Sesame Orange Chicken, Rice, Mango Avocado Salad, Grilled Asparagus

What's for Dinner?
Sesame Orange Chicken
White Rice
Mango Avocado Salad
Asparagus- Grilled.

Recipe:
Sesame Orange Chicken -"Against the Grain"
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
1/3 cup coconut aminos (GF Soy Sauce or regular soy sauce substitute)
1/3 cup honey
2 tbsp. orange juice
2 tbsp. tomato paste
1 tbsp. toasted sesame oil
2 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp ground ginger
3/4 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp cracked black pepper
Garnish: Sesame seeds

Instructions:
1.  Trim fat from meet and place in the bottom of a slow cooker
2.  Place the remaining ingredients, except sesame seeds in a bowl, whisk together and pour over chicken.
3.  Turn the chicken once to ensure even coating.
4.  Cook the chicken on low for 4 hours
5.  Remove the chicken from the sauce and cut it into cubes
6.  Spoon any fat off the top of sauce and transfer sauce to small pan
7.  Simmer the sauce over medium heat for 20 minutes, until it has been reduced by half and is thick and shiny.
8.  Toss the chicken in the sauce and serve over rice with a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

Recipe:
Mango Spinach Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
http://diethood.com/mango-spinach-salad-honey-lime-dressing/

Ingredients

For the Salad
• 2 cups fresh baby spinach
• 1 mango, peeled and sliced
• 1/4-cup cashew halves
• Red onion (optional)
• Avocado (optional)
 
For the Dressing
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 limes, juiced (My kids preferred a little less lime)
• 2 tablespoons honey (add more if you like it sweeter)
• salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

 

Instructions

1. In a salad bowl, combine spinach, mango slices and cashews; set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together olive oil, lime juice, honey, salt and pepper; whisk until thoroughly combined.
3. Pour dressing over salad and gently toss it all together.
4. Serve.

Personal Note:  This Salad does NOT keep, pour dressing on individually and only make what you want for the night.

Mesquite Chicken, Spinach Salad, Asparagus, Sweet Potatoe Fries, Chunky Guacamole

What's for Dinner?
Marinated Mesquite Chicken Thighs Grilled
Sweet Potatoe Fries
Asparagus- Broiled
Spinach Salad
Chunky Guacamole

Recipe:
Chunky Guacamole

1 medium tomato, diced
3 tablespoons red onion, finely diced
1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped (more if you love cilantro- I use 1/2 a bunch to a full bunch)
Juice from one lime (about 2 tablespoons)
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
1 tsp. salt
2 large avocados, cut into 1/2 inch dice

Mix first six ingredients and let sit in a bowl for 5 minutes. Add the avocado and gently mash into the tomato mixture with fork. (I like chunks of avocado) serve immediately.

Recipe:
Spinach Salad- Cannon's favorite

Salad:
3/4 lbs sliced fresh mushrooms
1 red onion in rings
1 cup cottage cheese
1 bag, (9 oz) spinach leaves
1 lg head of lettuce
3/4 lb grated swiss cheese
crumbled bacon
sliced almonds

Dressing:
3/4 c white vinegar
1 1/2 c oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp. mustard

Put in blender & mix 6 to 10 minutes all together.
Add 1 1/2 tbsp. poppy seeds.

Personal Note: I do not pour this dressing over the salad, we pour it individually on our own.  A little goes a long way.  Also I make up this salad on a nightly basis, it doesn't keep well.  SO my usual is this:
two handfuls of spinach
1 small head romain lettuce
few slices of red onion
handful of bacon crumbles (from Costco)
handful of sliced almonds (from Costco)
1 scoop of cottage cheese
-I rarely add the swiss cheese or mushrooms cause I rarely have them on hand:)