Green Chile Chicken Soup This green chile chicken soup is perfect for chilly winter months. It is simple to prep and using the slow cooker helps all of the flavors to meld. You can serve it plain or you can dress it up and top with sour cream, cheese, cilantro, and tortilla chips. This soup is high protein and high fiber and it tastes amazing! Fresh roasted green chiles give it the perfect amount of spice. Makes 6 servings Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 6 hours slow cook Ingredients…
Simple, delicious, and low-carb, the whole family will love these chicken strips! Parmesan Baked Chicken Strips These chicken strips have been a hit in my family for the last couple of years, and I am finally getting around to sharing this amazing recipe! They are simple and easy to make, and only take 20 minutes to bake. One of my favorite flavors is fresh parmesan cheese, so make sure you get a good quality cheese. Don’t buy the kind that has extra ingredients to keep it from “caking”. Fresh is…
Garlic Turmeric Roasted Cauliflower This simple side dish, garlic turmeric roasted cauliflower is so flavorful! It is packed with wonderful nutrients from the garlic and the turmeric to help boost your immune system. Allium from the garlic has amazing antioxidant, antiviral, and antibacterial properties. The curcumin in the turmeric is anti inflammatory and may help to reduce risk of heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about the benefits of turmeric here. Plus, you get all the good stuff from the cauliflower like vitamin C and vitamin K! Don’t forget,…
Seafood Chowder I first had this amazing seafood chowder (well a similar version of it) at a friends house a few months ago. Seafood chowder was a meal that I guess I had never really had before. I like seafood quite a lot and so I was looking forward to trying something new! I couldn’t quite put my finger on why, but it was one of the most delicious meals I had ever had! We had some great conversation and some good wine. But I couldn’t stop thinking about that…
Strawberry Basil Breakfast Cookies Because who doesn’t want a breakfast cookie for breakfast?! This summer I have an overabundance of basil growing in my garden. I am not tired of it yet, and so I am experimenting with it in a lot of ways! These strawberry basil breakfast cookies were one of my experiments, but they really were delicious. I do get bored with breakfast sometimes, and so I always like to try new things. I am delighted when they come out really yummy! Ingredients for Strawberry Basil Breakfast Cookies…
Easy Bar-B-Q Salmon Confession I had never eaten fish until college when my then boyfriend (now husband) decided he was going to change that. He took me to Red Lobster. I remember thinking it was “fine”. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. I thought maybe it would be nice to try to cook it myself sometimes. This Bar-B-Q Salmon recipe was the beginning to a new love for fish. About 8 years ago when my son was 1 year old, I kept reading about all of the amazing…
Easy Caprese Salad This caprese salad is so easy and delicious! I love making different kinds of salads in the summer using the fresh vegetables right out of my garden. There is nothing like the fresh taste of home grown tomatoes and basil. This salad is full of flavor and is a good sources of protein when using fresh mozzarella cheese. My mozzarella this month came from this cheese maker, and was absolutely amazing! Makes 4 Servings Ingredients 4 Small chopped tomatoes, or about 40 cherry or snacking tomatoes, quartered…
Lime Coconut Shrimp and Black Rice This amazing Lime-Coconut Shrimp gets an super food boost when you use black rice. With a hint of the tropics you can make this slightly more spicy if you decide to add some red pepper. This recipe is easy, delicious and full of nutrients! Black rice contains more fiber and more protein than brown rice. It also gives you some great antioxidants! These antioxidants help to protect your cells from damage and are linked to lower risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other…
Avocado, Tomato, and Parmesan Snack Crackers Snack choices can often get boring as “snack ruts” are very common. Most of us just eat the same thing day after day because it is easy, and it is harder to come up with a new idea. Today I was bored. I was bored with my snacks. My refrigerator was starting to be empty as it was time to go grocery shopping. But I did have avocado, tomato, and Parmesan cheese. I wanted a savory snack and this is what I came up…
Sweet Potato Falafel Salad with Crispy Chickpeas This recipe has a few pieces to it, but don’t get overwhelmed. It is pretty easy, and it is super delicious! Start to finish plan for 1 hour and 15 minutes. To make it easier the night of, you can start with making the crispy chickpeas. You can do this ahead of time also, they keep well in the refrigerator for up to 7 days! Then make your falafel. Last, assemble your salads. This salad is vegetarian and gluten-free–now that is hard to do! …
