Recipe #277: Strawberry Spinach Salad

Strawberries were on sale at Aldi and that is when I decided salad was the perfect meal for a spring day!

You need:
spinach
romaine lettuce
strawberries
part of rotisserie chicken, shredded
feta cheese
chopped walnuts
balsamic vinaigrette

• wash and toss spinach and romaine
• cut up strawberries into slices
• toss together strawberries, chicken, walnuts, and feta with lettuce
• drizzle on some vinaigrette

enjoy! tastes great with a little crusty bread and dipping oil! :)

Recipe #276: Asian Corn Salad

Will requested sloppy joes for dinner, and I made this corn salad to go with it!

You need:
sesame oil
2 cups corn

2 green onions, chopped
cilantro
crushed red pepper

• heat a little sesame oil in a pan
• add chopped green onions and heat until starting to brown
• add corn and a couple shakes of red pepper
• heat until corn is cooked.
• add cilantro leaves

Recipe #275: Chicken Vesuvio

I started getting the Everyday with Rachel Ray Magazine thanks to a great deal, and to get some fresh ideas for recipes. Basically it is a recipe found here, I did make some changes based on what was in my kitchen! It was pretty delicious!

You need:
4 red potatoes
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 tsp dried oregano
1 lb chicken breasts cut into chunks
whole wheat flour
1 cup chicken stock
1 small bag of frozen broccoli
olive oil

• peel and cut potatoes into thin rounds
• heat 1/4 cup (or less) olive oil in a pan, add potatoes, garlic and oregano. cook until browned
• take potatoes out and put in a baking dish
• coat chicken pieces in flour and then add to the fry pan (some left over olive oil should still be in the pan)
• brown chicken in pan then add the chicken stock. add in broccoli
• transfer the chicken and broccoli to the baking dish (if you have an oven proof skillet you could cook everything in there and then put that in the oven)  I did not add all the broth because I didn't want it to get soggy.
• roast at 375 for about 10-12 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Recipe #274: Banana Split

Make a banana split at home!

You need:
bananas
favorite flavor ice cream
whipped cream
chocolate syrup
sprinkles

• Cut banana in half then cut each piece in half ways and place in a bowl
• top with ice cream. I used rocky road and chocolate chip cookie dough!
• add whipped cream, chocolate syrup and sprinkles

Recipe #273: Grilled Apples

So while you are cutting up veggies for the recipes you can find here, you need to cut up a couple of apples too for AMAZING grilled apples! It's like eating apple pie, without the crust!

You need:
3 apples
cinnamon and sugar
1/2 Tbsp butter, melted

• cut apples into rounds.
• put in a ziploc
• add melted butter and cinnamon and sugar
• grill for 10 minutes, turning at least once, or until tender

Alex wasn't quite sure about the first bite, but then he couldn't get enough!

Recipe #271 and #272: Grilled Chicken with spicy veggies

I am skipping some recipes to go to tonight's dinner. It was a perfect spring evening. 

So of course we had to grill!

You need:
2 bone in chicken legs
salt, pepper
barbecue sauce

• pat chicken dry
• generously add salt and pepper
• heat grill and cook on each side for about 10 minutes
• add barbecue sauce and heat each side for another 5-10 minutes of until done

Spicy veggies:

you need:

onion, chopped up

red potatoes, cut in rounds

spicy rub found here

paprika

cilantro

• chop up veggies. put in separate bags
• add a little olive oil to each bag
•  add in spicy rub to potatoes 
• add paprika and cilantro to onion
• close each bag and shake up
• grill until browning

Recipe #270: Sweet Chili Chicken Wrap

Okay, this is probably the most delicious wrap ever! Sweet Chili Sauce is my new favorite! the best part was this was completely a leftover meal!

You need:
whole wheat tortillas
rotisserie chicken
balsamic cole slaw that I made here
sweet chili sauce

• heat up some chicken on a tortilla wrap.
• add in a spoonful or two of cole slaw 
• add in some sweet chili sauce, as much or little as your want!
• happiness in your mouth!