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Avocado Chicken Salad

February 3, 2015 by Ilana Traeger

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There’s a time and a place for mayonnaise.  Typically it’s lunchtime, mixed into a chicken or tuna salad.  I decided to do something healthy and unique by creating a chicken salad using avocado as the binder.

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Filed Under: Brunch, Lunch Tagged With: Avocado, Avocado chicken salad, Brunch, Chicken salad, Clean eating, Clean food, Eat clean, Food blog, Gluten free, Gluten free cooking, Gluten free lunch, Healthy, Healthy food, Healthy recipe, Lunch, Paleo, Paleo cooking, Paleo lunch, Paleo recipe

Rotisserie Chicken Soup

January 8, 2015 by Ilana Traeger

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‘Tis the season of common colds and chicken soup.  Warm, delicious chicken soup can take a while to cook if you expect to do it the old fashioned way with raw chicken and water.  This recipe skips those steps and gives you a punch of flavor, in a short amount of time.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish Tagged With: Chicken soup, Comfort food, Healthy, Healthy comfort food, Healthy cooking, Healthy recipe, Healthy recipes, Soup

Vegan Split Pea Soup

January 6, 2015 by Ilana Traeger

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The winter holidays have ended and New Year resolutions have begun, which means crowded gyms and healthy eating.  Since my boyfriend and I have a tropical vacation to look forward to at the end of February, I too am following a health-conscious New Year resolution.

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Filed Under: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Comfort, Comfort food, Comfort recipe, Comfort soup, Comforting, Crockpot, Eat clean, Eat healthy, Health, Healthy, Healthy recipe, Healthy recipes, New Year, New Year resolution, Resolutions, Slow cooker, Soup, Split pea, Split pea soup, Winter, Winter recipe, Winter soup

Italian Style Stuffed Peppers

December 12, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

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While stuffed peppers are a new phenomenon to me, I fell in love with the idea very quickly.  One day after chatting with one of my girlfriends about what to make for dinner, as we often do, I decided to search for a stuffed pepper recipe.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Healthy recipes, Italian comfort food, Italian dinner, Peppers, Stuffed peppers

Tomato Soup w. Pesto Drizzle

December 10, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

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This morning, as I walked out the door and on to a sidewalk covered in ice, I decided tonight would be the perfect night for tomato soup.  Soup is definitely comfort food, especially when the weather is cold.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish Tagged With: Basil pesto, Comfort food, Healthy recipes, Italian comfort food, Pesto, Soup, Tomato soup

Greek Burgers w. Tzatziki

December 8, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

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In my opinion, Tzatziki is one of the best sauces ever… especially this recipe.  If you’re reading that word & wondering what the heck ‘tzatziki’ is, it’s a Greek sauce typically served over meat or as a vegetable dip.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Burgers, Greek burgers, Greek comfort food, Greek food, Healthy recipes, Tzatziki, Tzatziki sauce

Brussels Sprout & Kale Salad

December 3, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

Don’t be discouraged by the title of this post, there’s bacon in this salad!

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish Tagged With: Brussels sprouts, Brussels sprouts salad, Healthy salad, Kale, Kale salad, Salad, Side dish

Honey BBQ Wings

November 20, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are messy but totally worth it for the right recipe.  One day while watching Cooking Channel I saw a short video of ‘Crazy Legs Conti’, a professional eater, address the best ways to eat chicken wings.  Here’s the link – my favorite is ‘the meat umbrella’.  I found myself craving to attempt this technique, then I found myself craving wings.   Naturally, I turned to Pinterest.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Chicken wings, Comfort food, Football Sunday, Honey BBQ wings, Sweet and spicy, Wings

Manly Pork & Beef Chili

November 18, 2014 by Ilana Traeger

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Football season, what’s not to love? Every Sunday I watch my man scream at the television, questioning why the NY Giants suck this season and counting fantasy football points.  Although I have a fantasy team of my own, I am usually more focused on the comfort food we’ll curl up with while we both cheer our teams on.   This week we were craving chili.

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Beef and pork chili, Chili, Comfort food, Football Sunday

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