Turkey Bowl

Serves 2-3

Ingredients:

  • 1lb ground turkey
  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 1 24oz can diced tomatoes, drained
  • 1/2 TBS garlic powder
  • 1-2 cups spinach
  • 1 avocado, sliced or mashed
  • 1-2 TBS hot sauce (optional)

Instructions:

  • Place ground turkey and yellow onion in pan over medium heat.
  • Mix and break up turkey until cooked through and no more pink appears.
  • Add diced tomatoes, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and hot sauce (if desired).
  • Mix well
  • Before removing from heat add spinach. Stir until cooked down and then remove.
  • Mash avocado, add lime juice and punch of salt (or simply slice avocado).
  • Place turkey mixture in bowl and top with avocado.
  • Serve.

Gluten Free Homemade Brownie Mug Treat

For a healthier take on dessert… try this homemade mug treat! As usual I started diving in before I could even snap a picture. ?? Serves one.

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp almond flour
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar or sugar of your choice
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 3 tbsp milk of choice, I prefer almond milk
  • 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp chocolate chips (regular, dairy, or sugar free)

Mix all ingredients together in a mug and microwave for roughly 50 seconds. Eat warm on its own or top with some dairy free dessert! So yummy!

Original recipe available here.

Pecan and other Pies

The best pecan pie recipe you will ever use along some others I’m dying to try. A friend sent me this pic last Thanksgiving when I was looking for a yummy and easy pecan pie recipe and I have been using it over and over ever since. Enjoy Peach Meringue Pie, Peanut Butter Pie, Frozen Peanut Butter Pie, Pecan Pie, Pecan Box Piece, and Pumpkin Pie.

Pecan Pie

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 3 eggs beaten
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 1 pie shell

DIRECTIONS:

  • Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt in pan. Bring to boil over low heat.
  • Pour hot mixture over beaten eggs, stirring constantly.
  • Cool.
  • Add vanilla and pecans.
  • Pour into pie shell
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 375 and beak for 25-40 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

Honey Brûlée Brie

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 (8 ounce) wheel triple cream brie, top rind cut off
  • 1 tablespoon honey, plus more for drizzling
  • 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar
  • Crostini, crackers and/or crudité for serving

DIRECTIONS:

  • Preheat broiler.
  • Place brie onto a heatproof plate, cut-side up. Spread honey evenly over the top of the brie and top with an even layer of sugar.
  • Place brie under broiler and broil for about 1 minute or until sugar melts and caramelizes.
  • Remove from heat and allow sugar to cool and harden, 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Serve with crostini, crackers or crudité.

Original recipe available here.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken

Serves 4
Per serving: 1 leaner, 1 healthy fat, ~2 condiments, and 1 green

Ingredients:

  • 4 (8-oz) raw boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 (10-oz) pkg frozen chopped spinach
  • ½ cup low-fat cream cheese
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 Tbsp minced garlic
  • ¼ cup minced green onion
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 1/8 tsp salt if needed

Directions:

  • Place plastic wrap on top of each chicken breast and using a meat mallet, pound them slightly thinner.
  • To butterfly your chicken breasts, lay them flat on sturdy surface. Place one hand on top to hold it in place and then slice 3/4 of the way through the chicken breast using a sharp knife. Do not slice all the way through!
  • Heat up the olive oil in a large skillet.
  • Cook the chicken breast in a large skillet on medium heat, approximately 7 minutes a side, until they start to get golden brown and crispy on the outside and reach a temperature of 165°F. You want the meat to be cooked before you stuff them!
  • Combine the spinach, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, chives and garlic in a bowl and microwave to take the chill off. Make sure it’s nice and warm.
  • Carefully spoon a quarter of the cheese mixture into the middle of the cooked chicken breasts.
  • Turn the heat to low and put a lid on the skillet. Heat for another 5-7 minutes, until the cream cheese mixture has heated through.
  • Remove and plate.

Enjoy! 

No Bake Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup butter 
  • 1⁄2 cup milk
  • 2 cups sugar
  • Dash of salt
  • 4 TBSP coca powder
  • 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups quick cooking gluten free oats

Directions:

  • Combine butter, milk, sugar, salt and cocoa
  • Bring to boil and cook for 90 seconds.
  • Remove from heat
  • Stir in peanut butter until it dissolves
  • Add oats and vanilla and mix well
  • Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet
  • Cool for 30 minutes or until set.

Original recipe available here.

BBQ Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 44 oz ketchup
  • 3/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 12 fl oz molasses
  • 1.5 TBSP Crushed Red Pepper
  • 1.5 TBSP Course Ground Black Pepper
  • 1.5 TBSP Powdered Garlic
  • 1 TBSP Dry Mustard
  • 2.5 TBSP Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 sticks butter

Directions:

Mix together all ingredients in pot except butter.  Then add butter in sticks.  Cook over medium heat.  Stir frequently to keep from burning on the bottom of the pot.  Turn off heat after butter has melted and sauce begins to bubble.  Let sit for 45 minutes to an hour before putting into jars or bottles.  

Makes approximately 2 quarts.

Nana’s Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 large can chicken broth (or you can use water)
  • 1/3 to ½ cup mayonnaise (or more to taste)
  • 1/3 to ½ cup Miracle Whip (or more to taste)
  • 1/3 to ½ cup sour cream (or more to taste)
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp dried dill (or more to taste)                   
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 3/4 cup chopped celery (more or less)
  • 3/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted in oven or under broiler (watch carefully!)

Directions:

Wash chicken breasts under cool water, pat dry and remove tendons as needed.  Simmer gently in chicken broth and enough water to cover for about 20 minutes, or until white and cooked all the way through.  Cool slightly, then slice into cubes or, using slicing blade in food processor, slice.  (May need to chop by hand a little more after slicing.)

While chicken is cooking, in medium-size bowl, combine mayonnaise, Miracle Whip, sour cream, lemon juice, dill and salt and pepper.  Stir to mix.  Add celery, almonds and chicken pieces.  Stir gently together and chill until ready to serve.  (Add more mayo, MW or sour cream if mixture seems too dry.)

Sweet Potato and Chorizo Hash

Ingredients:

  • Avocado oil
  • 3 sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 onion
  • 3-4 slices bacon
  • 1 lb chorizo
  • salt and pepper (to taste)
  • 2 cups spinach
  • Eggs, 1 per person (3-4)

Directions:

  • Peel sweet potatoes and chop into small cubes
  • Chop 1/4 white onion
  • Take out skillet and add about 2-3 TBSP avocado oil on medium heat
  • Add sweet potatoes and onion to skillet and cook until soft (stirring often)
  • Cook bacon and then crumble into bacon bits and set aside
  • When the sweet potatoes are soft, top with salt and pepper
  • Add chorizo to skillet and cook all the way through
  • Add spinach and mix until cooked
  • Remove hash and put into individual bowls/plates for eating
  • Cook eggs (1 per person) in the same skillet and flip (I like mine over easy)
  • Top each hash with 1 egg
  • Sprinkle bacon bits on top.
  • Top with salsa verde, avocado, cilantro or hot sauce if desired. Enjoy!
  • Serves about 4 people.