I call my food HER when it looks pretty.  ‘She pretty!’ And girl, when you add roses to anything it just makes a person happy. 

In anticipation of Mother's Day, I decided to make my mom's rice pudding.  It makes me feel more connected with her when I can't physically see her now that she's taken residence in heaven.

My mom’s rice pudding is a happy place for this MENA girl (Middle Eastern North African).  I just gave it a little ‘rehab’ and boosted the macros, lowered the sugar and made it healthy enough to have for breakfast. I love dessert for breakfast :-) 

Truth is, right now I'm prepping for my second bikini competition, so while I can have rice, I really needed to take the protein up and fat burning power of my food - and so should you.  Protein is comprised of essential amino acids and we need those to build lean muscle mass and stoke our metabolisms more effectively.  I also add my new fat...