Chocolate Oatmeal!!

Yes, that bowl is empty! We switched over to eating steel cut oats a while ago. Just one 1/4 cup (dry) serving has 5 grams of fiber and 7 grams of protein. Add half a serving of semi-sweet chocolate chips (just 35 calories, 2 grams of fat, and 4 grams of sugar) and a dash of vanilla. It's so worth it.

Southwest Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

 Sorry, the picture is from about halfway through :) Too hungry to stop and take a photo right away! This was really good, smoky and sweet! 

2 sweet potatoes

EVOO

1 small onion, diced

1/2 can black beans, rinsed

1/2 can diced tomatoes

1 chipotle pepper, diced

1/2 tsp cumin

S&P

1. Pierce sweet potatoes and wrap in foil. Bake in a 400 degree oven until soft (about 45 minutes depending on size).

2. Once sweet potatoes are done, slice down the middle, scoop out the flesh, leaving 1/2 inch border. Roughly chop the sweet potato and set aside.

3. Heat EVOO over medium heat. Saute onions until soft, about 5 minutes. Add beans, tomatoes, chipotle, sweet potato, cumin, S&P. Heat through.

4. Load filling into sweet potato. (I heated mine back up in the oven since I baked the sweet potatoes ahead of time and they weren't that warm anymore. If everything is hot, you could just serve it. Or, pop back in the oven to warm through.)

Enjoy!

Seared Scallops in White Wine Sauce

Our appetizer! This was sooooo good!

1/2 pound sea scallops

pinch red pepper flakes

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup white wine

juice from 1/2 lemon

chives, minced

S&P

EVOO

1. Heat EVOO and red pepper flakes in a pan over med-high heat (coat the pan with the oil). Season scallops with S&P, sear in pan on both sides until cooked through. Set aside.

2. Reduce heat to med. Add garlic to pan, cook for 1 min. Deglaze pan with white wine (add wine, it will steam and bubble, use a wooden spoon to scrape up brown bits while this happens). Let wine reduce a bit (about 2 min). 

3. Add lemon juice, chives, S&P. Pour over scallops and enjoy (we dipped fresh bread into the sauce too!!)