Comfort Salad

Ingredients:

Chicken - 6 tenderloins
Spinach - 2 large handfuls
Yellow onion - 1 chopped
Carrots - 2 shredded
Red bell pepper - 1 chopped
Has avocado - 1 chopped
Baby portobello mushrooms - 7 chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves minced
Lime - 2 fresh squeezed

Chicken broth - 1/4 cup

Cool and Spicy Gazpacho or Chunky Salsa

Ingredients:
Hothouse cucumber - 1 seeded
Bell peppers - 2 (I used red and orange)
Green apple - 1
Grape tomatoes - 2 cups
Garlic - 3 cloves
Sesame seeds - 1 tbs.
Lime - 1 squeezed
Plain greek yogurt - 1/2 cup
Extra virgin olive oil -1/4 cup
Salt - 1 tbs.
Black pepper - 1 tsp.
Pickled hot pepper - 1 (optional, adds a punch of heat, I used a home-pickled orange habanero)

Rustic Sweet and Savory Stew

 

Main Ingredients:

Chicken tenderloin - 4 oz. cubed

Italian sausage - 2 broken up

Campari tomatoes - 3 chopped

Sweet potato, -1 chopped (can be substituted with butternut squash, calabaza)

Spinach - 10 oz. (I used defrosted, but fresh would be best)

Tomato paste - 2 tbs.

Chicken broth - ½ cup (I used organic, low sodium - controls sodium level)

Butter - 1 tsp. (unsalted)

Curry - 1 tbs.

Italian seasoning - ½ tsp.

Basil - ½ tsp.

Parsley - ½ tsp

Oregano - ½ tsp.

Nutmeg - ½ tsp. fresh grated

Salt - 1 tsp.

Black Pepper - ½ tsp.

Zesty Tomato Chicken with Roasted Sweet Veggies

Zesty Tomato Chicken:

Chicken Tenderloin - 4 oz.

Campari tomatoes - 2 medium diced

Coconut milk - ½ cup

Parsley - 1 tsp.

Italian seasoning - 1 tsp.

Basil - ½ tsp.

Oregano - ½ tsp.

Herbs de Provence - ½ tsp.

Garlic - 2 medium cloves minced

Salt - 1 tsp.

Black pepper - ½ tsp.

Smokey Chili with Bacon, Chicken and Steak

Ingredients:

Chicken tenderloin - 8 oz. ground

Top round steak - 11.2 oz. ground

Bacon - 6 strips diced (I used hickory smoked, any will do)

Yellow onions - 2 diced

Campari tomatoes - 9 diced

Caned diced tomato - 14.5 oz. = 1 can

Caned tomato paste - 6 oz. = 1 small can

Chicken broth - low sodium, 3 cups

80% dark chocolate - 2 squares = 2 oz.

Haas avocado, -1 diced

Almond flour - 2 tbs.

Garlic - 7 cloves, minced

Pickled chili peppers - 1 red, 1 green (optional: I pickled these myself, no preservatives)

Apple cider vinegar - 2 tbs.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Greek Yogurt Dressing

Main Ingredients:

Chicken tenderloins - 4 oz.
Lettuce - here I use Red and Green Petite Lettuces (dark colors best)
Olive oil - 1 tsp.
Dried dill - 1/2 tsp.
Dried sage - 1/2 tsp.
Salt
Black pepper

Greek Yogurt Dressing:
Greek yogurt - 8 oz. = 1 cup
Lemon -1/4 cup
Garlic - 1 medium clove grated
Apple cider vinegar -1/2 tsp.
Fresh dill - handful chopped
Olive oil - 1/4 cup
Salt
Black pepper