Hello Friends! I hope you’re having a good week. It’s nice to get back to normalcy after last week’s festivities, but it’s also kind of rough! I feel like my head is still on vacation. Last week was crazy between working on so many projects with brands, finishing my 2nd book (it’s coming soon!) and preparing this week’s blog posts, I forgot to register for an online class I was supposed to start this week and didn’t have the books in time to begin. Whomp…whomp… Organization at it’s finest! Oh well, I moved the start to next week and hopefully, I’ll have my head on straight by then. That is if I don’t have it up the Christmas tree. Holiday decorating needs to happen this week too. So much to do so little time! The good news is the book is almost done. In fact, here’s a sneak peak!
Now let’s see some food! Today I’m sharing my Thanksgiving day eats. If you’re new to Skinny Fitalicious, What I Ate Wednesday is a post I do every week showcasing my meals from one day. It’s fun to see what other people eat in a day. It’s also great motivation for me to eat balanced and create more delicious recipes for you!
Breakfast. Butternut squash spinach breakfast bake. No holiday would be complete with this beloved bake. It’s just so good! I had planned to fry some plantains to go along with this, but my plantains although appeared ripe when I opened them they were green and black. Plantain failure.
Followed by a pumpkin oatmeal cranberry cookie. P.S. they’re only 100 calories!
Then the cooking festivities began. Last minute I decided to test a few new recipes I’ve had in my head including these rosemary balsamic roast brussels sprouts because it’s completely normal to recipe test on a holiday.
Butternut squash sweet potato fries. They just belong together.
4 ingredient healthy coconut biscuits. These are perfection. I will share these with you soon.
Dinner. The finished plate with roasted garlic cauliflower mash, coconut biscuit, butternut squash sweet potato fries, brussels sprouts and turkey tenderloin grilled in avocado oil. Thanksgiving food sure is delicious, but it doesn’t photograph so well.
Dessert. Healthy almond apple crisp. I changed the recipe a bit, substituting the coconut oil with reduced sugar maple syrup and reduced the almond flour to 1/2 cup and replaced the rest with GF oat flour. It was just as delicious as I remember it!
What was the best thing you ate on Thanksgiving? Do you use the holidays to try new recipes?
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I also made Brussels sprouts on thanksgiving – feels festive 🙂 your new book looks amazing!
Would love to know how you made yours! Brussels sprouts will probably end up on my Christmas menu as well. 🙂
((Holds out a plate and realizes, since she did not host Thanksgiving, she has failed to meal pla in the slightest for weeks :-)))
So sad! Leftovers are the best part!
Girl, you are making applesauce from lemons (you know what I am talking about). You are doing MAJOR things!
THANK YOU! I’m so excited we actually get to meet in a few months!
I definitely always feel like this last month of the year time FLIES and I can’t find the time do do what I need or want to do! Can we all agree that we should take out a boring month and double up on December?
I completely AGREE with you. Christmas should be a good two months. It’s not long enough!
That’s so exciting that you’re finishing a 2nd book! I can’t wait to read about it. And that healthy almond apple crisp sounds really tasty. <3
Thanks Emily! I’m excited to have you read it.
Oh my goodness all your food! YUM!
And congrats on your book. What an exciting experience to be a part of.
Thanks Kat, it’s been a lot of work but worth it!
Oh my gosh girl!! Congrats on your second book!! That is so exciting! Also, everything looks amazing!! Seriously, I can’t wait for the coconut biscuit recipe!! SO excited. I love when things have just a few ingredients. Also, your dinner looks amazing! Love all the options! 🙂
Thanks Cailee! You will love the biscuits. I may post the recipe on Instagram soon so be sure to follow.
Your Thankgsiving eats looked delicious! Now I’m craving brussel sprouts and apple crisp. 😉
I can’t wait to see the recipe for those biscuits too!
Thanks Sarah, I think I could eat brussels sprouts and apple crisp every day.
Hi Megan! You are one busy lady! Totally cool about the second book! I made some delicious roasted veggies for a side for Thanksgiving, but perhaps my favorite thing was the pecan pie dessert!
Yum! I didn’t know you were a baker Ashley!
Send me some of those brussels sprouts and that apple crisp, please! They look amazing.
You were daring to try new recipes on a holiday but clearly successful. I’ve prepared new.to-me. recipes for special occasions before and unfortunately had a few fails. In my defense, though, that was partially due to the fact they were traditionally American dishes – like bread pudding – and not the kind of fare my family is used to.
Good for you for introducing new flavors! It doesn’t matter if they like them just as long as you try.
Only 100 calories for a cookie that delicious?! Sign me up 😉 haha Happy WIAW!
I have a whole stash in the freezer just waiting to be eaten!
OMG I drool for that breakfast bake!! But seriously, I need to make it – for manfriend’s family specifically, when I go home with him for the holidays!
Ooohhh….going home with him for the holidays? I want to know more!
I just want to tell you how proud I am of you- watching your personal growth over the years had been truly beautiful and inspiring! Keep up the good work!!
You are so sweet Karen! I miss you dearly!!! Stay tuned for my book release and guess what? I will soon be offering health coaching services which I know you asked about in the past.