{30 Minutes or Less} Quick and Easy Eat Clean Dinner Roundup

Did you see our Quick and Easy Eat Clean Breakfast Roundup yesterday? We know that dinner is hard too with extracurricular activies starting back up and soon it will start getting dark much earlier. It just seems like there is never enough time in the day! That is why we wanted to roundup our favorite recipes that take 30 minutes or less!

Note: Recipes are in no particular order.

Clean Pizza

Zesty Grilled Chicken

Italian Turkey Burgers

Lean Mean Cheeseburger

Meatball Skillet {Southwest Style}

Enjoy!
- Whitney

Be sure to browse our entire dinner collection and also check out these ideas:

Clean Breakfast Ideas for Back to School

Clean Snacks for Back to School

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!

Clean Cauliflower Pizza Crust Recipe

As I was walking around the grocery, I saw a fresh "bake at home" pizza sitting in the display. I immediately started wishing I could take it home and pop it into my oven. I made a better choice though, I decided to make my own version - clean, gluten-free and considered paleo-friendly if you are into that. Here is the recipe:

Eat Clean Recipe: Cauliflower Pizza Crust

as created by The Lucky Penny Blog

Ingredients:

• 1 small-medium head of cauliflower or 3 cups of cauliflower florets, stems removed. 
• 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
• 1/4 cup organic, shredded Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Wash and dry your cauliflower. 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. If you are using a pizza stone, place the stone in the oven so that it can heat to temperature before you put your crust on it. 

5. Once your cauliflower has cooled, place it in a tea towel or cheesecloth 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 cheese. Add egg and combine to a "dough ball" using your hands.

7. Place dough onto a piece of parchment paper sprayed with olive oil. Begin forming the dough into a round pizza shape. Dough should be approximately 1/2 inch thick with no thin spots or overly thick spots.

8. Take parchment paper and dough and move to pizza stone or pizza pan. Bake in oven for approximately 8-10 minutes until cauliflower is a light golden brown.

9. Remove pan and crust from oven and add any toppings you would like to put on it - sauce, cheese, meat, veggies, etc.  

10. Once you have put your toppings on your pizza, bake it in the oven for about 5-7 more minutes until cheese begins to bubble.

11. Let pizza sit for 3-4 minutes to cool. Cut with pizza wheel and enjoy!

This is definitely picky eater approved! Jim LOVED it and he was REALLY skeptical when I told him what I was making. He had already told me what he was going to eat if he didn't like it!