This Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad is a twist on your traditional Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich. I figured why not make a healthier version that is also jam packed with goodness?! This salad includes delicious pineapple, grilled chicken, avocado, tomatoes, shredded cheese and crispy bacon (mmmmm, bacon!) NUTRITION & OPTIONS This salad has 419 calories, 22 …
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Instant Pot: Mexican Tostadas
These Mexican tostadas are filled with fresh ingredients and can be made vegetarian or stacked with meat. I made shredded chicken, but you can customize using your protein of choice! I used the broiler to cook and char the sliced onions however you can always cook the onions on the stove top in a saute …
How To: Make Iced Coffee
Iced Coffee is a New England staple! So every summer, I ditch the Keurig and go back to my tried and true coffee pot to make Iced Coffee! SAVE TIME & MONEY! Making your own iced coffee at home, saves you time and money every single morning! And if there’s one thing people know about …
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Did someone say pizza?! Why yes, yes they did! Buffalo Chicken Pizza! This is a healthy and gluten-free take on pizza! Instead of using traditional dough this recipe has a pre-made cauliflower crust and is pretty darn delicious. WHERE TO BUY I know that you can make your own cauliflower crust but I didn’t even …
Swizzle’s Grilled Steak
Grilled steak and potatoes are an American staple. Lucky for me, my husband cooks steak to perfection! (OK, I may or may not hawk over his shoulder saying, you better not overcook my steak! LOLOLOL) This recipe involves nothing more than seasoning the steak and throwing it on the grill for about 12 minutes. Timing …
Sweet Potato Fries
These sweet potato fries are about as natural as you are going to get! They are super easy to make and only require an oven, baking sheet, a sweet potato and sea salt! NUTRITION I used a 500g sweet potato and got 4 servings out of it. In one serving, there are 108 calories, 25g …
Avocado Egg Burgers
These Avocado Egg Burgers are deeeeelicious! My 15 year old self would be appalled that I ever put an egg on a burger but it is the best thing since sliced bread! The yolk drizzles down into the burger meat and makes it juicy and even more flavorful. I got this recipe from my gym, …
Instant Pot: Orange Chicken
Need to satisfy that Chinese craving? Do you like Orange Chicken? Want to do it in a healthy and quick fashion?? This Instant Pot Orange Chicken is your answer! I love Orange Chicken. What I don’t love about Orange Chicken is how unhealthy it is. (News Flash: anything fried is not usually classified as healthy). …
Must Have Meat Sauce
This meat sauce is DELICIOUS! I still remember the first time I made it. I was skeptical because even though I’m Italian I hadn’t ever made my own sauce. However the minute I took the first bite I literally looked at my husband and said …. “ooh! that is delicious!!”. (I’m not kidding!) SIGNATURE CONCOCTION/NUTRITION …
Sweet Potato Skillet
This Sweet Potato skillet is easily one of my favorite and go-to recipes. I adapted this recipe from Primavera Kitchen but changed the cooking method, timing and increased the measurements significantly on some of the ingredients. I also added a little chili powder to get a little more kick! You can leave out the chili powder …
Meal Prep & My Trip to Von’s Market
Coming at you live from Von’s market with an introduction to meal prepping and how I do it! I usually go through all of my recipes Friday or early Saturday morning and pick out what I want to make for the upcoming week. I write a comprehensive list of all the ingredients I need. Then …