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Skillet Lamb with Mango-Mint Chimichurri and Spring Peas

April 10, 2017 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com Leave a Comment

Arguably my best recipe, Skillet Lamb with Mango-Mint Chimichurri pairs deep and gamey flavors with bright, spring ingredients. Sugar free, gluten free. | theeverykitchen.com

Arguably my best recipe, Skillet Lamb with Mango-Mint Chimichurri pairs deep and gamey flavors with bright, spring ingredients. Sugar free, gluten free. | theeverykitchen.com

Arguably the best recipe on my blog, Skillet Lamb with Mango-Mint Chimichurri pairs deep and gamey flavors with bright, spring ingredients. Add crisp peas, soft lima beans, and perfectly fork-tender potatoes and you have a beautiful, colorful, out-of-this world dinner. 

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Filed Under: christmas, dinner, easter, favorites, gluten free, healthy, holiday dishes, meat and poultry, sugar free, valentine's day Tagged With: chimichurri, cilantro, fresh peas, herb sauce, lamb, lamb chops, lima beans, mango, mint, peas, spring peas

Summer Corn and Tomato Salad with Jalapeño-Lemon Feta

June 16, 2015 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com 8 Comments

My favorite summer veggies in a simple summer dish! Summer Corn & Tomato Salad with Jalapeno-Lemon Feta at www.mybottomlessboyfriend.com
Fresh summer corn is probably one of my favorite foods. I know I say that about a lot of foods, but this is true. It’s actually always true… I have a lot of favorite foods! I’m a girl who loves food, what can I say?!

Even not-fresh, always-available corn (i.e. canned corn) has had a special place in my heart for a very long time. When I was still little, but big enough to use the stove, I would heat an entire can of corn, add some butter, and eat the whole thing for supper. I’m a little horrified by that idea now… but I guess it’s okay for a 10-year-old. But seriously, just horrified thinking about it. Where’s the protein? Where’s the calcium or iron or vitamin C? Oy vey… (…rolls eyes at younger self.)

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Filed Under: favorites, gluten free, healthy, quick and easy, sides, sugar free, vegetarian Tagged With: cherry tomatoes, chili pepper, corn, corn on the cob, feta, feta cheese, fresh corn, jalapeno, lemon, marinated feta, mint, pepper, serrano, tomatoes

Jalapeño-Lemon Feta

June 11, 2015 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com Leave a Comment

Jalapeno-Lemon Feta - a 5-minute marinade to kick your cheese up a notch. Get the recipe at www.mybottomlessboyfriend.com
Ready for the easiest recipe ever?

Those words are like sweet music to my ears these days.

This super-simple recipe can be an appetizer, a snack, or an ingredient. In fact, if you stay tuned for my next blog post, you’ll see me use Jalapeño-Lemon Feta in a summer veggie salad side dish something.

I owe you, my blog friends, an apology. I feel like I’ve neglected the Internetsphere lately. I’m at least posting once a week, but they’ve been short and maybe a bit impersonal.

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Filed Under: gluten free, quick and easy, snacks and appetizers, sugar free, vegetarian Tagged With: cheese, chili, feta, jalapeno, lemon, mint, peppers, serrano

Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups

May 21, 2015 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com Leave a Comment

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com

The phrase ‘Easy as Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups’ was coined after this exact recipe. I’m obsessed with this quick, healthy, minimal-heat-required recipe and you will soon be too. 

Is it summer yet? Is it, is it, is it?

I’m ready!

I’m at the beach this week, so I suppose this is my summer.

Ya know, adulthood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Remember the days when you got 10 weeks of summer vacation? Remember how much you looked forward to that? The excitement… The anticipation… All the planning and daydreaming of what the summer would bring… Fun! Trouble! Romance!

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com
I mean, I still do all that daydreaming… There’s just no summer vacation attached to it…

This is the second year I’ve done a personal beach week. I’m lucky — my parents have a beach condo, so no planning ahead required and no expenses accrued.

When I skip down here for a weekend, yes, I definitely bring a friend and plan to have a little fun! But this week is about peace, quiet, rest, and relaxation. I did invite Dad (he’s the other quiet member of the family), but he declined. Umm… and be glad you aren’t here Dad — I have literally taken over the place. My stuff is EVERYWHERE. I’m dreading cleaning up in the morning.

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com
In my normal life, I’m pulled in so many directions. Working eight+ hours a day, blogging, kickball team, tennis team, gym, side job, family occasions, girls’ nights… it all builds up until… I need to either implode or decompress. So here I am. At my personal beach week. Decompressing.

And it just so happens, one of my favorite ways to decompress is to create in the kitchen! Plus, after my freckled skin was burnt on Day 1, spending time indoors looking at the ocean is quite an attractive idea.

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com
I’m a bit obsessed with grapefruit right now. I’m not sure why. Maybe because it’s pink. And pink = pretty. I’m also obsessed with quick, healthy, minimal-heat-required meals. And I’m obsessed with these inexpensive marcona almonds from Aldi. And that, my friends, is how a good recipe is born. Obsession A + Obsession B + Obsession C. That is the key. Easy as pie Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups.

I made five of these. I’ve eaten two. It took me exactly 4 1/2 bites to eat two of the lettuce cups. 1/2 a bite for all those little drippings that dripped out the side and that I wiped up with my finger (and then licked, of course). That means, I’ve got six bites waiting for me in the fridge and my stomach is a’growlin’.

A healthy, summer lunch or dinner - Cajun Chicken + Grapefruit Lettuce Cups. Get the recipe at www.theeverykitchen.com
Here’s what I like about Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups:

  • no utensils required
  • a little heat tempered by cool Greek yogurt
  • juicy grapefruit
  • crunchy, salty almonds
  • mint! so you don’t have to brush your teeth after… (?)
  • swimsuit-friendly (like, you’re gonna look good and feel good even after cramming your face with these little snack-lunch-treats)

You are 15 minutes away from eating some of these, but I’m only 15 seconds away, so pardon me…

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Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups

Easy as Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups was coined after this exact recipe. I'm obsessed with this quick, healthy, minimal-heat-required recipe and you will soon be too. 

Course Main
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 198 kcal
Author my Bottomless Boyfriend

Ingredients

  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 pound chicken tenderloins
  • 8 leaves bibb lettuce
  • 1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 grapefruit flesh removed with a grapefruit spoon or a sharp knife
  • 1/4 cup plain almonds chopped
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degree F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray.
  2. Mix together cumin, chili powder, and paprika. Run mixture onto chicken tenderloins and lay on prepared baking sheet. Bake about 6 minutes, turning halfway, until cooked all the way through. Once cool, slice tenderloins into strips.
  3. Lay lettuce cups flat. You are going to fill them as if they are tacos. Spread Greek yogurt in a strip down the middle. Divide chicken strips evenly among lettuce cups. Divide grapefruit evenly among the lettuce cups. Sprinkle with almonds and mint. Enjoy.
Cajun Chicken and Grapefruit Lettuce Cups are a healthy summer lunch or dinner. | theeverykitchen.com

Filed Under: dinner, gluten free, healthy, meat and poultry, quick and easy, sugar free Tagged With: almonds, bibb lettuce, cajun, chicken, chili powder, cumin, grapefruit, Greek yogurt, lettuce cups, lettuce wraps, marcona almonds, mint, paprika, plain Greek yogurt, plain yogurt, tenderloins

Buffalo Chicken on a Stick with Blue Cheese Dip

March 26, 2015 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com 2 Comments

Buffalo Chicken on a Stick with Blue Cheese Dip | www.theeverykitchen.com

Buffalo Chicken on a Stick with Blue Cheese Dip | www.theeverykitchen.com
March Madness is still in full swing. Remind me what sport we’re watching? Is it college or pro? Who’s winning?

As a Carolina grad, ignoring the March Madness hype is a heinous crime. So, all my Tarheel friends, please stop reading here and skip to the recipe below —

(I’ve just never been big on basketball. Shhh… Don’t let them know.)

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Filed Under: gluten free, healthy, meat and poultry, quick and easy, snacks and appetizers, sugar free Tagged With: blue cheese, buffalo, chicken, dip, mint, skewer, sour cream, stick

Herbed Beet Yogurt Dip

November 10, 2014 by theeverykitchen@gmail.com Leave a Comment

Herbed Beet Yogurt Dip at www.mybottomlessboyfriend.com
I finished this dip off yesterday on top of a thick piece of pumpernickel. Happy Healthy Sunday. Uh huhh.

Keleigh at Where There’s a Meal has been such a great blog friend! She posted Beet Dip recipe two of two on her blog today. Click here for the recipe. To read what I have to say about Keleigh, click here. To read what Keleigh has to say about herself and her blog, click here.

Expect to see this lady’s name and face and blog again — I’ll be asking her to do a guest post for me soon too!

Filed Under: gluten free, healthy, quick and easy, snacks and appetizers, sugar free, vegetarian Tagged With: beets, chives, dill, dip, Greek yogurt, herbs, mint, roasted beets, yogurt

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