Member Submissions: Favorite Healthy Recipes

All food is GOOD! The foods that remain in their original form, as God created, are BEST!

You can have it all, JUST not all at once! Some recipes have more caloric density than others so be mindful of the serving size listed when viewing calories.

I’m sure most of you are good at meat and veg meals. I’ll be sharing recipes that our family enjoys that incorporates legumes, a variety of greens and herbs from the summer garden!

PLEASE SHARE YOUR RECIPES! This is the purpose of this closed TDE Member page. If you get it from a site/book, please provide reference so we can all explore other recipes they might have! Many of our members are in active weight loss of varying degrees. My hope is that this may help you plan your ONE meal or with planning the whole week!

I will continue to post here BUT please know that I learn so much from you and VALUE your tastes and creations! (I don’t intend for anyone to eat like me, honestly!).

Lemony Chickpeas

This is a variation of a complicated recipe I received from a Purple Carrot box (I do recommend them!) and a friend gave me along the way.

Get your Instapot out. (If you don’t have one, you can easily make this on the stove and it will still be fast!)

Place ingredients in pot:

• 1 sweet onion, chopped.* Sauté in bottom of pot until brown with 4 tbsp olive oil* (or oil of your choice)

• 2 garlic cloves*

• A stick of fresh rosemary or a pinch of dried rosemary*

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 can chickpeas, rinsed OR fresh chickpeas that have been soaked 24 hours*

• 2 cups kale, chopped (Any variety is good! We have used whatever is coming out of the raised bed)*

• 1/2 cup vegetable broth or just water

Pressure cook for 3 minutes for the above.

• You can add quinoa 1 cup (or couscous, rice, farro, cut potatoes of any variety) + 1.5 cup water (add 2 minutes to time above)

After you naturally vent for 10 minutes, add:

• 2 lemons (or 6 - 8 tbsp of lemon juice)*

• 10 olives, chopped (kalamata are great in this!)*

• Can add garnish of cheese, soft cashew cheese, chopped cashew nuts (all of this, of course, will increase your calories and change macros so just enter your quantity).

There are many varieties of this same recipe. You can also sub tarragon for rosemary and to this add pine nuts and feta! You can add capers (pairs great with the lemon). You can make it with a bit of basil and mint (instead of rosemary). You can sub spinach or Swiss chard for the kale. Happy experimenting!

I often pair this with a plain Greek yogurt 2 tbsp to increase the protein.

Nutrition per serving (5 servings for whole recipe) (includes * items only): 260 cal, 25 gram carb, 13 gram fat, 9 gram protein.