vacation that I’ve been planning for months. Six months before the trip, I said to myself, “Okay – vacation is in six months…I have to lose weight.” But I didn’t. Then it was four months, then three, then two. And I did nothing except procrastinate. Because for me, a healthy eating plan is a lot of work. It takes a massive amount of mental preparation. If I don’t gear up for it and go all in, I will fail. I know this. I’ve done it before.

Don’t get me wrong – I know how to eat healthy. I have lost a lot of weight in the past by eating a very healthy and balanced diet. My normal M.O. is to try to plan out a huge number of options so that I don’t get bored, and then I find myself saying, “Okay, I ate this and this so I can have extra this at dinner.” It works, but it’s exhausting.

So exactly one month to the day before my vacation, I decided, “Look. You have to just do it. If you don’t want to hate every single photo…do it.” But this time my approach changed. And I’ve lost about 10 pounds in roughly 3 weeks. Although that’s not a massive amount of weight, for me it’s a super success, because before, I could cut down to 1000 – 1200 calories a day and not lose a pound. So this is working for me, and I’m going to tell you what I’m doing. It won’t be for everybody. And it’s not crazy or weird. And I had to decide that I was eating for fuel, not enjoyment. If I enjoyed what I ate, great, but that wasn’t going to be the goal of eating.

I decided to create a list of foods (a small list) that I could eat, and not substitute or go off of the list. So here’s my list:

• Boneless, skinless chicken
• Turkey breast
• Shrimp
• Salmon
• eggs
• egg substitute
• fruit
• green or yellow veggies
• 100 calorie wraps
• mushrooms
• South Beach snack bars
• roasted almonds

And here’s what you won’t find me eating:

• Oil or butter
• dairy
• red meat
• pork
• corn
• bananas
• peas
• bread
• pasta
• rice
• potatoes

Now I realize that the items on my ‘do not have’ list can be modified and fine for a balanced diet. I realize that you can have a little healthy olive oil, or some brown rice. I have just chosen to simplify things by sticking to my very small list. I have to tell you that it hasn’t been horrible. It hasn’t been hugely difficult. My simple list has taken away a lot of the planning that I would normally do. It’s much easier to not go out, and that’s difficult sometimes. This week we have family in town and everyone is taking turns hosting dinners. One night it was pasta (I’m not eating that), tonight it’s pizza (I’m not eating that) and tomorrow night someone is doing a pot roast (and I’m not eating that, either.) So I just eat from my list beforehand and don’t try to ‘fudge’ when I’m at someone else’s house.

I put the chicken in the crock pot with a little bit of dry onion soup mix. I cook extra so that I have it for lunches and snacks. I eat about 5 ounces at a meal and add a ton of low calorie veggies to my plate.

Speaking of the chicken, we eat it now almost every night. I buy my chicken in bulk from Zaycon foods. Only $1.69 per pound!!! Check them out!

I saute the shrimp using only cooking spray, like Pam. I throw in some garlic and baby portobello mushrooms. You can have a nice big serving of this for about 200 calories or less.

I make veggie omelets with the egg substitute, and I boil a dozen eggs at the beginning of the week for snacks.

My go-to veggie is spinach. I saute an entire bag of spinach leaves using Pam cooking spray. I saute onions, garlic, and mushrooms first, then add in the spinach and some grape tomatoes. This is really filling and healthy and adds bulk to your plate.

Other snacks include a small handful of roasted almonds or a South Beach snack bar (100 calories).

I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Tuttorosso is thrilled to be partnering with Ali Maffucci, who blogs at Inspiralized and also recently published her first cookbook by the same name.

Spring is almost here, and it’s time to make room for light and delicious Italian-inspired dishes featuring Tuttorosso Tomatoes, seasonal springtime ingredients, and the most important ingredient: you.

Created to help people live healthier, the Inspiralizer tri-blade vegetable spiral slicer is a great way to incorporate more fresh fruits and vegetables into every meal. It’s perfect for creating spiral slices or “pasta” strands from firm fruits and vegetables like apples, onions, carrots, zucchinis, cucumbers, cabbages, beets, turnips, rutabagas, cucumbers, and more.  New to spiralizing?  No problem, click here to learn all about it.  Don’t have a spiralizer?  No problem, here are ways to make vegetable noodles without a spiralizer!  Tuttorosso has you covered!

We’d would love to see your recipes on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter! Be sure to tag them #TuttorossoRecipes #Inspiralized so we can find them. You can learn more about Ali and her Spiralized recipes at Inspiralized.com