Where’s the beef?! This has more BEEF than beef itself! It has more flavor than meat and potatoes and enough raw material to help your body enable its own natural healing mechanisms to help you prevent, stop, and even reverse any illness or Chronic disease. No fillers, artificial flavors, unsaturated fats, Gmos or anything that makes people sick and tastes so much better than the junk that does make people sick =) I LOVE this kind of food! Have I mentioned that yet? I’m very enthusiastic to share this with you to help you find ways of lovin the food that’s helping you to reclaim your health and Yourself!

– Cayenne Pepper Powder
– Tomato
– Red Onion
– Zucchini
– Avocado
– Gluten Free Tacos or Gluten Free Wraps

*optional – any other natural herb, spice, or fresh veggie that you enjoy

I never measure out the ingredients.   Just chop them up as fine or as chunky as you like.  Obviously I love chunky style as you can see in the picture.  Nothing is cooked whatsoever.  The avocado provides more flavor an an already wonderful flavor party and plenty of Healthy Fats.  If you’re watching your calories go light on the Avocado.  Everything compliments one another but what really gives this more BEEF than beef and more flavor than meat and potatoes is the Cayenne pepper powder.  I almost always sprinkle that on my raw vegan dishes.  I like it much more than course ground black pepper.  Sometimes I’ll add that and a little bit of sea salt but all it has to have is that awesome wonderful Cayenne pepper.  It’s spicy hot so go VERY easy with the Cayenne pepper if you like mild food.   Since its powder form its simple to make as mild or hot as you like.

You can experiment with your own mix of fresh raw veggies to it doesn’t have to be just like this one.  The possibilities are endless and this is so easy and healthy I felt compelled to share it with you!  Let it spark some creativity in your own dishes you prepare.  If you make up something completely scrumptiously delicious I would be in heaven if you share it on my Facebook page =)

-Tom

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Nightwish – I Wish I Had An Angel

A ridiculously healthy and outrageously delicious Recipe for Vegan Chocolate Meal shake created by Tom Birkenmeyer ( hey that’s me!) and Jacqueline Koepfer. Look Jackie up on my facebook!

You can follow this exactly how it is here, use it for your own ideas, replace the optionals for your own ideas, or if you want to make the Vegan Chocolate taste like the Original non Vegan Chocolate shakeology just use the base ingredients and swap out the optionals with your favorite recipe. One of the things I love about shakeology is that I think it tastes great either by itself or as a base for endless other recipes for something different every day.

Base:
1 Scoop of Chocolate Vegan Shakeology
1 tsp of Chocolate Cocoa powder
1/2 – 1 tsp of pure fructose found at most health food stores

Optional:
1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut almond milk or unsweetened chocolate almond milk
1/2 cup water
frozen berries of your choosing my favorites are blueberries or strawberries
2 tbsp of Chocolate pb2.

Since you are only replacing one or two meals a day with shakeology and there is no such thing as a monotherapy to getting healthy you still have to eat at least reasonably the rest of the day. Check out my Health Grocery List to help you along your journey.

Tom
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What do you think about healthy Peanut Butter Cups?

Inside-Out Shakeology Peanut Butter Cups (makes 2 servings)!

2 tsp. Chocolate Shakeology (regular or Vegan)
2 Tbsp. Chocolate PB2
2 tsp. unrefined coconut oil
2 Tbsp. water
2 mini foil cupcake holders

Directions: In a microwavable dish (I would use a Toaster Oven), melt coconut oil. Stir the PB2 into the coconut oil and set aside. In another small dish, place Chocolate Shakeology and gradually add water to get the Shakeology into a thick, pudding-like consistency. Now, take the foil liners and put a tiny amount of the PB2/coconut oil mixture on the bottom of the foils. Next, add a layer of the Shakeology. Finally, top off with another layer of the PB2/coconut mixture. Pop in the freezer for at least 30 minutes and enjoy!

How yummy does that sound!

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-Tom
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White Beans and Pasta
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes

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Ingredients
1/3 cup small pasta shells, uncooked
1 garlic clove
1/4 onion, yellow
1/4 bell pepper, green, medium
1 cup spinach, fresh, chopped
4 olives, black
1 teaspoon olive oil, extra virgin
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce, reduced sodium
3/4 cup beans, white kidney – cannellini, cooked/canned, drained
1/4 cup garbanzo beans (canned or fresh cooked), drained
1/8 teaspoon oregano, dried

Preparation

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Wash and peel garlic and onion. Wash and remove membrane from green pepper.
Wash and chop spinach. Mince garlic, slice onion, slice green pepper, and chop olives.
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sauteé garlic in oil until lightly golden.
Add the onion, pepper, olives, spaghetti sauce, beans, spinach, and oregano. Cook until onions are tender and spinach is wilted.
Combine the pasta with the sauce when ready to serve.

Nutritional Information
Calories    570
Calories from Fat    120
Total Fat    13 g
Saturated Fat    1.5 g
Cholesterol    < 5 mg
Sodium    260 mg
Total Carbohydrate    93 g
Dietary Fiber    9 g
Sugars    14 g
Protein    20 g
Vitamin A    80%
Vitamin C    60%
Calcium    40%
Iron    40%

Recipe is courtesy of Team Beachbody Recipe database and meal plan.

– Tom

Desert Sage

Heavenly chocolate or an incredible “O” is enough to start any day on the right foot.  Seriously either one of the two will do right?!?!  I personally prefer to combine the two!  Why not have your, “Cake and Eat it To” when it’s fully justifiable right?  It is nearly impossible to have a bad day after a treat like that and that is why I give myself that immaculate treat of a Chocolate “O” EVERY morning to start each and every day.  I hope that you begin to do the same!  You’ll LOVE how you feel every day.  Consequently you will be a more productive; happier human being.

The Recipe!   Surprisingly VERY simple all you need is a blender, a few ingredients, and about one minute of time.

Chocolate Banana Frozen BlueBerry OR Strawberry (AKA Chocolate “O”) 🙂

1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology (usually for Breakfast)
1/2 cup frozen blueberries OR Strawberries (I go by site I don’t actually measure this)
10 ounces of (water if you like Dark chocolate or milk if you like milk chocolate)
Optional: 1/2 banana
Optional: Shakeology Boost: The Fiber
Optional: Mills ground Flaxseed
Optional (highly recommended): Ice for added thickness and more smoothie like

Or Try 1/2 serving of Shakeology Twice a Day instead of 1 Full Serving once a Day and make Shakeology pay for itself twice! My users save between $200 &amp; $400 a month in groceries while paying only $90 for Shakeology with the 25% discounts. (Ask me how if you’re interested) 

Chocolate Banana Frozen BlueBerry OR Strawberry (AKA Chocolate “O”) 🙂 

1/2 scoop Chocolate Shakeology (replace two meals or a meal and a snack)
1/4 cup frozen blueberries OR Strawberries (I go by site I don’t actually measure this)
6 ounces of (water if you like Dark chocolate or milk if you like milk chocolate)
Optional: 1/2 banana
Optional: Shakeology Boost: The Fiber
Optional: Mills ground Flaxseed
Optional: Ice for added thickness and more smoothie like

            Blend and Enjoy!  

My first thought at first taste was “mmmm VERY Refreshingly Delicious!  This is Chocolate “O”!!!.  The frozen blueberries OR strawberries and chocolate compliment each other so unbelievable well in a refreshing even invigorating way.  As with any Shakeology recipe you can optionally add Shakeology Boost to get even more fiber in your diet and you can optionally add Mills Ground Flaxseed to get more healthy fats in your diet.  If you don’t already have shakeolgoy, either GreenBerry or Chocolate, you can get it at My Shakeology Website.  Order Home Direct and get free shipping for life plus two free workouts and a shaker cup.

Genuinely Enjoy 🙂

– Tom

When it comes to healing foods, mushrooms receive high marks. Oyster and shiitake may lower cholesterol, stimulate the immune system, and prevent cancer, while cremini offer selenium and a host of B vitamins.

Mixed Mushroom Soup

187 calories; 9 g protein; 8 g fat; 23 g carb; 4 g fiber

Directions

1. Soak porcini in 1 cup warm water until softened, about 20 minutes. Lift porcini from liquid and coarsely chop; strain liquid through a cheesecloth-lined sieve and reserve.
2. In a large pot, heat oil over medium. Add leeks; season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
3. Add garlic, porcini, and chopped mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 7 minutes or until mushrooms just begin to brown. Add fennel seeds, bay leaves, tomato paste, and tomatoes, and cook for 3 minutes. Add marsala (if using), porcini liquid, and broth. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes. Discard bay leaves before serving.

Want the easiest and one of the most tasty ways to make salmon? Try this out!

Salmon Ginger With Broccoli

I never measure this stuff out. You just know how much to use as you prepare it…

– Salmon Fillet – Wild caught only NO farm raised
– Fresh ground Ginger
– Sea salt
– peppercorns freshly ground
– 2 or 3 Cloves of Garlic chopped
– Broccoli
– Olive oil, extra virgin OR non stick spray

In a medium sauce pan heat up some oil or non stick spray and add wild salmon over low-medium heat. Flip salmon when half way cooked; add salt, pepper, and ginger to taste on both sides. Add chopped garlic and broccoli to the same pan as the salmon for only the last couple of minutes to minimize nutrient destruction of the broccoli. You can lightly add salt and pepper to the broccoli if you would like. That’s it! Serve and enjoy. Believe me you WILL enjoy this ridiculously simple and tasty dish 🙂

– Tom

This Crunchy Pumpkin Pie recipes comes compliments of the Team Beachbody Club!

Crunchy Pumpkin Pie

Pie crust ingredients

* 1 cup quick-cooking oats
* 1 cup whole wheat flour
* 1/4 cup ground almonds
* 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
* 1/4 tsp. salt
* 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
* 1 Tbsp. water

Pie filling ingredients

* 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
* 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
* 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
* 1/4 tsp. salt
* 1 egg, beaten
* 4 tsp. vanilla
* 1 can canned pumpkin
* 2/3 cup evaporated skim milk

Preheat oven to 425 F. Mix oats, flour, almonds, sugar, and salt together in small mixing bowl. Blend oil and water together in measuring cup with fork or small wire whisk until emulsified. Add oil mixture to dry ingredients and mix well. If needed, add small amount of water to hold mixture together. Press into a 9-inch pie pan and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until light brown. Turn down oven to 350 F. Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and mix to blend ingredients. Add pumpkin and milk and stir to combine. Pour into prepared pie shells. Bake 45 minutes at 350 F or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Serves 9.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 55 minutes

Nutritional Information: (per serving)
Calories: 177
Protein: 3 g
Cholesterol: 24 mg
Sodium: 153 mg
Fat Total: 8 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g

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– Tom

Recommended by Tony Horton

Tony Hortons Sticky Bars

• 1/2 medium-size banana
• 1/4 cup chunky peanut butter (organic minus hydrogenated oils, preferably)
• 1 cup unsweetened granola

Mix and mash all three ingredients into a bowl. Spoon onto a sheet of wax paper. Roll up the contents into hot dog/cigar shape. Stick in the freezer. Ready in about 90 minutes. Cut off little bites or eat the whole thing. Eat it frozen or throw it in the microwave for 10 seconds. Serves 2.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 90 minutes

Nutritional Information: (per serving)

Calories: 389

Protein: 14 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Carbs: 47 g

Fat Total: 17 g

Saturated Fat: 4 g

Poison Something to Believe In

Desert Sage

1 (15 oz) can no salt added black beans rinsed and drained
1 can of Enchilada sauce (mild medium or hot)
All natural 6″ corn tortillas
1 whole raw onion chopped
1/2 cup wheat bread crumbs
1 tbsp dried oregano
1tbsp dried basil
1 – 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil first cold pressed
2 – 4 cloves raw garlic chopped fine or ground with a molcajete
Optional: Hot sauce to taste
Optional: Jalapeno chopped fine or ground with a molcajete

Put black beans in a bowl and mash with a potato masher. Then stir in the rest of the ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Poor half a can of Enchilada Sauce into a baking pan spreading out evenly. Spoon about 1/4 cup of the black bean mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up tortillas and place seam-side-down in the baking dish.  Poor the other half of the Enchilada Sauce over the tops of the Enchiladas.  Sprinkle  shredded cheddar cheese over the top.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 – 20 minutes.   Save the left over Black Bean Mixture later for some Black Bean VEGAN burgers 😉

You can easily make these gluten free just use gluten free ingredients 🙂

Black Bean Vegetarian Almost Vegan Enchiladas

Let me know how your Black Bean Vegetarian Almost Vegan Enchiladas turns out! If this spawns off a new recipe you create that turns out really well I’d LOVE to hear about it so let me know!

– Tom

Black Bean Nutritional facts: A cup of cooked black beans provides 227 calories, 15 g of protein, 1 g of total fat, no saturated fat or cholesterol, 41 g of carbohydrate and 15 g of fiber. Black beans contain no saturated fat or cholesterol. One cup of black beans also provides 20 percent of the daily value, or general recommended amount for adults, for iron and 5 percent of the daily value for calcium. Black beans also provide significant amounts of the minerals magnesium, phosphorus and manganese, and the B vitamins thiamin and folate, or folic acid.

Desert Sage

My home made Guacamole is always a smashing success with others. Perfect to make up for your house hold social gathering or if you’re going to a pot luck at someone elses social gathering this will go over VERY well. People will be asking you for the recipe. Send them here! 🙂
8 avacodos
1/4 – 1/2 raw onion to taste
1 1/2 jalepenos
2 – 6 raw garlic cloves to taste
3 or 4 roma tomatos.

Use a potato masher or a large fork to mash up the avacados in a medium bowl.  Grind up the onion, jalepenos and raw garlic separately in the molcajete.  Chop up tomato.   Add everything to the medium bowl with the mashed avocados and stir everything in together.  That’s it! Leave one or two pits in the guacamole to prevent browning.  You can also transfer your guacamole into the molcajete for presentation.  I recommend all natural chips of your choosing.  Guacamole also makes a fantastic sandwich spread.

Molcajete Guacamole

-Tom

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Desert Sage

Serves 6

1 (15 oz) can no salt added black beans rinsed and drained
1 whole raw onion chopped
1 cup wheat bread crumbs
1 tbsp dried oregano
1tbsp dried basil
1 – 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil first cold pressed
2 – 4 cloves raw garlic chopped fine or ground with a molcajete
Optional: Hot sauce to taste
Optional: Jalapeno chopped fine or ground with a molcajete

Put black beans in a bowl and mash with a potato masher.  Then stir in the rest of the ingredients.  Form into patties.  There should be enough for about six patties.  This is really simple to make but you may have to add either more bread crumbs or wheat flour to keep the patties from falling apart as you fry bake or grill them.  You can save the left over Black Bean mixture for more burgers later OR you can try my Black Bean Vegetarian Almost Vegan Enchiladas Recipe!

You can easily make these gluten free just use gluten free ingredients 🙂

Let me know how your Black Bean Vegan burger turns out!  If this spawns off a new recipe you create that turns out really well I’d LOVE to hear about it so let me know!

– Tom

Black Bean Nutritional facts: A cup of cooked black beans provides 227 calories, 15 g of protein, 1 g of total fat, no saturated fat or cholesterol, 41 g of carbohydrate and 15 g of fiber. Black beans contain no saturated fat or cholesterol. One cup of black beans also provides 20 percent of the daily value, or general recommended amount for adults, for iron and 5 percent of the daily value for calcium. Black beans also provide significant amounts of the minerals magnesium, phosphorus and manganese, and the B vitamins thiamin and folate, or folic acid.

Check out this Highly Helpful resource on the benefits of eating Black Beans:

https://www.positivehealthwellness.com/diet-nutrition/one-guide-black-bean-nutrition/

Chocolate Covered Cherry Shakeology

Here is how Melanie does it. The ONLY two things I do differently is I use half scoop of Chocolate Shakeology and half tbsp of Maple Syrup. If you haven’t ordered Shakeology yet get it here: SHAKEOLOGY and if you want the 25% coach discounts just call me and I’ll walk you through that. This really is VERY good…

From Melanie:
I’ve found a new love!!!!! My favorite candy ever is a good ol’ fashioned Chocolate Covered Cherry (the kind from an actual candy store… not those drug store brand ones), so I wanted to translate that to Shakeology. I believe I’ve done it, by jove!!!! If you try this, let me know what you think! 🙂

CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY SHAKEOLOGY

INGREDIENTS:

*1 scoop of Chocolate Shakeology (or one single serve packet)
*8 ounces of Original Almond Breeze almond milk (*note* SILK brand almond milk will make it thick/pudding like… use Almond Breeze)
*9 pitted and halved Bing Cherries
*1 tbsp of Joseph’s All Natural Sugar Free Maple Syrup
*Ice to taste

Chocolate Covered Cherry Shakeology

You can, of course, vary the number of cherries and amount of syrup to your preferences 🙂

Approx. nutritional info:

245 calories
36g carbs
4g fat
18g protein

ENJOY YOUR SWEET SWEET DESSERT SHAKE!