Taco Soup

This is a really yummy and super easy recipe from weight watchers that I make a lot! no I am not on the weight loss program but I am pro healthy easy tasty meals!!!

1 lb ground turkey or chicken( shredded)
1can Corn
1can Ranch style Beans
1can pinto beans
1can white beans
1 can black beans
1 or 2 ( I use 2) cans tomato with green chili
1 package taco seasoning
1 package ranch dressing powder
1-2 c water ( judge your consistency to your liking)

Just brown or shred your meat depending on what you choose to use. Make sure to rinse your corn and beans (not the ranch ones) in a strainer in the sink before adding it all together. Add water to your liking and bring to a boil then set heat to med-low and cover for 20 minutes. Make some corn bread because that's just the right thing to do....

Teryaki Chicken Chow Mien

Two Bell Peppers Sliced ( I used 1 yellow, 1 red)
1/2 Head of cabbage shredded and diced
1/2 White onion
1Clove Garlic
1-2 T Olive Oil
1/2 Carton of Mushrooms Sliced
1-2c Edimomes
1c Carrots Chopped Fine
1 pkg Chow Mien Noodles Prepared as box directs( I used Aunti Kims)
1/2- 3/4c Teryaki Sauce ( I used Kikomans)
1-2 Green onions sliced
1 lb Chicken Breast
Heat olive oil in Wok, Slice chicken and cook with garlic clove until white, right as it is light pink add a little bit of Teryaki sauce to flavor. Then add all of your sliced and diced veggies and cook for a few minutes adding the remainder of the Teryaki sauce until carmel looking. Cook noodles in between they don't take long, then toss all together in the Wok.  You can really add whatever vegetables you would like, carrots, zuccini broccoli anything! The more the marrier! My kids loved it and so did we, served with Corn Bread.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

I make this recipe over the original any day!! They are creamy and yum! Thanks hilary!
1c Organic Peanut Butter
1c Sugar
1 Egg
mix and spoon onto the pan, flatten with fork cook at 375 for 8-10 minutes . Sometimes I add a little oatmeal  and decrease the sugar

Zucchini Turkey Burgers

Oh yes these are real! and they taste incredible, so incredible, here I am posting it on here for all to see and enjoy! When I was little my dad use to make jungle burgers for us with stuff from left overs in the fridge. This is along the lines but a little different.

1lb Ground Turkey
1egg
1 yellow or green zucchini shredded ( you can use a cheese grater)
4-5 Green onions minced
1/2c shredded medium cheddar cheese ( I use tillamook)
1-2tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients and form patties, hey and throw those whole wheat buns on the grill with a few seconds to spare. Garnish with whatever you deem appropriate, Don't forget the greens!

Fire Cracker Shrimp

I always use the cooked shrimp because I have a seafood smell phobia!
1 lb cooked large shrimp
2-3T Canola Oil
1/4c Lemon Juice
2T sriracha hot Sauce (chinese rooster)
2t red pepper flakes
sea salt and pepper
Mix all liquid ingredients with a whisk then poor over shrimp, marinate for at least 8 hrs stirring in between and throw on the grill with some veggies of your choice

Penne Pesto Chicken Salad

1/4c Pesto Sauce ( I used a condensed version and mixed it with oil)
1-2c Spinach
2c Penne Noodles Cooked, drained and rinsed with cold water
2 chicken breast ( I grilled mine) Prepare how you like them
1/2c feta cheese(crumbles)
cook the noodles and chicken as desired and then blend other ingredients together. Serve with the yummy rolls recipe and it'll go down in the history books!

Balsamic Vegetable Salad

I had a friend over the other night that was telling me about this yummy salad she had for dinner and I wanted to give it a try to recreate!

1lb Boneless skinless chicken breast

1 red bell pepper

1 green bell pepper

1/2 Onion cut thick in wedges

Cut peppers in half and grill all these above

2-3c spinach

1 head broccoli

mix spinach and broccoli in salad bowl

feel free to add even more veggies on hand I grilled some tomatoes but they didn't turn out so good.

Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing

1/4c Balsamic Vinegar

2t Dark Brown Sugar

1T Chopped Garlic

1/2t Sea Salt

1/2t ground pepper

3/4c Extra Virgin Olive Oil

So Yummy!! Enjoy