Healthy Eating

I will be out of town for the next week, without access to my computer, so I wanted to post a new favorite recipe for all of you who want to eat more healthy, plus it is gluten free!  It's easy to make and really good!

Cauliflower Crusted Pizza

Nonstick spray

2 ½ cups cauliflower, grated

(about ½ of a large head)

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

¼ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

 salt and pepper

½ cup tomato sauce

1 cup (about 20) grape tomatoes,

sliced in half

2 cloves garlic, sliced (2 teaspoons minced)

¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Italian seasoning

5 slices bacon, (lightly fried and cut up into small pieces)

Fresh basil leaves

Directions:

1.      Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 425degrees.

2.      Grate the cauliflower using a box grater until you have 2 cups of cauliflower crumbles.  Place in a large bow and microwave for 7 – 8 minutes, or until soft.  Remove for the microwave and let cool.

3.      Mix in the egg, one cup mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and salt and pepper.  Once combined, pat into a 10 inch round on the prepared pizza pan.  Spray lightly with nonstick spray and bake for about 15 – 20 minutes, till edges look light brown.

Top the pizza with the sauce, ¼ cup mozzarella, Italian seasoning, garlic, red pepper flakes, tomatoes, and bacon.  Bake in the oven until melted and bubbly, another 10 minutes.  Top with basil before serving.  Cool 5 minutes before serving.

*This recipe is a revised version from the www.fitsugar.com website.

Days 19 - 22, Drawing Challenge

I've been out of town, so these are the last 4 drawings that I did.  The top two are supposed to deal with perspective and sizes of things.  The bottom 2 are supposed to deal with getting everything within your imaginary frame, when working from real life.  Since I was out of town, taking a workshop, I'm just happy to get them done, even though they are definitely not my best work!  But I completed the assignment each day!  Sorry I couldn't post them while I was gone.  My laptop has not worked away from it's base lately.  So, again, I have to say that Kathie George is a fantastic blogger, and that you should all be signed up to receive her daily lessons, because you will learn LOTS!!!!  Her Drawing Challenge link is http://www.kathiegeorge.com/category/lessons/30day/ 
So, how are you doing on your healthy living challenge?  Several of you left comments that you would like to join me in the next month!  I actually lost 1.5 pounds in the last 5 days, so I'm very happy.  Remember, the challenge is to eat NO processed foods and to log into MyFitnessPal app each day. I have to confess that since I was out of town, that some days were not perfect for me.  In fact, my friend, Kim Grant, informed me that chocolate candies are definitely processed foods, since she read the back of the package, and there were about 10 things listed, that neither of us could pronounce.  My point is that we are not ever perfect, but we can do our best, and you still should produce good results!  So, keep it up, Healthy Warriors!
Tomorrow, I will have a lesson on making comments on my blog.  Several have been having trouble with that!  :)

Drawing Challenge, Day 18

Today, we got to draw from a photo that Kathie George had taken.  I loved drawing this, and find it so much easier to draw from a photo than from real life.  Guess I've just got to get better at putting an imaginary box around whatever I'm drawing outdoors.  I started a new challenge for myself today.  I'm going to eat only healthy foods (No processed foods) for the next 30 days and will log onto MyFitnessPal app every day for the next 30 days too. If I go by this, I should lose 1.5 pounds per week, which will be great!   This will be a test to see who actually READS my blogs.  Anyone who joins me must blog below, and will get a free art lesson, sent to their email, so it's important that you send me that email address too.  I'm not going to post this on Facebook, only here on my blog.  How many of you want to join me?