Food of Late

I've tried to make a new recipe at least once a week, whether it be dinner, a snack, or a dessert.

A blog that I am currently in love with is www.detoxinista.com

I've been trying to eat less "diet" food and more real food. I have been eating right, I haven't been drinking, and although I haven't lost weight, I feel a lot better.

Check this website out for great, natural (paleo if you will) recipes. Many of them require very few ingredients. My current favorites are the "Dole Whip" (I'm not sure if that's what it's called on the website but it's basically fresh frozen pineapple and almond milk and blend blend blend) and "Flourless Peanut Butter Blondies", both of which I found through Pinterest.

Here's another recipe that I've had for a very long time, and finally got around to making:

http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,50400000122274,00.html


xoxo

Grilled Chicken with Pasta and Zucchini

I have been trying to cook more lately - I really like to do it and I'm actually kinda good at it, so here is something I whipped up for dinner last night

A side note- before I got pregnant, I was eating very clean - virtually no meat, a lot of fruits, veggies, tofu, etc. When I got pregnant, those things made me very ill. All I wanted was anything that wasn't healthy... And then I got gestational diabetes and couldn't eat much of anything.

Lean Cuisine makes a chicken caesar pasta meal that I really love. It is of course full of preservatives and sodium, so hear is my homemade version

4 servings

2 cups pasta (I use whole wheat or vegetable - ronzoni spiral pasta)
Thin sliced chicken (cutlets or tenders are fine) ( I just used a package - about a pound)
6 T caesar dressing (I used Maple Grove Fat Free)
2 T parmesan cheese
1 large zucchini

The day before I marinated the chicken in a few tablespoons of Paul Newman's Lite Caesar Dressing. ( I ran out of this so used Maple Grove for the finished product)

Clean and chop zucchini (I cut it into circles then cut the circles in half)
Toss with olive oil, garlic, salt & pepper, onion powder, to taste.
Cook at 350 for about 20 minutes (I like it a little crunchy and 20 mins did the trick)

Cook grilled chicken at 400 for 10 minutes, flipping once halfway through.

When the chicken was just about done I put the zucchini on top of it so the juices could mix together a bit, and left it on warm in the oven.

Cook pasta according to package directions, drain. Cut chicken into bite size pieces, toss with all other ingredients. I then added about 2 T of parmesan cheese, 2 T of caesar dressing, and a dash of crushed red pepper.

I was very happy with the finished product and would definitely make it again!

If you like watermelon...

you must make these!


http://www.growingagreenfamily.com/homemade-organic-watermelon-ice-pops/

I didn't use organic watermelon and used store bought orange juice - but these were so good! Simple and easy, and you know exactly what's going into it.

I bought these ice pop molds on Amazon last year and finally got around to using them - they work great (and are the same ones pictured)!

http://www.amazon.com/Tovolo-Groovy-Ice-Molds-Yellow/dp/B000G32H3Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346444514&sr=8-1&keywords=ice+pop+molds

One comment - I don't think my watermelon was super ripe, so it probably would have benefited from a little bit of agave or honey.

Can't wait to have Nicholas try one of these next summer :)

xoxo