How To Create Healthy and Delicious Meals
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 …
If you don’t have a blackened spice blend on hand then you can make your own using the spices in this recipe. The tilapia was full of flavor with just the right amount of spice. Recipe adapted from Food Network Ingredients: 6 tilapia filets ½ …
My family loves to eat shrimp. These BBQ shrimp are spicy, sweet, and disappear quickly. This recipe was so easy to make my 8 year old did most of the work.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
Ingredients:
2 pounds shrimp peeled and deveined
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Zest and juice of 2 limes
Directions:
Roasted carrots and radishes fresh from the garden with some olive oil and chili lime seasoning are easy to prepare and packed with flavor. Ingredients: 1-2 pounds carrots and radishes peeled and halved Zest from 1 lime 1-2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon …