Easy Apple Nut Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

Easy Apple Nut Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing

This one is for the working Mama that wants to eat better! Do you ever have days where your body just craves a delicious salad?! I stumbled upon a similar recipe and was excited to put my own twist on it!

Ingredients:

• Romaine Lettuce (I bought the precut kind in a bag)
• One Apple (you can use whatever you have at home, I used Pink Lady's)
• White Cheddar (I bought a block and shredded it at home)
• Rotisserie chicken (I didn't want to cook, so this was an easier route)
• Any type of nut (I used almonds, walnuts would go great as well!)
• Honey Mustard Dressing (super easy to make at home, but I bought it

Directions:

• First I opened the bag of Romaine and just poured some in a large bowl
• Then I chopped up the apple in to small pieces - add to bowl
• I grated the white cheddar and sprinkled some in the bowl
• Sliced the white part of the chicken (breast) and pulled apart pieces and tossed in bowl
• I had whole almonds so I just chopped them to smaller pieces
• mix all those ingredients well
• Drizzle your honey mustard on top and enjoy!!!

Me and the hubby both went back for seconds!!

Super easy and super Delicious!

Gluten free Alfredo

I have to share this delicious recipe...Sometimes I really WOW myself with my creativity in the kitchen! I am a huge Aldi Advocate. I love their low prices and nowadays they have a really great selection of both Gluten free AND organic items! This recipe was yesterday's hearty Sunday dinner. I hope you try it and enjoy it!

Ingredients -

• Gluten free pasta (I used brown rice spaghetti noodles)
• Chicken sausage (Italian style)
• Asparagus (could sub Broccoli)
• Alfredo Sauce - 1 Jar
• Roma Tomatoes
• Olive oil
• Minced Garlic

Directions -

• Boil water and cook pasta (as package directs)
• In a pan add 2 TS Olive oil
• Slice chicken sausage to 1/4 in pieces and sauté in pan
• Once Sausage is cooked remove from pan
• in the same pan add minced garlic
• Cut end off asparagus and chop into 1 inch size pieces
• Add asparagus into the pan and sauté
• Chop tomato and add to pan cook for 2 minutes
• Remove and drain the pasta from large pot
• In large pot add all ingredients (including the jar of Alfredo sauce)
• Mix all ingredients well and enjoy!!!

Life can be unfair!

I'm having one of those really rough weeks, I put in my two week notice at my job and also found out my daughter's father would like to take her from the suburbs and move her to the city. At work this morning, I've been holding back the tears, swallowing the big ball in my throat so I can put on a fake smile. Sometimes being an adult is REALLY hard! I'm looking up to the Lord, and I realized something...not everything goes according to our plan! Sometimes we are given really REALLY hard choices to make! What we don't realize is that when we see the just the tree line, God sees the entire forest. He knows his plan for us, Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you." declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a FUTURE." Now this text was actually directed towards the disciples God chose that turned their backs on him in order to worship idols. But you see, even when we turn our backs on him, even when we make bad choices, Our FATHER in heaven still cares. He still wants the best for us, he still guides us (sometimes on a different path than originally planned). So although my heart is burdened and heavy right now, I have to trust him. I know he has a wonderful plan.

Parfait Lunchable

SO this morning I had a super proud MOM moment! I always struggle with new lunch ideas for my picky eater. Well this morning, I opened the fridge I had some fresh strawberries, some gogo Squeeze yogurts and I had a AHA moment, I can make her a Yogurt parfait!

What I used:

• Fresh Strawberries (chopped in smaller pieces)
• One tube of GoGo squeeze yogurt (berry flavor)
• Mini chocolate chips

Directions:

• Chop up strawberries I cut them into quarters
• Put the strawberries sprinkled with granola or choc. chips in a reseal-able bowl
• One pouch/single serve yogurt
• Once they get to lunch class they can add the yogurt to the fruit and enjoy!

Ideas for Fruit: Fresh blueberries, chopped up peaches, raspberries, cut up apples

Ideas for granola: home made granola (super easy) mini chocolate chips, teddy grahams, pretzels, sliced almonds

****Don't forget the spoon like I did ;)