Basil, Tomato & Mozzarella Skewers
VERY simple appetizer! Cut your mozzarella balls in half, cut your tomatoes in half, slice your basil into about 1/2-1 inch squares. Slide basil, tomato and mozzarella onto skewers (alternating) then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste 🙂 Very yum, very fresh and lite!
Homemade Real Food Chocolate Icing
Fold the powder sugar and cocoa powder together. In a mixing bowl beat butter and vanilla together until creamy. Add in 1 cup sugar and cocoa and on tablespoon of water and mix thoroughly, continue doing that until all ingredients are well blended. You may add more or omit some water to get the consistency you like.
All Natural Chicken n’ Dumplings
I combined the flour, butter, water and apple cider vinegar together and let sit. Then I put the chicken in the oven and let cook at 350 degrees, after thoroughly cooked, remove from oven and shred. As the chicken was cooking in the oven, I put the chicken broth and pepper in a kettle and began heating on medium heat. I waited about 15-20 minutes then added the rest of the dumpling ingredients to the dough and kneaded them in, then rolled out the dough and cut into about 1-2 inch squares with a pizza cutter. At this time, I raised the heat on broth to bring to a boil. Once boiling, I added the dumplings one at a time and moving them around gently to make sure they all submerged. I boiled them on high for 5 min., then turned the heat down to medium, covered and cooked for another 15 min., if the broth isn’t thickening enough you can add some more flour to it to thicken it. Add cooked and shredded chicken at any time after the dumplings are in. Once dumplings are cooked through remove from heat and serve.
*Note that the dumplings are going to be brown not white when you use fresh milled wheat so it drastically changes the appearance.
Pulled Buffalo
First combine salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, parsley and turmeric in a bowl. Cover roast in this dry rub (you can sit back in fridge for 20 min or continue to next step) Pour chicken broth into crock pot and place the roast in. Cook in crock pot on low for 5-6 hours or until meat is done and easily pulled apart. Once meat is done, remove roast and pour the roast juices into a bowl and sit aside. Shred meat and put back into the crock pot. Add a 1/4 – 1/2 cup of the reserved juices and the BBQ sauce. Cook in crock pot on low for an additional 1/2 – 1 hour. We served these on dinner rolls.
I bought my buffalo at a local farm here in AZ called Adam’s Natural Meats. All my seasonings were organic, my chicken broth was grass fed organic and the BBQ Sauce is my all natural homemade bbq sauce. You can try this recipe with a pork or beef roast, cooking times may vary.
Sweet Joes with a Kick
Brown the beef with the minced onion and garlic, add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer on low for 10 min. Serve on Dinner Rolls for awesomeness!
Dinner Rolls – milled wheat
Combine ingredients in order into your bread machine. Choose dough setting. Once timer beeps remove and knead about 5-7 times then pull off balls of dough about the size of 1/2 your fist and shape. Place rolls on cookie sheet and allow to rise for about 30 min then bake at 350 degrees for about 20 min or until golden brown. I used these to serve sloppy joes on 🙂
Parmesan Garlic Crusted Chicken Strips – gluten free
In a bowl, whisk together eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice, water, and minced garlic then sit it aside.
Put your oats in a blender and blend until it is a powder. In another bowl, combine oat powder, both Parmesan cheeses, pepper, salt, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
Bang chicken breasts/strips down to about 1/4-1/2 inch thick. Pat dry.
Take each breast/strip and coat both sides in the dry mixture, then dunk in egg mixture, then back into dry mixture on both sides again.
Place onto a thoroughly greased (I used coconut oil for this) cookie sheet or tin pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 min or until golden brown and thoroughly cooked through. I like to serve with marinara sauce.
Kefir Smoothie
Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. If you prefer a more frozen type smoothie, you can switch the amounts of frozen versus fresh with your fruits and berries. This smoothie has strawberries for the frozen berries and the fresh fruits are a combo of strawberries, blueberries, pineapple and watermelon.
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Grilled Italian Mozzarella and Tomato Sandwiches (Whole Wheat)
per sandwich:
Generously butter one side of a slice of bread, place butter side down in skillet over med-low heat. Layer mozzarella to cover slice, place tomatoes on top of mozzarella, sprinkle Italian seasoning on top of tomatoes. Top with generously buttered bread, butter side up. Cook in skillet until side down is golden brown, flip and cook until other side just as golden 😉 viola!
Serve with my Seasoned Tomato Soup from Sauce for an excellent meal!
Mashed Parmesan Garlic Cauliflower
Wash cauliflower and cut into pieces and boil on stove for 7-10 minutes (until tender when pierced with fork). Drain cauliflower and place in a bowl. Mash the cauliflower then stir in the rest of the ingredients.
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