Chicken Stir-Fry

You start eating clean and you think that you will never enjoy some of your "old" favorite foods. Don't fret! This SUPER clean Chicken Stir Fry is even better than the original!

Chicken Stir-Fry

based on the recipe from The AutoImmune Paleo Cookbook by Mickey Trescott, NTP (pg 231)

Ingredients:

• 2 TBSP coconut oil
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1.5-in piece of ginger, peeled and minced
• 3 carrots, thinly diagonally sliced
• 1 lb broccoli, chopped
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 c coconut aminos
• 2 c mushrooms, chopped
• 2 c cooked shredded chicken breast
• 1 TBSP lemon juice

Directions:

1. Liquefy the coconut oil in a large skillet or wok over medium heat.

2. Add the onion and cook for approximately 5 minutes until onions are almost clear. Stir often.

3. Add garlic and ginger to the pan and saute for approximately 1 minute.

4. Add carrots, broccoli, salt and coconut aminos. Cook for 10 minutes, covered, stirring on occasion.

5. Remove lid and add mushrooms, cooking for an additional 5 minutes.

6. Add cooked shredded chicken, stirring to combine and bring all ingredients to the same temperature. Squeeze lemon juice over stir-fry once it reaches desired temperature.

Not sure what coconut aminos are? The best thing EVER. Well... close to it! They are an amazing alternative to soy sauce. With about 1/4 of the sodium of the lower sodium soy sauce and the obvious, NO SOY, coconut aminos have all the taste with none of the bad stuff!

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Pasta Night in Less than 20 Minutes

One of my favorite things when I was little was looking forward to "Food Nights." Not necessarily, a bad thing, creating a night of the week that you have a particular genre of food each week can not only be fun but it can help you prep your meal plan for the week in a snap!

Picture this... it's Thursday and you have run out of your Sunday prep food and you aren't quite sure what you are going to have for dinner. You want a fun meal that the ENTIRE family will enjoy, but you want it to be clean and healthy too. Why not incorporate a pasta night? No... we aren't talking floury pastas with cheese and cream. This is a flavorful, protein-packed brown rice pasta dish that you can make when all you have is 20 minutes. (It doesn't hurt that this tastes like (we say like, because it's better!) a pepper pasta dish at one of those famous chain Italian restaurants *wink, wink*.)

Clean Eating Sausage and Peppers Pasta
Pasta Night in Less Than 20 Minutes!

Ingredients:

• Olive Oil Spray (We recommend using a Misto with your favorite Olive Oil)
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, sliced
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1lb Clean Chicken Sausage, sliced (We used Bilinski's Apple Chardonnay Chicken Sausage)
• Clean Pasta Sauce (We used Mario Batali's Arrabbiata Sauce)
• Brown Rice Pasta (We used  Jovial Organic Brown Rice Spaghetti)

Directions:

1. Spray large sauce pan with olive oil spray and heat over medium heat.

2. Add red and green bell peppers and yellow onion. Saute in pan until peppers begin to soften and onions are almost clear.

3. Add in sliced sausage and saute for 2-3 minutes.

4. Add pasta sauce and reduce heat to low.

5. Prepare pasta as directed.

Servings Size varies depending on your caloric needs of the pasta. However, the pepper/sausage mixture should yield enough 6 servings.

Mets are not available for this recipe as this varies greatly depending on ingredients used.

Roasted Italian Herb Chicken

This is one of the easiest recipes to make and a great way to break up the monotony of chicken for dinner. Think rotisserie chicken without the mystery of what your purchased rotisserie chicken was actually cooked with. (Just think! Eeew! It may have even been injected with a processed substance you would NEVER use!)

You may also like our clean & simple roasted chicken recipe!

Roasted Italian Herb Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 whole organic chicken
• 1 TBSP Safflower Oil
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp rosemary
• 1/2 tsp sage
• 1/2 tsp marjoram
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp coarse grind black pepper
• 1/2 tsp coarse grind sea salt
• 1/2 lemon, peeled and cut in half
• 1/2 yellow onion, peeled and cut in half

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

2. Rinse and pat your chicken dry using an unprinted paper towel. Place chicken in a baking dish WITH sides (there will be some drippings).

3. Combine spices together in a small dish.

4. Spread olive oil on chicken and shake spice mixture over chicken to coat. Rub the spices into chicken, combining olive oil and spices together.

5. Stuff lemon and onion into chicken inner cavity. (You will not be eating this - it is for flavor.)

6. Bake for 75 minutes at 450 degrees F.

7. Allow chicken to cool for approximately 10-15 minutes prior to eating.

Enjoy!