I realize that I've been horrible about posting recipes, which is such a travesty since I love to cook! I figured I'd stop this despicable practice today by giving you what I had for lunch. All of these recipes were either inspired by or made directly from those I found on Pinterest, so I'll provide the links for those at the end. :)

Today's lunch was two scrambled eggs made with Indian spices, leftover bok choy, and left over green beans.

I started off by sauteeing a couple teaspoons of minced garlic as well as some fresh Thai red peppers that I found at my local asian market for about a minute or two, just enough to let the garlic brown up a bit. (This place has great prices and a HUGE selection.) I then added some leftover bean sprouts and let those cook for another minute or two. While this was cooking, I whisked together two eggs with a dash of garam marsala, curry powder, turmeric, and a pinch of salt. If you aren't into spicy food, don't add the Thai peppers. They definitely have a NICE kick to them. That said, from the research I've done, adding spicy foods to your diet can help boost your metabolism. I'm not saying that it'll boost it by that much, but every little bit helps, right?

Here's the final product. :) It turned out quite well if I do say so myself.

Oh and lest I forget, I definitely had to indulge in dessert. (I've got too much of a sweet tooth not to.) It was a frozen banana flavored with just a little teaspoon of coco powder and about half a teaspoon of ground ceylon cinnamon all mixed together in a blender. Talk about a wonderful dessert! It definitely resembles ice cream in taste and texture but is so much better for you, especially with the anti-oxidants in the coco powder and the ceylon cinnamon. This is the good kind that is supposed to help regulate your blood sugars, so I would definitely recommend you invest in some.

Here are the links to the bok choy and the banana mixture. For the green beans, all I did was cut them up, turn on my broiler, season them with a little balsamic vinegar, seasoned salt, and pepper, and then let them cook for about 15 minutes.

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=195833

http://userealbutter.com/2010/08/12/single-ingredient-ice-cream-recipe/