Chicken curry salad over mixed greens & balsamic vinegarette

Fresh chicken, shredded

High quality curry powder

Mayo

1/2 onion, chopped fine

2 celery stalks, split down the middle & cut into small pieces

Scallions, sliced thin

Mango chutney

Slivered almonds

Ginger- grated or minced fine

S&P

Mix & let to sit for a few hours in the fridge.

Serve over mixed greens & balsamic vinegarette 

Sausage, broccoli rabe & penne

2T- EVOO

1 onion chopped

Sauté for about 5 minutes

Add:

6 garlic cloves (rough chop)

1/8tea- red pepper flakes

Sauté for about 30 seconds

Remove casing from sausage 

Add sausage & break up the pieces

Cook for 4 minutes

Add 1T - flour, cook for 1 minute

Add 1 1/2C- chicken broth

And add broccoli rabe cut into 1" pieces minus the stems (discard).

Cook until broccoli rabe is tender then toss in cooked penne pasta.

Thank you Americas test kitchen pasta revolution for the inspiration!

Chicken Balsamico

The ingredients are simple, but the result is a quick & tasty meal.

Take a chicken breast or two & marinade it in your favorite balsamic vinegar dressing (this one is my favorite)

Layer a bag of spinach then your marinaded chicken breasts, throw some red roasted peppers & then mozzarella on top of it all. Final step pour more balsamic vinaigrette over it all & bake for about 30 min @ 350

Thanks Virginia Cosgrove for a really yummy dish!!

Canadian bacon & zucchini medley

Zucchini 

Yellow bell pepper

Onion

Canadian bacon 

Fresh parsley

Zucchini was cut into ribbons using a vegetable peeler

Everything else was chopped up...

Sauté all veggies and Canadian bacon together.... As the zucchini begins to soften, add fresh parsley. 

S&P

Fruit bars

This time I wanted to make a really fruity bar. I think it's a nice change of pace! All fruit used was dried.

1/2C- peaches

1/3C- apricot

1/3C- coconut

1/2C- almond

1/4C- pecan

1/2C- dates

1/4C- cherries

2oz- pineapple juice

Just keep adding the ingredients to your food processor-- I chopped up any large fruit before adding it... Scoop it out and let it set in your fridge for an hour & if you let it sit overnight the flavors mature more. Enjoy!

One pot pasta

Pasta

Diced tomatoes

Onion

Garlic cloves

Oregano

Fresh basil

5C- veg broth 

EVOO

S&P 

Put all above in a pot- bring to boil- 10 minutes & stir every 2 minutes

Gonna add my water in a second

 I give this a B+ it kinda grows on you as you eat!

Almond, coconut, honey bar

1C- almonds

1C- coconut

1T- chia seeds

1/2C- Rice Krispies

Put all the above in the food processor and pulse to this consistency 

Add 1/3C or 1/2C- honey (less quality honey add the 1/3C) & pulse until mixed.

Scoop it out using a small cookie scoop. This will firm up in the fridge 

1 hour in the fridge :)

** UPDATE: I have made another batch of these because I liked them so much. I brought the honey down to 1/3C and omitted the rice krispies and added 1T of flaxseeds