Welcome!
Hi, I'm Tori! Welcome to Healthy Plate Happy Family!
I am a fun-loving, healthy-eating, wife, mom, holistic
nutrition student, aspiring yogi, SUP-enthusiast, living
and loving life on the beautiful coast of West Michigan.
Here you'll find all of the whole foods, clean-eating recipes
that I am cooking up to keep my family happy and healthy!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Wednesday! Here is a snapshot of everything I ate today. I feel so silly posting this, but it seems to be the most popular page on the blog so I’ll keep including it until you’re sick of seeing my 378th green smoothie concoction!
I started the morning off with a green smoothie made with spinach, fresh pineapple, and a whole kiwi.
I was hungry before my workout so I had some apple slices and 2 of the Granola Energy Bites from yesterday. They are seriously good workout fuel and super tasty!!!
Yes, I’m 36, and I play with my food 
Our dinner was so good last night that I made it again for lunch today!!!
Last night, I cooked up some lentils (this is HUGE for me since the “Sloppy Lentils” incident a few years back!) and added a little bit of homemade taco seasoning to them. I layered some leftover rice and the taco-flavored lentils. Then I topped it with lots of romaine, red onion, yellow pepper, chopped tomatoes, green olives, organic blue tortilla chips, and topped it off with guacamole and salsa.
Please do me a favor and stop buying little yellow packets of MSG flavored with salt and preserved with genetically modified corn and try making your own taco seasoning! Its so simple that I can do it with my eyes closed now.
Homemade Taco Seasoning
- 2 T chili powder
- 1 T ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp paprika (I use smoked paprika)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- some fresh ground pepper (and a few red pepper flakes if you like it spicy)
Mix all ingredients and store in a small jar or container. Approximately 3 Tablespoons equals one “packet” of seasoning. I tape the recipe to the inside of my spice cupboard so its super easy to mix up more any time.
For dinner, we moved Pizza Night to Wednesday this week since we have plans to go out tomorrow night. Mine was an Ezekiel Pocket Bread topped with pesto, sauteed spinach, fresh mushrooms, and artichokes, sprinkled with some crushed red pepper flakes. It was so good that I was kind of sad when it was over.
In this house, pizza is always served with a salad on the side. We are obsessed with this balsamic dressing from last week! I even gave it to the kids in a little dish to dip their cucumber slices tonight. Hailey really liked it.
Now its YOUR turn – leave me a comment with something awesome that YOU had to eat today!!!
I made a smoothie with blueberries, cherries, strawberries, cucumber, kale and turmeric root and it was GOOD! I have read how great turmeric is because of its anti-inflammatory properties. I’m not convinced I could taste it but I feel better knowing it was in there!
That sounds awesome Sally! I have read about the benefits of turmeric, but never used it in root form. I have tried incorporating more curry powder (which includes turmeric) into my recipes. Ginger root is really good in smoothies too!
I usually eat plain greek yogurt, fresh berries or oranges, chia seeds, and chunks of coconut manna for breakfast. I love how it tastes and keeps me full. I’m wondering if I’m over-using the coconut manna? I love how it tastes so I want to put it in everything but don’t really know the health benefits? I should probably lay off a bit as I read the fat content!!
Amy, that sounds amazing! I am going to have to try it out!!!! Do NOT be afraid of the fats in coconut – they are healthy, nourishing fats. We were led to believe that all saturated fats were bad for us as a marketing ploy by the edible oils industry when margarine was introduced. The manna is awesome because it also has some protein and fiber in there.