Showing posts with label red pepper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red pepper. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Grilled Chicken w/ Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Sauce



Super excited for this weekend! The future hubby and I are driving down to West Virginia to the Summit Point Motorsports Park for our first track day together of the year!  Going for the whole weekend means a lot of food prep and BBQ'n!  This week has been a clean out the fridge week because we will be gone close to five days or so.  First one was the Shredded BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, then I made a rice, chicken and veggie casserole topped with cheddar cheese, and now this (plus the pearl barley summer salad)!

Will try and have a good portion of the weekend documented- for easy portable grill recipes and just so you guys can see what we do on our free time lol.

Not only is this recipe super easy AND healthy but it's basically a no cooking involved one. Perfect for those hot summer days/nights.

For the chicken I just season boneless skinless chicken breasts with some salt and pepper and throw on the grill, here's the sauce you top it off with (which is a no cook)

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup of non fat plain yogurt
  • 1 roasted red pepper
  • 1 garlic clove, grated or pasted
  • pinch of fresh thyme
  • pinch of lime or lemon zest (if making the pearl barley salad too you use the juice of this there)
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of red pepper flake
  • freshly cracked pepper
Directions

  1. Put everything into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
  2. If too thick add a splash of milk, water, or citrus juice.
  3. If too thin add more yogurt.
  4. Serve over grilled chicken and alongside the Pearl Barley Summer Salad.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Stuffed Mini Meatloafs w/ Veggies and Goat Cheese


These were so good and perfect little portion size.  Serve it up with this easy brown rice because they basically cook for the same amount of time.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds of lean ground turkey
  • 2 tbs of balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbs of Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of red pepper flakes
  • 2 small grated carrots
  • 1/2 onion, 1/4 grated and 1/4 sliced or chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 handfuls of parsley, one for the meat, one for the rice
  • 1 small zucchini, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 roasted red pepper
  • 4 handfuls of arugula
  • about 2 oz of goat cheese
Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
  2. In a bowl combine the first 9 ingredients (use the grated 1/4 of the onion).   
  3. In a small skillet cook the zucchini and sliced 1/4 onion until soft. Set aside and let cool.
  4. Roast your own red pepper on the stove top or used jarred. Slice into thin strips. 
  5. From start to beginning
  6. The meat should make about 4 baseball sized portions.  On a cutting board shape the meat flat and top with the cheese (reserving about a tab or small spoonful if making the rice as well), arugula, zucchini, onions and roasted red pepper.
  7. Roll up the meat and then seal the edges.  Don't be afraid to get a handle on it and smoosh it around, just reshape into a small oval.
  8. Place on a baking sheet coated with non stick spray and then spray the meat loaves as well.  
  9. Cook for 45 mins to an hour or until cooked through and browned.

Brown Rice

Cook off the brown rice as directed, when done add the other handful of parsley and last tab of goat cheese. Stir until combined.

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