Healthy Recipes

I am always on the look out for new, yummy, healthy recipes, and I promised Whit that I would share some good ones that I find on my Blog. I hope that some of the rest of you will like them too :)

Spice Crusted Shrimp Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

(Shayla if you are wondering this is page 362 in our Better Homes Dieting Book)

1 pound fresh or frozen peeled, deveined medium shrimp
2 cloves minced garlic
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Cooking Spray
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
4 cups shredded cabbage or torn mixed greens
1 medium carrot coarsley shredded
1/2 medium cucumber halved and sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Thaw shrimp if frozen. Rinse and pat dry. Combine garlic through pepper and toss shrimp in to coat.

Lightly coat non-stick skillet with spray. Preheat skillet to medium. Add half of shrimp. Cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until shrimp is opaque. Romove from skillet. Add oil to skillet. Cook remaining shrimp for 2-3 minutes or until opaque. Return all shrimp to skillet, add lime juice and heat through.

Serve over tossed cabbage, carrot and cucumber, sprinkle with cilantro.

Cilantro Lime Dressing

combine:

1/3 cup low-fat mayo
1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon finely shredded lime peel
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro
1-2 tablespoons milk to make desired consistency

****Chef Ashlee's Notes****

I am not a huge fan of this dressing... the cilantro is a great flavor with the shrimp- but I thought that just a normal dressing would have been better with it. I think next time I make it I will just have Catalina or Ranch on it.

Shrimp can be kind of expensive, but we got it on sale, and both Corey and I agreed that it was so filling you don't eat very much and so it's not actually that much more than like chicken or hanburger- a little goes a long way.

Finally... don't skip the cucumber. It was really good. No grocery stores have good ones right now- but Costco sells english cucumbers that are always excellent. They come in a three pack so after the recipe you have lots for healthy snacks during the week. Jack LOVES cucumbers.

Ashlee Bran Muffins

1 and 1/4 cups oat bran
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup 100% apples applesauce
1/2 cup fat free milk
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon oil
Oats

Combine dry ingredients in bowl and make a well. Combine wet ingredients. Add to dry until just moistened. Grease your muffin tins. Spoon evenly into the cups. Sprinkle tops with Oats.

Cook in a 400 degree oven until toothpick comes out clean. (Usually 12-14 minutes) Makes 10-12 muffins depending on how big you like them.

Chef Ashlee's Notes

This recipe is super healthy and such a yummy snack or breakfast. I have made them for lots of people who always comment on how they are really yummy and don't even taste like a health food kind of recipe. They are just really good.

Black Bean Soup

Click here for the recipe and a picture. Shayla sent me this one and we really like it. Goes great with cornbread!