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Chicken Sausage with Kale, Chickpeas, & Tomatoes

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 12:23:30 +0000

I’m no Rachel Ray, but I love meals that are cooked in less than 30 minutes. If the recipe is quick, simple, & tastes great I am all for it.

When I got home from picking up Ava at daycare yesterday I had nothing planned for dinner. I literally opened the fridge and found a bag of kale and a pint of grape tomatoes in my vegetable drawer and thought, what can I do with this? Luckily I had some chicken sausage in the freezer that I quickly thawed and was excited I had something to throw together. While Ava napped I got to prepping… this meal literally took 20 minutes and was a huge hit. The flavors were on point.

We will definitely be making this recipe again.

Chicken Sausage with Kale, Chickpeas, & Tomatoes

Ingredients:

1 package Al Fresco Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage

1 bag of chopped kale

1 can of chickpeas, drained

1/2 pint of grape tomatoes, halved

1/4 cup sherry wine

1/2 cup chicken broth

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp oregano

salt & pepper to taste

2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

Heat a large pan to medium heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add in grape tomatoes and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add in kale, chicken broth, & sherry wine and cook for 5 minutes.

Drizzle remaining oil and seasonings, mix well. Remove kale mixture from pan and place into serving dish. Add chicken sausage to pan and cook 8-10 minutes or until cooked (as directed by package). Add the Kale mixture back to the pan and mix well. Return everything back to serving dish and eat!

This meal would also be great served over whole grain pasta or rice… or even on a sandwich!

Golden Roasted Plantains

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:42:26 +0000

If you have a craving for sweets, try some of these GOLDEN ROASTED PLANTAINS! Marc and I had bought some green plantains a couple of weeks ago with intentions of making plantain chips. Well, change of plans.. the plantains were too ripe so we decided to roast them.

The result was yummy, soft, golden goodness and I couldn’t have just one! The good news is this recipe is healthy and nutritious.

GOLDEN ROASTED PLANTAINS

Ingredients:

2 yellow ripe plantains
1-2 tbsp canola oil
Sea salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a baking sheet with baking spray.

Peel and Slice plantains into 1/4 inch thick slices. Coat the plantain slices with canola oil and place on the baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes and flip. Cook another 10-12 minutes or until golden and crispy on the top.

We tested out a new recipe last night for plantain chips. They came out pretty good but we need to perfect the recipe a bit. I am thinking a tad more oil! I will post that recipe soon

Easy & Healthy Turkey Meatloaf

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:31:15 +0000

Last week I was in the mood for turkey meatloaf so I created my own recipe with some sautéed veggies in the mix. It doesn’t look that pretty from the picture but it sure did taste yummy. The leftovers even make a great sandwich the next day!!

There’s only one slice of meatloaf pictured on my plate but I had seconds! We have also been cleaning out the grocery store on sweet potatoes, I am slightly obsessed lately.

Ingredients:

1lb ground turkey

½ package of sliced mushrooms

¼ cup diced red peppers

½ medium onion

1 egg

salt & pepper to taste

1 tsp hot sauce

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

¼ breadcrumbs

1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

In a medium size pan sauté the veggies with olive oil for 5 minutes. Let cool. In a medium bowl combine remaining ingredients and mix well. Once the veggies are cool, add them to the bowl and mix. Spray a loaf pan with baking spray and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes.

Does anyone else LOVE sweet potatoes?

You only need 1 banana “Banana Bread Recipe”

Kelly @ The Fit Skool — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:39:48 +0000

The weather was very snowy yesterday and I was forced to cancel my boot camp class because the place I teach at was closing early. That meant I was stuck at home with Ava. This wasn’t a bad thing but I do get bored easily. I decided to try out a banana bread recipe. I rarely have 2 over-ripe bananas sitting around the house, but 1 is definitely more common. Do you agree?

So with my 1 banana, I whipped up this recipe in no time. I was overly pleased with how the banana bread turned out especially since I snuck in some oats and wasn’t sure how that would effect it! With only 1/2 cup oats left in the container I figured I should use them up. I am really glad I did because it added some great texture to the banana bread.

Some banana bread recipes take a while to cook in the oven but this one was super quick. 24 minutes according to my clock!

The 1 banana “Banana Bread Recipe”

Ingredients:

1/2 cup brown sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
3 tablespoons egg whites
1 medium ripe banana, mashed
1/4 cup fat-free milk

1/2 cup regular oats
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine brown sugar, banana, egg whites, oil & milk and mix well. Combine remaining dry ingredients. Add flour mixture into wet mixture until moist.

Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray, add the batter and bake for 25 minutes or until tooth pick comes out clean. YUM!

Makes 8 Slices, per slice approximately 148 calories, 2.6g fat, 28.4g carbs,1.3g fat, 3.3g protein