Mar 14, 2014

"Tried & True" Recipe Highlights

We have some more "Tried & True" recipes for you to try this weekend!  Thanks to all who have submitted recipe ideas. What a great way to share, try, and get excited about new healthy recipes for National Nutrition Month!

Strawberry Salad
Chopped Salad
Fresh Sliced Strawberries
1 tsp. lite blue cheese dressing
Mix together and enjoy. The strawberries mellow out the blue cheese flavor and create a more creamer flavor in the salad. You can also add chopped almonds.

Thanks Deelen for the salad idea!

**I also love making a strawberry salad with spring mix salad. There are so many ways to dress it up.
Some topping ideas: mango, blueberries, mandarin oranges, crasins, hard boiled egg, shredded mozarella cheese, sliced alvocado, 
sliced almonds or chopped walnuts, raspberry viniagrette or poppyseed viniagrette. You can also add grilled chicken to make it more filling. Lots of yummy combinations to try. Very quick to throw together and SO good!


Zucchini Banana Oat Bread (or Muffins)
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 C. oats
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 C. canola oil
2 tsp. vanilla
2 ripe bananas, mashed
3 cups shredded zucchini

Heat oven to 350 and prepare loaf or muffin pans.
In large bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and oats. Stir together.
In a smaller bowl combine sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla and mashed banana.
Pour sugar mixture into flour mixture, and stir by hand.
Add in Zucchini and mix until well incorporated.
Bake for 35-45 minutes or until bread pulls away from sides of plan and an inserted toothpick is removed clean.
notes: I make these as muffins, and they make a great on-the-go breakfast :)

Thanks Maralie for the Muffin Recipe!

Soup Ideas
Click here for an African Soup Recipe and Black Bean Stew Recipe

Thanks Raven for sending these in!