HOT FOOD FOR HOT PEOPLE : MRS BEETROOT RECIPE #1

Chicken and asparagus cooked in paprika with garlic,thyme and coconut oil, served with a side of spinach and egg and a side salad with cottage cheese

Hi Friends

As promised in my introduction post, please find below my recipe of a healthy meal that not only tastes flavorful and delicious but will also keep the inches of the waist line.

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Recipe

Chicken & Asparagus
Ingredients:

8 pieces of chicken
Asparagus
Thyme
1 red onion
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1 tsp himalayan salt
2 tsp crushed ginger & garlic
2 tblsp fresh lemon juice
2 tblsp coconut oil

Combine the dry ingredients, paprika, turmeric,chili powder, salt, black pepper, ginger & garlic and mix well with the chicken pieces. Ensure that the chicken pieces are well marinated then add the lemon juice. Place the chicken into and oven proof baking dish which is coated with coconut oil. Add chopped up chunky red onion, fresh thyme and asparagus and place on top of the chicken. Place the baking tray into a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour or until the chicken is fully cooked.

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Spinach and egg
Ingredients:

Spinach
4 Eggs
1 red onion
1 clove garlic
1 tsp jeera seeds / cumin
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp tumeric
1 green chili
2 tblsp coconut oil
2 tsp himalayan salt

In a frying pan add the coconut oil and fry the jeera seeds and mustard seeds. Add copped up onion after hearing the popping sounds of the mustard seeds. Add the turmeric, salt and chopped up green chili to the frying onion. Once the onion have reached a translucent state, add the finely chopped up spinach and let it braise for a little while. Finally add the eggs and scramble well in the pan until cooked.

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Simple Salad
Ingredients:

Lettuce
Spanish or Rosa tomatoes
Cucumber
Fat free cottage cheese
Lemon Juice

Use lettuce leaf as a cup to hold the chopped cucumber, cottage cheese and tomatoes and drizzle with lemon juice.

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Please give my home recipe a try and let me know in the comments below if you and your family enjoyed it. :-)

Thanks, till next time
Mrs Beetroot