Oh my goodness this was absolutely delicious! A great summer recipe full of all the flavor and it was super simple to make. Throw all your marinade ingredients in a blender, pour half the marinade over the chicken and onions, and save the other half for the Pineapple Avocado Salsa. I prepped everything the day before and let the chicken and onion mix marinate overnight. All that was left to do the next day was throw everything on a baking sheet to cook. Since I chose to use boneless chicken thighs instead of bone-in chicken leg quarters I adjusted baking time to 25-35 minutes. While the chicken was baking I heated up some plain riced cauliflower, threw in some extra lime juice, cilantro, and salt, and then finished tossing the Pineapple Avocado Salsa together. Super easy and super delicious meal that we enjoyed eating all week long. I will definitely be making this again a few more times before summer ends!
Cuban Mojo Chicken with Pineapple Avocado Salsa Ingredients:
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The most simple-ingredient and delicious recipe I have tried in a while! Very similar to the Egg Roll in a Bowl recipe, but with more of a variety of vegetables. Carrots, zucchini, broccoli, cabbage, fresh grated ginger and garlic, plus salt and pepper (omit for AIP), coconut aminos (soy sauce substitute), and apple cider vinegar. All made in a stir-fry pan, unless you are like me and enjoy using the big Instant Pot on saute function to cook massive amounts of food. To make this even easier you can purchase matchstick carrots, fresh coleslaw or cabbage mix in the salad section, and pre-cut broccoli florets and zucchini. I actually found some fun coleslaw and cabbage mixes that had carrots, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, so I used a couple bags of those. If you are not a huge cabbage fan, I still recommend giving this a try - just make sure you cook down the cabbage plenty and you won't even recognize it's in there. Shredded and cooked down cabbage with some ground meat is seriously underrated. Give it a try! We devoured this all week and I know I will be making it again plenty.
Ground Beef Stir Fry Ingredients:
Original recipe found here It is extremely difficult to get a decent picture of any meal that is tinted orange. I feel like I have to point this out because the picture does not do the meal any justice. This meal was so simple and packed with all the flavor! The chicken is your simple oven bake with a mix of spices and olive oil, which can also easily be thrown onto the grill as well. The Garlic Rosemary Sweet Potatoes is a separate recipe that I had saved for quite sometime and finally decided to try out. This recipe also calls for using the oven, so not the best use of time for meal prep. If you are short on time I'd say definitely throw the chicken on the grill while the sweet potatoes are roasting in the oven. Now I love plain roasted sweet potatoes with just some oil and salt, so adding in the rosemary and garlic was like a treat! What a delicious and easy way to add some more flavor to your meal. Both recipes below turned out tasting great together, but would be great on their own or with another side or protein as well. If you are someone who enjoys a quick and classic meal prep, both recipes below are a tasty upgrade to the classic baked chicken and veggie.
Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Breast Ingredients:
Original recipe found here Garlic Rosemary Sweet Potatoes Ingredients:
Original recipe found here This might be my new favorite homemade curry meal! I made this in the Instant Pot, but there are directions for making this on the stove top as well. The recipe below serves four, so I as I usually do, I increased the ingredients to get enough meals for our needs. However, with sauce recipes like this, I usually significantly increase the meat amount and only double or triple the other ingredients. That is just my preference though since I don't like a lot of extra sauce and end up using the saute function at the end to help reduce the sauce anyways. The only other changes I made was using coconut oil to saute the onion, garlic, carrot and ginger, and then I used some chili powder instead of red chilies since the stores were out of those. I put the carrots and onions through the food processor to dice up real tiny and thought that was an especially smart move since I have someone in the house who doesn't enjoy cooked carrots. The only other note I have is that I might try this recipe with a can of full-fat coconut milk next time to get a little more fat into this meal. Though that move would probably alter the taste of the curry sauce some, which is probably why the recipe called for using a light coconut milk to begin with. Anyways, the sweet potato curry sauce really turned out so delicious and paired pretty well with the sweet potato glass noodles. I also threw in some plain cauliflower rice to add some more vegetables. This recipe is Whole30 compliant, a homemade curry, and an overall pretty simple meal to whip up! We will definitely be eating this one again soon.
Coconut Chicken and Sweet Potato Curry Ingredients:
Stove Top:
Original recipe found here This turned out tasting just as amazing as it sounds! The only slicing and dicing involved is for the leeks and basil. Don't spend too much time making perfect or tiny slices though because those ingredients just go into the blender anyways. The recipe below serves four, so I had to significantly increase the ingredients to get enough meals for our house. Since we aren't big soup fans I ended up using a ratio of half bisque to meatballs, which is why my meal looks less saucy. I absolutely love an Italian dish with basil and tomato flavors and this meal was exactly that. I topped over some plain cauliflower rice and rice and really enjoyed eating this meal for lunch all week long. If you give this one a try let me know what you think!
Tomato Basil Bisque with Italian Meatballs Ingredients:
Original recipe found here I've never heard of comeback sauce before, but my Mississippi livin' sister let me know real quick that it's a southern thing. Since I had extra Primal Kitchen Chipotle Lime Mayo and Primal Kitchen Organic Unsweetened Ketchup already in the fridge I decided to give this one a try and I am SO glad I did. This meal was a delicious one that I seriously looked forward to eating everyday! I increased all the ingredients significantly and ended up using the Instant Pot saute feature to cook the beef. I also mixed the comeback sauce in with the beef at the end because it made more sense to me then just plopping some on top of each meal. If you are not a big mayo fan, I suggest cutting the comeback sauce recipe down some. I ended up only using a little compared to the increased amount of beef and veggies I made and thought it still turned out plenty flavorful and delicious. This one was super easy to throw together, especially if you buy pre-sliced veggies. If not, dice them up the day before if you want an even faster meal prep time. I will definitely be making this one again anytime I have extra mayo and ketchup in the fridge!
Beef & Veggie Bowls with Comeback Sauce Ingredients: Beef
Original recipe found here Although these say almond flour I actually used some banana flour with these too. I stumbled upon it while I was at the store getting almond flour and figured what better recipe then banana muffins to try using banana flour with? I found it at Harris Teeter and it was actually WAY less expensive then almond flour. After some quick google searches, I decided not to totally substitute the almond flour, but instead used banana flour for 1/4 of the total flour called for. The exact measurements I used are indicated below if you want to see. The only other change I made to this recipe was using ghee instead of olive oil. I had both, but ghee sounded like it would go better with a muffin recipe. I've never had blueberries with my banana bread, but these turned out tasting amazing! They had all the banana taste to them with bites of blueberries that were absolutely delicious. Now these definitely weren't as sweet as your average banana bread, so if you are looking for that I would recommend increasing the maple syrup some. I personally enjoyed them just the way they were and will absolutely be making them again the next time our bananas go brown!
Almond Flour Blueberry Banana Muffins Ingredients:
Original recipe found here Another I Heart Umami recipe that did not disappoint! If you can purchase sirloin steak I definitely recommend trying this one out! I ended up using a chuck roast and that was not the right cut of meat for this type of recipe whatsoever. The meal still turned out delicious, but I spent a lot of time cutting out fat to try and slice thin cuts of meat. The seasonings and homemade Worcestershire sauce were on point though and seriously made this into a true tasting Chinese Pepper Steak meal. Also, the Worcestershire sauce recipe makes extra sauce that you can save and use for making steaks another time. All around, this was a relatively simple and one skillet recipe that turned out tasting delicious!
Chinese Pepper Steak Ingredients:
Original recipe found here Truly a delicious Instant Pot chicken meal to save! I did not top with sesame seeds, but the sesame oil gave this chicken a true honey sesame chicken taste. I ended up tripling the ingredients below, then only using half the honey due to preference. Also, since I had much more chicken I skipped out on sauteing it and just increased the pressure cooking time. No worries if you don't have arrowroot starch to help thicken the sauce either. Putting the pot on saute mode at the end and continuing to mix everything will reduce the sauce plenty enough without it. I actually hardly use arrowroot starch anymore when using the Instant Pot since saute mode reduces the sauce just as well. While the chicken was cooking I heated up some coconut oil and threw frozen plain cauliflower rice and the extra diced green onion together to pair with this chicken. Super simple and easy meal to put together for dinner or meal prep!
Instant Pot Honey Sesame Chicken Ingredients:
Original recipe found here Holy moly did I really enjoy every part of this meal! I am not sure it's the quickest meal prep recipe, but if you have the time or can prep a few things the day before then this one is definitely a must-try. I already have a couple go-to BBQ chicken recipes that I cycle through every so many weeks, but I decided to give this new homemade one a try. It turned out like no other BBQ I have tried before! I was surprised and really enjoyed the taste. It was not sweet whatsoever, but more light tasting with a very slight kick from the Chipotle and chili spices. I read the note for the Italian dressing swap and used that option instead. Now for making everything easier on myself, I prepped the sauce the night before so I could just throw the chicken in the Instant Pot in the morning. The recipes gives three ways for making the BBQ chicken based on what you have and preference, so don't be steered away if you don't have an Instant Pot. I also prepped the sweet potato the night before, but you can purchase pre-diced sweet potato or frozen diced sweet potato at most stores to help save you time there as well. You can clearly see I skipped out on the pickles, but that is only because I don't like them. Let me know if you try this recipe with them and how they turned out! If you don't have the time to make your own BBQ sauce, a few whole-ingredient ones that I'll purchase off the shelf are Tessemae's or The New Primal, both can be found at Wegman's or Amazon. Now for the coleslaw, what an easy vegetable side to prep. I used Primal Kitchen Chipotle Lime Mayo, but only half of the amount the recipe calls for because we aren't big mayo people. I honestly loved how it turned out and enjoyed eating every crunchy bite. On days that I took this to work I just ate everything cold and still loved it. When I was home I could add the coleslaw after I heated up the chicken and sweet potatoes and enjoy it that way. Once the stay-at-home orders are lifted I'll definitely be making this one for family and friends!
BBQ Chicken Bowls with Sweet Potatoes, Coleslaw, and Pickles Ingredients: BBQ Chicken
Original recipe found here Whole30 BBQ Sauce with Chipotle (Paleo, Vegan) Serving: 1 Cup Ingredients:
If desired, for a smoother texture, gently transfer sauce to a blender or food processor and process until smooth. Season with salt. Original recipe found here |
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