Chicken Roll-Up

Easy and can be adapted to whatever you would like to put into the middle for this "chicken roll-up."

Ingredients:
Thinly sliced chicken breasts
Fresh/frozen (baby) spinach
Full-fat/low-fat ricotta
Shredded parmesan cheese
Salt & pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a big leaf of tin foil lightly with olive oil.
3. On a cutting board or other surface, beat the chicken breasts with a meat mallet until thin. Transfer onto the tin foil.
4. Spread a 1/2 inch coating of ricotta onto the breasts and sprinkle with salt & pepper (and/or whichever spice you would like).
5. Lay a few overlapping leaves of baby spinach onto the ricotta and roll up, rolling the loose end under.
6. Cover the breast roll-ups with another piece of tin foil.
7. Place in oven and let bake for 25 minutes.
8. Remove top layer of tin foil, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.

Voila!

Peanut Butter Coconut Chex Mix

Easy, sugar-free, gluten-free, and highly addicting!

Peanut Butter Coconut Chex Mix

Ingredients:

6 cups Corn or Rice Chex cereal

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup toasted unsweetened, shredded coconut (directions below)

1/4 cup butter (although one could substitute a few tablespoons of coconut oil!)

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Lay coconut on baking sheet and broil on low until toasted, a few minutes. Watch carefully not to burn! Put aside.

2. In a pan, melt butter/coconut oil and peanut butter on medium, stirring frequently. Add vanilla, stir, and remove from stove.

3. In a large bowl, mix the cereal, toasted coconut, and peanut butter mixture. Stir until cereal pieces are well coated. Allow to cool 30 minutes then stick in the fridge. Break up into pieces once mixture has fully cooled in the fridge and enjoy!

**One could also use the microwave to melt butter/oil and peanut butter together, then combine with mixture.

Banana & Cottage Cheese Sugar-Free Muffins

These muffins are easy, healthy, gluten-free, sugar-free, and a perfect snack. They are quite sweet because of the bananas, and very moist!

Banana & Cottage Cheese Sugar-Free Muffins

Ingredients:

3 bananas, mashed

2 1/2 cups oat flour (run oats through blender) or oats, depending on the consistency you like

1 cup cottage cheese

2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Optional:

1 cup raisins/craisins or nuts (such as walnuts)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease muffin tins (do not use paper muffin cups).

2. Combine all ingredients.

3. Fill muffin tins and bake for 30/35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

4. Let stand for 10 minutes, then remove carefully (you might need a knife along the edges).