Easy Dinner

Chicken and Zucchini Poppers

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These little meat balls are perfect for a quick meal, or a snack. When on the Whole 30 it is so important to make sure you have plenty of ready to eat food so the temptation to cheat is lessened. As an added bonus, when your snacks are super tasty you don’t want to cheat anyway!

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Ingredients:

1 Lb Ground Chicken

2 C Zucchini (shredded)

2-3 Green Onions

2-4 Tablespoons Cilantro (minced)

1 Clove Garlic (minced)

1 Teaspoon Salt

1/2 Teaspoon Pepper

3/4 Teaspoon Cumin

Cooking Oil (olive or Avocado)

Directions:

  1. Toss Chicken, Zucchini, Onion, Cilantro, Garlic, Salt, Pepper and Cumin
  2. Preheat Oven to 400
  3. Grease Baking sheet with oil
  4. Scoop mixture into bite size balls and place on baking sheet
  5. Drizzle with oil
  6. Bake 20-25 mins until cooked through

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Italian Pot Roast

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This Pot Roast has great flavor, and is super juicy. It’s great for days that you don’t have time to cook, or it’s been an extra long day. This roast cooks for 10 hours, and can be prepped the night before so in the morning all that needs to be done is turn on the cooker. My husband made a paleo focaccia bread to accompany it, and we just plain boiled artichoke as our side dish! It was a great meal for these cold last fall nights!

Ingredients:

1 Teaspoon each of: Salt, Black pepper, oregano, basil, onion salt, parsley, garlic powder

1 Bay leaf

3 Cups water

5 lb. Beef roast

Directions:

  1. In a medium sauce pan over medium high heat combine spices and water and bring to a boil
  2. Place roast in slow cooker, and pour mixture over the roast
  3. Cook low 10+ hours until it pulls apart easily.

Creamy Coconut Chicken

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My new Husband and I have been having a wonderfully creative time on the Whole 30 diet. This chicken was easy to make, full of flavor and is great on a budget.

Ingredients:

1 Shallot (chopped)

2 cloves garlic (chopped)

Lemon-garlic seasoning

5-6 chicken thighs

2 cans full fat coconut milk

1/2 teaspoon cardamom

6 black peppercorns

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon turmeric

2 teaspoons ghee (if you do not have any ghee, you can use coconut oil, olive oil, or avocado oil)

Directions:

  1. In a large skillet, heat 1 teaspoon of oil on Med-high heat
  2. Season chicken to taste, and brown skin side down
  3. Set aside
  4. Add 2nd teaspoon of oil
  5. Lower heat to medium and add shallots and garlic.
  6. Sautee for -3 minutes
  7. Add coconut milk and spices
  8. Return chicken to pan
  9. Simmer 40-50 minutes until chicken is cooked.
  10. Serve over cauliflower rice and chopped mint. ( I like to add the mint to the cauliflower while I am cooking it for added flavor)

Maple Bourbon Salmon with Cornbread Casserole and Brussel Sprouts.

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For my Birthday this past year my wonderful parents came to town and we went Salmon fishing! As a result I have had the pleasure of eating lots of wild caught salmon. The best part is being able to experiment.

I absolutely love this dish. It is super easy and pretty quick.

Maple Bourbon Salmon

Ingredients:

  • Salmon filet
  • Maple syrup
  • Bourbon
  • Orange Juice
  • Salt and pepper

Directions:

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For 4 filet’s it is recommended 1/3 cup each of the Syrup, Bourbon and OJ. Combine in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer until it thickens to a sauce. Meanwhile wash and dry Salmon. Sprinkle with Salt and pepper and place on a foil wrapped cookie sheet. (Trust me, you will not want to have to clean this when you are done, the foil is a life saver) Broil for about 2-3 minutes. Pour half the sauce over the salmon and bake until done. (I like my salmon Med-rare. It should just start to flake easily when using a fork when it’s done) Remove from the oven and top with remaining sauce.

Southern Cornbread casserole

Ingredients:

  • Jiffy Cornbread mix
  • 1 can corn
  • 1 can creamed corn
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese
  • paprika (garnish)

Directions:

Mix it all together, pour into a greased 2 quart baking dish, garnish with paprika    and bake at 350 for about an hour. 002

For the Brussels I just warm a pan, add some Olive Oil and Salt and pepper and saute over medium heat until the outside leaves begin to brown.

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Enjoy!

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