Beet and Apple Salad

7 Beets, roasted
1 Celery Heart, finely chopped
1 apple, diced
Chives
Dill
1 T Flax Seed Oil
Juice of 1 Orange
Salt, Pepper, Garlic to taste

Dice everything, toss and enjoy!  Makes ~4 cups, 1 cup = serving size

Calories		136.2
Total Fat		3.2 g
	Saturated Fat	0.3 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	2.2 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	0.6 g
Cholesterol		0.0 mg
Sodium		172.8 mg
Potassium		766.2 mg
Total Carbohydrate		25.4 g
	Dietary Fiber	7.2 g
	Sugars	16.2 g
Protein		3.2 g

Indian Style Chicken

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced
1 clove garlic
1 onion
1 T Olive Oil
Fenugreek
Ginger
Red Pepper
Chili Powder
6 oz. Non-fat plain Greek Yogurt
1/2 cup Water
1/4 cup Tomato Puree
1 cup chopped spinach

Heat Olive Oil in a small soup pot over medium-high heat.  Add onion, garlic, and lightly sautee.  Add all spices and toss to coat.  Add Greek Yogurt and water, and reduce heat to simmer.

Mix in tomato puree, spinach, and chicken.  Stir well.  Simmer until chicken is fully cooked.

Serve over brown rice.  Add salt if needed.

Makes 3 servings.

Amount Per Serving
Calories		266.7
Total Fat		6.5 g
	Saturated Fat	1.1 g
	Polyunsaturated Fat	0.8 g
	Monounsaturated Fat	3.8 g
	Trans Fat	0.0 g
Cholesterol		87.6 mg
Sodium		124.9 mg
Potassium		385.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate		7.3 g
	Dietary Fiber	0.0 g
	Sugars	7.1 g
Protein		42.5 g

Vitamin A	0.6 %
Vitamin B-12	9.6 %
Vitamin B-6	41.6 %
Vitamin C	3.0 %
Vitamin D	0.0 %
Vitamin E	3.8 %
Calcium	8.3 %
Copper	3.1 %
Folate	1.5 %
Iron	6.1 %
Magnesium	10.6 %
Manganese	1.4 %
Niacin	84.6 %
Pantothenic Acid	12.4 %
Phosphorus	29.6 %
Riboflavin	8.2 %
Selenium	38.4 %
Thiamin	7.1 %
Zinc	8.1 %

Spicy Pumpkin-Lime Soup

This recipe is approximate.  I wasn't keeping very close tabs on it while cooking =)

1 medium pumpkin
1 onion
1-2 cloves garlic
Sage (I used fresh, about half a container.  I'm not sure the equivalent amount of dried/ground)
1 serrano pepper
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
2 cubes vegetable bouillion
6 cups water
3 limes

Cut pumpkin in half.  Scoop out seeds (roast them separately, yum!).  Spray insides of pumpkin with cooking spray, place upside down (inside of pumpkin face down) on baking sheets, and roast at 425 for 30-45 minutes, until tender.  Remove from oven and allow to cool.

In a large stock pot, chop up garlic and onions, and sautee in olive oil.  Add chopped serrano pepper and sage.  Start to scoop meat of pumpkin from skin and add to stock pot.  Toss to coat lightly with oil.

Add bouillion and water and bring to boil.  Add juice of 3 limes.  Stir occasionally, and continue to lightly boil until pumpkin meat starts to fall apart into soup.

Remove from heat, allow to cool slightly, then blend with immersion blender (alternately, transfer in batches to a stand blender).

And, then... eat!  Yum.


Now, I didn't add any extra salt or pepper.  The bouillion has enough salt on its own usually, and the serrano pepper was hot enough... but you can change to taste.  Or if serrano is too hot, try a jalapeno... or just sum cayenne.  The lime is such a nice addition -- adds a little sweetness to the already sweet pumpkin.

"Paleo Pancakes"

Now that I've gotten into cross fit, I've been indoctrinated into the Paleo diet -- short for Paleolithic, or "Caveman diet."  The concept is... don't eat anything you wouldn't have eaten when you were a caveman.  No grains, processed foods, candy, sugar, etc.  Meat, fish, fruits, vegetables.  Delicious right?  So here's a way to still enjoy pancakes while keeping to that strategy (note:  Peanut Butter is not necessarily paleo in and of itself, but I didn't have almond butter in the house to use this morning)

2 eggs
1 banana
2 T Peanut Butter

Mash banana, beat eggs, mix together with peanut butter.  Heat griddle and pour batter on to make pancakes (As per usual pancake recipe instructions).

Makes 8 pancakes.  Nutritional info per pancake.

Calories

56.7

Total Fat

3.3 g

Saturated Fat

0.7 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

0.9 g

Monounsaturated Fat

1.5 g

Cholesterol

46.3 mg

Sodium

37.1 mg

Potassium

114.6 mg

Total Carbohydrate

4.9 g

Dietary Fiber

0.7 g

Sugars

2.4 g

Protein

2.7 g

I added chocolate chips to mine (yum!)  You could add blueberries or apples too, as per your taste.  Skip the syrup and butter -- you won't need it.