Huevos Rancheros is the Mexican variation of the traditional American breakfast. Instead of ham, bacon, eggs, and pancakes, huevos rancheros features eggs, tortillas, beans, and salsa. Our recipe removes all of the unhealthy elements, balances out the macros, and makes this a healthy breakfast knockout. Plus it tastes awesome and is super simple to make.
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8 Late Night Snack Options
Recipes for Late Night Snacks So you’ve been reading the Origin Nutrition blog and you know that it’s OK to eat at night? But what are you going to make? … Read more
Low Sugar Oatmeal Cookies
All you need to Know about Low Sugar Recipes
When dealing with complicated topics like nutrition and fitness, the internet can be a scary place in terms of finding accurate information. For example, I found these two recipes on two highly respected food websites.
“No Sugar Oatmeal Recipes #1” Food.com
“No Sugar Oatmeal Recipes #2” Sparkpeople
The recipes read something like this:
3 ripe bananas
2 cups rolled oats
1⁄3 cup vegetable oil (I used olive oil)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins, 1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup apple sauce
Newsflash internet recipe makers … bananas contain 19 grams of sugar per serving. And raisins — a whopping 25grams. Cranberries? More sugar. Applesauce? Unless it’s unsweetened, it is laden with sugar.
So can you make Sugar Free Oatmeal Cookies?
Yes, but to make them taste good, you need use spices instead of sweeteners. Here’s my favorite recipe:
10 Reasons Why More Vegetables Will Increase Weight Loss
10 Reasons Why More Vegetables Will Increase Weight Loss
One of the biggest objections I hear to eating vegetables is that they take too much time or that it’s easier to take a multi-vitamin. Multi-vitamins are great, and we actually have some very specific ones we recommend. But they are a supplement not a replacement for many reasons. Here’s ten reasons why vegetables are better than your multivitamin
Eating more vegetables almost always causes you to lose weight, but that happens for a variety of reasons.
- The vitamins and minerals in vegetables makes metabolism more efficient, which in turn raises metabolic rate. Vegetables also contain flavonoids, which help improve metabolism.
- The soluable fiber in most vegetables dampens the glycemic load of most carbohydrates, which reduces blood sugar spikes.
- The insoluable fiber helps you remove toxins and bacteria from you GI tract helping your excretory system to be more efficient.
- Vegetables have a very low calorie density, which causes them to fill you up. If you aren’t hungry, you are much less likely to make bad choices.
- Vegetables (for the most part) are a safe-don’t-even-worry-about-it diet food. Being on a diet always involves counting macros and calories to some degree… but if you’re reaching for the greens, you know you don’t have to worry.
- Most vegetables have a “negative calorie balance” meaning that it takes more calories to extract the nutrients than the foods have.
Clean Meals – Mushroom Side
Green Onions, Bacon, & Mushrooms Meal Type: Veggies Meal: Dinner Cleanliness: 9/10 Nutrition summary: Good Sugar to Fiber ratio. Calorie Density: Low. High in selenium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus. Ingredients for … Read more