My friend did this beautiful Caprese salad for us a few months ago. So here is another recipe that was delicious but I didn’t actually do it 🙂

Ingredients

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. There are tons of recipes here. This one looks really good to me just not sure about the honey.
2. Cut the tomatoes and cheese into slices.
3. Layer cheese and tomatoes with basil leaves.
4. Drizzle with oil and vinegar.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Enjoy!

My friend made these delicious crab stuffed mushrooms a few months ago. Although I haven’t made them myself, I would like to try! If you don’t like cream cheese, here are some substitutes that may work.

Ingredients

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. Follow the recipe here for tips and tricks. I copied and pasted the steps below.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
3. Lightly spray mushrooms with olive oil spray and arrange mushrooms cap side down on a cookie sheet. In a large bowl mix cream cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, green onions, Parmesan, parsley, and crab.
4. Scoop about 1 1/2 tablespoons of filling into each mushroom. Bake for 20 minutes. Turn the broiler on the last minute of cooking to lightly brown the tops. Stay close by as I have always found broilers unpredictable.
5. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• pancake mix  (we like Birch Benders Paleo Pancake mix)
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• maple syrup (optional)
• strawberry jelly (optional)
• bananas (optional)
• homemade chicken sausage

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. Prepare the chicken apple sausage.
2. Prepare the pancake mix as directed on the package.
3. Add 1 cup cottage cheese.
4. Fry up pancakes in a frying pan.
5. Serve with toppings of your choice.
6. We like bananas, a little local maple syrup, and we put homemade jelly on them.
7. Enjoy!!

Ingredients

• cabbage
• box of shells (or noodles or substitute for noodles you prefer)
• small onion
• olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• flaxseed (optional)
• nature seasons (optional)
• olive oil for pan

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. Boil noodles as directed.
2. Cut up the cabbage into bite-sized pieces.
3. Cut up an onion.
4. Cook cabbage and onion in a frying pan on the stove in olive oil.  Season with Nature Seasons or salt/pepper and flaxseed. We like ours a little crisp so I let it sit in the pan for a little before stirring.
5. Cook about 5-7 minutes or until your desired tenderness occurs.
6. You could add mushrooms or other veggies here if you want.
7. Drain noodles when done to preference.
8. Put noodles into the frying pan and mix in the pan for a few minutes.
9. Scoop onto a plate and enjoy!
10. For alternative cabbage and shells, click here.

Ingredients

• 5 avocados
• 1/2 lime squeezed
• 1 tomato chopped
• 1/4 onion chopped
• pepper and garlic salt/powder to taste

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. Mashup avocados
2. Cut up onions and tomato
3. Squeeze in lime
4. Season with pepper and garlic salt
5. Mix all together.
6. Serve with your choice of chips.
7. For another easy recipe, click here.

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper cut up
• 1/2 red bell pepper cut up
• 1/2 cup baby carrots sliced
• 2 tsp minced ginger
• 2 garlic cloves minced

Stir Fry Sauce

• 1 tbsp corn starch
• 2 tbsp cold water
• 1/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. For the recipe, click here.
2. To make the stir fry sauce: whisk together in a medium bowl the corn starch and water. Add remaining ingredients and whisk to combine. I only used 1 tbsp of honey instead of 1/4 cup.
3. Add one tbsp of olive oil to a large skillet or wok and heat over medium heat.
4. I used chicken but you could use shrimp, pork, or beef or a combination! Add chicken to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until cooked through. Remove from skillet.
5. Reduce heat and add the rest of the oil olive.
6. Add broccoli, peppers, carrots and cook. I used broccoli, peppers, mushrooms, and onions. Stir occasionally.
7. Add ginger and garlic and cook for another minute.
8. Add chicken back to the skillet and stir.
9. Whisk stir fry sauce and pour over the chicken and veggies.
10. Bring to boil for about 1 minute.
11. Serve with rice or chow mein. I used cauliflower rice.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups quick oats
• 1/4 cup nut butter (peanut, almond, cashew)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 cup vegan butter or coconut oil
• 1 cup coconut sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• pinch of salt

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. In a large bowl, combine oats, nut butter, vanilla, and salt.
2. In a small saucepan, combine butter, sugar, and water.
3. As soon as the edges start bubbling all the way around the pan, set the timer for 2:30 (2 minutes 30 seconds).
4. Let boil until the timer goes off.
5. When the timer goes off, remove and pour the mixture over the oats in the bowl.
6. Stir well.
7. Scoop unto wax paper/parchment paper and let cool.
8. If you want regular no-bake cookies, use this recipe. When I make these I use 1/3 cup peanut/almond butter. I put the butter, milk, cocoa, and sugar into a saucepan and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Then add vanilla and nut butter. Lastly, add the 3 cups of oats. Stir well to combine. Scoop onto wax paper onto the counter.
9. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• pork tenderloins (we get them at Costco already seasoned)
• 1/2 head of cabbage
• 2 cups mushrooms
• small onion
• olive oil or olive oil spray
• Nature Seasons (or seasons of your choice)

Stacy’s Suggestions and Preparation

1. We love the pork tenderloins from Costco, which come already seasoned. All you have to do is throw them on the grill for about 15 minutes or heat them up in the pan or oven.
2. If you don’t have a Costco near you, try this recipe.
3. Cut up cabbage, mushrooms, and onions into pieces.
4. Heat up spray olive oil or 1-2 tbsp olive oil in a skillet.
5. Add cabbage, mushrooms, and onions.
6. Season with Nature Seasons or your preferred seasoning.
7. Stir occasionally. We like ours a little crisp so we try to get it to stick to the pan. Probably about 10-12 minutes.
8. Scoop onto the plate and Enjoy!