Mandarin Orange, Grilled Chicken & Apple Salad

This salad combines sweet mandarin oranges, chopped apples, grilled spicy mustard chicken (or any other grilled chicken creation you make) and your choice of vegtables over a bed of romaine lettuce. I loved the colors of the salad blended together, along with the wonderful taste. Here is what I added in addition to main ingrediants.
Chop following:
Tomatos
radishes
sprouts
bacon bits
cucumber
carrots

I love ranch dressing or Italian the best. Add your favorite dressing!
Be creative and add whatever you like. Enjoy!

Whole Wheat Blueberry & Plum Muffins

1 egg
1/4 c. milk
1/2 c. vegteble oil
1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1/2 c. oatmeal
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. plum yogurt
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. blueberries, frozen or fresh

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Beat egg and stir in oil and milk. Mix in remaining ingredients. Gently fold in blueberries Fill muffin cups 2/3 full or grease muffin pan if cups aren't used. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Easy Breakmaker Whole Wheat Bread

We decided with our lovely bread machine we have, to start making our own whole wheat bread. Super easy and came out sooo good! If you stock up on whole wheat flour, yeast, and oil, you will always find ingrediants to make bread. I decided we can also make our own tortillas, scones, pancakes and muffins with the flour as well. Great way to save money!

Whole wheat bread (sorry, breadmaker only recipe)

3 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp. yeast
1 1/8 c. warm water
1 T. dried milk (or liquid milk)
1 T. brown or granulated sugar (I will remember to add a little sugar next time)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. canola oil

Dissolve yeast into warm water. Let sit for about 1 minute. Add everything else to bread maker machine and then add water/yeast. Takes about 3-4 hours total in bread machine.

Creamy Avocado/Bean Dip

I got the idea for this on another food blog, but decided to add more beans/spices to it. I used 1 medium sized avocado, 1 can of garbonzo beans(chick peas), 1 can of white navy beans, 1 c. of herdez green salsa, 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1 tsp. onion powder, and about 1 tsp. lime juice. I combined all into blender and puree/mashed until all combined and smooth. This dip came out so great. I love it with baked tortillas. This recipe makes enough for several meals. Can also be eaten with pita-pockets, with chips or on bread.

Tip of the day: Did you know that avocados are high in fat but contain cholestral friendly fat that is good for you. Also, did you know that to have a healthy PH balance, you need a healthy balance of alkaline rich foods in your body combined with acidic foods. Navy beans are extremly high in alkaline.

Favorite Grilled Chicken

I have never really been a big meat eater, particularly of chicken breast. But I have always enjoyed grilled chicken over regular. I created this great marinade using my creative imagination. I took what I had in the fridge and made this great grilled chicken.

Favorite Grilled Chicken

1-2 chicken breasts (use as much or less as you need)
Double ingrediants if needed, but this should be for about 1 large chicken breast to marinade).
2 T. Spicy Brown Mustard
1 T. Worchesershire sauce
1 T. Steak sauce
1 tsp. onion powder

Let marinade over chicken breast(s) in fridge for about 1 hour. Either take entire chicken breast and grill in foreman grill or on stove, or cut chicken into cubes or strips and grill over medium high heat. Enjoy!

Healthy Grilled Chicken Wraps

These wraps are so easy to make and absolutey delish! I used costco's flour tortilla dough, the kind you need to bake or fry, grilled chicken which I made a great marinade of steak sauce, worchestershire <(?)sauce, and spicy brown mustard combined (see recipe). I grilled the chicken and it had a great kickin flavor. I added sprouts, zero cholestral/saturated fat pepperjack cheese (my favorite now), a great avocado bean dip (see recipe), a splash of lime juice, chopped cucumbers, and my favorite, the 'ol tomato.

Crockpot Chicken and Mixed Veggie Soup

My husband: AKA, awesome chef, made this soup for dinner. It is absolutely fabulous and perfect for the crockpot.

Chicken and Mixed Veggie Soup

2 cans swanson chicken broth
2 c. water
1 1/2 c. casarecce noodles (organic made in Italy from Costco is what we recomend)
2 large carrots sliced
3 medium potatoes cubed small
1 c. corn
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 chicken breast chopped
Add the following spices:
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. basil leaf
1 tsp. parsley
1 tsp, garlic powder

Add all to crockpot, except noodles (add noodles about the last hour of cooking) and set on either 4 or 8 hours cooking. Enjoy!