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Healthier Beef and Broccoli

If you enjoy take-out food but don’t want heavy sugar, salt or msg this is great recipe for healthier beef and broccoli.

1 cup low sodium beef broth

1 tsp unflavored gelatin

2 Tbsp coconut aminos

1 Tbsp + 1 tsp potato starch

2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)

1 tsp grated fresh ginger

1 Tbsp sesame oil

1 lb thinly sliced flank steak (cut across the grain to make the meat more tender)

2 cups fresh broccoli florets

1 cup sliced onion

1 cup sliced red bell pepper

Sprinkle the beef broth with gelatin and let sit for 5 minutes. Combine the broth with coconut aminos, potato starch, garlic and ginger. Whisk and set aside. In a large pan/wok heat sesame oil over high heat until very hot. Add onion and bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently until onion in translucent. Remove from pan and set aside. Add beef to pan/wok; stirring frequently, cook until browned. Add onion, peppers and broccoli to pan and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes. Add broth mixture; bring to a gentle boil, stirring frequently until thickened.

Enjoy over brown rice!

Baked Pineapple-Apple (or Pear) Salmon with Brussels Sprouts

This is one of my favorite recipes for getting the family introduced to salmon and brussels sprouts. The sweetness of the fruit offsets the strong flavors of the salmon and sprouts.

Ingredients:

2 x 6 oz skinless Wild Alaskan Salmon

1 cup Pineapple juice

1 cup fresh or thawed frozen pineapple chunks

½ cup fresh apple or pear cut into 1-inch chunks

1 Tbsp honey

2 cups of brussels sprouts

1 cup red grapes

1 Tbsp avocado oil

1 tsp salt, divided

½ tsp pepper divided

Marinate salmon in pineapple juice at least 4 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Clean and brussels sprouts and grapes, then cut in half.

Mix brussels sprouts, grapes and avocado oil in a bowl to coat thoroughly. Transfer to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Season with ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.

Bake in oven for 10 minutes, stir brussels sprouts and grapes, then cook for another 10 to 15 minutes or until brussels sprouts are tender when pierced with a fork.

Meanwhile, season salmon with ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.

Pour pineapple juice from marinade, pineapple chunks, apple/pear chunks, and honey into a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until liquid thickens.

Place salmon onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and pour thickened fruit mixture on top of salmon.

Cook for 8 to 10 minutes in oven or until thickest part of filet is 145 degrees.

Serve with brussels sprouts mixture.

One-pan Chicken and Broccoli

INGREDIENTS

1 lb of boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut in half horizontally

1½ cups of low sodium or no sodium chicken broth

1 head of fresh broccoli

1 Tbsp olive oil

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

½ tsp salt

1 tsp onion powder

¾ tsp black pepper, divided

DIRECTIONS

Clean and cut off tops of broccoli, set aside.

Sprinkle chicken breasts with onion powder and ½ tsp of black pepper.

Add olive oil to a pan, add crushed garlic and cook at medium to high heat stirring frequently to keep from burning. Once garlic is cooked, reduce heat to medium and add chicken breasts. Brown the chicken breasts on each side and cook until the temperature of the fattest part of the breast is 165 degrees.

Remove the chicken and add chicken broth to pan, then add broccoli, ½ tsp salt and 1/4 tsp of pepper, cover and cook for approximately 5 minutes until broccoli is tender. Add chicken back in for a few minutes, then enjoy!

(Optional: Serve over brown rice)