veggies

Breakfast Egg Muffins

egg muffin Ingredients:

1 lb ground pork/turkey/chicken breakfast sausage

Diced veggies of your liking. We used muhrooms and spinach

1 dozen eggs

Olive oil or coconut oil

salt and pepper to taste

 

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

- Crumble and brown  sausage in a frying pan, sauté veggies in same pan

- In a medium/large bowl scramble one dozen large eggs and season with salt and pepper.

- Liberally grease the cups of one muffin tin with oil. You can use muffin/cupcake paper cups if you'd like

- Place equal amounts of browned sausage  and veggies in the bottoms of the muffin tins

- Pour the scrambled eggs evenly (almost to the top of the tin) on top of the sausage

- Cook for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes.

- Use a knife to loosen the egg muffin from the sides of the pan

Chicken and Veggie Red Curry

Serves 4 (with leftovers)

Ingredients:

1 lb skinless boneless chicken breast sliced in strips

Red curry paste

Coconut oil

Chopped garlic (liberal amount)

1/2 tblsp fresh grated ginger or store bought ginger paste

1 small onion sliced thin

2 julienne sliced peppers (2 different colors)

1 yellow squash, cut into bite size pieces

1 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

2 cans coconut milk

1 can water chestnuts

1 can bamboo shoots

1 packet of Truvia or Stevia (sugar)

All natural chili garlic sauce or sirracha (optional for some spicy heat)

 

-Heat large skillet (w/ lid)

-Heat 1 - 2 tblsp coconut oil in the pan

-Brown chicken strips in skillet.

-While browning, add ½ tblsp red curry paste to chicken and stir

-Dump out cooked chicken into bowl

-Add another 1-2 Tbls. Coconut Oil

-Place onion with chopped garlic and ½ tblsp ginger paste to pan and stir up brown bits of chicken

-Add peppers, yellow squash and mushrooms. Cover w/lid and cook until tender

-When veggies are close to done add 1 can water chestnuts and 1 can

bamboo shoots. Cook until warm

-Dump veggies into bowl w/chicken

-Put 2 tblsp red curry paste in pan and mix 2 cans coconut milk (you can add more coconut milk or some chicken stock if you prefer more broth) and mix thoroughly with a whisk

-Add 1 pack of Truvia or other natural sweetener and ½ tblsp of chili garlic sauce and stir

-Put chicken and veggies back in skillet and mix with sauce

-Simmer and serve hot over rice or rice noodles.

Chicken and Veggie Fried Rice

Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 1 lb chicken, cut into thin strips 1/2 onion, finely chopped 1/2 tbsp chopped garlic 1/2 tbsp shredded ginger 1 zucchini, finely chopped 1 yellow squash, finely chopped 1 cup broccoli florets 1/2 cup carrots, finely chopped 1/2 cup peas (I used frozen) 4 cups cooked brown rice 3 eggs, scrambled Bragg's liquid amino acids to taste, throughout whole process

-Heat oil in a large pan to medium-high heat, add onion, garlic and ginger. Sautee for 2 mins, stirring -Add chicken strips and cook until browned and cooked through. Flavor with liquid aminos. Remove from pan -Add zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli, carrots and peas. Sauté and flavor with aminos until softened. Remove from pan -Add brown rice to pan and stir for 2 mins, again adding liquid aminos -Push rice aside in pan leaving an empty space. Pour eggs into this space and mix quickly until scrambled. They will cook quickly, make sure to scramble until small pieces. -Place chicken and veggies back into pan and mix thoroughly -Add more liquid aminos if desired