clean food for my messy life
I absolutely love salads—seriously, I am part rabbit.
What I don’t always love about salads is that sometimes they are lacking in protein, and I can be a bit of a protein junkie.
My two greatest needs right now in pregnancy are greens and protein, so I decided to whip up something super easy, super quick, and super versatile….
I just adore casseroles. I have never been the eater that likes to keep my food completely separate, or only take a bite of one item at a time. I like to mix it all up and experience as many combinations of flavors as possible.
Well, as long as it’s reasonable.
I’ll never understand the whole ketchup on eggs or macaroni and cheese thing.. that’s disturbing….
I live for spicy food these days- it’s like I literally can’t get enough.
I have been craving a spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A for what feels like forever, and obviously I can’t have that since I have Celiac, so I started dreaming about other spicy chicken options. One thought led to another, and I eventually started daydreaming about buffalo chicken. I wanted to come up with something that provided a balance between being healthy, but also being creamy and delicious, and full of flavor….
I pretty much love pork- breaded, pulled, roasted, pan seared, sauteed, smoked- I just love it.
My husband’s affectionate nickname for me is Porkchop- seriously.
As much as I love pork, in all of its forms, I wanted to come up with something totally new and unique, because I was starting to get bored with all of my usual go-to recipes for pig….
I used to say I hated eggplant, and then I tried it.
Whoops.
And me, of all people? I have a firm belief that you can’t say you don’t like something unless you try it. Somehow, however, eggplant slipped the rule system….
For the most part, I can deal with the absence of fried food in my life.
I have to admit, however, that I cry a little when I am to eat with friends and everyone is chowing down on the tower of onion rings they ordered as an appetizer to “share.”
People are sharing, and I am missing out on all the fun….
I am a HUGE fans of meals that can be cooked in one pot. I mean, I know you can do almost anything in the crockpot, but I love a good stove top, skillet meal that leaves me with only one major dish to clean.
More importantly, I love meals that allow various ingredients to really absorb flavor from one another.
I also love lemon, chicken, and asparagus, so I figured I could combine the three and create a meal that really benefits from being cooked in one pot….
