Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

I loved this!  So good, really healthy.  A great taste to it, and I don't generally eat a lot of chickpeas.  Unfortunately i don't have a great store that sells (cheap) fresh vegetables.  Going to do some searching around for that.  However, even with what I got at the regular grocery store I loved this dish.  We ate it for dinner with a chicken breast and then i used the leftovers next day for lunch.  Highly recommend!

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

Cilantro Lime Crockpot Chicken

This was easy and good.  However, I will say that the time in the crockpot really diminished the lime and cilantro flavors.  I might add some more toward the end of cooking next time.  To spice up the flavor we added some sour cream (the only unhealthy thing in there!) and some spicy salsa.  This would be good wrapped up as a burrito or even added to a salad.

I do love how easy chicken falls apart after a few hours in the crockpot.  It makes it so easy.  Stays moist too.  I didn't freeze it before, as the original blog suggested, but I think that would have been great too.

Crockpot Cilantro Lime Chicken

Garlic Spinach with shallots

Garlic spinach has been done before, but this recipe added shallots and turned out pretty well.  It's a very healthy recipe and a nice addition for another vegetable sidedish.  Good flavor.  Definitely adding it to my vegetable rotation.

Garlic Spinach with Shallots

Ravioli with Brussel Sprouts and Bacon

Pasta, brussel sprouts, bacon...what's not to love?
3 of my favorite things put together in this dish.  The pecans in this were a great addition - changes up the consistency really nicely.  We really liked this...the bacon adds some good flavor.  Takes a fair bit of salt and pepper though.  Really good.

Ravioli with brussel sprouts and bacon

Roasted Smashed Spicy Sweet Potatoes

These were delicious...but a complete fail. I don't know why.  Clearly I didn't smash them correctly.  They fell apart on the baking sheet.  I tried to put them back together to roast them, which sorta worked.  Luckily, it was dinner for just the two of us and it didn't particularly matter what they looked like.  I smashed them with a bottom of a cup -- not sure what might be better.  The fact that they were falling apart made it a little hard to get the spices to stay on, but it worked well enough.

The taste though was fantastic.  Good spicy and sweet combination.  Will definitely try again!

Roasted Smashed Spicy Sweet Potatoes

Salmon in a bag

Really easy.  Place salmon fillet on lemons.  Add some salt and pepper.  (I added some basil and chives too).  Add a little pat of butter on.  Bake for 20 min at 350 degrees.  Really easy and tasty.  Pretty healthy.

Salmon in a bag

Chicken, Sweet Potato and Apple Skillet

This is a good find.  A great fall/winter dish.  Lots of flavor and best, it's really healthy.  Besides the three pieces of bacon it's all healthy, filling, tasty ingredients.  No butter, cream, etc.

There's a bit of chopping/prep involved in the dish but other than that it's easy to make.  Also very pretty, lots of colors.  Would be a great dish to make for a group of friends - easily doubled too.

Chicken, Sweet Potato and Apple Skillet