Chicken Meatballs

Chicken meatballs are delicious and better for you than red meat. These can be used in greek dishes, on sandwiches or in italian pasta dishes. I used left over rotisserie chicken, but feel free to use whatever sort of chicken you have left.

Ingredients:

• Chicken
• Green onion
• Red onion
• Garlic
• Peppers
• Basil
• Bread crumbs
• Egg
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

• Saute peppers, onions, garlic in pan
• Use food processor to put shredded chicken, veggies, bread crumbs, egg and spices
• Blend until mixed
• refridgerate for at least 1 hour to better keep meatballs together
• Form into round balls
• Pan fry on each side to lightly brown meatballs
• Bake for 20 minutes on 375

Serve on pita bread with salad and dressing

Enjoy!

Pico de Gallo

This is a great topping for Mexican food and much healthier than those prepackaged taco sauces. Pico de Gallo provides a great deal of flavor without a lot of calories. You can add whatever ingredients you want but this is a very basic tomato based topping.

Ingredients:

• Roma tomatoes
• Red onion
• Cilantro
• Lemon Juice
• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic

Directions:

• Dice tomatoes, onion and cilantro
• Add a sqeeze of lemon or lime juice
• Add garlic, salt and pepper to taste
• Let sit overnight in refrigerator
  

Enjoy!

Spinach Pie (Spankopita)

Spankopita is super easy. This one I used fresh spinach with cottage cheese and feta. Butter spray is ideal for laying the filo dough. This can be made in under 30 minutes with pre packaged filo.

Ingredients:

• filo
• spinach
• cottage cheese
• feta
• basil
• salt
• pepper
• garlic
• onion

Directions:

• Layer 4 filo sheets making sure to butter spray each sheet before setting down the next
• Layer spinach, basil and onion
• Sprinkle with spices
• Spread cottage cheese and feta over veggies
• Layer 4 more sheets of filo making sure to spray butter between each
• Repeat spinach and veg layer
• Repeate cheese layer
• Top with 4 sheets of filo
• Bake for 2o minutes at 375

Serve and enjoy!

Iron

Here is an article I wrote on iron supplements. As a women or someone that has a mother, sister, girlfriend, wife, etc etc it is important to understand irons role in womens health.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/192780-the-effects-of-taking-iron-supplements/

Article on Quinoa

Here is an article I wrote about quinoa. If you haven't tried it, it is really versatile and quite tasty. You can find it in most larger grocery stores or health food stores.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/245393-nutritional-value-of-quinoa/

Calories in a Cup of Coffee

Here is an article on the hidden calories in a cup of coffee.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/244597-calories-in-a-cup-of-coffee-with-cream/

Choose wisely!

Chicken Empanadas

These empanadas taste great and are pretty good for you. They give off the illusion of being fried but are baked instead. Pair these with mexican rice and beans or poblano peppers.

Ingredients:

• Empanada shells
• Cubed chicken
• Beans-black or kidney
• Corn cut from cob or canned
• Green onion
• Tomato
• Red and green peppers
• Hot sauce
• Tomato sauce
• Garlic
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

• Saute veggies and chicken in a pan
• Add hot sauce, tomato sauce and spices
• Sautee until chicken is cooked
• Add beans
• Put filling into empanada shells (fold 1 in half cresent or use 2 round ones)
• Pinch off ends and imprint with a fork
• Spray with butter spray
• Bake for 10 minutes and flip to other side
• Bake an additional 10 minutes
• Serve

Enjoy!

Bread and Butter Pickles

Okay these are so easy it's amazing that people don't pickle their own food all the time. I used what I had on hand, red wine vinegar but cider vinegar is also a good choice. The recipe can make pickle slices or spears. I did both.

Ingredients:

• 7 kirby cucumbers
• 3/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 teaspoon tumeric
• 2 teaspoons mustard seed
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Directions:

• Boil vinegar and sugar until sugar melts
• Add spices
• Add slices or spears to boiling mixture
• Boil 1-2 minutes
• Place pickles in glass jar
• Pour liquid over top making sure to fill jar
• Close jar and let sit over night in refrigerator
  

Enjoy!