Chipotle Adobo Sauce

Ingredients 

• Chipotle peppers in adobo (use as much sauce and as many chilis as you want)
• Diced tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted)
• Cilantro (optional)

Directions

• Chop chipotle peppers or put in food processor 
• Combine diced tomatoes and cilantro

Use in 

• shredded chicken 
• beef/steak/fajitas
• ground turkey 
• ground beef  

Spiralized Root Vegetable Soup

Ingredients 

• 3 quarts low sodium chicken broth
• 1-2 carrots depending on size
• 1 turnip
• 1 parsnip 
• Brussel sprouts (thinly sliced)
• Bacon 
• Red onion 
• Oregano
• Thyme
• Bay leaf 
• Rotisserie chicken (optional)

Directions

1. Cook bacon in a soup pot, drain on a paper towel 
2. Discard all or most of the bacon grease. If discarding all the bacon grease, add olive oil instead
3. Cook the onion, add in garlic for a minute 
4. Add the bacon, bay leaf, oregano, thyme, and broth 
5. Bring soup to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes
6. Add in the vegetables and cook for 3 minutes 
7. Remove from heat for 5 minutes
8. Serve

Palak Paneer Sauce

 

Ingredients 

• Spinach 
• Poblano, Serano, or jalapeno (whatever chili pepper you have/want)
• Shallots
• Garlic
• Onion 
• Ginger 
• Garam Masala 
• Coriander
• Cumin 
• Caulifredo sauce
• Milk 

Directions 

1. Saute garlic, onion, shallot, poblano
2. Add spices to the pan and saute
3. Add in spinach and cook it down 
4. Blend everything together to desired consistency 
5. Add in caulifredo sauce and milk 

Chipotle zucchini boats

Everyone who tried this recipe absolutely loved it!

Ingredients 

• 1 lb ground turkey 
• 1 lb ground beef 
• onion 
• garlic 
• poblano - diced
• zucchini 
• shredded cheese
• can of diced tomatoes - trader joes fire-roasted with green peppers
• chipotles in adobo sauce, chopped - as many as you want, 2 minimum 
• fresh cilantro, chopped 
• cumin
• oregano 
• smoked paprika 

optional 

• crema 

Directions

1. preheat to 400
2. halve and hollow zucchinis
3. spray with olive oil and bake at 400 for 20 min  
4. meanwhile, sautee the onions and poblano peppers with a little bit of olive oil 
5. once they are reasonably cooked down, add in the garlic - make sure it doesn't burn 
6. add in the ground meats
7. add in the chipotle peppers and diced tomatoes
8. season with salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, and smoked paprika 
9. fill zucchini boats with ground meat
10. sprinkle on cheese 
11. bake for 10 minutes at 400

Mini Zucchini Pizzas

Guilt Free Snackable Pizza

Pseudo Bagel Bites! Great snack for everyone, regardless or not if they want to eat healthy. I brought these to a girls night once and the girls loved it.

This is a great carb free, gluten free, and paleo excuse to snack on pizza. SOLD!

Ingredients

• Zucchini
• Homemade Marinara, or store bought
• Low Fat cheese of choice (Mozerella, Swiss, Parmesean, etc)
• olive oil in misto spray (optional)
• turkey pepperoni, cut into smaller pieces (optional)

Directions

1. Turn broiler on high
2. Slice zucchini into medallions or longer ovals, place on baking sheet lined with foil and broil for a couple minutes. Option two is to quickly saute in skillet on medium heat. (It's not entirely necessary to cook the zucchini medallions, so you can skip this step if you like)
3. Place a dollop of marinara sauce on the zucchini
4. Top with cheese
5. Broil for a few minutes or place in oven at 400 F

Notes:

If you do not have marinara sauce made, or any on hand

• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• onion powder
• garlic powder
• ground celery seed
• salt and pepper
• little bit of cumin and paprika if you like

Cheesy Vegetable Tian

What is a tian you ask? Glad you did! It's basically the the most impressive easiness to deliciousness ratio ever.  A tian is a mix of vegetables that are roasted in a shallow dish (which is where it get's its name) and is usually severed with melted cheese/au gratin. The dish I mentioned is a cooking pot from France, but obviously, that's not what is important here..

So. My mom was pretty unimpressed with this as I was making it, and then was blown away by w how much she loved it. Sounds simple enough... cheese and vegetables, and well, maybe that's the beauty of it.

It's AMAZING. Eat it now.

Ingredients

• Garlic, finely minced 
• Onion, sliced into medallions with mandolin
• Zucchini, sliced into medallions with mandolin 
• Squash, sliced into medallions with mandolin
• Tomatoes on the vine, sliced into medallions with mandolin
• Parmesan Cheese
• Olive oil
• Ground Rosemary
• Italian seasoning

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Lightly pray the inside of a 2.2 Quart / 2 Liter baking dish with the Misto filled with olive oil
3. Randomly layer the vegetables on their side until the dish is full
4. Sprinkle the finely minced garlic all over. Make sure it gets everywhere - in between the slices, around the edges, etc. 
5. One more light spray of olive oil over the veggies
6. Sprinkle the ground rosemary, and Italian seasoning very liberally
7. Cover with Parmesan cheese, use as little as you can to make it as low calorie as possible
8. Season lightly one more time with Italian seasoning
9. Cover with aluminum foil, bake for 30 minutes (a tad less if making for meal prep). 
10. Optional to bake uncovered for another 15 - 20 minutes but not recommended if making meal prep.