Taco Night

A play on your regular taco. Healthy and DELICIOUS!!

Before you start pre-heat the oven to 425 F

• Brown some natural lean ground beef
• Drain the grease
• Mix in some salt, pepper, mustard powder, paprika, and chili powder
• Return to pan and heat the ground beef back up.
• Meanwhile chop you toppings. Organic tomato, cheese, pepper, kale and anything else you wish.
• Put some organic corn taco shells on a baking sheet and warm in the oven for 2-3 min.

Put everything together top with some salsa and ENJOY!

Spill Out Chicken Sandwich

My wife and I made this the other night and I have to tell you it was sooo good!

It is really easy to make.

• Flatten a chicken breast and spice it up with your favourite spices.
• BBQ the breast.
• Cut it into small cubes and let it cool a bit.
• Chop up an apple and a pear.
• Mix the chicken, some organic mayo, the pear, the apple and pepper into a bowl.
• Toss in some organic spinach.
• Put enough onto a fresh gluten free kaiser so that it pours out the sides.

So good!
ENJOY!

Tuna Plate

I stole this super easy meal idea from my mother-in-law. What a great summer dish.

Basically all you need to do is mix up some tuna. Be creative. We put onion, celery, mayo and worstershire in it. Add whatever you want.

Arrange the tuna on top of some lettuce in the middle of the plate and surround it with veggies, fruit, hard boiled eggs, cheeses. Really just grab anything in the fridge you desire and add it.

Drizzle some olive oil and balsamic on top and enjoy out on your patio on a nice summer's night.

Salad Chicken

As opposed to "Chicken Salad" this one puts the green first. A great appetizer or main course and simple to make.

Grill a breast of organic chicken either in a pan or on the BBQ. If you use the BBQ avoid flare up! Flare up is very toxic to your meat. Keep the flame low and slow cook the meat.

While your meat is cooking prepare your salad. Again as much organic as possible.

• Leaf lettuce
• Spinach (you should only eat organic)
• Button mushrooms sliced
• Carrots sliced
• Green peppers diced
• Lots of chopped parsley
• Feta cheese cubed

Once the chicken is ready chop it into small cubes put into a bowl and let cool.

Once cool mix a little organic mayo and some pepper and parsley flakes.

Add to the top of your salad, sprinkle with parmesan cheese if you wish and ENJOY!

Chilli a la Veg

There is a way to enjoy chili without all of the saturated fats and greasy red meat. Vegetarian chili tastes great, is full of protein, and is really easy to make.

You will need the following for this healthy alternative:

• Your choice of beans (black, red, kidney), you decide
• Chick peas
• Lentils
• Olive oil
• 2 cans of diced tomatoes
• 1 jar tomato sauce
• 1 diced onion
• 1 chopped green pepper
• Chopped cilantro
• Chopped parsley
• Chopped kale
• Chopped celery
• Chopped carrots
• Finely chopped sweet potato
• 1 tsp cumin
• A few tablespoons of chili powder for taste
• Hot chili powder (if desired)

If you are using dried beans and lentils, cook them as directed on the package first.
If you are using canned beans and lentils, just add them with their juice to the pot.

READY FOR HOW EASY THIS IS?

You will need a large sauce pan or stock pot.

Heat some olive oil in the pot then add the onion, green pepper, celery and carrots. Saute until they start to brown (8 min). Mix in the chili powder and cumin and cook until nicely coated and fragrant (2 min).

Add the rest of the ingredients into your pot, cook to a boil, then lower to a simmer until the sweet potatoes are tender and the chili thickens (about 1 hour).  Stir occasionally.

Mixed Bean Kale Salad

You don't need to get your protein from meat. Beans and chickpeas have tons of protein and none of the negative effects of red meat. Plus, they taste great!

• Dried black beans
• Dried chickpeas
• Dried lentils
• Organic kale
• Organic parsley
• Organic cilantro
• Organic celery
• Organic carrots
• Organic cherry tomatoes 
• Extra-virgin olive oil
• White balsamic vinegar

Pre-soak then cook the beans and chickpeas as directed (avoid using canned beans as they turn to mush when you mix them into the salad). Dice and chop all the other vegetables. Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl. Add some olive oil and white balsamic vinegar to taste.

ENJOY!

Stuffed Ancient Grain Pepper

Ingredients:

• Precooked organic quinoa
• Raisins or cranberries or both
• Diced organic apple
• Diced organic green onion

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and combine with a few tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil and white balsamic vinegar. Cut the tops off some peppers (your choice on colour), hollow them and then stuff the peppers with the mixture.

Bake in the oven at 350F for about 10 minutes or until the peppers start to wrinkle.

Organic Green Kale Pasta Salad

This is a super easy recipe and will make enough to last at least two days. Great for a snack or a meal.

Precook a bag of gluten-free brown rice pasta to al dente, cool and rinse under cold water. (Note: If you cook the pasta beyond al dente it will break into pieces when you mix it with the other ingredients, so watch the pasta carefully while it cooks – it only takes minutes after the water starts to boil.)

Add into a large bowl with the pasta:

• 1 to 2 cans of sustainable tuna
• 3 organic carrots, chopped
• 3 organic celery stalks, chopped
• 1 bunch of organic parsley, chopped
• 1 bunch of organic cilantro, chopped
• 3 to 4 stalks of organic kale, chopped
• Enough organic mayo to coat the pasta evenly

Store covered in the fridge and it will last for days. ENJOY!

Gluten-Free Kale Pizza

A favourite of ours is Udi's gluten-free pizza crust, which is carried at Whole Foods and most major or specialty grocery stores.

• Organic pizza sauce or tomato sauce
• Organic green pepper, chopped
• Organic mushroom, chopped
• Organic kale, chopped
• A protein source, if you wish (organic chicken, ground beef, tofu – all work well)
• Top it off with shredded cheese

Put into the oven at 425F for about 8 minutes or until the crust edges get golden.

Enjoy.