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Garlic Beef and Onions with Green Beans

This crumbled meat mixture is so easy and has such a great flavor. Plus, you can add it to anything. It’s also Keto, Paleo, Whole 30, and just plain healthy, but beyond that, so delicious!Garlic Beef and Onions with Green Beans.jpg

Garlic Beef and Onions with Green Beans

  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 10 cloves (or 1 head,) skinned and minced
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1/2 cup beef stock
  • Black pepper

Add avocado oil to a skillet on medium heat. Then add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the ground beef and crumble. When the beef is almost browned, pour in the beef stock and turn up the heat to medium high or until it begins to simmer. Cook until the broth cooks down or about 20 minutes. Add black pepper the taste.

Serve over steamed green beans or broccoli, rice, noodles, roasted or mashed potatoes, or just eat it alone!

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Salsa Chicken

Being on the road is pretty great, but there are some things that I miss. A crock-pot is one of them. Whenever I have access to one, you better believe I’m pulling that thing out, coming up with a meal, and trying something new.

I ate this salsa chicken over rice and added a little bit of white cheddar cheese and Greek yogurt. It was delicious. I also ate it plain today for lunch and it was salsa chickengreat on its own as well. Plus, it’s easy and quick, and who doesn’t need more of that this season?

Crock-Pot Salsa Chicken

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 cups mild salsa
  • 2 cups frozen corn
  • 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

Simply add everything to a crock-pot and cook for 3 hours on high. Remove and shred chicken. Add chicken back in and stir to incorporate.

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You Are Going To Love This Veggie Pasta

Wait!

This is NOT veggies, spiraled, claiming to be pasta.  There IS pasta in this dish. And..there are veggies that are spiraled and sliced, too.

The thing is… I.love.pasta. I love all the things you can add to pasta. Protein and sauce and cheese, oh my! It takes me right back to my Midwestern roots. Meat, starch and cheese LOL.

Anyhow, this pasta dish has pasta, zucchini that has been zoodled, and onions that have been sliced. This way, you get more flavor, a little bit of color, and an all around healthier dish.

Veggie Pastaveg noodles

  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 red onion, sliced
  • 1 yellow onion, sliced
  • 2 zucchinis, zoodled or cut into long, thin strips
  • a quarter-sized diameter of gluten-free spaghetti

Boil the noodles per package directions.

In a separate skillet, add the oil and the onions. On medium heat, cook bout 5 minutes. Remove the onion and set aside. Add the zucchini into the skillet and cook for about 3 minutes or until slightly softened. One the zucchini is done salt and pepper it and add the onions and pasta. It’s done!

You can top this with a cheese sauce, spaghetti sauce, garlic, and so much more! Yum!

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Honey Chicken Chinese Dinner

I love homemade Chinese food. It’s easy and quick to pull together and healthier and more fulfilling than take out. Plus, if you don’t have good Chinese near you (we def don’t,) than not only is this the best option, but the only option.

But, honestly, this recipe is so good. I made it, I ate it and it was awesome. Nick thought so, too, and so will you. Enjoy!

Honey Chicken

  • 2 chicken breasts, cut up into 1 inch piecesIMG_20180216_142624
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil for frying
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca flour
  • Pinch of salt and pepper
  • 1 cup matchstick carrots
  • 1 scallion, chopped (to sprinkle at the end of cooking)
  • sesame seeds (optional)

Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 teaspoon tapioca flour

In a medium-sized bowl, mix your chopped chicken, 2 tablespoons tapioca starch and a pinch of salt and pepper. Heat a medium skillet on medium heat with the avocado oil and add the chicken to the pan. Cook about 5 minutes on each side or until the chicken is browned and cooked through. Add the carrots and cook an additional 2 minutes.

In a separate pan, add the sauce ingredients together and whisk to combine. Add the sauce to the chicken and carrots and let cook about five minutes or until the sauce thickens a bit. Sprinkle with green onions and sesame seeds. 

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Homemade Western Dressing

If you know me, you know I love soup and salad. You also know I stay away from gluten and I don’t like soy. You know what else I don’t like? Store salad dressings. So, what to do?

Of course, I want to make my own. Like everything else, I figure, why not make a dressing exactly how I love it and also homemade and healthy. (Which is so different from the stuff you buy at the store!)

Also because, as a Midwest girl living on the east coast, with a BFF that lives on the west coast, I can tell you it is very hard to find the delicious, rich western dressing that I grew up loving. But, alas, you don’t have to look for it any longer because now you can make it. It’s so easy, so good and takes only a couple of minutes.

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  • 2/3 cup organic ketchup
  • 1/4 cup avocado oil
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/2 tsp coconut aminos
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • Pinch pepper

Just mix everything together and chill.

The taste is spot on, and there’s no soy, no high fructose corn syrup and no chemicals! If you like western, this will be your new fave. I hope you love it as much as I do.

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My Homemade Chinese Book is About to Come Out, and YOU Could Win It!

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Thanksgiving Dinner Zucchini Boats

I hope your Thanksgiving was as delicious as mine was! Turkey, homemade stuffing, cranberries, pie, green beans, and so much more.

Yum, I love turkey dinner. So, do you miss it yet? Want it again? Or did you indulge enough and now you still want the flavors sans all the calories?

While this recipe isn’t calorie-free, each bite is like a flashback to turkey dinner, with a much healthier twist.

Thanksgiving Dinner Zucchini Boats

  • 2 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 2 zucchinis, cut in half the long way and insides scraped out to form “boats”
  • 1 pound ground turkeyIMG_20171116_135910.jpg
  • 1/4 cup chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup original almond milk
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, chopped
  • 1 carrot, peeled and copped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemaryIMG_20171116_143646
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon powdered sage
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper

Topping 

  • 1/3 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper

With your sliced and gutted zucchinis, add 1 tablespoon oil to coat and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes in the oven. Take out and set aside.

Start with a large skillet pan on medium heat. Add the oil to the pan with the onion, celery,  and carrot. Cook for about 5 minutes. Push the vegetables to the outside of the pan and add the ground turkey to the pan. Cook for about 10 minutes or until the turkey is cooked through.

Add the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes. Lastly, mix in the seasonings, stock, and almond milk. Let cook for about 10 minutes or until the mixture thickens.

Combine the almond flour, salt and pepper for topping.IMG_20171116_150454 (1).jpg

Spoon the turkey dinner mixture into the boats and sprinkle the topping on. Bake for an additional 10 minutes or until the topping begins to brown.

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Balsamic-Glazed Pork Chops with Shallots

I’ve never liked Balsamic vinegar but had to prepare a similar recipe for work. And I loved it! So, I decided to make my own.

My version still has balsamic but I subbed coconut sugar for regular and paired it with shallots instead of onions.

This semi-sweet sauce compliments the garlic and onion flavors in the shallots for an amazing taste.

Balsamic-Glazed Pork Chops with ShallotsIMG_20171022_160236

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 4 thin boneless pork chops
  • 1 shallot, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sugar of choice (I use coconut sugar)
  • salt and pepper

Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of all the pork chops. Heat a skillet to medium and add one teaspoon olive oil. Add the chops to the pan and cook 3-5 minutes on each side. Remove the meat from the pan and set aside.

Add 1 teaspoon oil to the pan and then the shallots. Cook for about 3 minutes and add the balsamic and sugar. Stir. Place the chops into the sauce and cook one additional minute. Serve hot with any additional sauce spooned over the top.

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Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti Dinner

Have you ever had spaghetti squash? I love how easy it is and how great it absorbs sauces. Spaghetti sauce compliments spaghetti squash both because of the similar look but also because of the similar “feel.”

The best part is you can harvest them now, in the Fall, and they can last a month or more, and into the winter. (Keep at room temperature.)

How to Make Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti Squash

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Whole spaghetti squash
  • 1 spaghetti squash
  • 1/4 inch water (for the bottom of the glass dish)

1. First step, slice the spaghetti squash the long way.
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2. Much like other squash, scoop out the insides.

3. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

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4. Remove from the oven and grab a fork. Scrap at the sides until you get the “spaghetti” out.

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That’s it! Top with spaghetti sauce, garlic and oil, pesto or whatever you like!

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Chinese Food: Homemade Teriyaki Shrimps

I love Chinese food. My favorite restaurant is one from back home in WI. When I’m home, I want to eat there.

Moy’s Restaurant of Elkhorn, WI, serves crispy egg rolls with surprise ingredient, peanut butter. And their house rice is exactly what you want in a fried rice and filled with shrimps, chicken, and pork. **My mouth is watering.**

My homemade Chinese makes it into our weekly menu all the time. This recipe is delicious and easy. Enjoy with fresh vegetables or a salad and dinner is ready!

Homemade Teriyaki Shrimps

  • 10 ounces prepared and thawed shrimpsIMG_20171007_193518 (1)
  • 1/4 cup coconut aminos
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup OJ
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger powder
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • pinch of red pepper flakes
  • salt and pepper (for shrimps)
  • sesame seeds (optional)

In a skillet, add the oil and heat for two minutes. Add the shrimps and sprinkle salt and pepper over top. Cook the shrimps until cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and set aside.

In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients and add to the hot pan. Cook about 5 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken a bit, and add the shrimps back to the pan in the last minute of cooking. Serve with sesame seeds sprinkled over top. Yum.

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