Gluten-Free Pizza Crusts: You’ll need 2. You can use homemade Vegan Pizza Crust, Cauliflower Pizza Crust, Broccoli Pizza or Zucchini Pizza Crust recipe or use your favorite pizza crust recipe or store-bought pizza crust. I usually get Mine in the bakery section at the grocery store (Nan Bread)

Easy Recipe for a Gluten free & Vegan Pizza

Pizza Sauce: you can use your favorite store bought kind, or if you are like me. Homemade sauce for the win 😋

Vegan Mozzarella: grated. Our you could try Violife.

Red Onion: (for me I would opt out due to indigestion)… 🧅 But if you do use it, only do half an onion..

Mushrooms: use about 6.

Tomatoes: Cherry or Sun-dried..

Spinach: of course it needs a leafy green..

Basil: added for garnish..

1-Prep- pre-heat oven to 450.

2- Add Sauce, Mozzarella & Onions. Spread the pizza sauce over the bases and top them with vegan mozzarella and thinly sliced onions.

3- Add Mushrooms & Tomatoes. Thinly slice the mushrooms and cut the tomatoes in half. Place on the pizzas.

4- Add Spinach. Place spinach in boiled water to wilt it, then squeeze out excess water. Roughly chop it, then add to pizzas!

5- Drizzle: Olive Oil. Add Salt and Pepper to taste if you like. Place Pizzas in oven for 10/12 Minutes. Or until Crispy and Baked

Top with your fresh basil and enjoy!!

🍗 Balsamic Chicken & Veggies. Serves 4

Ingredients

-3 tbsp Olive Oil -5 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar -1 tbsp Honey -1/4 tsp Crushed Red Pepper -2 tbsp Olive Oil -1 LB Chicken Breast -12oz Asparagus, trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces. -1 Head of Kale Chopped -1 Cup shredded Carrots -2 Small Tomatoes seeded and chopped

Directions:

1- in a small bowl stir together the dressing (balsamic vinegar), honey and crushed red pepper. Then Set aside.

2- in a large skillet, heat over medium-high heat. Add Chicken; cook for 5-6 minutes, or until its tender, no longer pink. Turning once. Add half of the dressing mixture to skillet, turning to coat.

3- transfer chicken to a serving platter (or plate) cover & keep warm.

4- Add asparagus, kale, and carrots to skillet. Sauté for 4-5 minutes

5- Stir remaining dressing mixture, add to skillet. Cook and stir for 1 minute, scrapping up browned bits from bottom of skillet. Drizzle the dressing mixture over the chicken & vegetables. Garnish with chopped tomato.

🫐 Blueberry Hemp Seed Smoothie 🫐 Serves 1

Prep time- 10 minutes, Cooking Time- 5 minutes

Ingredients

– 1 1/4 cup blueberries, frozen – 1 1/4 cup plant based milk of your choice – 2 tbsp Hemp Seeds – 1 tsp Spirulina – 1 scoop of protein powder (optional of course)

Directions

1- First, place all the ingredients needed to make the smoothie in a high speed blender and blend them for 2 minutes OR until smooth.

2- Transfer the mixture to a serving glass and enjoy!

TIP: Instead of blueberries, you can use ANY berries of your choice! 🍓🍒

Nutrition Facts: Calories- 493kCal Proteins- 37.8g Carbs- 46.3g Fat- 19.6g

Welcome back.. let me start by saying my deepest apologies it has been so long since the last post and this one! I hope you are ready for some delicious recipes!

In this post you’ll find a great Breakfast Recipe, an easy lunch or snack, and dinner Recipe..

Cherry Smoothie

Prep Time- 5 minutes Cook Time- 2 Minutes Serves 1

Ingredients- 1/2 cup cherries, pitted frozen, 1/2 of 1 banana frozen, 10 oz. Almond Milk, unsweetened, 1Tbsp. Almonds, 1 Beet small and quartered

Directions: 1- to make this delightful smoothie, you need to blend all the ingredients in a high-speed blender for 3 minutes or until smooth. 2- Pour to a serving glass and enjoy.

Tip- if you wish, you can add one more beet to it. Nutrition- Calories- 208kCal Proteins- 5.2g Carbs- 34.4g Fat- 7.1g

Gingerbread Oatmeal

Prep Time- 10 minutes. Cook Time- 30mins. Serves 4

Ingredients- 1/4 tsp. Cardamom grounded. 4 cups water, 1/4 tsp. Allspice, 1 cup Steel Cut Oats, 1/8 tsp. Nutmeg, 1 1/2 tbsp. Cinnamon ground.

Ingredients Cont.- 1/4 tsp. Ginger, ground, 1/4 tsp. Coriander, ground, Maple Syrup if desired, 1/4 tsp. Cloves

Directions: 1- First, place all the ingredients in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and stir well. 2- Next, cook them for 6 to 7 minutes or until cooked. 4- Top it with dried fruits of your choice if desired. 5- Serve it hot or cold.

Tip: Avoid those spices which you don’t prefer. Nutrition- Calories- 175kCal Proteins- 6g Carbs- 32g Fat- 32g

Blackened Chicken Breast

Prep Time- 10 minutes Cook Time- 15 Minutes Serves 2

Ingredients: 2 chicken breast halves, skinless and boneless, 1 teaspoon thyme, ground, 2 teaspoons of paprika, 2 teaspoons olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

Directions- 1- Combine the thyme, paprika, onion powder, and salt together in your bowl. 2- Transfer the spice mix to a flat plate. 3- Rub olive oil on the chicken breast. Coat fully. 4- Roll the chicken pieces in the spice mixture. Press down, ensuring that all sides have the spice mix. 5- Keep aside for 5 minutes. 6- In the meantime, preheat your air fryer to 360 degrees F. 7- Keep Chicken in the air fryer basket. Cook for 8 minutes. 8- Flip once and cook for another 7 minutes. 9- Transfer the breasts to a serving plate. Serve after 5 minutes.

Nutrition: Calories- 424 Carbs- 3g Cholesterol- 198mg Total Fat- 11g Protein- 79g Sugar- 1g Fiber- 2g Sodium- 516mg

This is not going to be your average blog, (I know you’re thinking… sure i’ve heard that before) lol

Seriously this will be a spot where I will go in depth for you about: fitness, nutrition, coaching.. We will have topics of focus, workouts geared towards upper, lower or total. Knowledge of all things food and fitness. And a whole lot more!

I will not bore you with lengthy long blogs with 0 to little good content. Hopefully, you will learn, laugh and be as fit as you’d like to be, no matter if you are young, old, man or woman!

So welcome to Mann’s Fitness and Nutrition Blog. And I hope you are ready for all it will bring you.

✌🏼Be Kind.. and I’ll catch ya’ll on the next one!