Garlic-Cilantro Ground Turkey Meatballs

This tasted fantastic! Appearance wasn't so flattering, but who cares...it's all about the taste! This recipe is one of the simplest and fastest dinners to make.

Ingredients:

Lean ground turkey
1/2 chopped onion
1 bushel of chopped cilantro
1/2 cup of chopped garlic (I used minced garlic)
1 cup coarse ground mustard
1 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp cracked pepper
1 tbsp garlic salt
1/2 cup of Italian seasoning 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 375 degrees
2. Mix of the ingredients in a large bowl (Make sure you really mix it well) 
3. Distribute the mixture evenly into a muffin tin sprayed with olive oil
4. Bake for 30 minutes 

It's smoothie time!

I love these smoothies! They come in a variety of flavors. This is one of my favorites. This smoothie can serve as a snack in between meals or as a light breakfast.

Greek Marinated Chicken

This was super simple to make. You can really use any piece of a chicken. I choose the drumsticks. I paired this with whole wheat couscous. It was good!

Ingredients

1 cup plain yogurt 
2 Tbsp olive oil 
Minced garlic
Tbsp of dried oregano 
Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
Parsley
Chicken pieces

Directions

1. To make the marinade--combine yogurt, olive oil, minced garlic (I used about 2 1/2 tablespoons), oregano, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
2. Add lemon juice (I used about 5 tablespoons)
3. Stir until the ingredients are well combined. Add parsley (the amount I added was my preference) 
4. Add the chicken pieces and marinade to a gallon sized zip lock bag. Remove as much air as possible, and close the bag tightly. Shake the bag to mix the contents and make sure the chicken is well coated. Refrigerate the bag for 30 minutes
5. After marinating for 30 minutes, preheat the oven to 375 degrees
6. Place the chicken in a large casserole dish and bake 45-60 minutes

Delicious and healthy snack

I came across these new bars at the Vitamin Shop. They are delicious and healthy! They also come in a variety of choices. Cannot get any better than that.

It's gluten and dairy free, has no GMOs and is made with oats, quinoa and buckwheat.

Avocado Chicken Parmiginia

Ok so this may should like a weird combination, however, it was absolutely delicious! I will be making this again and again and again! Avocados seriously make everything taste better!

Ingredients:

Chicken breasts

1/2 cup of Flour
2 eggs
Seasoned panko breadcrumbs
Olive oil cooking spray
Mariana Sauce
Sliced avocados 
Shredded mozzarella cheese 

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Place flour and breadcrumbs on two separate plates and lightly whisk eggs together in a bowl

3. Coat 1 piece of chicken breast in flour, then dip in egg, then coat in breadcrumbs (make sure you cover the entire chicken breast)

4. Lay foil on a baking tray. Spray the foil with olive oil spray. Place the chicken on the tray. Repeat the same process with the remaining chicken breast

5. Bake for about 4 minutes, then turn the chicken over and bake for another 4 minutes
 
6. Remove from oven and spread each chicken breast with pasta sauce. Arrange avocado slices over sauce and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese

7. Return the chicken to the oven and bake for another 5-10 minutes or until golden and chicken is cooked through

Turkey Chili Pockets

These were simple and easy. They would be great as an appetizer for a party.

Ingredients

Ground turkey (the real recipe called for beef but I substituted turkey since I do not eat beef)

1 taco seasoning packet

1 can of diced tomatoes

shredded cheese (I used lactose free jalapeno cheddar cheese)

2 packs of large refrigerated biscuits

Olive oil cooking spray

Directions

1. In a large saucepan brown the ground turkey

2. Once browned add the taco mix and 3/4 cups of water--mix well

3. Add the diced tomatoes to the turkey and mix together

4. Press out refrigerated biscuit dough rounds and lay them flat (I sliced each biscuit and added a scoop of the mixture onto the bottom half of the biscuit)

5. Then top with cheese

6. Cover the mixture topped biscuits with the other half of the biscuit and pinch the sides tightly closed

7. Brush each pocket with olive oil spray 

8. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes