Scallops Wrapped in Bacon!

If your a fishy fan then you probably love scallops! There is something about them that is like no other fish in the sea. This paleo snack is perfect for an Easter appetizer or just for yourself because they are that good! If you don't like bacon, no worries. The bacon helps seal in the flavors and gives the scallops a nice smokey flavor. Just un wrap the bacon when they are done and enjoy the scallop!

Scallops Wrapped in Bacon

1 pack of turkey bacon or organic bacon

12 scallops, thawed

12 tooth picks

Take the bacon out of the package and wrap it around each scallop until completely covered. Then secure the bacon with a tooth pick. Set your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a cookie sheet with  no stick spray and spread out the bacon wrapped scallops. Bake for 30 minutes or until the bacon is crisp and the scallops are fully cooked.

{Makes 12}

Eat Clean

You can work out hours and hours a day but if you go home and eat the same unhealthy food you will never see results and all that time spent at the gym will become a waste of money. To be fit and healthy you must feed your body healthy. There are so many diets out there, your goal should be to figure out a meal plan that fits you best! I chose To become paleo. Or commonly called the cavemen diet. I could go on and on about how much better I feel. Don't look at changing the way you eat as a "diet" which is associated with losing weight, look at is as a lifestyle change, a way to make you feel better. Here are three paleo meal options. Turkey tenderloin with aspargus, zucchini soup with turkey burger and my favorite almond butter chia seed cookies! If you would like a meal plan I would be happy to help! Email me at alycialykins@gmail.com. I figured out all this the hard way and I would love nothing more than to help you be healthy and happy the right way! 

Dinner #1 - Turkey Tenderloin and Asparagus

1 4 oz turkey tenderloin ( Trader Joe's) 

10 stalks of Asparagus 

1 tbs olive oil

* Set your oven for 35o degrees. Spray a baking sheet with no stick spray. Place the turkey and asparagus on the baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and top with your favorite spices. Then bake for about 20-30 minutes or until the Turkey is fully cooked. ( My turkey and asparagus was frozen before hand so it took about 35 minutes to cook.) I topped mine with low sodium salsa.

{single serving)

Dinner # 2- Zucchini Soup with Turkey Burger

1 large zucchini diced

1 package of 99% lean turkey burger

1 diced tomato

1 diced red pepper

1 package of frozen spinach

1 low sodium can of salsa

2 c of water

* Place all ingredients in a deep skillet, if you don't have a skillet you can use a boiling pan. Cover the pan or pot and let the ingredients boil, once boiling reduce to a simmer until burger is cooed and the vegetables are very tender. I added garlic powder and about 1tsp of sea salt to mine.

{serves 4)

Desert - Almond Butter Chia Seed Cookies

3/4 c almond butter

2 c almond flour

3 tbs chia seeds

1 c diced apple

1/3 c stevia

1/4 c almond milk

2 eggs

1 tbs cinnamon

* Put all ingredients in a food processor, mix until smooth. Scoop out dough onto 1 sprayed baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Its that easy! i store mine in the freezer.

{ makes about 2 dozen cookies if you make the cookies small}

Lets Get Physical, Physical..

Make fitness fun! 

Many of us, ok basically all of us are extremely busy these days. How many of you commonly use the excuse, "I don't have time to workout". Well you may actually feel that way but I promise you that is not true, far from it. There are some very good websites that offer great workouts that are under 15 mins. They are short, intense and allow you to burn a lot of calories in a short amount of time! Two of my favorite websites are Popsugar and The Daily Hiit or commonly refereed to as Body Rock TV, both of these websites let you workout daily for free! These websites offer yoga, Pilates, weight training and very intense circuit training workouts. Next time you don't think you have enough time to stay fit, think again and click on over to one of these websites and workout for 12 minutes! Make fitness fun, get that body you desire. Don't forget to try the workout I posted above, it will work your butt off, literally. Happy training!