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Posted on May 11, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

VIDEO. 4 Easy Steps to your Best Salad

So, you can’t get to an awesome salad bars like Evergreens  and you’re not sure what you really need in your bowl.

There’s so many options:

hardboiled eggs, beans, peas, corn , bell pepper, mushrooms, kale, chard, cabbage spinach, artichokes, cranberries, goat cheese, steak, turkey, tuna, quinoa, beets, zuchinni, cucumber, radishes, celery, walnuts, sunflower seeds, fruit, tofu, 8 different dressings and more!

More is better, right?

Nope! Think again,  put 8 things in your bowl and that’s a ton of work for your body. Hello naptime, bloating and room clearing gas

 

So how do you make the best choice AND actually like how it tastes?

I hear ya, that’s why I’ve created this super simple Video and outline of what you need in your salad, why and how to keep it delicious. This will for sure help you save money as well (those add ons add up!

 

 4 Steps to the best Bang For Your Buck Salad 

Want some delicious bread to go with that? CLICK HERE for my Best Paleo Bread (sooo good!)

#1. START with the base – leafy greens

Get the single most dark leafy green.  This means Kale, Chard, Mustard Greens or Spinach.

These are listed from best to 3rd best ( So Kale wins),  The darker the greens, the more nutrients you get! Stuff like calcium, vitamin D, E, K, iron, magnesium

 

#2 MOVE ONTO

Two brightly colored veg. Carrots and green peas OR beets and purple cabbage. The more color the veg has the more good stuff you get!

Anti-oxidants are found in foods deep natural colors. That’s deeper and richer the color the more vitamins and minerals you cash in on.

My favs are bright green peas and beets

 

#3 ADD PROTEIN to Keep Full longer

You got stuff to do! being hungry is a giant inconvenience. This salad better fill you up.

Pick ONE protein: Tuna, Turkey, Hard Boiled Eggs, Ham, Tofu… it’s up to you. If you’re looking for the LEANEST choice- stick to this rule:

Pick a source that moved a lot. So Tuna move more than Turkey, Chickens move more than pigs (ham) – get it?

My fav go to is Fresh Tuna or Diestel Farms Turkey

 

#4 Keep Nutrients in You. Sprinkle on some Healthy Fats

Nuts, seeds, avocados, salad dressing.  Pick 2 seeds OR 1 nut choice and 1 seed. All you need is about 10 nuts max and 3 tbsp seeds – A little goes a long way

What’s best?  I’ll keep it simple – walnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds win (more omega 3’s, vitamins and minerals)

Salad Dressing?  DON”T SKIP IT!  Do you know that your body actually cannot absorb vitamin D and calcium without some healthy fat?

Totally True

What you don’t need is a bunch of sugar or cream. So skip the raspberry vinaigrette and ranch. Head for the Olive oil and balsamic or Tahini.

 

I put a couple that I love – Homemade and Store Bought Below.

So there you have it!  Dark Leafy Greens (2 max), 2 brightly colored veg, 1 protein, 2 healthy fats (avocado and walnut) and a little drizzle of dressing to bring it all together.

Doesn’t that feel better! Hope so:)

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Tagged: 4 steps to best salad, best salad, salad

Posted on May 9, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

Meat Muffins! Perfect for Lunch

Okay, so they don’t have the most sexy title, but I call it like it is 🙂

You most likely saw my post on Facebook or Instagram- if not here’s the video introducing these little nuggets to you.

Oh! real quick, join me on my Facebook Page next Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 PM. I’ll be talking shop bout salads. Exactly what you need in your bowl, What you DON’T need to worry about and some awesome dressings (store bought and Homemade) See ya then:)

back to the muffins:

I love doubling or even tripling this and packing a couple for lunch on busy days. Great for grab and go breakfast as well!

2 muffin baking sheets/tins lined with cupcake/ muffin liners

Preheat oven to 375 degree F

In a large bowl put all these goods and stir well

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 large cooked yam – pre cook at 450 for 45 mins. ( I do this a couple days in advance)  OR shred yam in food processor.. no cooking needed. The baked yam works better though
  • 3 cups thinly chopped COOKED turkey OR any other meat (beef, lamb, tuna, salmon, chicken)
  • 1/2 red onion finely diced
  • 1/2 small green jalapeno pepper- seeds removed and finely diced
  • 1 tsp pink himalayan sea salt
  • 2 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp lime juice

Using a large spoon – scoop up about 1/4 cup into each liner. Bake for about 25 mins.

ENJOY!  Lasts up to 6 days.

OH!! You can freeze these as well and defrost for later use.  Love doing this so when busy weeks hit I’m golden.

Tagged: breakfast, lunch, meat muffins

Posted on May 2, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

VIDEO. Energy Burst Bites

Hey!

Just made up a fresh batch of these awesome bites. Perfect for a pre-workout snack. I came up with these years ago when I needed something after a long day of work – but still needing to get in a quick workout. Soooo perfect!

Tastes great

Gives me an energy boost without any gas or side ache during workout

chock full of healthy fats, omega 3’s and quick absorbing low glucose fuel

Can’t wait for you to try them!

Makes 20 small (2×2 inch balls)

  • 2 lemons – juice and zest
  • 5 dates
  • 10 tbsp coconut oil
  • 3 tbsp hemp seeds

Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend till date pieces blended well (bout 30 secs)

using clean hands – shape in small balls and wrap in foil

Freeze for up to 4 mos (keep 5 in the fridge each week)

enjoy 1 before your workout – Now, Get Going!

 

Tagged: lemon bites, pre-workout

Posted on May 2, 2017  |  Podcasts

How to make the best salad that you can’t wait to eat.

Okay!  So of course I love salad’s.

It’s what healthy people eat, right?! We need those bowls of nutrient packed veg to keep us lean, healthy and strong.

But they can get boring. Maaaan I hear that!

So how the heck do we keep salad’s exciting AND make sure we’re getting what we really need?

As busy people we gotta

  1. Hold ourselves over for at least 4 hours
  2. Get in those super powerful nutrients to stay on top of our game
  3. Feel good.. no gas or wanting to take a nap after
  4. Feed our hungry muscles
  5. Actually enjoy it – so we keep eating them and enjoy our salad moments.

Rather than make you do a bunch of reading, I set you up with a handy podcast episode. This way you peel yourself from your computer, take a stroll, get some chores done or learn something great while you sit in traffic:)

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So go ahead and treat your ears to how to make the best salad.  OH!  Stay tuned…

I’ve got a special guest joining next week who owns a chain of salad shops! All ya gotta do is stop in and leave the work up to them. I love this place, their ingredients and everything they’re about – Get on my email list, if you’re not already and I’ll deliver that episode right to your inbox when it releases!

All ya gotta do is fill out the sign up form on any page on my site:)

OK – back to today’s goods!

Find my fav salad dressings below – store bought and homemade

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Tagged: how to make the best salad, salad

Posted on April 29, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

New Cooking Video!

Cooking with Curran’s #6

Galen and I are back at it again.

Here is your monthly dose of great family friendly + Lean keeping meals

All are dairy free, gluten free, refined sugar free. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/eJt32EbPA2o

 

Recipes are below

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Tagged: cooking vid, Cooking with Currans, social

Posted on April 26, 2017  |  Podcasts

Super awesome stuff you can get your mitts on!

Okay, so if you’ve been tuning into my podcast, you know that I’m all about stuff that helps lift you up and stay healthy

Well, that’s about to change…

I had a good talk with myself and realized that I want to literally put great stuff into your hot little hands.

That’s why my podcast will now bring you awesome stuff from fascinating brands that totally make your day easier AND you can grab hold of!

 

What is “awesome stuff”?

Great Question!

I’m talking about delicious meals you can drink on the go, dairy free/ gluten free muffins that taste amazing, chocolate that you can’t overeat, the best tasting anti inflammatory ice cream, meats from farms you can totally trust, the best nutrition bars, the coolest water bottle, workout gear that looks super cool and totally fits your lifestyle.

Basically anything and everything that makes it super easy for you to stay healthy on your most craziest of days.

How do you know all this stuff is great?

Another Great Question!

I got the owners to join me as guests on my podcast episodes. This way you can hear exactly why their stuff is perfect for you and what they’re all about.

What I really love is hearing the story behind the goods.. how they got to create their super cool thing.

 

I’ve made sure to only feature brands that

        1. Pay it Forward

Portion of their profits go to benefit others in need

       2.Totally get what healthy is

No refined sugar, gluten free, organic, humanely raise animals and stay away from GMO’s

       3. Are good humans

No Douche Bags or Power Trippers 🙂

 

You should be super excited right now. You’re about to get the most direct path to stuff you not only need, but totally want in your daily life!

I figure if I can bring you awesome tools, you will do better and help keep this world great on your end.

 

Plus I get to chat with some amazing people:)   Oh and no, I’m not affiliated with or sponsored by any of them- so no ads or wasting your time.

Just good people helping good people. Make sure and subscribe to Burn Brighter on iTunes CLICK HERE  or just sign up here on my site, scroll to the bottom of this page 🙂

I’ll let you know when I release new episodes

 

Peace!

Your Coach, Breanne

Tagged: awesome products, podcasts

Posted on April 26, 2017  |  Podcasts

The #1 Trigger to be your best self today

If you are like me, you love checking out what amazing people in the world are doing.

Let’s face it, we all wanna know the best stuff that keeps us doing great daily- right?! Isn’t that why we love Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter?

Seems that way to me – quick info that gives us awesome tips right?! One thing I love to do is check out what the game changers of the world are up to.

I’m talking The Dalai Lama, Oprah, Tony Robbins, Arianna Huffington, Gwen Stefani, Marie Forleo _______________(enter your motivating leader here)

This is one reason I love having guests on my podcast! It’s so great to hear from people that are literally guiding thirsty souls (me included) to their better selves every darn day.

So I got to thinking.. what do these great people all have in common? What’s one thing they ALL do every darn day?

The thing where if they skip it they struggle to stay at the top of their game.

FOUND IT!  I recorded it for you on this episode:)

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That way you can keep up with all you need to do today and just listen (no need to put off those email, dog walk, commuting)

Just hit play to hear what trigger the greatest people pull every day, to stay top of their game.

Tagged: greatest, podcast, trigger to greatness

Posted on April 24, 2017  |  Podcasts

Siri Lindley. How to fail big time, get past fears and impress the world

I’m all about sharing awesome resources that keep us busy people on top of our game.

That’s why I had to get this to you right away!

I was just on a long walk with Ripley, my dog and I was instantly enthralled with this woman’s words and wisdom.

 

See, I love listening to podcasts. What a great way to get cool info while not slowing down our days- right?!

I often plug into the great Tony Robbins. He never fails to inspire me.

 

Well today his guest hit it out of the park! That’s the great Siri Lindley. Siri is a gold medal olympic triathlete who rose to the top the long and super hard way.

She failed big time. I mean she totally sucked at all things tri (swim, cycle and run)

 

She didn’t have the physical abilities but she stuck to her dreams with relentless brave actions every damn day.

Her story of how she kept going and rose to the top will fill you with that crazy chill you get when something totally speaks to you and hits your heart. I gotta admit, for some reason it’s super helpful to hear that being filled with fear and doubt happens to the best of us.

 

CLICK HERE to  hear Siri’s  4 tips on how to dump fear and take on the impossible.

  • Be Brave
  • Be Relentless
  • Be Resilient
  • Embrace the Process

Let me know what you thought of the episode. I’m so excited for you to get your ears on this.

Oh! and stay tuned. In a few days I’ll post how you can get your hands on more cool stuff (literally)

 

🙂 Breanne

Tagged: get over it, Siri Lindley, Ton Robbins, triathlete

Posted on April 14, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

Stop Freaking Out About Sugar! 5 easy steps to read labels like a pro, drop fear and stay healthy.

Packaged Foods are bad for us and Sugar is evil… Right?

That’s the reaction I get from most people. They know that sugar is bad, but aren’t sure of what exactly should concern them and why.

Now, as a girl that likes to stay lean, strong and healthy.. I totally get watching sugar intake. I read labels wherever I go and put a lot of products back on the shelf.

But we busy people, gotta keep it real! Sugar is in everything.

We gotta stop freaking out when we see more than 4 grams of sugar on our favorite Kombucha

That just makes us feel like there’s no good choices in our daily life. Soo wrong!  There’s tons of good choices, we’re just missing them because we’re staring at those sugar grams.

Plus deprivation will always wreck you.  If you run from that sugar all day, you’re just gonna end up face first in a bowl of ice cream or giving yourself a mental lashing for that chocolate you snuck last night. I know I’ve been there 🙂

 

Here’s how to stop freaking out about sugar WHILE keeping lean, strong and healthy!

Yeah, we want to eat more foods that don’t have labels… but let’s face it busy days call for foods we can grab and go with and these are often packaged options.

Even the most healthy packaged options have sugar in them. Let’s look at bars and smoothies.
I’m guessing you often buy protein shakes and nutrition bars.

I’ll walk you through my two top picks, what to look for and why

My favorite bar option is Perfect Bar.

(I love the almond coconut one)
Gluten Free, Non GMO, Soy Free and jam packed with superfoods including alfalfa, celery, kelp, spinach, flax, organic pumpkin seed oil, egg &rice protein.

Outstanding! Right? Now let’s take a look at the label.

If you can’t read it below-  CLICK HERE FOR PERFECT BAR NUTRITION INFO

 

 

It’s got 20g of sugar. I’ve had many clients see this and put it back on the shelf.

Noooo!   The fear of sugar just made them opt out of a great choice.
I’ll break down exactly how to fix this.

 

First, let’s look at mēle my favorite on the go smoothie.

 

I love mēle Specifically the supergreen shake.

Like Perfect Bar, this company found a great way to get high quality veg, protein and healthy fats in the hands of busy folk trying to eat healthy.

Ingredients:

grass-fed whey protein isolate, pineapple, mango, coconut milk, almond, organic carrot, organic flaxseed, organic wheatgrass, organic barley grass and less than 1% of each of the following: xanthan gum, maltodextrin (from corn), sunflower lecithin (carrier), sodium caseinate (casein).  allergen info: contains milk, peanuts and almonds. processed in a facility that handles wheat and soy

 

Did you see those fantastic ingredients? Ya got clean, lean proteins, healthy fats, high nutrient veg and fruit.

Now let’s check out that nutrition fact label.

There’s 18g of sugar in One serving.

Does that freak you out?  It should NOT

But, I know it’s turned many away

Again, I say “Noooo! “

This is a great choice.

So, how the heck do stop fearing sugar and
stay lean and healthy?

 

Good freakin’ question!

Here’s 5 Steps to Quickly & Easily Make the Best Choice

One that fills you up, keeps you lean, boosts your energy and makes you look gorgeous!

CLICK HERE to get this super awesome PDF Cheat Sheet 

 

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Tagged: mele, meleshake, Perfect Bar, sugar

Posted on April 12, 2017  |  Awesome Foods

Wheyt a minute! How to know you’re picking the BEST protein

If you’re like me, you’re used to saying no cow dairy.

For me, I must because my body hates dairy. It basically does everything it can to kick it out in a violent manner.

Now, many are in this lactose intolerant boat as well. But many people are cutting out cow dairy so they can lean out and stay healthy.Now, cow dairy isn’t evil, it’s just that there’s this pesky protein in cow dairy that slows us down and bloats us out. That’s the casein.

What’s important to know is that there’s another protein in milk that can be great for us. I say “can be” because benefits hinge on the quality and type.

Don’t worry, I’ll break it down for you, without boring science or annoying opinions 🙂

 

Why ONLY one kind of whey is the best for you

 

So for years I avoided whey (Whey is the other protein found in cow’s milk). This may not be a big deal, but you know what…

For active people who wanna get stronger and leaner, cutting out whey is a nuisance!

  • First, it’s got tons more bioavailable protein than egg, pea,hemp,pumpkin,goat milk or any other you can think of
  • Second, It’s in many of our protein shakes and bars, stuff that active and busy people need.

I mean it’s pretty hard to go home after soul cycle or kettle bell and make up a veg scramble with 3 eggs.

It just doesn’t work in our busy days.

What does work is guzzling down an awesome green protein smoothie on your way to your next awesome thing in your day. Yes, real whole food is always ideal. But for most of us, that’s just not gonna happen.

Thank goodness there’s more and more great juice bars and packaged protein drinks we can grab!

But we gotta be smart. Buy the wrong protein and you will be wasting you money and wreaking havoc on your gut.

 

You should get really excited right now, because I’m about to tell you how you can easily pick the best protein powder (and nutrition bars) and why it’ll make life easier for you!

Ever notice what’s in most protein powders and shakes – whey!

Now whey is not casein, both are from cow’s milk – but your body quickly absorbs whey. It also doesn’t get tired and bloated like it can from casein.

 

Wait, WAIT!

Before you go thinking that whey is great, read on. If you buy the wrong kind, you’ll be fighting an uphill battle.

(Not that I’ve ever done that, but it looks really hard in the movies)

 

So listen here – What you want is GRASSFED WHEY ISOLATE.

 

You wanna see those 3 words whenever you opt for whey protein.

Let me tell you why without boring you. I’ll also give you some names of awesome products to buy.

First lets talk about what the heck whey really is

How do we get this from cow milk and why can it work fine for the lactose and dairy free folk?

So you most likely know that whey is found in powder form. Let’s look at how that happens.

  • Start with a glass of cow milk. To get the proteins out ya gotta start with coagulated milk.
  • Milk is purposefully left out and coagulates. It turns into a solution of 5% lactose and super mineral rich water.
  • One by product of the coagulation- is whey.
  • It’s in there with the casein, so we gotta separate them. This is done by taking that coagulated milk and pushing it through filters. This divides up the whey and the casein.
  • The more filters the whey is pushed through and the more it is purified, the more isolated it is.
  • Whey turns into Whey Isolate when it’s pushed through micro filters and turns into lactose and ash.
  • That ash is sent to the dry tower to dry and turn to powder.

This is huge: You want extra filtered, purified whey – otherwise known as Whey Isolate.

You also want this from Grass-Fed Cows ONLY
If you don’t already know why grass-fed is a must with your meats- I gotcha covered.
CLICK here for my post on Grassfed meats

 

So, let’s do a quick review on why we must see “Grass-fed Whey Isolate”

First it has almost no lactose

Hooray! for us lactose intolerant folk.

Second – it has way more protein than plain whey. Non Isolate whey has about 11- 15% protein & up to 75% lactose. Whey isolate is more than 90% protein and has about .5 percent lactose.

Pretty huge difference! Now – if you’re like me that measly less than 1% lactose still has you concerned.

So get this: If you get whey isolate from a higher quality cow, that .5% will feel like nothing to your body.

So what’s a classy cow? One that eats grass!

Grass eating animals roam around,live better and have a better diet, they digest better. Not only do we get more nutrients from the happy cows (Vit D, B vitamins, omega 3’s …) but we absorb the nutrients with less work on our own bodies.

My body could never stand whey until I used Grass-fed Whey Protein Isolate. Now I can get more high quality protein in my body, every day.

Makes ordering a smoothie at my fav juice bar way easier. Also – this makes it way easier to pick a great protein bar, or grab a prepackaged drink at the airport.

Just remember, you need to see all these words:

Grass-fed Whey Protein Isolate.

Here’s a super cool new product that makes life waaaay easier for you!
MELESHAKE.

It’s basically awesome protein drinks that for people on the go.

Chockfull days and travel can be almost impossible to get in healthy meals. That’s exactly why mele shake was created.  IT’s your all natural meal replacement.

This awesome NY couple that love to work out and eat healthy were sick of crap choices on busy days. They wanted to make it easier to eat healthy AND keep up with a busy life.
Whallah! Mele

It’s a dried powder you can take anywhere. It’s got exactly what you need to stay lean, strong and boost your energy. Oh and look! It’s got Grass-fed Whey Protein Isolate.

Thanks Meleshake! CLICK HERE FOR SITE

Tagged: grass fed, mele, meleshake, protein powders, whey. whey isolate

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