Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog, The Clean Lean Collection. This blog will be dedicated to clean and lean recipes that I have found on other sites or have created on my own. I may venture into the world of fitness on occasion, or just about anything relating to my journey to a better me.
A word on clean lean eating...
There is no hard and fast rule on what makes a clean lean recipe. On here you will find recipes that have the excess fat, salt and calories trimmed out, and that are made with REAL food. We may use butter, we will eat carbs, and there will even be dessert recipes. Some of the things that will commonly be trimmed are wheat, dairy and refined sugar. It's not that these foods are completely bad but they tend to cause the body to slow digestion and in most cases are loaded with the bad stuff. We can use other products such as coconut and almond milks, brown rice flour, and honey to replace these ingredients. Things that will not be in added are artificial sweeteners (gross!), processed foods of any kind, and ingredients loaded with fat and calories that can easily be substituted (ie. heavy cream, refined sugar, starchy carbs).
Well that is what you will find on The Clean Lean Collection. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to leave feedback or requests for recipes that are cleaned and leaned up. Thanks for reading!