Kiana's Fit Cooking Show: Asian Cucumber Salad & Edamame Hummus in 10 minutes

Hi everyone! Here is the newest "Kiana's Fit Cooking" show with guest Chef, Eldon Pico, Executive Chef and winner of the Iron Chef Competition.

Join us and watch us make 2 healthy, easy and delicious recipes: Cucumber Asian Salad & Edamame Hummus. Both recipes require few ingredients and both take under 10 minutes~

CUCUMBER SALAD

Ingredients:

1 large English Cucumber sliced

1/2 small diced red onion

seasoned rice wine vinegar (in Asian section of supermarket)

fresh dill or dried dill

stevia (natural plant extract that tastes like sugar)

Directions:

Add to sliced cucumbers:

1 Tbs. - 2 Tbs. rice wine vinegar, red onions, 1 tsp. / large pinch dill, level tsp. stevia.

Let salad sit and let flavors combine.

EDAMAME HUMMUS

Soybeans: the most complete protein, the "wonder food!"

Ingredients / Directions:

To blender, add:

1/2 cup shelled soybeans/edamame

1 Tbs. minced garlic

2 Tbs. lemon juice

1 tsp. cumin

pinch of salt and pepper

drizzle of organic olive oil

Tip: Serve with cruditae, pita, veggies, toast points, chips, bread.

Fit Cooking: Hawaiian Island Banana Bread: No Sugar Added

What is a health and fitness minded gal to do when you have a huge bowl of over-ripe bananas?



Make Hawaiian Island Banana Bread, of course! Being the sugar conscious person I am, I replaced sugar with stevia, a plant based extract that tastes like sugar without the highs/lows...and without the guilt!

Hope you enjoy this! I am loving my warm slice of banana bread as I blog this with a hot cup of coffee. Yum!

Hawaiian  Island Banana Bread : No Sugar Added




Preheat oven to: 350

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/4 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup sugar OR 1/2 cup stevia that is 2 to 1 to sugar (use half as much)

1 cup ripe mashed bananas

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds or even trail mix! I just love to add nuts: more protein and more texture!

DIRECTIONS:

Spray non stick spray on bread loaf pan.  Stir dry ingredients in 1 bowl. In another larger bowl, mix shortening, stevia (or sugar you naughty girl), mashed bananas, eggs and nuts. Add combined dry ingredients and mix until batter is blended. Pour in bread/loaf pan and bake 55 minutes until brown and slightly crunchy on top. (I cook mine a few minutes more since I love crunchy crust.) Let cool 10 minutes before slicing and serving. TIP: Serve with FAGE yogurt for protein or alongside scrambled egg whites. Reheat in toaster so it's warm and crunchy.

Fruit Kabobs! Kiana’s Fit Cooking

Kiana, host and founder of Kiana's Fit Mom TV, brings a new episode to the Fit Mom TV lineup: Kiana's Fit Cooking! 10 minute healthy recipes that are fun to make and easy to clean up. Joining Kiana is Guest Fit Mom Executive Chef, Eldon Pico and their kids to make Fruit Kabobs with Exotic Dragon Fruit and healthy/sweet dipping sauce! Watch at www.fitmomtv.com