Gluten-Free black-eyed pea cakes

'Meatless Monday' is totally doable with this recipe!  It is a healthy alternative to a hoe cake or hushpuppy, but just as yummy!

Ingredients
1 can black eyed peas, strained
2 tbsp corn meal
2 tbsp egg beaters
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

Place strained black-eyed peas in a bowl.  Sprinkle corn meal, sugar, salt and pepper and stir well.  Add egg beaters and mix well.  The batter should be like lumpy cake batter.

Heat olive oil in a skillet and using a small scoop, scoop batter into 8 equal cakes.  Brown on each side, and serve.

And shame on me, I didn't take any after pictures because my children devoured them before I remembered! It is a good problem to have!

Serving size 2 cakes
Calories- 130
Total Fat- 4g
Total Carbs- 21g
Protein-4g

A healthy alternative

You know what makes tomato soup so yummy?  HEAVY CREAM!  While heavy cream is super tasty... it is also 800 calories per CUP!

My gf Alicia is a part of my Focus T25 challenge group.  When she asked me to give her a tomato soup recipe, I knew it had to be healthy!  My challenge group is working so hard to take care of their bodies and get in shape, I wasn't going to offer a recipe with 800 unnecessary calories.

1/2 onion, chopped

1 clove garlic

1 box of natural chicken stock
1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 can diced tomatoes
a couple of fresh thyme sprigs
5 fresh basil leaves
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste.

Saute garlic and onion in olive oil.  Add chicken stock and bring to a boil.  Add chopped carrot, potato, herbs and tomatoes.  Once the potatoes and carrots are soft, blend with an immersion blender.  I added a splash of soymilk to mine, but it is not necessary.  Enjoy!