Week 2: Healthy Eating Contest: Mood Food.

This is my Chia Chocolate Pudding. The main ingredients include chia seed, almond milk, cacao powder, and stevia. I’m lactose intolerant so I choose nut milk for the base. Chia has the omega-3 and cacao is high in antioxidants, so this treat is both healthy and tasty. There is no processed sugar either. The only downside is that the chia needs time to form a gel for the pudding texture, so if you want it for a dessert after dinner it needs to be made in the morning.

This is my Chia Chocolate Pudding. The main ingredients include chia seed, almond milk, cacao powder and stevia. I’m lactose intolerant so I choose a nut milk for the base. Chia has the omega-3 and cacao is high in antioxidants, so this treat is both healthy and tasty. There is no processed sugar either. The only downside is that the chia needs time to form a gel for the pudding texture, so if you want it for a dessert after dinner it needs to be made in the morning.

Omega-3 foods added to my breakfast smoothie: oat milk, protein powder, banana, avocado, nectarine, blueberries, flaxseeds, and chia seeds. It was deliciously creamy. (The smoothie wasn't so green in real life, my phone camera seems to tinge everything green!)

Omegs 3 Rich Fresh Salad

I cooked this turkey with all the fixings from scratch

For breakfast, Omega-3 enriched eggs with leftover beef from earlier in the week mixed in. Very filling.Omega-3 enriched eggs with leftover beef

I love fish cakes I make them with corn meal, eggs, garlic, pepper, and season salt. Only this time I had to use Tuna fish, however I still get my fish fix and the good Omega 3 for my hearth health, and strong bones. Bonus Mustard for the turmeric and spices. All I had was 2 of these for a mid day snack lifted my mood while helping me stay strong during this it's safer and better to stay home.

Salmon grilled shrimp with shredded cabbage & colored peppers

My go-to food for a super quick energy boost is dolmadekia - grape leaves stuffed with rice. I get them from a nearby restaurant supply store with about 70 of them to a can. A single serving of stuffed grape leaves contains 120mg of Omega 3 and 20.7mg of Omega 6 fatty acids, in addition to a huge amount of other vitamins and minerals. I like to joke that to get more iron in my diet, I'd have to eat a box of nails. Grape leaves are also rich in magnesium (good for diabetics) and zinc (to keep away the 'Rona). They are fine cold, or you can zap a plate of them for 1 minute in the microwave.

Grape leaves are usually served with a dipping sauce called tzatziki. It's very easy to make your own - just take a small container of plain yogurt and mix in a half a teaspoon of minced garlic. For additional zing you can also add a pinch of black pepper or a splash of lemon juice.

I'm exploring new foods and adding salmon to my dinner tonight and working hard to eat better and stay healthy for my kids and family I already eat plenty of fruits and veggies easily but anything in the water I just hate the taste of so I'm trying something new thank you