Chili Honey Garlic Chicken with an Avocado Lime Sauce

Sweet and Spicy chicken with a tangy, creamy avocado sauce! What's not to love about that?! Really easy and you probably have everything on hand already! These bowls, as always, can be customized to your liking.

serving size: about 4 bowls

What you need for the chicken:

• 1 pound chicken breasts
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup liquid aminos
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic

What you need for the sauce:

• 1/2 an avocado
• 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper and onion powder
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 jalapeno, de-seeded
• 1 tablespoon cilantro
• 1/3 cup avocado oil
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 tablespoon honey
• juice of 1 lime
• 1 tablespoon hemp seeds

What you need to do for the chicken:

1. Add everything into a shallow dish, covering the chicken and marinate overnight or for 20 minutes if you're on a time crunch!
2. Heat 1/2 tablespoon oil in a large pan
3. Remove chicken from pan but save the marinade for later use
4. Cook chicken for 5 minutes in oil, then flip and cook another 4 minutes
5. Add in marinade and turn heat down and simmer for another 2-3 minutes
6. Remove chicken, let cool slightly and chop or slice
7. Add to your bowl!

What you need to do for the sauce:

1. Add all ingredients to a food processor and process until smooth and creamy
2. Serve atop your chicken bowl!

Spicy Avocado Cream Sauce and Buffalo Turkey Balls

If you love all things spicy, this is the meal for you! I threw this on top of some zoodles, but it would go awesome with any type of pasta, gluten free pasta or any type of veggie noodles really!

serving size: 15-18 turkey balls and I'd say about a cupish of sauce!

What you need (turkey balls):

• 1 pound ground turkey
• 1/4 cup flour (I used almond)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 cup minced celery
• 1/4 cup minced carrot
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup hot sauce 
• 1 green onion, chopped

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Prepare a large baking tray
3. In a large bowl, add all ingredients together
4. Mix well, until everything is combined (easiest to use your hands!)
5. Form mixture into meatballs! I got 17 medium sized ones
6. Place on baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes (longer the bigger the balls are)
7. Turn oven to broil and broil those suckers for 1 minute
8. Remove and coat in hot sauce and green onion
9. Enjoy!

What you need (avocado sauce):

• 1 large, ripe avocado
• 1/4 cup unsweetened milk (I used coconut since I had some open)
• half of a large jalapeno, seeded
• 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon dehydrated onion (or onion powder)
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley

What you need to do:

1. Add all ingredients into food processor and process until smooth
2. Top on any and everything! pasta..fish..taco. seriously, anything!

Vegan Minestrone

This was a really easy thing to whip up for dinner and actually didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would to make. (My homemade bread was done about 20 minutes after this was!) I think I seasoned this perfectly, which sucks cause at the end, I just started dumping stuff so I will try my best with measurements. Vegan and gluten free! 

Serving size: lots of soup! no idea, honestly...

What you need:

• Olive oil or coconut oil
• 1/2 a yellow onion
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 1 cup edamame (can use green beans or even celery..doesn't matter)
• 1 can chick peas (can use any type of bean really)
• 1 can diced, roasted tomatoes
• 6 cups veggie broth (I used chicken cause it's all I had on hand...)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 carton Pacific Foods tomato stock
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
• 2 shakes of crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt
• 1/2 tablespoon coconut sugar (can sub regular sugar)
• 2 cups of pasta
• 2 cups kale
• 1 cup spinach
• I really just dumped a bunch of salt and pepper in, adjust to your taste buds!

What you need to do:

1. Heat a large pot over medium heat
2. Add oil and once shimmering, add in onion and garlic and cook a minute or 2
3. Add in your carrots and edamame with some salt and pepper. Cook 5 minutes or until carrots are tender
4. Add zucchini, tomatoes, stock, spices, sugar and chick peas
5. Increase the heat until you get a nice simmer, then add in your pasta and cook according to package directions (around 11 minutes)
6. Add in your greens and cook another 5 ish minutes until slightly wilted
7. Taste and adjust to your liking (more salt probably!)
8. Enjoy with some of that Paleo Seed Bread!

***Mine wasn't vegan because I added Parmesan cheese and chicken broth but you can add vegan cheese or use veggie broth!