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What Are We Making Monday? BBQ Chicken Salad

This weeks What Are We Making Monday delight, is BBQ Chicken Salad. The flavors of this salad come together igniting all your taste buds! A little salt, a little sweet, a little tangy, a little savory…it’s a party in your mouth!!

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BBQ Chicken Salad

a refreshing salad with the taste of summer
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 chicken breasts, cooked, baked, boiled, grilled, or rotisserie
  • 3/4 Cup BBQ sauce (Traeger sweet heat is delicious)
  • 1/2 Cup Ranch dressing see link in notes for homemade version
  • 1 head romaine lettuce spring mix works well too, use your favorite
  • 1 Can Black beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1 Cup shredded mexican blend cheese Colby jack and cheddar is also a good option
  • 1 can Corn drained
  • 1 Cup tortilla chips crushed
  • 1/4 Cup red onion finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Cook chicken to your liking, or use leftover chicken and warm up
  • Make dressing if you are making that homemade
  • In large bowl, combine chicken, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, corn and onion. Toss to mix evenly
  • Serve into bowls or plates
  • Top with cheese, crushed tortilla chips, and a drizzle of both the BBQ sauce and the Ranch.
  • Enjoy!!

Notes

Make your own Ranch dressing, here’s the link .
**This recipe is for a thick ranch dressing, to thin it out add 2/3 Cup Buttermilk
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Chicken and Summer Veggies Foil Packs

chicken and summer veggies foil packs

Summer nights, cooking on the grill, and fresh veggies from the garden. Is there anything better? This meal is the ultimate taste of summer. Not only is it delicious and healthy, it is easy, with little to no clean up! Especially if you transfer it onto paper plates! Summer just got even better.

I was fortunate enough to start my garden early this year. If the weather stays warm like they predict it will, I will be enjoying the fruits (well in this case, veggies) of my labor well into fall.

The balsamic vinaigrette used in this recipe is my absolute favorite. It is so versatile too! I use it for marinade on fish and chicken, splash it on my salads, use it in an amazing pasta salad, and in my deliciously easy spaghetti sauce recipe you can find here.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. Let me know. In the meantime, here’s to summer, growing your own garden and eating healthy, delicious meals!! Enjoying all the simple pleasures of life! Stay healthy and eat well.

chicken and summer veggies in a foil pack

Chicken and Summer Veggies Foil Packs

Robin
A great way to utilize your fresh, garden grown, summer veggies. An easy, no mess clean up, using foil packs. Throw it on the grill and enjoy those summer nights!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 1 person

Equipment

  • grill (or oven)
  • 20-24 inch foil sheet per pack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium potato thinly sliced
  • ½ medium zucchini washed and thick sliced
  • 1 small handful of green beans
  • 6-7 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 tenderloin chicken breast thawed, bigger breasts will take longer to cook
  • 4 Tblsp Balsamic Vinaigrette adjust to taste
  • 1 tsp Fresh or dried parsley
  • ½ tsp Fresh or dried basil
  • 1/4 tsp Tumeric
  • Pepper to taste
  • Salt (or garlic salt) to taste

Instructions
 

  • Spray foil with non stick spray
  • Layer in order: potatoes, zucchini, green beans, tomatoes, and half of amount listed above of salt, pepper, parsley, basil and balsamic.
    summer veggie foil pack
  • Add chicken and the rest of all seasonings, including tumeric.
    chicken and summer veggies foil packs
  • Seal up, starting with the longest length of foil, seal tight.
    foil packs first fold
  • Take one end and push ingredients in to be able to fold in and seal.
    Foil packs side fold
  • Stand upright on the end you just sealed and seal other end.
    chicken and summer veggies final fold foil pack
  • Place on grill, (or in oven on cookie sheet) potatoes down at 375° for 45 minutes.
  • Chicken should reach a temperature of 165°
Keyword bbq, chicken, delicious, foilpacks, food, grill, healthy, natural, summer, veggies
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Deliciously Easy Spaghetti Sauce

delicious plate of spaghetti

I absolutely loooove this spaghetti sauce!! My boyfriend also loves this. He told me, “it is the best spaghetti sauce he has ever tasted!” And no, he isn’t biased. Nor does he say anything to protect my feelings. Lol. It is just simply THAT good!!

We have both had issues with traditional, store bought sauce in a jar. Causing digestive upset, indigestion, and that heavy feeling you get after a rich carb loaded meal. Neither one of us experience that with this! That is a win in my book. When food makes you feel good, that’s when you know you are eating right!

I love that everything is natural and nourishing in this recipe. I pair it with gluten free noodles, these are my favorite! They also come in spaghetti and fettucini. I don’t even notice the difference! And I use ground turkey instead of beef or sausage, but it would also pair well with either of those.

The balsamic vinaigrette used in this spaghetti sauce recipe is my absolute favorite. It is so versatile too! I use it for marinade on fish and chicken, splash it on my salads, and I make a pasta salad with it as well.

My trusty ninja is amazing! It is the most used, abused and loved appliance in my kitchen! Not only does it create my daily smoothie and make this deliciously easy sauce, it doubles as a food processor to make soups and other sauces. and you can even mix dough!

I hope you give this recipe a try and let me know what you think. I truly believe it will be a go-to for your Italian night dishes. A delicious, home made experience you can feel good about! Buon Appetito!!

delicious plate of spaghetti

Delicious Natural Spaghetti Sauce

A delicious spaghetti sauce, made with natural ingredients. This has all the zest of traditional sauces, without the heaviness and processed ingredients from a store bought jar.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian

Equipment

  • blender, or food processor
  • saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Fresh cherry tomatoes
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper seeded, rough cut
  • 1½ tsp Balsamic Vinaigrette I use Panera Brand
  • 1½ tsp Oregano, dried
  • 1½ tsp Basil, dried
  • 1½ tsp Salt I use himalayan, or sea salt
  • Ground Black Pepper to taste
  • 4 large mushrooms, or 8 small optional

Instructions
 

  • In a blender, or food processor (I use my ninja). Add all ingredients, except for the red bell pepper.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Add in red bell pepper and mushrooms if you choose
    spaghetti sauce, in blender, delicious
  • Pulse, or process until pepper and mushrooms are chopped, but still chunky
  • Add contents to a saucepan and heat
    natural spaghettis sauce
Keyword delicious, food, healthy, italian, natural, sauce, spaghetti