How To Create Healthy and Delicious Meals
Sweet summer peaches and nectarines taste amazing in light muffins. Note: You can use just peaches or nectarines if you are unable to find both. Just double the amount. I used 2 donut peaches and 2 white nectarines. Ingredients: 1 cup almond flour 1 cup …
I couldn’t resist when I saw fresh donut peaches and white nectarines at the local produce stand. I love fruit forward desserts with a light topping. This was so good I wish I had made a bigger dish. Ingredients: 3 donut peaches peeled and diced …
I had some leftover chocolate covered almonds and raisins so I decided to use those in energy balls.
Ingredients:
1 cup old fashioned oats
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1 tablespoon flax seeds
1 teaspoon espresso powder
½ cup peanut butter (I used BetterNButter only 100 calories per serving)
½ cup chocolate covered almonds and raisins
2 tablespoons brewed coffee
Directions:
Squash and zucchini fresh from the garden with a little fresh thyme, olive oil, breadcrumbs, and parmesan cheese makes for a simple yet delicious side dish. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 1 pound squash and zucchini sliced into …
Sheet pan dinners are wonderful on nights when you don’t have a lot of time to prep and do not want to make lots of dishes. These cheesy chili lime chicken fajitas are simple to prep and cook and taste amazing. Ingredients: 3 chicken breasts …
I had a plethora of basil growing in my herb garden, so I decided to make some fresh pesto. Pesto is so easy to make and tastes amazing on meat, sandwich wraps, as a veggie dip and so much more.
Ingredients:
3 cups fresh basil
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup pine nuts
2 garlic cloves minced
Directions:
I make omelets every time I make breakfast for dinner. My kids love omelets with tons of cheese. I like experimenting with vegetables and seasoning. Ingredients: 3 eggs ¼ cup cherry tomatoes ¼ cup spinach diced ¼ cup diced pepper 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning 1 …
My six-year-old said these were one of the best foods he has ever eaten. These reminded us of a sausage and green pepper topped pizza. Leftover filling tastes amazing on lettuce wraps too. Ingredients: 6-8 long peppers 1 pound Italian sausage casings removed ½ onion diced …
Roasted eggplant mixed with yogurt, lemon, mint, and a little spice makes for a refreshing and tasty dip. I use this for dipping veggies. It would also taste fabulous on a wrap.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
Ingredients:
6-8 small white and green eggplants
¼ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon siracha
2 tablespoons fresh mint
1 garlic clove
Directions:
Vegetables are amazing and often the entire plant can be used. If you grow carrots or grow carrots with the greens attached you can use the greens to make a light pesto. I made my pesto nut free, but you can add pine nuts or …