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

Guacamole Deviled Eggs - (AKA - light deviled eggs)

Another way to step up your classic game

Okay so you won't find deviled eggs in any diet book... why? Because it's literally all mayonnaise. 

For lighter deviled eggs, I use guacamole as my base (subbing out the mayo)... and it's AMAZING. You can use homemade guac or store bought 80-100 calorie packs. I've used both with great results. 

Pro tip... Chipotle's guac recipe is at the bottom ;)

Ingredients

• Hard Boiled Eggs - save yourself the trouble and just buy them hardboiled, seriously $5 at Costco for 24 boiled eggs.
• Guac: Homemade, or 100- 80 calorie guacamole packs
• Cilantro, chopped - if your a cilantro fiend like me
• Touch of Garlic powder
• Touch of Onion powder
• Touch of celery salt
• Green Chili powder - optional
• Diced tomato and Cilantro garnish - optional

Directions

1. You know the drill, cut the eggs in half and empty yolks in a bowl
2. Combine yolks and guac in pleasing quantities, it's not rocket science folks.
3. Fold in any extra tomato, peppers, or cilantro that you want to add for texture and flavor
4. Season to your hearts content!
5. EAT :)

Chipotle Guac:

INGREDIENTS
2 ripe Hass avocados
2 tsp lime juice
2 tbsp cilantro (chopped)
1/4 cup red onion (finely chopped)
1/2 jalapeño, including seeds (finely chopped)
1/4 tsp kosher salt

HOW TO DO IT:
1. Choose the right avocado. It should feel squishy yet firm (like the palm of your hand), and be a nice dark green color on the inside.
2. Cut the avocado in half and the remove the pit (carefully!)
3. Scoop the avocados and place in a medium bowl.
4. Toss and coat with lime juice.
5. Add the salt and using a fork or potato masher, mash until a smooth consistency is achieved.
6. Fold in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
7. Taste the guacamole (over and over) and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Make it a party, and try Pesto Deviled Eggs too! :)

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Yellow Curry Paste

This paste is awesome. Its very easy to make, but it does take some time. It's extremely versatile in that you can use it in stir fry, pad thai, beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, vegetables, tofu, the list goes on and on and on.  Pretty much just add coconut milk!

So this recipe will definitely make more than you need for one meal. You will need to freeze the rest into an ice cube tray so that you can just pop one or two into the dish you are cooking when ever you like!

I love curry so I put it on everything! Don't be afraid to get creative!

Ingredients 

• 1 6 inch piece of fresh ginger
• 4 shallots
• 4 heads of garlic, as in the entire thing
• 1 chile serrano/jalepeno or more if you like a bit more spice
• ¼ cup of fresh cilantro
• lemon grass, fresh or from gourmet garden
• I finely chopped fresh lemon grass and slowly added to taste at the end
• chili pepper paste to taste 
• I used Gourmet Garden
• There's also Thai Red chili paste
• 2-3 tbsp turmeric
• 2-3 tbsp curry powder
• 2 tsp roasted ground coriander
• 2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Thinly slice ginger, drizzle with olive oil and place flat in an aluminum foil packet
3. Remove the outer layers of skin from the garlic and Chop the tops off of garlic, but keep the skins on everything
4. Drizzle garlic and shallots with olive oil (with skins) and individually wrap them in aluminum foil. 
5. Bake for 20 minutes, remove the ginger packet, and continue to bake the shallots and garlic for another 30 mintues
6. Combine everything in a food processor or blender. I've found that the easiest way to deal with the soft garlic is to pinch from the bottom of the head of garlic and squeeze the cloves out.
7. Portion out what you need for today
8. Freeze the rest in tablespoon portions in an ice cube tray. Freeze for a couple of hours, then place cubes in a freezer safe ziplock bag

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