Making the time to do the things that fill you up sounds way easier than it is. In the midst of buying a house, renovating said house, planning a wedding, and maintaining a career it seems like it is impossible for me to simply make time. The result is a grumpy, overworked, frustrated, selfish blob of ginger mess….
Get healthy with this easy and delicious Spinach and Feta Breakfast Egg Bake.
So you’ve heard me wax on about the lack of home cooked food in our lives at present I’m sure, well that diet proved to be worse for us than we thought, both having gotten sick the same week. I’m still working on getting my stomach back to normal, of course traveling for work, and finally making it out for camping didn’t really help in that area. They did offer a much needed break from the tornado of a house we are still working on.
Now we are on a quest to get back on track and especially get in shape for this wedding that is now roughly 6 weeks away. I can’t even believe that. I just can’t, but it’s happening.
Back to the topic at hand.
Getting back on track, to me means meal prep and working out. I’ve been plenty active, my sore back from box moving and scrubbing proves that, but what I need now is a full body workout. I need to build some more muscle, and eat lean healthy food again.
I’m doing pretty good on the goal that I made at the beginning of the year to eat breakfast. It was hard to begin with, since I’m usually nauseas in the morning (nope not pregnant something I’ve had since forever) but I’m starting to move past that. Premade breakfasts help. I can grab them and go straight to work heat them up and eat them there, when my stomach is more settled.
I’ve been looking for a healthier (read less bread & meat) option than my usual breakfast sandwich and have been really loving Greek style omelets. I decided to turn these omelets into an egg bake because that travels so much better. You just pull it out the fridge and cut it like a piece of pie, it’s delicious, easy, full of green power, and protein. What more can you ask for?
This is a simple recipe for Grilled Lemon Herb Wild Turkey that can be made with wild caught turkey or store bought.
As you probably know Chuck is something of a hunter, well so is his father (I’m sure this is a surprise). A few weeks ago (maybe months now- the house put me behind on posting) Poppa Chuck got himself a turkey, and was sweet enough to give us a breast. Turkey is a great protein because it’s so lean and has a mild flavor that lends itself well to many recipes, including this one….
This is a simple recipe for a chopped chicken salad with Thai style dressing.
As you can probably assume things are a little crazy around these parts since we just closed on our house last week, so getting together a recipe post for this week has been a bit difficult. I decided instead today to resurrect an old post that I wrote for The Charming Blog (which is now defunct) almost a year ago. This Thai Grilled Chicken Salad has been a big favorite of both me and Chuck, so I think you guys will enjoy it here too. 
Salad is one of those things that people consider rabbit food, you know not real food. This however is one of those life changer type of salads that can turn a real meat and potatoes types into actual salad lovers.
It’s loaded down with veggies and chicken, and a super amazing deliciously sweet salad dressing.
There are a million textures going on and with each of the textures comes a super bright fresh flavor, and it is all brought together with that sweet zingy dressing.
I’m gushing, I know, but seriously, its salad. It’s a delicious wonderful, nourishing salad. It’s also hearty, and satisfying, and filling salad, that can feed the whole family without trouble.
I just grilled the chicken with salt and pepper, but don’t be afraid to use leftover or premade chicken. It will blend into the flavors just fine.
This is a simple and healthy recipe for Foil Grilled Fajita’s that can be cooked on the grill or over the fire.
Cooking in the summer is annoying.
I will be the first to admit that.
It’s hot outside and the last thing many of us want to do is stand in front of the stove. I employ grill cooking as often as possible to avoid turning the oven on in our house and it does a lot to save us from the heat as well as save us money.
This recipe is easily one of my favorite foil dinner recipes whether it’s over a camp fire or a grill, it comes out delicious and perfect every time. The prep time is minimal, cooking is easy and it’s healthy, so it’s an all around great recipe.
Since Chuck and I are moving soon I actually made up a couple of these recipes in ziplock bags in the freezer. Then we can spend our evenings un packing and settling into our new house without having to think too much about dinner. Just pull it out of the freezer wrap it in foil and stick it on the grill (just be sure to add a few minutes to the cook time to account for starting with frozen food). Because I know you guys are going to ask some of the other recipes that I made up ahead are Crockpot Apple Barbeque Chicken, Herby Burgers, and Sausage, Pepper and Potato Foil Packets.
It’s also great for a crowd; served with a number of different toppings everyone can make their own with little extra work from you! My favorite toppings are beans, rice, fresh chopped tomatoes, cheese, cilantro and avocado, while Chucks favorites are salsa, lettuce, sour cream, and cheese.
Find my Clean Homemade Fajita Mix here. The recipe in this post is the exact amount needed to make the recipe below.
I’m planning on posting a few more foil dinners soon so I’d love it if you guys could share your favorites in the comments for me to give a try!
Hommade Fajita Spice Mix
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Taco Pot Pie
