Meatball Skillet {Southwest Style}

This Meatball Skillet is easy to make and very filling...just avoid eating the whole pan of meatballs when you make this!  :-) Adapted from Clean Eating Magazine's Southwest Meatball Skillet

Meatball Skillet {Southwest Style}
 

Ingredients:

• 1 lb lean ground turkey or chicken breasts
• 2 large egg whites
• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp Olive Oil
• 1 cup organic frozen corn
• 1 can organic black beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 cups diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup organic chicken broth
• 1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

Directions:

1. Combine meat, egg, oats, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Form into meatballs (makes approximately 16 meatballs).

2. Heat Olive Oil on medium-high heat. Add meatballs and cook for 3-5 minutes, turning frequently until browned.

3. Add remaining ingredients (except cilantro) and mix well.

4. Reduce heat to medium and partially cover, cook for an additional 3-5 minutes until meatballs are cooked through. Add cilantro. 

Makes 16 meatballs.  Serving size is 4 meatballs and 1 cup of the mixture.

Marcos:

• Calories - 320
• Protein - 37 g
• Carbs - 32 g
• Fat - 4.5 g

Enjoy!

- Whitney

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.