Winter Family Escape

Friday, January 9, 2015 from 6:30p-9pm
Southfield MI Weekend Event – Winter Escape Family Movie Night
Southfield Pavilion Room 115 (26000 Evergreen, Southfield, MI)
Bring a blanket or chairs and enjoy the free movie! Activities prior to showtime inlcude: moonwalk, basketball games, inflatable obstacle course, Rosco the Clown, crafts and more. This is a FREE Event! No registration required. Refreshments available for a fee.

Plymouth Ice Fetsival

Friday, January 9, through Sunday, January 11, 2015
Plymouth MI Weekend Event – Plymouth Ice Festival 2015
Downtown, Plymouth (350 S. Main St, Plymouth Twp., MI 48170)
Enjoy ice carving competitions, live entertainment, wintertime festival food, interactive ice sculptures, rail jams, skiers and snowboarders demos, Greenhills School Ice skating rink and much more! Hours are Friday from 3p-10p, Saturday from 10a-10p and Sunday from 10a-6p. Check outplymouthicefestival.com for more info.

Eating Clean: Broccoli and Cheese Rice

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of cooked brown rice (or other whole grain)
• 1 ½ cups shredded reduced fat Cheddar cheese, divided (NOT fat free… unless you like the sensation of eating plastic) (I did half of the cheese as Parmesan Cheese)
• 1 ½ cups cooked, chopped chicken breast 
• ½ cup cottage cheese or plain yogurt
• ½ cup of finely chopped onion
• 1/3 cup egg whites (or 2 egg whites)
• 1 cup chopped broccoli
• 1 tbsp chopped green chilies, drained (optional)
• ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro (optional)

ONE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine rice, 1 cup cheese, chicken, cottage cheese/yogurt, broccoli, onion, egg whites, green chilies, and cilantro in a large bowl; Mix well. 
TWO: Spray an 8x8 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray and dump the rice mixture in. Top with the remaining ½ cup of cheese.
THREE: Bake 45 to 50 minutes until the cheese on top is melted and bubbly. 

Kale and Goat Cheese Pizza

KALE GOAT CHEESE PIZZA

Miryam's original recipe from Eat Good 4 Life

Yield: 12 slices

Total Time: 25 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups fresh kale, chopped
5 oz goat cheese
2-3 tomatoes, quartered
2 lbs mozzarella cheese, shredded
2 prepared whole wheat pizza dough, or store bought
1 lb tomato sauce, any favorite kind

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat your oven to 400F.

On a flat surface, like your kitchen counter, place some whole wheat flour to prevent the dough from sticking. Roll out your pizza dough with a rolling pin in a rectangular shape and place the pizza dough onto the the rectangular baking cookie sheet making sure you reach the edges. My cookie sheet dimensions were 16.5 x 11.38 x 1 inches. Repeat this with the second pizza dough.

Divide the sauce among the two pizzas making sure to spread the sauce to the edges. Divide the shredded mozzarella cheese between the two pizzas and top with the chopped kale and tomatoes followed by the goat cheese.

Bake the pizzas in the preheated oven for 16-18 minutes. When baked, top the pizzas with some chopped red pepper flakes if desired.

Read more at http://www.eatgood4life.com/kale-goat-cheese-pizza/#cE1h7s2Y8dEPevuV.99

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Guilt Free Ice Cream

We've made "ice cream" before out of frozen bananas but this recipe has a little different twist. Adding in some almond butter and cocoa powder for a chocolate version.

The kids will be anxious to help create this concoction and their bowls will be completely empty within minutes!

Kid tested...mom approved!!!

Guilt Free Chocolate "Ice Cream"
Source: www.isavea2z.com

4 or 5 frozen bananas
1 T. almond butter
1 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 T. (or more) coconut milk

Cut up bananas and freeze them overnight or longer. Put the frozen bananas into your food processor and mix until you see finely shredded banana pieces. Add almond butter, cocoa powder, and 1 T. coconut milk.  Add in more coconut milk until it's the consistency you want. Serve immediately.

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

Blueberry Breakfast Cake
Source:  Amanda's Cookin' and Annie's Recipes

2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 t. grated lemon peel
2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries

TOPPING:
1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. flour
1/4 c. finely chopped walnuts (I used pecan pieces that I already had on hand)
1/2 t. ground cinnamon
3 T. cold butter or margarine

DRIZZLE:
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1-2 T. milk

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and baking powder. Add egg, milk, butter and lemon peel; mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in the blueberries. Spread in a greased 9-in. square baking pan.

For topping, combine sugar, flour, walnuts and cinnamon in a mini food processor or bowl. Add butter and process, or cut in if doing by hand, until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

For drizzle, combine the powdered sugar and milk. If too thick, add a few drops of additional milk at a time until it reaches drizzling consistency. Drizzle over the top of the cake.