{Clean} Sloppy Joe's

I'm always on the search for delicious recipes.  My hubby has ambitious aspirations regarding BBQ, and loves to cook, so he's a hard one to impress.  Especially if the word "healthy" is involved.  I can't blame him; a lot of people feel this way.  They think of bland salads, dry meat, very little flavor.  I'm hear to tell you, {healthy} food doesn't have to taste that way! I'm all about delicious, savory, taste bud exploding flavor in my food.  As I find recipes, I'm tailoring them to meet our families taste and then delivering them to you!

1.25 lb ground turkey

       opt: ~1/4 tsp freshly grated black pepper, 1/2 tsp garlic & onion powder when cooking meat

15 oz can {no salt added} tomato sauce - Hunt's makes a great one! 

1/2 c ketchup {preferably as clean as you can find}

1/2 tbs mustard {Dijon is delicious!} 

1 tbs EVOO

1 tbs {ish} pure honey 

1 tbs Worcestershire sauce 

1 tbs red wine vinegar

1 tbs garlic powder 

1 1/2 tbs onion powder

green bell pepper - {1 only use 1/2}

red bell pepper - {I only use 1/2}

Pour EVOO into a skillet, add meat, and brown over medium-high heat.  I also like to throw in a sprinkling of freshly ground black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder to my meat when I brown it for added flavor. {note: the measurements above are an estimate, I just grind the pepper/shake the powder over the meat and eyeball it.  it doesn't take a lot!} 

Drain the meat, then pour it back into the pan.  Add the rest of the ingredients in, and stir until it's all mixed up really well.  Allow to simmer for 15-20 min to allow the flavors to really soak through.  

Obviously, if you're wanting to eat as clean as possible you'll want to hunt up as clean of a hamburger bun as possible.  Trader Joe's, Sprouts, and Central Market are fabulous places to find clean breads.  

Enjoy!

adapted from: the gracious pantry.  

let's make some goals!

i don't know about y'all, but i'm not really a resolution maker.  i like to make goals, i feel like they stick around longer.  plus, they seem more long term than resolutions.  :)

i came into beachbody because i felt like it was the absolute best fit for rme: a way to help others improve their lives, through their health, diet, fitness, and nutrition which is something that i'm truly passionate about.  it also happened to fit one of my biggest goals of this year: step out of my comfort zone and make a difference.  

another goal that more or less fell into my lap was to eat clean: our daughter was diagnosed with a milk/soy protein intolerance at 6 weeks old.  if you've never had to deal with this, good for you! it wasn't so much the huge lifestyle change that we've had to make with our eating habits, it was watching our daughter suffer and we had no idea why.  the lifestyle change has actually proven to be one of the best thing i've ever done.  not only do i feel better, i've lost the baby weight faster {and so has my hubby, haha!}, but i'm not putting ridiculous amounts of processed food in my body.  have you ever taken the time to read the labels of the food you're ingesting? i had occasionally, but i had no idea what most of it meant.  i'm still educating myself but y'all, it's scary stuff.

if you haven't sat down and made a list of goals for yourself, you should.  you can always add to it throughout the year as well.  in fact, take a moment to do that right now and then leave a comment at the end of this post.  i can't wait to read what you want to accomplish in 2014 and beyond!

i'll share mine:
- step out of my comfort zone and make a difference
- workout regularly
- eat clean {with the occasional indulgence of course, we love our southern food here}
- set a healthy example for our kids
- reach out and meet new people {this is a super tough one for me!}
- find a church home
- participate in whole family physical activities {like the 5k i already signed us up for!}
- find a job i can be passionate about while also relieving some of the financial stress on my husband and continuing to stay at home with our children

i'm going to keep adding to this list as i think of things, but this is where i sit today!

what are yours??