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Apple Cider Chicken. I am not sure at what age I’ll outgrow apple picking, but I am thrilled to report that 30 is not it.

Apple Cider Chicken

After a day at the orchard with girlfriends, I have an outlandish supply of apples, which means it’s time for another round of this sizzlin’ Apple Cider Chicken Skillet. What’s happening in the pan: apples caramelizing; juicy chicken searing; apple cider bubbling; rosemary making your whole kitchen smell like fall. This Apple Cider Chicken Skillet is a healthy, simple meal takes just ONE PAN and is ready in 30 minutes. She’s a finalist for Miss Fall Dinner, and I must say, she has an excellent shot at the tiara. This post and video are sponsored by Pick ‘n Save. I’m relieved that this recipe was a hit at our house, because after Sunday’s apple picking extravaganza, I have A LOT of apples to go through. I drove halfway home with an apple cider donut. How do you like them apples? ^^I’m sorry, I had to go there. Kale and Lemon Muffins. Kale Banana Muffins - Vegging at the Shore. So we are about two weeks into the school year.

Kale Banana Muffins - Vegging at the Shore

How are you doing with school lunches and snacks? I hear from a lot of people that they start off strong in this area and then the offerings get boring. Well, here is a healthy muffin recipe that you will gladly pack for school snacks or lunches as well enjoy yourself at home. These kale banana muffins are full of clean, healthy ingredients and are delicious. If you make them in the mini muffin size, they are about two bites and the perfect snack. Lunchbox Harvest Muffins Recipe. Baked Ziti I Recipe. 32 Healthy 3-Ingredient Dinner Ideas for When That's All You Can Handle. What a Nutritious Breakfast Looks Like at 300, 400 & 500 Calories [Infographic] No matter what your calorie goal is, making a nutritious breakfast should be a regular part of your morning: It gives you a boost of energy after a long night’s sleep and helps keep those mid-morning hungries at bay.

What a Nutritious Breakfast Looks Like at 300, 400 & 500 Calories [Infographic]

Here’s what a nutritious breakfast might look like at three different calorie targets: 300, 400 and 500. Keep in mind you can have Options 2 and 3 for 300 calories or less with minor modifications. For the breakfast sandwich, simply omit the cheese. Eyeing the egg scramble? Pumpkin Bread - Once Upon a Chef. Kids love it, grown-ups love it…this pumpkin bread is hard to beat! My grandmother clipped this pumpkin bread recipe from a magazine over 50 years ago, and it is my most-cherished family recipe. One of my clearest childhood memories is baking the loaves with my mom and then carting them off to every neighborhood potluck and holiday party.

Now I bake this pumpkin bread with my own kids and it’s just as wonderful today as it was back then. It’s easy to make — just a bit of mixing and stirring, pop it in the oven, and, in about an hour, you’ll have a house smelling of sweet autumn spices and two scrumptious, pumpkiny loaves. This is the original recipe from my grandmother’s recipe box; as you can see, it has seen its share of spills! Egg Frittata Muffins Recipe. How To Make A Frittata: Steps & Tips. Making a frittata is easier than you think.

How To Make A Frittata: Steps & Tips

Master the simple method of how to cook a frittata. Your family will love this versatile dish. Directions BEAT eggs, liquid, herb and salt and pepper in medium bowl until blended. ADD filling; mix well. How To Make A Frittata: Steps & Tips. Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta. Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta is for the nights when motivation to cook is low and desire to bust into the blue box of mac and cheese and/or call Domino’s Pizza is high.

Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta

I know Mr. Domino looks great right now (and he smells even better), but he’ll leave you with a trashcan of stinky pizza boxes, the bill, and regret. For a dinner that can be ready in the same amount of time you’d be waiting for delivery, try this Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta. It’s quick and easy to prepare, loaded with fabulous flavor, and will treat you with respect. They key to keeping the prep fast is working with frozen ingredients. In addition to a generous dose of garlic, this shrimp pasta is rocking zippy lemon and a sassy splash of white wine.

The next time you are tempted to dial Dom, whip up this easy Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta instead. Vegan Lasagna with Lemon-Basil Cashew Cheeze - 86 Lemons. Just before Christmas, one of my friends from college gave birth to her second baby girl (a real doll, I might add!).

Vegan Lasagna with Lemon-Basil Cashew Cheeze - 86 Lemons

This friend is among a group of five of us who all lived in a tiny blue house not too far from campus. Fortunately, we all still live within an hour or less from each other, so we manage to get together for dinners and beach days now and then. We’ve been through the college years together, then weddings, now kids. Of the five of us, four of us each have two kids. I, of course, am the exception with no kids (by choice). Roasted Tomato Basil Oatmeal (vegan savory oatmeal)

I used to be the kind of person who could have something sweet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Roasted Tomato Basil Oatmeal (vegan savory oatmeal)

There were often jokes made about how eating sweet things are what made me so sweet. Ok, ok, sometimes I still make super terrible hilarious jokes like that. Like sometimes I sit on an exercise ball at work and make lots of references to “being on the ball today” to my customers, then laugh at my own inside joke. Mizithra and Browned Butter Spaghetti Squash - Happy 2015!!!

Mizithra and Browned Butter Spaghetti Squash -

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season filled with family and love. I know we did, and we have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to look forward to in the new year. If I were a betting girl, I would bet that most of you have made some health related goals for the new year. Some might be to eat more vegetables (that is always a goal of mine), some might be to lose weight, and some might be live a healthier and more active lifestyle (or something related). These are all really good goals, and I have just the recipe to help you meet those goals. Rachel Schultz: BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANS. Without realizing, you may have already laid your peepers on this flavorful side as it is pictured here with my world’s best chicken recipe.

Rachel Schultz: BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANS

So many of you asked for the how-to of these brussels! And I’m happy to indulge. You’ll love this dish because it is versatile with many entrees AND the ingredients are available year-round, especially in winter (bonus!). PAN-SEARED BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANSServes 3-4 1 pound brussels sprouts, de-stemed and halved 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1/3 cup gorgonzola cheese, crumbled 1/3 cup pecans 1/2 cup barley 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt & pepper Prepare barley according to package instructions. 1 pound brussels sprouts, de-stemed and halved ½ cup dried cranberries ⅓ cup gorgonzola cheese, crumbled ⅓ cup pecans ½ cup barley 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt & pepper Prepare barley according to package instructions.

Quinoa Kale Bowl with Mushrooms & Asparagus (v/gf) - 86 Lemons. Using a base of quinoa and finely chopped kale, I came up with a couple of recipes that I quite like.

Quinoa Kale Bowl with Mushrooms & Asparagus (v/gf) - 86 Lemons

One is an awesome salad that I’ll share with you soon. The other is this Quinoa Kale Bowl with Mushrooms and Asparagus. It’s very healthy and nutritious, but it’s also hearty and flavorful. I have a drawer full of plastic cutting boards. Spinach & Chicken Quesadillas. This quesadilla is an ode to BFF dinners passed.

You see, my friend Katie and I used to get a meal like this out on the town now and then. And looking back, I still think fondly on that damn quesadilla, but I feel even more fond of a similar dinner made in my own kitchen. Then, and only then, can I trust what’s happening on these cheesy wedges filled with spinach dip, ya know? Katie has since moved to California, and I miss the hell out of her! At least I get to visit her next month, ya know? So what it comes down to is this: 1. Chicken Club Lettuce Wraps - I Heart Nap Time.

Chicken Club Lettuce Wraps… a quick and easy lunch idea made with only a few ingredients! Hello Nap Time readers! It’s Kristin from Yellow Bliss Road and I’m back again with a delicious recipe that’s a perfect fresh & healthy choice for a cool summer supper – Chicken Club Lettuce Wraps! Lettuce wraps can be low carb, low calorie and grain or gluten free, depending on the toppings you choose. This chicken club wrap has grilled chicken, tomatoes, avocado, bacon and a creamy Dijon sauce to give it a little kick. Low-Carb Zucchini Crust Vegetarian Pizza Margherita - On the Grill or In the Oven - Kalyn's Kitchen. 11 Ways To Dress Up Your Frozen Veggies : Spinach Casserole. 12 Ways to Eat More Vegetables and Fruit. Lets Do Shots! 10 Health Boosting Power Shots You've Got To Try. 5 Healthy ‘Shots’ To Alkalize Your Body in the Morning.

In the morning, we feel a little, well … less than stellar. Achy, stiff, the bed is calling our name to stay in, and let’s be honest, we just don’t feel so hot. While most of us do enjoy some coffee in the morning, before we head to the glorious pot or French press (or Starbucks for some of you), we should pause and make an effort to enjoy something else right beforehand. The body is naturally very acidic in the morning because as it cleanses itself overnight. As we give it a break from food and allow our organs to rejuvenate so we can feel our best the next day, all the wastes from the previous day (or even days before that) make their way through our system.

This is nature’s way of making us feel brand new, but first thing, the body can feel a little lifeless. 3 Copycat Naked Smoothies That are Cheaper and Healthier. If you’re a somewhat health-conscious person living in the 21st century who’s walked through a grocery store, you know what a Naked smoothie is. Lined up in colorful rows with fun packaging and catchy names, this line of seemingly super-healthy juices are real attention-getters.

They coincide with the growing conversion to vegan and plant-based diets, encapsulate health food trends like juicing, and touch upon buzzwords such as GMO-free, all-natural and green juice, just to name a few. But just how healthy are these supposedly “healthy juices?” In recent years, the nutritional benefits of Naked juices have been shrouded in controversy and false claims. Further digging reveals evidence that drinking a bottle of Naked is less like eating a salad and more like gulping down high amounts of sugar, acid and calories — some even compare drinking Naked juices to downing a bottle of Mountain Dew (yikes). Green Machine Copycat Smoothie. Sign in - Google Accounts. One account. All of Google. 12 Delicious Ways To Cook With Frozen Kale.

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These No-Bake Energy Ball Recipes Are Perfect for a Grab-and-Go Breakfast. The main reason it's taken me so long to come around to trying any recipes for energy ball is the name. The phrase energy ball conjures up images of chalky, freeze-dried hunks of protein powder or, at best, orbs of energy that belong in an anime. How To Live (Comfortably) on $36 A Month For Food (To Live On) Quick Breakfast Recipe: Basic Oven Omelet. Here is one last recipe from my new book Not Your Mother's Casseroles. This is one of the very easiest recipes I know how to make in the oven. 5 Ways to Cook with Frozen Spinach. My farmers market closed months ago and it won't reopen until the end of April. Healthy Recipes. This delicious, healthy egg salad is made with sour cream instead of mayonnaise. The flavor is amazing, and sour cream (especially organic) is far cleaner and healthier than mayo, which typically contains unhealthy vegetable oils, additives and preservatives.

Breakfast Egg Muffins. I love the convenience of these breakfast egg muffins! They are easy to make, easy to eat (on the go if you must) and taste great warm or at room temperature. Spinach Scrambled Eggs. 12 Superfoods to Help You Eat Healthy for $1 or Less - EatingWell. Cheap and Healthy: 15 Nutritious Foods for About $2. Rachel Schultz: BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH CRANBERRIES & PECANS. 10 Ways to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Healthier - Happy Healthy Mama. 5-minute raspberry chia seed jam - Happy Healthy Mama. White Wine and Peach Sangria recipe. Overnight Peaches-and-Cream French Toast Recipe. Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits With Ham Recipe. 25 Cheap and Easy Recipes for a Great Party.

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