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Zucchini Noodles & Awesome Meat Sauce

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Here is one of my favorite meals this summer~cold Zucchini Noodles with my Awesome Meat Sauce! 

zucchini noodles & awesome meat sauce

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Zucchini Noodles & Awesome Meat Sauce
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian~Summer Style!
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Serves: 4
 
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, refined Sugar-Free
Ingredients
  • *Most ingredients can be found at Trader Joe's
  • 1-2 large organic zucchini, peeled and spiralized into noodles
  • 1 lb. grassfed ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 can Trader Joe's Organic Vine-Ripened Tomato Sauce
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 Tbsp turmeric powder
  • 1 Tbsp honey
  • 1 bulb Trader Joe's Fermented Black Garlic
  • ½ container (4oz) Magestic Garlic Sauce (raw sun dried tomato/jalepeno flavor)
Instructions
  1. In a large cast iron skillet or pan, saute' onions until transluscent.
  2. Add grassfed ground beef to skillet.
  3. Once beef is browned, add tomato sauce.
  4. Stir in oregano, turmeric, sea salt, and honey.
  5. Turn heat to low and allow to simmer 5 minutes.
  6. Chop off bottom of black garlic bulb and squeeze black garlic into dish.
  7. Using a fork, mash the black garlic in order for it to blend well.
  8. Then, shut of heat and add sun dried tomato/jalepeno garlic sauce.
  9. Stir well and serve over spiralized zucchini noodles.

 

Thai Chicken Salad with “Peanut” Sauce

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My Thai Chicken Salad with “Peanut” Sauce is light yet filling, refreshing, and bursting with flavor!  *See my Kombucha Sangria for a perfect little summer combo!

Thai Chicken Salad with "Peanut" Sauce

 

 

 

 

 

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Thai Chicken Salad with "Peanut" Sauce
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Recipe type: Salad
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Serves: 4
 
Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free, Refined Sugar-Free
Ingredients
  • 3 Tbsp. creamy almond butter
  • 5 Tbsp. coconut oil
  • 4 Tbsp. coconut aminos
  • 3 Tbsp. grade B maple syrup or raw honey
  • 4 tsp apple cider vinegar or coconut vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ¼ tsp ground red pepper
  • Romaine lettuce, shredded
  • All of the meat from 1 organic rotisserie chicken, chopped
  • Green onion or chives to sprinkle on top
Instructions
  1. Mix ingredients in sauce pan.
  2. Stir while heating (heat until blended and warm, but DO NOT BOIL)
  3. Place shredded lettuce on plate or in wooden bowls.
  4. Add chopped chicken.
  5. Drizzle sauce over chicken.
  6. Top with green onion or chives.

 

Kombucha Sangria

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It was hot and humid here at the beach last night, so we decided to get our “chill” on. We dimmed the lights and spent time making nori rolls and Kombucha Sangria. There’s nothing like peace and laughter in the kitchen on a hot summer night.

Kombucha Sangria

 

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Kombucha Sangria
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Ingredients
  • 1 large organic orange, sliced
  • ½ cup organic strawberries
  • ½ cup organic grapes
  • 2 organic kiwis, peeled & sliced
  • 1 organic lime, sliced
  • 3½ cups organic white wine
  • 1 bottle (16 oz) Guava Goddess Kombucha
  • ¼ cup raw honey
  • 1 cup spring water (OR) wait and add 1 cup sparkling bubbly water before serving.
Instructions
  1. In a glass pitcher, add all fruit after preparing and slicing.
  2. Add wine, Kombucha, spring water and honey.
  3. Stir to blend.
  4. Refrigerate for 6-8 hours, or overnight.

 

 

Cinnamon Top Pear Muffins

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I love a simple summer breakfast of fresh organic fruit and a protein-packed muffin. With a few flowers to garnish the plate, I treat myself as if I’m on vacation in Hawaii. What a great way to begin a beautiful day!

Grain-Free Pear Muffins

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Cinnamon Top Pear Muffins
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Serves: 14
 
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Ingredients
  • 3 cups blanched almond flour
  • 2 pears, peeled and diced
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup grapeseed oil
  • ½ cup honey
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • In a separate small bowl:
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp coconut sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place muffin liners in muffin tins.
  3. Combine almond flour, pears, eggs, grapeseed oil, baking soda, sea salt, and cinnamon.
  4. Fill each muffin lined tin to ¾ full.
  5. Combine additional cinnamon and coconut sugar.
  6. Sprinkle ¼ tsp cinnamon/coconut sugar over each muffin.
  7. Place muffins in oven.
  8. Bake for 20 minutes, or when muffins bounce back to the touch.

 

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I'm Summer Williams, a Clinical Nutritionist who specializes in gastrointestinal health. With a firm background in healing, I believe anything is possible. All of my recipes are Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Soy-Free & Refined Sugar-Free. Learn More →
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