This Kale Swiss and Mushroom Strata is a filling and savory dish perfect for breakfast, brunch, or brinner! Prep the night before and bake in the morning!
This easy Tex Mex breakfast casserole has all the makings of a delicious breakfast – potatoes, chorizo, green chilies and cheese. Topped with salsa and avocado, this is perfect to feed a crowd!
This is my go-to turkey taco recipe. It’s delicious and light – On nights I want to go low-carb, I forgo the taco shells and use lettuce wraps instead!
Everything you love about chicken enchiladas… in one big bowl! I love turning classic meals into soups, it’s an easy (maybe even lazy) way to make a dish that only dirties one pot!
You can refrigerate or freeze to use in any recipe where canned pumpkin is called for.
The oven method is great if you want to make a large amount, as you’re limited with space in the pressure cooker. The best pumpkins for pumpkin puree are the smaller pie pumpkins or sugar pumpkins rather than the larger jack-o-lantern type.
These skinless chicken drumsticks sweet and sticky, and so delicious! Cooked in a skillet with honey, soy sauce, garlic and ginger until the chicken is tender and the sauce thickens. You won’t miss the skin!
Delicious Mexican pork made in the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) for tacos, burrito bowls, taco salads and more (also great with Chipotle's Cilantro Lime Rice)!
Chicken and lentil soup made in the Instant Pot (pressure cooker) – a healthy, nourishing meal that will fill you up and make plenty of servings so you can have leftovers for lunch or freeze the rest!
On a cold rainy night, there’s nothing like warming up to a bowl of hearty beef stew made with winter squash, Marsala wine and fresh herbs. Make this in the slow cooker or pressure cooker, serve it with crusty bread and you have yourself a meal.
Tender-crisp veggie noodles make a wonderful low-carb pasta replacement in this delicious, Latin inspired “fideo” soup combined with bright fresh cilantro, creamy avocado and some crumbled queso fresco on top. The best part, it’s easy to make, all made in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.
All the flavors you love from buffalo wings without all the added fat. Making shredded buffalo chicken in the slow cooker or Instant Pot is super easy!
A perfect fall chili made with pumpkin puree, ground turkey, white beans, green chili and spices. Top this with chopped fresh cilantro, scallions, jalapeños, or cheddar and serve it with baked chips on the side for a wonderful lunch or dinner.
Pollo in Potacchio is an Italian braised chicken dish made with tomatoes, rosemary and garlic. The chicken cooks until it’s fork tender, which is great served with pasta, noodles, spaghetti squash or polenta.
I love cauliflower “rice”, and I love the nutty flavor of roasted cauliflower so I combined the two to make this easy low-carb side dish that goes great with just about anything from chicken, to steak or fish.
Grated cauliflower makes a fantastic low-carb, grain-free stand in for rice when you need a little carb detox. You can season this any way you wish – here I brightened it up with lime and cilantro and served it with a broiled pork loin. It has a couscous-like texture, and is perfect with chicken, pork chops, steak or anything you would normally serve with rice.
I am a huge fan of the rice at Chipotle’s. Here is my copycat version, it tastes just like the real thing. Of course, I used less oil. Makes a wonderful side dish for chicken, beef or pork.
These Chipotle Chicken Bowls with Cilantro Lime Quinoa are so easy to make and have tons of flavor! I like to make them with chicken thighs but if you prefer white meat, chicken breast would work too. Extra limes for squeezing on top are recommended!
Chicken Cacciatore made in an Instant! The sauce is hearty and chunky, loaded with chicken, tomatoes, peppers and onions ( sometimes I add mushrooms too!) Great over pasta, squashta, rice or polenta.
I love this quick and easy beef chili made with black beans, tomatoes, homemade chili spices and beer. This chili pleases all the palates in my house – not to too spicy (although you can kick it up if you wish), loaded with flavor, and ready in less than 30 minutes.
This is the EASIEST Instant Pot recipe EVER! Just TWO ingredients: salsa and chicken plus some spices makes a delicious juicy chicken that can be used in tacos, over rice, salads and more!
Cauliflower puree, a perfect low carb alternative to mashed potatoes with a creamy buttery taste. If you don’t have buttermilk, low fat sour cream also works great.