Try this for lunch or dinner: sauté 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup chopped tomato with diced red onion and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Sprinkle in curry and garlic powder and heat for 3-4 minutes. Add. 1/3 cup black beans and heat for another 1-2 minutes. Wrap vegetables in a whole wheat tortilla wrap and enjoy. (Also tastes great with feta cheese!)

Post-workout Dinner: Rosemary and thyme spiced rice, broccoli, black beans, and sweet potato. Just a few of my favorite foods. Re-fuel your body right!

Spiced Brown Rice with Veggies & Black Beans

I am in love with this dish for many reasons. A few being:

a) It really couldn’t be any easier to make… Ready and on the table in all of about a half hour.

b) You can make a big batch, enjoy a nice big bowl for dinner, and then still have some leftover to bring along for a prepacked lunch the next day.

c) It’s super nutritious AND amazingly yummy.

d) It’s colorful and looks really pretty!

So really, when it comes down to it, you can’t go wrong in making this. That’s a fact.

Try it for lunch or dinner… You’ll see.

What you’ll need:

1 cup brown rice

1 red bell pepper, chopped

1 green bell pepper, chopped

2 ears of corn, steamed and removed from the cob (or you can use canned corn)

1 can of black beans

1/2 a purple onion, sliced (long thin pieces)

2 T olive oil

Turmeric, garlic powder, & cumin to spice

What to do:

1.) Cook the brown rice. With about 1/3 of the water left (when it’s almost done, but not quite ready just yet) sprinkle in a few dashes of garlic powder, a few dashes of cumin, and a very small dash of turmeric and stir. Finish cooking.

2.) While the rice is cooking, saute the purple onion slices in olive oil and garlic powder for 1-2 minutes. Add in the bell pepper pieces and heat for another 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle with a few dashes of cumin and one small dash of turmeric.

4. Rinse and drain the black beans, then mix them in to heat with the bell pepper pieces, then add in the corn.

5. When the rice is ready mix it into the bell pepper, corn, and bean mixture. Spice to your liking by adding more cumin and turmeric, stir well, and heat for another 4-5 minutes.

6. Serve as is or with whole grain tortilla chips!

Dinner: Look at this veggie infused sandwich! Just look at it! I made it with some red bell peppers, purple onion, mixed greens, hummus, and goat cheese. I was going for a Panera Bread Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich vibe and I think that I did a pretty darn good job. Like, so good of a job that panera should just go ahead and hire me as their head chef. My email address is in the sidebar. Your move, Panera.

4 Fast and Healthy Hungry Runner Recipes

I like food, (OK, duh you already know that.) I like food that’s fast, (But not like, McDonald’s… Ew.) I like food that’s healthy, and I like sharing my food with you! (Only on my blog, though. Sorry Katie doesn’t share actual food.)

So, here are few quick and wholesome, healthy meals that I made this past week. They’re all super easy. So easy that they’ll be done in 30 minutes or less.

Oh, and of course they’re all super yummy, so I know for a fact you’ll enjoy!

1. Kale & Cheddar Omelet

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup kale
• a few sprinkles of shredded cheddar
• Directions: Cook your eggs omelet style. While eggs are over heat, add in kale and cheddar cheese. When eggs are ready, fold over into omelet, flip and cook on other side for 1-2 minutes. Optional: Enjoy this breakfast with whole wheat toast, strawberries and coffee!

2. Veggie Bean Wrap

• 1 whole wheat wrap
• 1/3 cup red kidney beans (or beans of your choice!)
• 1/3 cup bell pepper pieces (any color!)
• a few slices of purple onion, diced
• a few sprinkles of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 & 1/2 T Homemade Greek Yogurt Honey Mustard Dressing
• Directions: Mix everything together in the wrap and roll it up.

3. Tuna Salad with Beans & Goat Cheese

• 1 can of tuna
• 1/3 cup shredded lettuce (variety of your choice!)
• 1/3 cup beans of your choice
• a few slices of purple onion, diced
• 2 T goat cheese
• 3 or 4 T (depending on how creamy you like your tuna salad) Homemade Greek Yogurt Honey Mustard Dressing
• Directions: Mix the Greek Yogurt dressing into the tuna. Add in remaining ingredients and mix everything together.

4. Whole Wheat Pasta with Veggies & Goat Cheese

• 1 cup whole wheat pasta, cooked
• 2/3 cup steamed broccoli
• 1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers
• 3-4 T red tomato sauce (bonus points for homemade!)
• 2 T goat cheese
• 1 T Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top 
• Directions: Cook your pasta, steam your broccoli, roast your chopped bell pepper (I did mine in the toaster-oven sprinkled with some olive oil & black pepper), and heat your tomato sauce. When everything is ready, mix it all together, including the goat cheese and then op it off with somesprinkle with Parmesan cheese.