This is one of my all-time favorites and it's so easy!
I absolutely LOVE pablano peppers. They are flavorful and pack a little bit of heat, and they compliment so many Southwestern dishes.
My hubby likes meat, so I usually stuff these with leftover chicken or smoked pork; however, you can easily make this a vegetarian meal by mixing other proteins such as quinoa or beans.
Here's how:
Broil any number of pablano peppers for 10 minutes on each side or until charred. Place peppers in a brown paper bag to let the steam separate the outer skin from the rest of the pepper. Carefully peel off the skin, slice open the pepper and remove the seeds.
Next, mix your filling. I like chicken or pork, finely diced onions and shredded cheddar cheese.
You could add quinoa, black beans, onions, green chiles and cheese.
Stuff the chiles. Top with a dab of cream cheese and your favorite hot sauce.
Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
Serve with rice or beans or both. Yum!
Here are the peppers just before baking:
Here's the plate! Those are Anasazi beans we bought in Colorado. We pressure cooked them and they were done within an hour!
In this audio interview (click the screen below), Bliss Buddy Guest Roseann Zaft explains how you can begin to lose weight, prevent serious disease and get healthier by eliminating sugar from your diet. Towards the end of the interview she gives us 7 tips to help us get started and it's not that hard!
Roseann is the Owner of LIVEFIT which is a holistic health coaching business. She is a board certified Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach, and a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP). She is also a Certified Fitness Trainer and Yoga Therapist. Her lust for life is infectious and inspiring, and for her clients she combines wellness expertise with loving kindness.
Roseann works with busy women and men helping them to find solutions to balance fitness and nutrition so that they can live fit. Together they create successful strategies for health, happiness and harmony in all areas of life. For 17 yrs. she has specialized in helping people overcome their fitness and health challenges through increasing endurance, flexibility, power, mobility, stability, and strength in their body while improving their confidence and commitment to living a healthier life.
Through educational programs and 1-1 coaching, Roseann helps clients find a deeper understanding of how their body works and how to feed it for optimal energy to heal their bodies from the inside out.
Roseann is trained and certified in numerous modalities which you can read about on her website at www.roseannzaft.com.
After having several medium, hot decaf, Brown Sugar Cinnamon Breves at Dutch Bros., I decided to try making one myself. Since I have a cappucino maker at home, I figured I could save a little money and enjoy this blissful breve even if it doesn’t taste exactly the same. Mine is a little healthier because I use Cinnamon Essential Oil and about 1/2 the cream. Still, it’s pretty good. Here’s what’s in it:
2 shots espresso (mine is decaf, go for the loaded version if you want)
1/2 cup Half and Half
1/2 cup Non or Low-fat milk
1 drop Cinnamon Essential Oil
1 heaping teaspoon brown sugar…more or less to taste (15 calories per teaspoon)
Add your sugar and cinnamon oil to a coffee cup, pour the espresso shots in, then steam the combined milk and cream to make a frothy beverage. Pour into the espresso, sprinkle with raw sugar and powdered cinnamon (optional, of course).
Nutrition and Fitness expert Michele Rusinko shares why we women tend to accumulate belly fat and what we can do to tone it way down. Listen to our interview below by clicking on the pretty picture.
Michele Rusinko, inspired by her own healthy transformation, studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and became a board-certified integrative nutrition health coach. Her passion for cooking and recipe developing led her to perform healthy cooking demos at Whole Foods Markets, Scottsdale resorts and other local Phoenix area venues. Michele is also a passionate speaker on wellness and is an ACE-certified personal trainer.
In late 2013, she published her first book, “Simply Seasonal: a Simple Guide to Eating Delicious and Nutritious Food” after Dr. Mark Hyman released two of her recipes in his book “The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook”. Previously, Michele had a career in consumer product sales and marketing, traveling extensively and visiting all 50 U.S. states and 25 countries. Her philosophy is simple – making it easy to make good choices – and her mission is to change people’s lives for the better.
It’s possible, according to Justine Schrimsher – life coach and mother of 3 – who did lose a child and yet continues to thrive. Listen to her story here and see if she can help you or someone you love cope with the grief of one of life’s greatest tragedies. It is a huge honor for me to know Justine and to have interviewed her for this purpose: to help other grieving parents cope with the loss of their children and learn to thrive while honoring their child’s memory.
It’s not just parents who grieve. Anyone who was in relationship to the child suffers as well. Please share with someone you might be able to help.
Justine Schrimsher is a Certified Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Reiki Practitioner, and Owner of Heart and Soul Healing. She coaches individuals, couples, and families to focus on positive changes in their lives, and ultimately achieve goals, personal peace, and healing. Justine graduated from the University of California (Davis) with a BA in Sociology.
Justine and her son TJ
On September 14, 2007 Justine’s life and how she viewed the world was forever changed when her 21 year old son, TJ, passed away. In her quest to find peace, healing, and continue to be an active parent to her two living children, Justine realized that in order to once again find joy and purpose in her life, it was important to help others heal as well. This led to her decision to go back to school to become a life coach, and ultimately, to leave the corporate world and establish Heart and Soul Healing. The love and support of dedicated friends and family members continues to be integral in Justine’s healing process, as is meeting and networking with other bereaved parents. Justine has been involved in organizations that provide resources and support for other parents who have lost children. She continues that mission every day and in the above video she shares some of her coping strategies with us.
Justine believes that by educating, empowering, and inspiring other bereaved parents and families who have experienced loss, she is honoring her living children as well as her son’s memory. Her website is www.heartandsoulhealing.net.
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