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What Are We Making Monday? ~Chicken, Bacon, Ranch Zucchini Boats

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The mid-summer creativity is underway! The garden is flourishing with produce galore! So now we create the meals around what we have coming out of the garden. Zucchini wins the race by far. So, this weeks what are we making Monday is chicken, bacon, ranch zucchini boats. This is a low carb, high fiber, delicious summer meal.

The great thing about zucchini boats is that they’re very versatile. We’ve made a Mexican version with beef, black beans, salsa, sour cream and cheese. And also a spaghetti version with beef (or sausage) mushrooms, spaghetti sauce and cheese. The options are expansive! More ideas…Chicken alfredo, a version of stuffed bell peppers (with zucchini though), meatball marinara, chicken Caesar is another favorite of ours! So go ahead, get CREATIVE!

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Chicken, Bacon, Ranch Zucchini Boats

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium or 1 large Zucchini
  • 1 cooked chicken breast
  • 2 strips cooked bacon or bacon crumbles
  • 1/2 cup ranch dressing homemade ranch in notes
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Instructions
 

  • Wash and cut zucchini lengthwise, scoop out seeds and create a well in the center
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees
  • drizzle olive oil, garlic powder, parsley, and black pepper on the inside flesh of the zucchini
  • Place in oven on parchment lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Zucchini should be starting to get soft
  • Remove from oven and fill with chicken, bacon crumbles, ranch and cheese
  • Place back in oven and cook another 10-15 minutes until heated through and cheese is melted

Notes

Recipe for Ranch Dressing
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What Are We Making Monday? Roasted Veggies

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Roasted Veggies

Robin
What a brilliant way to get a healthy variety of vegetables! Make a batch and enjoy as a snack, lunch, or side to dinner all week long!
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Ingredients
  

  • 10-15 baby potatoes, cut in half (or regular potatoes cut in chunks)
  • 1 orange Bell Pepper cut in strips
  • 1 red Bell Pepper cut in strips
  • 1 red onion quartered
  • 10-12 mushrooms thick sliced
  • 1 8 oz bag sugar snap peas de-stringed
  • 1 or 2 Beets (or package of pre-steamed beets)
  • 3-5 carrots (or half a bag of baby carrots) cut into 1 inch peieces
  • 1-2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp basil
  • 1 tsp parsley
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika

Instructions
 

  • Cut up all veggies and add to large bowl
  • add olive oil and spices. Mix well.
  • Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (for easy clean up)
  • Bake at 425 for 30 minutes
  • Stir veggies. Check for tender soft veggies. You want them a little crisp, but soft. If needed place back in oven for 15-20 minutes more

Notes

Feel free to add or subtract any vegetables you like. Here are a few additions or substitutes: *Extra points if you include all the colors of the rainbow!
  • Zucchini
  • Acorn, butternut squash
  • garlic cloves
  • cherry tomatoes
  • celery
  • apples
  • broccoli
  • cauliflower
  • Kale
  • Brussel sprouts
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Summer Peach Smoothies

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Find out how you can lose weight and feel great with the smoothie diet! Imagine! Weight loss that’s delicious!

I’m not considered a food or recipe blogger, but I have been having so much fun in the kitchen this summer! I’ve been experimenting and creating new recipes. Some have turned out so good, I just had to share!

I am definitely an everyday smoothie, kinda girl. It started way back, when a smoothie was my only source of fuel for my body. I had some weird sort of digestive disorder, and my diet was limited to 5 ingredients. (You can read that story here, if you are curious.) So ever since then, I have always enjoyed my daily smoothie. As I continue to add more and more foods to my menu list, it makes it so much more fun to switch it up using fresh fruits and veggies that are in season! While having the added bonus of getting most, if not all, of my fruit and vegetable servings in one punch! I am very conscious of what goes in my body. I try to eat as clean, healthy and nutrient rich as I can. That is why smoothies are such a huge staple to my diet.

Do you have a blender?

I couldn’t talk about smoothies without raving about my blender!! 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 my deliciously easy and healthy spaghetti sauce, it doubles as a food processor to make soups and other sauces, and you can even mix dough!

I hope you try this recipe, and start experimenting with your own healthy concoctions, while the vast supply of fresh produce is still abundant!!

Happy blending!

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Summer Peach Smoothie

Robin
It's that time of year where the delicious, juicy peaches are in season!! Mmmm…my favorite! This is a healthy way to enjoy the tastes of summer and include 5 servings of your fruits and veggies in one glass!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 person

Equipment

  • blender

Ingredients
  

  • 6 ice cubes
  • 1 banana
  • 1½ Cups milk or milk alternative of choice
  • 2 large fistfuls of spinach
  • 1 peach washed and cut in quarters, peel optional
  • ½ apple washed and cut in quarters, peel optional
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon adjust to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients to blender.
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  • Blend until smooth.
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  • Serve chilled and Enjoy!
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Chicken and Summer Veggies Foil Packs

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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.

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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.
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  • Add chicken and the rest of all seasonings, including tumeric.
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  • 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.
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  • Place on grill, (or in oven on cookie sheet) potatoes down at 375° for 45 minutes.
  • Chicken should reach a temperature of 165°
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