Sauteed Zucchini

I was blown away by how delicious AND how easy to make this recipe was!  It literally took me about 5 minutes total for a healthy and tasty side dish!  I had a few zucchini that were going bad and I didn't want to waste them!

Clean Eat Recipe: Sauteed Zucchini

Ingredients:

• Organic Zucchini
• Coconut Oil
• Minced Garlic or Granulated Garlic Powder
• Sea Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

1. Wash and cut zucchini into desired shape and thickness

2. Rub just enough coconut oil on the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking

3. Heat pan on medium-high heat until coconut oil is melted

4. Add zucchini once coconut oil is melted

5. Saute in pan for a few minutes and sprinkle on garlic, sea salt, and pepper

6. Continue to saute together until zucchini is browned in spots and the tenderness you prefer

Enjoy!

- Whitney

Salt & Vinegar Sweet Potato Chips

You can never have too many sweet potato recipes!  Ditch the Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips and make these instead!

Ingredients:

• 2 Sweet Potatoes
• 1 Tbsp (or less) Olive Oil
• 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
• Sea Salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Slice sweet potatoes to whatever thickness you prefer.

2. Place sweet potato chips on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil.

3. Drizzle olive oil and apple cider vinegar over chips. Sprinkle with sea salt.

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

5. Take out and flip potatoes and bake for another 15-20 minutes.

Enjoy!

- Whitney

Clean, Gluten-Free Cauliflower "Cheesy" Bread

Remember what you used to eat before you started to eat clean? Perhaps you ordered delivery and included some of those cheesy, almost gooey, bread sticks. Well... never fear! If you loved the Clean Cauliflower Pizza Crust that we posted a few weeks ago, you will LOVE this! The recipe is adapted from that very same one!

Clean, Gluten-Free Cauliflower "Cheesy" Bread

adapted from the Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe on The Lucky Penny Blog

Ingredients:

• 1 large head of cauliflower or 4 cups of cauliflower florets, stems removed. 
• 2 TBSP gluten-free ground flax seed
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp dried basil (additionally crushed between your fingers)
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano (additionally crushed between your fingers)
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup organic, shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
• 1/4 cup, ground chia seeds
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Wash and dry your cauliflower. Pat dry to remove any additional liquid. Cut the cauliflower into florets (the top part) and remove the majority of the stem.

2. Pulse in a food processor for approximately 30 seconds until you create something resembling cauliflower snow. This will serve as your "flour" for the recipe. It should yield from 2-3 cups of "snow."

3. Place the cauliflower in a microwave safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap and microwave for 4 minutes.

4. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. 

5. Once your cauliflower has cooled (it will be a few minutes), place it in a tea towel and wring it out to remove excess water. Watch out - there will be a lot of water! You will want to do this over the sink!

6. In a bowl, combine cauliflower, spices, and 1/8c of cheese. Add egg and combine using your hands. (You will not need a "dough ball" as in the pizza crust recipe - you will be making a large square or rectangle with this.)

7. Place dough onto a piece of parchment paper sprayed with olive oil. Place dough and parchment paper into an 8"x8" baking dish. Spread and form dough into a large, even square approximately 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch thick.

8. Lightly sprinkle dough with remaining 1/8 cup of cheese. 

9. Bake in oven for approximately 12 minutes until cauliflower and cheese is a light golden brown.

10. Let bread sit for approximately 3-4 minutes after removing from oven. Cut into 8 equal pieces. Enjoy with marinara sauce to dip or plain!

These are delicious! Jim and I had pizza night one night and I just came up with this recipe. It was really great to have a finger food that we could dip into marinara sauce - a nice healthy throwback to foods we used to eat, but no guilt!

*Marinara Sauce shown is Mario Batali Arrabbiata Sauce - it's clean!