Healthy Lunches: Back 2 School edition

School has started and as we finally get re-adjusted to our daily routines, we should remeber to stay healthy and keep our bodies in shape. When school starts people often become so busy with their new routines that they often make half- fast lunches packed with things that are not good for them or they simply skip making a lunch and start going to fast- food joints or the school cafeteria (which isn't always so bad if you pick healthy choices).
So I decided to help out myself and any other readers that may need some help balancing their crazy busy lives with a healthy lifestyle. check out below some quick and easy healthy recipes that I have found to hopefully take some of the brain work out of making a delicious lunch!

Recipes

Italian Chicken Wrap
Ingredients
1 chicken breast (skinless)
1 cup of shredded lettuce
1 cup of chopped up tomatoes
4 tbsp of fat free Italian dressing
splash of lemon juice
black pepper to taste

Directions
Dice up chicken, the pan-fry with the lemon juice, pepper and 3 tbsp of the Italian dressing. cook on low- medium heat until there is no more pink in it.
Next place lettuce tomatoes,and cooked chicken into the tortillas. sprinkle remaining dressing onto the contents.
If you are preparing your lunch in advance, keep tortilla separate from the lettuce, tomatoes, salad dressing and chicken.
*Also to change it up you can use this recipe with pita pocket as well!

Lemon Chicken Salad
Ingredients
1 chicken breast, skinless
1 cup of shredded lettuce tomato
squeezed lemon juice and vinegar

Directions
Slice chicken into thin pieces, season with pepper, salt etc. pan fry with a drop of olive oil and squeeze lemon juice over the chicken.
Prepare salad by chopping up lettuce and tomatoes
Prepare a low cal salad dressing by mixing 3 parts vinegar and 1 part lemon juice
If you are preparing your lunch in advance be sure to keep the chicken and the salad dressing separate from the lettuce.

Tuna Pita pocket
Ingredients
Tin of tuna
Caesar salad dressing
Green onion stalk
Pepper to taste
Pita pocket
Finely shredded lettuce

Directions
Empty the tin of tuna into a bowl draining the liquid
Then mix the tuna with about 1tbsp of Caesar salad dressing
Finely chop up the green onion and the lettuce, (you want the lettuce to be extremely fine)
Add the green onion and pepper to the tuna mix and  stir
Stuff the pita pocket with the lettuce and the tomatoes

If prepared in advance I wouldn't prepare it the night before as this is a very quick recipe, it can be made in 5 minutes the morning of.

Okay so for those who have absolutely ZERO amount of time to make a lunch or don't want to feel excluded when their friends go out to fast- food restaurants, here are some healthier (note that I say healthier, not healthy) options below from 5 top fast- food restaurants:

1) Okay so of course Subway is # 1 on my list as they are probably the healthiest fast food restaurant there is ! Offering many low fat sandwiches, how could they not be? So as long as you stay away from any of the more fattening dressings you should be okay! If you don't have a certain sub in mind, I would suggest the 6" Veggie Delite on Italian bread. This sub only has 230 calories, 3 g of fat, 500 mg of sodium, and 5 g of fiber.

2) The Fresco Crunchy Taco at Taco Bell is the second item on my list as this item is much lower in sodium compared to other items on the menu and on this list! It has 150 calories, 8 g of fat, 2.5 sat. fat, 20 mg cholestorl, 370 mg of sodium, 13 carbs, 3 g of fiber and 7 g of protein. And even though its lower in calories and in salt it still comes with great flavour!

3) From Wendy's, the small chili has been said to be quite fulfilling and at only 190 calories, 6 g of fat (although it does have about 830 mg of sodium). it's one of the healthiest things on the Wendy's menu. If your not a fan of chili, they also offer salads and they have been said to have one of the healthiest salads out of all the other fast-food restaurants because they offer low cal salad dressings.

4) At KFC, they offer the roasted Caesar salad which if you skip the croutons and top it with fat free ranch dressing you can definitely save some calories. this salad has 250 calories, 8 g of fat, 1240 mg sodium, and14 g carbs.

5) And finally, we have McDonalds. if you must eat at McDonalds, the best choice would be to pick a salad with nothing fatty or overprocessed on top and a low cal salad dressing or better yet the premium grilled chicken classic sandwich ( without mayo of course!)

So there you have it, these are a few of the healthiest options you can get from a fast food restaurant, I definitely wouldn't suggest going to one of these restaurants more than once a week (at most) because as you can see most of the options include a lot of sodium. I wish you the best of luck with re-adjusting and remember just because you are busy doesn't mean that your body should pay the price! :)

The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

Okay as everyone on the entire plant probably knows last night was the 63rd Emmy Primetime Awards! I had a blast watching them with my family and watching and picking out Best Dressed and Worst dressed (which I will totally share with you). Also for those who did not get a chance to watch I have all the highlights for you!

The Emmy ´s were hosted by Jane lynch ( which may i say she looked absolutely fabulous; the best i´ve ever seen her.)
okay so some of the awards that you may find of interest are:

outstanding actress in comedy : Melissa McCarthy from "Mike and Molly"
outstanding actor in a comedy: Jim parsons from "Big Bang Theory"
outstanding actress in a drama: Julianna Marguiles from "The Good Wife"
outstanding actor in drama: Kyle chandler from " Friday Night Lights"
outstanding leading actress in mini series or movie : Kate Winslet "Mildred Pierce"
outstanding leading actor in mini series or movie: Barry Pepper " The Kennedys"
outstanding Tv mini series or movie: " Downtown Abbey"
outstanding drama series : "Mad Men"
outstanding comedy series " Modern Family"
outstanding competitive reality program: "Amazing Race"

but now onto the best part of the  Emmy ´s...... The Red Carpet!

My top 5 Best dressed list
Nina Dobrev (stunning as always)
Kaley Cuoco (i loved her off the shoulder black dress)
Sarah Hyland
Cat Deeley
Cara Buono

And my personal worst dressed list
Leah Michelle ( I personally didn't like the front of the dress and the pleating in the shoulder blades, the back was ok but not great enough to make up for the front.)
Paula Abdul
Julianna Marguiles
Padma Lakshmi

So those were my picks feel free to tell me what were yours!

Oh and don´t forget to catch some great laughs and to see if the "Fashion Police" agree with your choices, check out Fashion Police this week on E!

Back to School Trends

It's time to get back in the gear of things, now that school is soon to begin you all might be shopping for back to school clothes, and while that is very exciting some of you may not be quite ready to let go of  summer. Well, good news, this year I have noticed that some of trends that are being done for back to school can include some of your summer clothes. This season it's all about cuffed jeans to your mid calf, paired with a tank covered by some sort of jacket or blazer, you can even still wear those flirty little skirts or even your prettiest summer dresses, all you have to do to change up your outfit and make it back to school ready is cover up with either a jean jacket, cardigan, blazer or  a biker style jacket (preferably leather/pleather). also a fun twist for when it starts to get a bit cooler is to double of the jackets over a tank top, like if you pair a cardigan with a jean jacket it can look really cool. If you are going shopping this weekend and you still don't know what to buy, I suggest these 5 essential things to make any outfit work.

1. straight legged jeans, any wash you like (straight legged jeans are much easier to roll up then skinnys) 
2. cardigan, blazer, jean jacket and/or pleather jacket with tons of snaps
3. fun t-shirts with quirky quotes or pictures on them
4. accessories like straw hats, cool messenger purse, waist pouches
5. and finally you cant forget about the shoes; flats, ankle converse, ankle high booties with a kitty heel, and/or colourful pumps can complete any outfit!

Things that you could take from you summer wardrobe would include:

• tank tops (loose, fitted, flirty floral prints, captioned tanks)
• sundresses (long, short, frilly, tight fitted)
• skirts (high waisted is most preferred but can also have long maxi ones or frilly mini skirts with cool prints on them)
• your favourite jeans ( just roll them up making a thick cuff to about the mid point in your calf)

Note: To add that classy chic element to your outfits I highly suggest, loosely tucking in your shirts!

So seeing how its back to school time and you still have the last couple of days to relax, you can have some fun by inviting some friends over and making some fun D.I.Y projects.

Below is the link to this purse that I found through another fellow blogger that I thought was really cool and easy to make!

Also here is a D.I.Y project that I came up with that would make great accessory to some of your outfits. since fringe is totally in this season, I thought why not make an accessory that can spice up some outfits or even a plain white tank top/ t-shirt. so I decided to make a fringe necklace. Below are the steps of how I made this really easy necklace.

Steps:

1. fold in half and then fold the fringe once more in half. (so it should look like a quarter of the original length once folded.)
2. sew the trim of the fringe together so that it will not become loose and will be easier to work with.)
3. drape the chain from side to side creating layers as you hook each point onto the jump ring.
4. sew the jump rings including all of your chain to the trim.
5. measure out chain to go around your neck and connect at your desired placement on your neck (ideally the chain should be approximately 1 1/6 feet.)
6. join the chain to the fringe by connecting the jump rings with the jump ring that is sewn to the fringe.
7. cut the chain in half and put jump rings on each end.
8. and finally add a clasp to one of the jump rings.

Here is the link on how to make a really cute D.I.Y waist pouch.