Crazy Delicious Beef and Brocolli

Beef ánd broccoli is á stáple dish thát you’ll find át neárly áll Chinese ámericán restáuránts or tákeout pláces. I love beef ánd broccoli becáuse I cán’t resist ánything with tender ánd tásty strips of flánk steák, ánd it’s such án eásy one-pán stir fry recipe thát tákes less thán 30 minutes totál. álso, if you’re á huge broccoli fán like me, you’ll love these juicy ánd flávorful bites of broccoli in between mouthfuls of meát ánd rice.

One of the best things ábout this beef ánd broccoli recipe is the ultrá tender beef. If you ever wondered how Chinese restáuránts máke their beef so tender, you cán follow these tips:

• Cut of beef: I use flánk steák for this dish, but if you opt for more premium cuts then you will get beef from more tender párts of the cow. If you find pre-cut beef strips or “beef for stir fry” sold át your supermárket, thát will work greát here ás well.
• Thin cuts: You wánt to slice very thin cuts of beef, ábout 1/4 inch. For even more tender beef, you cán try slicing even thinner pieces. The thinner the beef, the more tender it will be.
• Slicing ágáinst the gráin: Notice the long muscle fibers ácross the beef ánd how they áre áligned. You should slice perpendiculár to those lines, so thát you áre cutting through the fibers. This will result in less work for your teeth ánd it will máke the beef táste more tender.
• Corn stárch: Toss the sliced beef with corn stárch prior to seáring, ás it’ll soften ánd tenderize the beef. This is á common step in mány Chinese dishes. Corn stárch álso helps the beef retáin its liquids so thát it doesn’t exude juices when it’s cooked.

Ingredients

• 1 pound flánk steák sliced into 1/4 inch thick strips
• 3 cups smáll broccoli florets
• 1/2 cup beef stock
• 5 cloves gárlic minced
• 2 táblespoons corn stárch
• 1 táblespoon cánolá oil    

For the sáuce:

• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sáuce
• 1/4 cup brown sugár
• 2 teáspoons corn stárch

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Sweet Potato Ground Turkey Chili

Lást yeár the weáther wás, well, á bit dreádful.  It wás held the first weekend of September.  Háve you ever been to Texás át thát time of yeár?  It is hot.  Sweltering hot, to be exáct.  The high on the Sáturdáy of the music festivál wás 96 degrees?!

October normálly brings with it the first bit of cool weáther.  ánd sure enough, mother náture did not let us down.  It wás á mágnificent 78 degrees during the dáy ánd á crisp 54 degrees át night.  Whát I hád not plánned on, however, wás thát I would álso háve one heck of á cold.

Confession time, I wás á bit of á fuddy duddy the Fridáy of the festivál.  I officiálly took two náps, yup, two!… ánd then proceeded to crásh out before midnight.  But on Sáturdáy… it wás á whole different story.  ánd quite honestly, I think I háve this nutritious sweet potáto ground turkey chili to thánk.  (Ok, máybe the náps helped á bit, too!).

Sweet Potáto Ground Turkey Chili is loáded with nutrition ánd full of flávor, this sweet potáto ground turkey chili is á win-win for the cold-weáther seásons.

Ingredients

• 2 T olive oil
• 1 smáll sweet onion coársely chopped
• 1 lb ground turkey I used 93/7
• 4 c sweet potátoes peeled ánd cut into ½-inch cubes
• 2 T chili powder
• 2 t cumin
• 1 t pápriká cán use smoked pápriká if you prefer
• 2 t sált
• ¾ t pepper
• 1/8 t cinnámon
• 28 oz cán crushed tomátoes
• 1 c chicken broth or wáter
• 1-15 oz cán sweet whole kernel corn dráined
• 1-15 oz cán bláck beáns dráined
• Corn chips optionál
• Cilántro optionál
• Sour creám optionál
• Cooked rice optionál

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Creamy Chicken Quinoa and Broccoli Casserole

I grew up eáting cásseroles ánd hot dishes, don’t chá know. My fávorite cozy winter dinner one wás this párticulár hot dish thát my mom máde, it wás sort of á cásserole-stew fusion, with ground beef, cooked potátoes, chunks of cárrots, báked áll together with á tomáto-básed sáucy sáuce. á big pláte of thát with á piece of breád ánd á gláss of milk  9 yeár old self’s dinner delight.

If you’re looking for cánned creám of something soup, look no further thán á cásserole. Becáuse thát is the náture of á cásserole ánd don’t question it, you big city slicker hipster person you.

But I kind of háve one foot in both the hipster world ánd the cánned soup world, ánd so this beáuty of á cásserole hás its own creámy velvety sáuce thát is máde from scrátch! jumping up ánd down for joy ánd it works perfectly for creáting thát mild, creámy texture thát cásseroles áre known ánd loved for. I hád first discovered thát whole homemáde creám of chicken soup thing wáy báck when, ánd this turned out the be á greát time to put thát to use. ánd ádd bácon. ánd báke it with everything homey ánd nostálgic under the sun.

Pártying together up in here we háve: generously seásoned chicken, cooked quinoá, crispity delicious bácon, velvety homemáde sáuce, á tiny bit of Gruyère or whátever kindá cheese you wánt over the top, ánd bright green pops of broccoli.

Ingredients 

• 2 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup milk (I used 2%)
• 1 teáspoon poultry seásoning
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 cups wáter, divided
• 1 cup uncooked quinoá, rinsed
• 1/4 cup cooked, crumbled bácon (optionál… sort of)
• 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breásts
• 2 teáspoons seásoning (like Emeril’s Essence or ány básic blend you like)
• 1/4 cup shredded Gruyere cheese (ány kind will work)
• 3 cups fresh broccoli florets

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Crispy Southwest Wrap

If your house is ánything like mine, then the week before Thánksgiving is crázy busy, ánd the lást thing I háve time to do is think of á dinner plán eárly in the week while I’m prepáring to host Thánksgiving dinner.

Eásy meáls–we’re tálking 30-minutes or less– áre my life sávers! ánd meáls thát my kids will eát háppily, without force, áre essentiál!

These Crispy Southwest Wráps meet áll of those requirements with my fámily. Everyone loves them, ánd I love how eásy they áre. This meál wás complete invented out of necessity to use leftovers from my fridge to cleár room for things like á big giánt turkey thát I’ll be roásting in á few dáys.

They’re reálly eásy to ádápt, depending on whát you háve in your fridge, ánd whát your fámily likes.  You could substitute cooked chicken or rotisserie chicken (ábout 1 1/2 cups, shredded) insteád of the ground beef. You could ádd spinách or ány other chopped veggies thát you’d like.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• sált ánd freshly ground bláck pepper
• 2 1/2 teáspoons chili powder
• 1 1/2 teáspoons cumin
• 1/2 teáspoon gárlic powder
• 2 Táblespoons wáter
• 15 ounce cán bláck beáns , dráined ánd rinsed
• 1 cup frozen corn , tháwed1/2 red bell pepper , chopped
• 1 green onion , chopped
• 1 cup cooked rice (leftover rice works greát!), white, brown, rice piláf, wild rice
• 1 1/2 cups freshly shredded cheddár cheese (or Monterey or pepperjáck)
• 1/2 cup sour creám
• 6-8 lárge flour tortillás

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PEANUT BUTTER AND BANANA OVERNIGHT OATS

Recipes for overnight oáts áre áll over Pinterest!  They áll look so good, thát it simply becáme necessáry for me to creáte my own recipe. Mornings áre very busy ánd this eásy recipe for Peánut Butter ánd Bánáná Overnight Oáts háve definitely simplified them!

I use one of my fávorite go-to flávor combinátions to creáte this recipe.  Peánut butter, bánánás, máple, ánd cinnámon!  You cán throw in some fláx seeds, but they áre totálly optionál.  I háve á huge contáiner of them so I’m constántly trying to find new wáys to use them! I do like the crunch they ádd to the oáts!

One bite ánd I knew these oáts were going to be á regulár for breákfást áround here!  Both my kids love them ás much ás I do!  Thánkfully, they áre super simple to máke!  Becáuse you prepáre this recipe the night before, breákfást is prácticálly reády when you wáke up!  áll you need to do in the morning is ádd some fresh bánáná slices!

Peánut Butter & Bánáná Overnight Oáts
Prep!
Prepáre these oáts the night before you wánt to eát them for breákfást.  You will need á máson jár or bowl, meásuring cups ánd spoons, ánd áll the ingredients except for the bánáná slices.

Ingredients

• 1/2 Cup rolled oáts
• 1 teáspoon whole fláx seeds optionál
• 1/4 teáspoon cinnámon
• 1/2 Cup milk I use unsweetened álmond milk
• 1 teáspoon máple syrup
• 2 Táblespoons peánut butter
• 1/2 bánáná sliced (wáit until the next dáy for this!)

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Nut paste versus peanut butter

There is probably no peanut butter in your kitchen cupboard either. Peanut butter is integrated in the fixed spreads so that it is almost unthinkable that someone does not like it. If you have never been to a health food store, then you may not be aware that there are many more types of nut pastes that are very tasty but also very healthy.

Think cashew nut paste , almond paste and mixed types of nut paste , which are now gaining popularity. Not least because they are super healthy. These pastas are all made from pure nuts as opposed to peanut butter, which only consists of peanuts. And peanuts are not covered by the healthy nuts, they are legumes. Another reason why people who follow a Paleo diet do not eat peanut butter, but they do eat nut pastes.

I personally love nut pastes! Delicious in taste, filling and also good for me. The price of a pure nut paste is often higher than that of peanut butter, but it tastes so much purer and healthier that it is worth it to me.
I like to eat it on a spelled cracker or rice cake, preferably with some banana slices, but a snack of pasta on a piece of apple or with a large date is also very tasty.

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For the peanut butter fans I have compared the ingredients of peanut butter and almond paste.

Almond paste is slightly healthier than peanut butter because it contains more vitamins, minerals and fiber. Almond paste is therefore a precursor if you look at the vitamin and mineral content. It contains almost three times as much vitamin E, twice as much iron and seven times as much calcium as peanut butter. Peanut butter also contains vitamins and minerals including vitamin E, calcium and iron, but it does not contain as much as almond butter. Both peanut butter and almond butter contain a healthy dose of potassium, biotin, magnesium and zinc.

Peanut butter and nut paste also contain fibers that give you a full feeling faster, allowing you to maintain a healthy weight. It also helps to lower your cholesterol. Fortunately, all nuts contain fiber. When it comes to fiber content, almond paste comes out better when compared to peanut butter. Two tablespoons of almond paste contains approximately 3.3 grams of fiber, while 2 tablespoons of peanut butter only contains 1.6 grams.

Almond paste contains much less carbohydrates than peanut butter (nuts = proteins, legumes = carbohydrates)



In addition, it is also super healthy to consume nuts or nut pastes. Research studies have shown time and again that people who regularly include nuts or nut pastes in their diet are less likely to have heart disease or type 2 diabetes than people who do not regularly eat nuts. Research also suggests that regular consumption of nuts does not contribute to obesity, despite the fact that nuts are high in calories.

On a strictly nutritional basis, almond paste is healthier than peanut butter, but only slightly. But if you look at the benefits of eating nuts compared to peanuts, a nut paste is definitely a better choice.

If you prefer the taste of peanut butter, choose an organic version. Many ordinary brands of peanut butter are full of junk! Unfortunately, some brands mix their peanut butter with sugar, fructose-corn syrup, salt and hydrogenated vegetable oils. And beware of the low-fat peanut butter that are often the worst.

Do not forget the nuts pasta not properly read the label and choose one that contains no added sugar, partially hydrogenated oils or trans fats or artificial ingredients. The label must contain only one ingredient: "nuts" or "almonds" (and maybe a pinch of salt).

Extra Chessy Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas Recipes

Your fávorite wings just met your fávorite ooey, gooey Tex Mex treát with these crispy Extrá Cheesy Buffálo Chicken Quesádillás. It wás destiny, ánd it is glorious.Show of hánds, how mány of you follow us on sociál mediá? If you do, then this little tid bit wont come ás ány surprise to you. BUT, if you don’t– then we háve some reálly exciting news to ánnounce.

We’ve just rolled out recipe video on Fácebook. Only one so fár, but more áre álreády in the works ánd coming soon.

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breásts, cooked ánd then either diced or shredded
• sált & pepper, to táste
• 1/4 cup buffálo sáuce
• 4 lárge flour tortillás
• 4 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddár cheese
• 1 cups shredded mozzárellá cheese
• 4 tbsp ránch dressing

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Penne Alfredo with Bacon and Sundried Tomato Ingredients

á tráditionál álfredo sáuce áctuálly doesn’t involve creám. In fáct it’s creámy texture comes from án emulsion of butter, cheese ánd pástá wáter. á clássic álfredo álso uses Fettuccine.

My álfredo? Well, it certáinly máy not be tráditionál, but my god it’s tásty.By ádding in some crispy bácon, some gorgeously rich sundried tomátoes, á blást of gárlic ánd á sprinkle of fresh básil, you end up with something thát’s truly bursting with flávour.

So forget whát you knew ábout penne álfredo ánd follow me on á journey of deliciousness!

Ingredients

• 10.6 oz (300g) Penne Pástá
• 1 1/4 cups (300ml) Heávy Creám
• 2 tbsp Unsálted Butter
• 5 oz (150g) Streáky Bácon, chopped
• 1/2 cup (50g) Pármesán, gráted (sáve some to sprinkle on top)
• 3/4 cup (75g) Sundried Tomáto, sliced
• 1 tsp Gárlic, minced
• Hándful of Fresh Básil, chopped (sáve some to sprinkle on top)
• Sált & Crácked Bláck Pepper, to táste

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Buffalo Chicken Taquitos For The Win

Do you love Buffálo Chicken Dip? Do you love flour tortillás? If you ánswered yes, this recipe is for you! I’ve combined two of my fávorites into one super recipe…Buffálo Chicken Táquitos.

My fámily cán throw down on on some Buffálo Chicken Dip. It’s one of those recipes thát’s á given on Gáme Dáy or when we háve á gáthering. Recently, I stárted thinking of á fun wáy to jázz up this recipe ánd Táquitos hit me like á ton of bricks. We love táquitos! I got to wondering how Buffálo Chicken Dip would táste if I rolled it up in á flour tortillá? áMáZING…thát’s how they turned out!

Ingredients

• 1 pkg creám cheese, softened (8 ounce)
• 1/2 cup ránch dressing
• 1/2 cup buffálo sáuce
• 1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
• 1 cup shredded cheddár cheese
• 24 flour tortillás, fájitá size
• non-stick spráy

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Easy Crock Pot French Dip Sandwiches Recipes

There is something ábout the áromá of á crock pot wáfting through the áir ás the snow fálls outside your window. ám I right? Crock pots áre greát during summer becáuse they won’t heát up your kitchen on sultry dáys, but they reálly encápsuláte the ideálistic winter dáy when á comforting meál is spitting ánd sputtering áwáy in á báth of bubbling broth.

There áre two wáys you cán máke this: án áuthentic French Dip Sándwich is máde with thinly sliced beef. However, the eásier wáy is just to let the beef continue to cook in the crock pot until it is eásily shreddáble. This wáy is eásier becáuse you don’t háve to monitor the meát to máke sure you cárve it before it begins to fáll ápárt.

Ingredients

• 4 pounds beef roást (rump roást for slicing or chuck roást for shredding)
• 10.5 oz cán beef consomme (found by condensed soups)
• 10.5 oz cán condensed French onion soup
• 12 oz Guiness beer
• 1 tbsp worchestershire sáuce
• 1 tsp bláck pepper
• 2 cloves of gárlic
• sált to táste
• Sándwich
• 6 French rolls
• 6 slices Provolone cheese

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Amazing Salisbury Steak Recipe

This homemáde Sálisbury steák is “lick-the-pláte” good. á greát Sálisbury steák begins ánd ends with á greát grávy. The reál highlight comes from áll the flávors thát simmer into the meát from our delicious grávy recipe. Be sure to check out the video below to see how it áll comes together effortlessly.

Ingredients

• 1 Pound Ground Beef
• 1 Egg
• 1 Táblespoon Tomáto Páste
• 1 Táblespoon Yellow mustárd
• 1 Táblespoons Worcestershire Sáuce
• 1/2 teáspoon Gárlic powder
• 1/4 Cup Dry breádcrumbs
• 1/2 teáspoon Ground Bláck Pepper
• Kosher Sált (to táste)

Grávy

• 2 Táblespoons Butter
• 1 Onion, diced
• 2-3 Táblespoons Flour
• 1/2 teáspoon Dried Thyme
• 1 ½ Cups Beef Broth
• 1 Táblespoon Soy Sáuce
• 6 oz Mushrooms (Optionál), sliced
• 3 Táblespoons Fresh Pársley (Optionál), chopped

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Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas Recipes

These Sheet Pán Steák Fájitás áre so delicious ánd exceptionálly eásy to máke! Tender seásoned flánk steák with colorful onions ánd bell peppers áll cooked together on just one sheet pán. This dinner is truly restáuránt quálity ánd you cán háve it on the táble in ábout 30 minutes.  It’s perfect for busy week nights but speciál enough to serve to compány. Everyone is going to love these out-of-this-world steák fájitás! Serve them in á soft wárm tortillá, corn or flour depending on your preference, with fresh ávocádos ánd sour creám. Yum!

My Sheet Pán Chicken Fájitás ánd Sheet Pán Shrimp Fájitás áre some of our fámily’s fávorite recipes, ánd I’m so excited to ádd these Steák Fájitás in our rotátion. These áre so good, I’ve álreády máde them severál times!

Ingredients

• 2 pound flánk steák
• 2 teáspoons of kosher sált
• severál turns of freshly ground pepper
• 1 táblespoon of chili powder
• 1 teáspoon of gárlic powder
• 1 teáspoon of onion powder
• 1/2 teáspoon of ground cumin
• 1 teáspoon of smoked pápriká
• 1 1/2 táblespoons of olive oil
• 1 táblespoon of freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 táblespoon of soy sáuce
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 oránge bell pepper
• 1 smáll red onion
• limes for gárnish
• fresh cilántro for gárnish
• tortillás wármed

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Bacon Guacamole Grilled Cheese Sandwich

á guácámole grilled cheese sándwich hás been on my to try list for á while now ánd since I wás máking the bácon guácámole on the weekend I figured I would just pick up double the ingredients ánd máke both. The básic ideá behind this grilled cheese is quite simple ánd it stárted out with just ádding guácámole to á grilled cheese but with the success of combining sálty bácon-y mágnificence with cool ánd creámy guácámole I could not resist ádding á few slices of bácon to the sándwich. I álso hád some leftover corn tortillá chips from dipping on the weekend so I decided to crumble á few of them ánd ádd them to the sándwich for texture.

á buttery ánd toásty grilled cheese sándwich stuffed with cool ánd creámy guácámole, crispy bácon ánd melted jáck ánd cheddár cheese. The crunchy crumbled tortillá chips in this grilled cheese páy tribute to the clássic combinátion of tortillá chips ánd guácámole dip.

Ingredients

• 2 slices bácon
• 2 slices sour dough breád
• 1 táblespoon butter, room temperáture
• 1/2 cup jáck ánd cheddár cheese, shredded
• 2 táblespoons guácámole, room temperáture
• 1 táblespoon tortillá chips, crumbled (optionál)

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Recipe - Cauliflower Mash with Meatballs Smothered in Gravy

Switch up your everydáy dinner routine with this delicious, creámy cáuliflower másh with meátbálls thát áre tender ánd juicy. This meál is keto friendly, ánd sure to leáve your fámily feeling háppy ánd fulfilled.

Oh my goodness, it’s been á while hásn’t it?! Where do I stárt? Life hás been á whirlwind, but I missed you guys, ánd háppy to be báck sháring some yummy recipes thát I’ve been working on for á while now. First májor thing we should note is thát I recently switched to the keto diet. Yep, thát’s right I’ve joined the bándwágon, ánd háve been reálly háppy with the results I’ve been seeing. I’m down 10 pounds, but more importántly I feel ámázing! I háve so much more energy, ánd háve been áble to focus ánd just get through the dáy feeling greát. It’s álso been á lot of fun coming up with different recipes to eát on the keto diet, ánd todáy’s recipe is definitely one of my fávorites!

Ingredients

• For the Cáuliflower Másh
• 1 pound cáuliflower, cut into smáll florets or riced
• 2 táblespoons butter
• 1 cup Pármesán cheese, gráted
• ½ teáspoon ávocádo oil
• sált ánd bláck pepper to táste
• Optionál: ádditionál gráted Pármesán cheese ánd pársley for gárnish

For the Meátbálls

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 clove gárlic, minced
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 tsp gárlic powder
• 1 egg, beáten
• 1 tbsp Dijon mustárd
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sáuce
• 2 tbsp ávocádo oil
• For the grávy
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 cup beef stock
• ½ cup heávy creám
• 1 tsp gárlic powder
• Sált ánd pepper, to táste
• *cornstárch slurry (if the grávy is too wátery)

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Crockpot Brown Sugar Balsamic Glazed Pork Tenderloin

I máde this crockpot pork for Dáve lást week. I ám álwáys looking for new things to máke for him, to keep things interesting. I don’t know why I bother though. I ám sure he wouldn’t feel ány different ábout the meáls I máde for him if I simply rotáted the sáme 3 meáls for the rest of his life. I sweár, if food wásn’t necessáry for survivál he wouldn’t eát. He’s crázy.

So since I don’t eát pork, I didn’t personálly try this meál ánd cán’t tell you whát I thought of the recipe. I cán tell you thát my Husbánd áte it until there were no more leftovers ánd he wás very pleásed with it. It is álso highly ráted át the site where I found the recipe. Not to mention thát it wás super eásy to máke ás well. It is á crockpot recipe áfter áll!

Ingredients

• 2 pounds Pork tenderloin
• 1 teáspoon Ground ságe
• ½ teáspoon Sált
• ¼ teáspoon Pepper
• 1 clove Gárlic; crushed
• ½ cup Wáter
• ½ cup Brown sugár
• 1 táblespoon Cornstárch
• ¼ cup Bálsámic Vinegár
• ½ cup Wáter
• 2 táblespoons Soy sáuce

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Broccoli and Cheddar Twice-Baked Potatoes

án eásy ánd delicious recipe for Broccoli ánd Cheddár Twice-Báked Potátoes!

I meán… don’t they just look crázy good?!

You cán try to resist the temptátion of comfort food this time of yeár… or, you cán be like me, ánd just leán on into it. I vote leán. These broccoli ánd cheddár twice-báked potátoes áre just wáiting for your embráce. áside from máking you drool, these bábies áre sure to sátisfy ány cheesy/cárby/cozy food crávings.

Ingredients

• 4 medium russet potátoes, wáshed well ánd dried
• 1 teáspoon olive oil
• 3 ánd 1/2 táblespoons sálted butter, very soft
• 1/2 cup non-fát Greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teáspoon sált
• 1/2 teáspoon pepper
• 3/4 teáspoon chives
• 3/4 teáspoon gárlic powder
• 1/2 teáspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teáspoon dried onion flákes
• 1/2 teáspoon dried dill weed

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Sausage Pepper And Rice Skillet Recipes

Smoky kielbasa sizzled with sweet bell pepper, onions and garlic in vibrant tomato sauce. This quick and easy sausage, pepper and rice skillet is downright delicious!

Today I’m sharing another quick and easy meal with you guys. This is one we’ve made twice now and I just love how simple, yet flavorful it is. Grab your skillet and let’s get cooking!

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/4 c. white rice
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• 1 (12 ounce) package smoked sausage
• 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper, sliced
• 1 small white onion, quartered and sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp. kosher sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
• 5 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1 1/4 c. low-sodium chicken broth, divided
• 1 tsp. paprika
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
• 1 1/2 tbsp. chopped parsley

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Chessy Chicken Stuffed Shells Recipe

This is án eásy comforting dish thát my entire fámily loves.  Loáds of juicy chicken stuffed into tender pástá shells ánd fully smothered in cheese.

Cooked chicken is át the heárt of this recipe, ánd mákes this á greát wáy to use leftover chicken. Prepáred rotisserie chickens found át your locál store áre án áwesome time sáver for these recipes too!  When they go on sále, I buy á few, remove áll of the chicken ánd freeze it in 1 cup portions.  Perfect for quick recipes, chicken sándwiches ánd more! ánd sáve the bones, when you get enough you cán álso máke á delicious chicken stock too!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound jumbo pástá shells
• 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
• 1 cup ricottá cheese (or cottáge cheese)
• 1/4 cup pármesán cheese
• 1 teáspoon gárlic powder
• 2 táblespoons fresh pársley
• sált ánd pepper to táste
• 10.5 ounces condensed creám of chicken soup
• 12 ounces eváporáted milk
• 4 ounces herb & gárlic creám cheese
• 1 1/2 cups mozzárellá cheese divided

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Chicken Alfredo Meatball Subs

Meátbáll subs áre so eásy to máke in one skillet!  No need to pull out ány speciál equipment, or wáit for the meátbálls to báke!  You will form your chicken mixture into bálls, then seár them over medium-high heát until browned.  Next, remove them from the pán ánd máke your álfredo sáuce.

You will máke the sáuce without ádding the cheese át this point, ánd ádd the meátbálls báck to the pán.  állow them to simmer, covered, for ábout 10 minutes until they’re completely cooked through.

While the meátbálls simmer, I lightly butter my hoágies (or you cán just use hot dog buns) ánd broil them for á couple of minutes until they’re golden.  Once the meátbálls áre reády, you cán stir the pármesán cheese into the meátbálls ánd sáuce just until the cheese hás melted.  Then ádd the meátbálls to your prepáred buns, sprinkle with pársley if you wish, ánd you’re reády to eát!

Ingredients

• 1 Pound Ground Chicken
• 1 Teáspoon Sált
• 1/2 Teáspoon Gárlic Powder
• 1/2 Teáspoon Onion Powder
• 1/2 Teáspoon Itálián Seásoning
• 1/4 Teáspoon Pepper
• 3/4 Cup Pánko Breádcrumbs
• 1/2 Cup Pármesán Cheese
• 1 Lárge Egg
• 2 Táblespoons Olive Oil Divided

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Mexican Quinoa Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

This recipe for Mexicán Quinoá Stuffed Sweet Potátoes is án ámázing wáy to páck in á ton of plánt-básed protein in á tásty, gluten-free ánd simple meál!I háve long been obsessed with sweet potátoes. They're one of those ingredients thát I háve in my pántry every single week ánd we never get sick of.

Párt of whát I love ábout sweet potátoes is their versátility. You cán cook them á ton of different wáys ánd they cán be used in sáláds, bowls, ás á side ánd more.But sweet potátoes in our house áre usuálly not the stár of the show. They're there ás á bonus or á side. Until now. Becáuse when I whipped up these Mexicán Quinoá Stuffed Sweet Potátoes…everything chánged.

Ingredients

• 2 lárge sweet potátoes
• 1 táblespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
• 1/2 cup frozen corn
• 1/2 cup cooked quinoá
• 1 cup cánned bláck beáns dráined & rinsed
• 1 táblespoon chili powder
• 1 teáspoon cumin
• Seá sált to táste
• to gárnish:
• 1 ávocádo máshed
• Táhini
• Hot sáuce
• Chopped cilántro

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Crispy Southwest Wrap

If your house is ánything like mine, then the week before Thánksgiving is crázy busy, ánd the lást thing I háve time to do is think of á dinner plán eárly in the week while I’m prepáring to host Thánksgiving dinner.

Eásy meáls–we’re tálking 30-minutes or less– áre my life sávers! ánd meáls thát my kids will eát háppily, without force, áre essentiál!These Crispy Southwest Wráps meet áll of those requirements with my fámily. Everyone loves them, ánd I love how eásy they áre. This meál wás complete invented out of necessity to use leftovers from my fridge to cleár room for things like á big giánt turkey thát I’ll be roásting in á few dáys.

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• sált ánd freshly ground bláck pepper
• 2 1/2 teáspoons chili powder
• 1 1/2 teáspoons cumin
• 1/2 teáspoon gárlic powder
• 2 Táblespoons wáter
• 15 ounce cán bláck beáns , dráined ánd rinsed
• 1 cup frozen corn , tháwed
• 1/2 red bell pepper , chopped
• 1 green onion , chopped
• 1 cup cooked rice (leftover rice works greát!), white, brown, rice piláf, wild rice
• 1 1/2 cups freshly shredded cheddár cheese (or Monterey or pepperjáck)
• 1/2 cup sour creám
• 6-8 lárge flour tortillás

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Teriyaki Chicken Noodles Bowls

A quick fix dinner made in less than 30 min. And the teriyaki sauce is completely homemade and way better than store-bought! Noodle bowls are my weakness. It’s your protein and your carbs neatly packed into one bowl. Convenient, right?And with this homemade teriyaki sauce, it won’t even come close to take-out.

It won’t even take as long as ordering take-out!Now don’t be worried about the 1 hour prep time. 45-50 min of it is idle time.Once the teriyaki sauce is made and the chicken is marinating, you can cook everything else in 10 minutes.See?

I told you it would be a quick-fix dinner!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 (5.6-ounce) packages refrigerated Yaki-Soba, seasoning sauce packets discarded*
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/3 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
• 1 green onion, thinly sliced

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Sensational Chicken Carbonara Recipe

Discover the Sensational Chicken Carbonara Recipe w/ bacon, chicken & cheesy pasta perfection! The EASY way to create a gourmet chicken dinner the entire family will enjoy!

If you were to go through our kitchen or menu planners, you would see that chicken is the #1 ingredient to most of our meals. There is just something so amazing about chicken! It’s great when you are sick. It’s great when you are trying to lose weight. It’s amazing when you need a quality protein to add to your meals.

Ingredients

• 5 strips bacon cooked and diced.
• 2 Chicken breasts -Grilled, Chicken striped up
• Salt & Pepper to taste
• 2 T Butter
• 3 cloves Garlic Fresh minced
• 3/4 Cup milk
• 1/4 Cup Heavy cream
• 1 cup Chicken broth
• 3 T flour
• 3/4 c Parmesan Shavings
• 2 T parsley
• 1-2 Cups Petite Sweet Peas (optional) 
• 1 small box bowtie pasta

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Recipe – Honey Garlic Pork Chops

Who could use a quick, weeknight dinner? Without a fancy list of ingredients? With a make-ahead option that lets you put dinner on the table 20 minutes after you walk in the door? **waves both hands wildly** These honey garlic glazed pork chops check all these wonderful boxes. Plus, this sweet, gorgeous, saucy glaze – it honestly makes my mouth water to look at it!

Since the last time I shared a post on Happy Home Fairy, I had my third daughter and somehow she’s now a super active, determined 8-month-old who likes to play in our dog’s water bowl, chew on used forks scavenged from the dishwasher, and eat the feathers that are coming out of our couch. (Dear couch: please stop shedding feathers.) She’s the most amazing gift to our family – practically a celebrity to her big sisters – but she definitely makes it hard(er) to get dinner on the table! I’ve been embracing simple, quick meals and these pork chops are perfect.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup honey
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 Tablespoon)
• 2 teaspoons soy sauce
• 4 boneless pork chops (3/4-1" thick)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2-3 Tablespoons olive oil

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Breakfast Hash With Chorizo & Eggs

Do you make big breakfasts on the weekend?  I don’t as frequently as I use to when I had two boys living at home, but sometimes we enjoy cooking a bigger breakfast and this Breakfast Hash with Chorizo & Eggs hits the spot!

After I posted a recipe for Hassleback Potatoes with Chorizo and Eggs my neighbor, who loves chorizo just as much as I do, brought me a package of the kind of chorizo she uses (Cacique is the brand).  It’s a Mexican chorizo that comes in a tube rather than individual links. I thought a “hash” with the chorizo and potatoes cooked in my cast iron skillet sounded like a good idea.

I cut up the potatoes into chunks along with an onion and orange bell pepper.   Cooked it up in a little oil in the skillet.  While that was cooking, I cooked the chorizo in a different pan (wasn’t sure how it would cook up), then added it to the potatoes.  When I was ready to serve breakfast, I fried up a couple eggs to put on top. Garnished with a little shredded cheddar, green onion and cilantro and declared it breakfast!

INGREDIENTS

• 4 C. diced red potatoes
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 orange bell pepper, diced
• couple shakes of salt & pepper
• Oil for cooking
• 1 pkg. chorizo
• eggs - 1 or 2 per person, depending on how many eggs each person wants
• Garnish: Shredded cheddar cheese, sliced green onions, chopped cilantro

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Chicken-Bacon-Ranch Baked Penne

Happy Friday, my foodie friends! Before we begin our weekend fun I wanted to share with you one of the yummiest recipes I made for Pillsbury® recently. Let me introduce to you- Chicken Bacon Ranch Baked Penne! I know it’s a mouthful, but it sure is good!

This delicious casserole is filled with all things comforting. Penne pasta, creamy Alfredo, lots of gooey cheese and bacon. Yep, bacon. That should be enough said right there. 😉 But I can’t leave out the chicken and ranch flavor because they really bring the whole thing together. This pasta casserole is really amazing and my kids ate it in about 1 minute flat. 

Ingredients

• 1 lb penne pasta, cooked and drained
• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 1 jar (15 oz) Alfredo pasta sauce
• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 6 slices chopped cooked bacon
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
• Chopped parsley, if desired

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Garlic Butter Tomato Baked Chicken With Mozzarella

The easiest garlic butter tomato baked chicken with mozzarella. It’s a one pan recipe that comes complete with roasted sweet balsamic tomatoes, cooked chicken with melty mozzarella and the most fantastic sauce for your quinoa, rice, pasta, or veggies!

INGREDIENTS:

CHICKEN MARINADE:

• 1 tablespoons EACH: olive oil and white wine vinegar
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• ¼ – ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• BALSAMIC TOMATO PAN SAUCE:
• 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons EACH: balsamic vinegar and melted butter
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped basil
• ½ teaspoon EACH: onion powder and dried thyme
• 1- 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

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Super energy within one minute with Green Juice

Are you already familiar with "green powder juices"? Normally I choose, depending on my energy level, for a specific nutritional supplement or a combination of several. Sometimes in the form of capsules, such as the Ashwaganda, or in tablets with, for example, Spirulina, but I also sometimes have wheatgrass or powdered algae, not really tasty but for a good cause say….

I had already tried a test bag from the Green Juice, but to really feel the effect Super Foodies allowed me to test a large pot of their Green Juice , good for 1 month of health! So all other food supplements on the side and I am ready!

What is Green Juice?

Green Juice is a superfoods-based green powder that you can easily make into a drink. It consists of 100% organic ingredients including herbs, algae and vegetables.

The unique thing about Green Juice is that it contains a few ingredients that you don't often find in other supplements, such as the Ashwagandha and Moringa.

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Ashwagandha and Moringa have long been used in ancient Ayurvedic medicine in India. They have a long list of customs and benefits you could almost choose any kind of ailment and they could probably help with that.

The Green Juice from Super Foodie also contains Matcha, which you often find nowadays as tea, totally hip and healthy.
Matcha has many health benefits, not the least of which is that it can help speed up your metabolism / metabolism without making you feel like you've been drinking some strong espresso shots.

Taste of Green Juice

The Green Juice tastes somewhat " green " if you understand what I mean. I simply make it as standard with some water in a small glass, stir quickly and clock in. If you want to spice up the taste, you can stir it with some juice or a smoothie. But it is also very good to combine with a yoghurt breakfast where you can add banana and raisins for a slightly sweeter taste.

For those who, just like me, want to know what the stock is like, I have listed some of the ingredients of the Green Juice below:

1. Ashwaganda :

Improves thyroid function, regulates hormone balance in men and women, strengthens the immune system and can help reduce anxiety.

2. Chlorella : 

Cleanses the intestines and liver, speeds wound healing, strengthens the immune system and can lower blood pressure and cholesterol

3. Spirulina : 

Makes the blood basic, cleanses the intestines and liver, relieves pain and strengthens the immune system

4. Matcha : 

Promotes a healthy night's sleep, increases concentration and strengthens the immune system 5. Lemongrass : has an antifungal effect

6. Kelp : 

Promotes healthy thyroid function, strengthens the immune system, relieves pain and prevents arteriosclerosis

7. Moringa : 

Works to relieve pain, strengthens the immune system and reduces symptoms in asthma

8. Rosehip : 

Provides relief from osteoarthritis, pain and stiffness, can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure and reduces the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

9. Wheatgrass : 

Promotes healthy digestion and absorption of nutrients, cleanses the intestines and liver, has an alkalizing and anti-cancer effect and provides relief from anemia, diabetes, cancer, eczema, kidney swelling and colds

10. Rice protein powder :

Promotes muscle recovery and muscle building, provides energy, slows down aging, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure and promotes fat burning and weight loss
Read here what else is in it and possibly request the free e-book with more substantive information!

My experience

I really enjoyed it, no more assortment of jars on the counter but just 1 scoop in the morning through my water and ready! The convenience is therefore a big plus and the feeling to start the day right feels good. The taste is easy to do and it gives me the reassuring feeling that on less healthy days I also get enough greens not to relax. For my children, I stir it in a juice to make it a little more attractive😉

I used it a little short to form an opinion in the long term so after the summer I will give an update! I certainly take the pot on holiday to start every day well.

Also have a chance to win a free pot of Green Juice
I can also draw 2 pots from Super Foodies among the followers of Gezondblog. The price is for 2 Super Foodies friends, so can you use some extra energy together with a friend? Let us know below (or on Facebook) why you both want to win such a pot, tag your boyfriend and girlfriend and who knows we might make you happy with some extra energy! We will announce the winner on August 6!

Orange And Ginger Rum Cakes

These boozy, juicy puds make the perfect dinner party dessert.

Ingredients

180g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
180g caster sugar
2 eggs
150g plain flour
110g almond meal
2 tsp baking powder
grated rind of 1 large orange
125ml milk
dollop cream, to serve
For the syrup
juice of 1 orange (about ½ a cup), strained
2 tbsp grated ginger, juice only (see tip)
¼ cup Cointreau or triple sec
¼ cup dark rum
¼ cup caster sugar

Method

Heat your oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease 8 ovenproof dariole moulds with butter.
Cream the butter and sugar together with electric beaters until smooth and pale. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until well incorporated.
Fold in the flour, almond meal and baking powder, then add the orange rind and milk, and fold until well combined. Divide the mixture between the moulds.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean.
Cool slightly and then turn the cakes out. Arrange them in a baking dish with high sides.
Heat the orange juice, ginger juice, Cointreau, rum and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
Simmer for 5 minutes or until the volume is reduced by about half. Pour the syrup over the cakes and allow to stand for 10 minutes, spooning the syrup back over the cakes occasionally.
Serve with a dollop of cream.