Recipes

Below is a collection of original and adapted recipes I’ve featured on The Chic Life blog. I hope you find some you enjoy and if you try one, leave me a comment or send me a message using my Contact form (click) to let me know what you think. Enjoy!

NOTE: sub-bullets indicate the recipe is made using leftovers of the previous bullet’s dish

Snacks

Chic Energy Bites

• Cheerful Cherry – GF, Raw, Vegan, Veg
• Currant Crave – GF, Raw, Vegan, Veg

Breakfast

Bars

• Ellie’s Dried Cranberry + Walnut Bars – Veg
• Ina’s Homemade Granola Bars (with brown rice syrup) – Veg

Eggs

• Easy Broccoli Cheese Quiche
• Mini Frittatas – Spinach/Rice/Cheese (good use of leftover rice pilaf)
• Southern Egg Scramble

Breakfast Casseroles

• Spinach + Cheese Strata

Smoothies

• Ellie’s Blueberry Blast Smoothie – Veg
• Rainbow Chia Seed Smoothie – Veg

Oatmeal/Grains/Pseudo-Grains

• Apple Pie 10-Grain Cereal – Veg
• Apple Pie Oats – Veg
• Avocado Oatmeal (cold/overnight) – Veg
• Butterscotch Pumpkin Oatmeal – Veg
• Chia Seed/Blueberry Oatmeal – Veg
• Dark Chocolate Dreams Choco-Banana Oats – Veg
• Individual Breakfast Berry Crisp – Vegan, GF
• Quick + Easy Hot Quinoa Breakfast Bowl – Vegan, GF
• Saffron Honey Almond Oatmeal – Vegan, GF
• White Chocolate Cherry Macadamia Oats – Veg

Breakfast Sauces/Condiments

• Make Your Own Dark Chocolate Nut Butter – Veg

Bread/Muffins

• Applesauce (Cranberry) Oat Muffins – Veg
• Green Monster Muffins – Veg
• Homemade Spelt Banana Bread – Veg
• Mini Spelt Banana Walnut Muffins (Healthified) – Veg
• Spelt Blueberry Muffins – Veg

Salad

• Tomato, Mozzarella, Basil, Balsamic Salad – Veg

Meals
Tofu

• 3, 2, 1 Vegetarian Noodles – Veg
• Asian-Marinated Tofu – Veg

Chicken

• All Natural Chicken with a Pomegranate Reduction and Steamed Broccolini
• Chicken & Broccoli Ring
• Chicken, Asparagus, + Udon Noodles
• Chicken, Cremini, Shallots in a Marsala Wine Sauce
• Easy No-Marinade Chicken Fajitas
• Extra Easy Chicken Parmesan
• Martha’s Chicken & Israeli Couscous with Tomato & Lemon
• Spiced Chicken + Spiced Veggie Medley
  

Beef

• Mom’s Slow-Cooker Pot Roast
• Robin’s Peppercorn Brisket
  • Robin’s Beef Soft Tacos with Garlic Avocado Cream

Turkey

• Turkey Meat Loaf with Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Green Beans
• Turkey Tetrazzini *Healthified* (made with leftover holiday turkey)

Other Meats

• Ostrich Stir-Fry

Shrimp

• Shrimp Gumb-ole

Fish

• Lemon-y Dill Roasted Salmon

Vegetables

• Easy 3-Ingredient Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Cassserole – Veg, GF

Pasta

• Capellini Pomodoro – Veg
• Easy Chicken Penne Arrabiata with Mozzarella and Basil
• Easy Lasagna (Beef)
• Easy Lasagna (Spinach-Beef Version)
• Pesto Shrimp Fettuccine with Zucchini
• Quick + Easy Spinach, Sun-Dried Tomato, Arrabiatta Ravioli – Veg
• Spaghetti with Chard and Parmesan – Veg

Grains/Pseudo-grains

• Italian Rice Bites (aka Mini Vegan Rice Burgers) – GF, Vegan, Veg
• Southwestern Quinoa Salad – GF, Vegan, Veg
• Spiced Shrimp Quinoa
• Tangy Apple Quinoa – GF, Vegan, Veg
• Warm Chicken + Quinoa Salad

Soup

• Ellie’s Tuscan Vegetable Soup
• Mom’s Beef & Barley Soup
• Mom’s Get Well Soup (Chicken + Rice)
• Pantry Vegetable Soup – Veg
• Rainy Day Roast Chicken, White Bean, and Spinach Soup
• Roasted Butternut Squash Soup (uses leftover roasted squash) – Veg

Side Dishes
Rice

• Tomato Juice Rice Pilaf – Veg
• Turmeric Wild Rice Pilaf – Veg

Vegetables

• Asian-Inspired Collards – GF, Vegan, Veg
• Marinated Kale – GF, Vegan, Veg, Raw

Root Vegetables

• Roasted Root Veggies – Vegan, Veg
• Roasted White Sweet Potatoes with Maple Syrup and Cinnamon – GF, Vegan, Veg

Legumes

• Greens + Peas – Veg

Dessert

Brownies/Blondies

• Dark Chocolate Dreams/Chocolate Chip Blondies – Veg

Tarts, Pies

• Mini Berry Tarts – GF, Vegan, Veg

Other

• Chocolate Rice – Veg
• Mixed Berry Crisp/Crumble – GF, Vegan

Drinks

Fruity Cocktails

• Chic Rum Sangria

Refreshing

• Chia Fizz Drink

Guest Post Recipes
Meatless 4 Lent Series

• Kath Eats – The Best Vegetable Lasagna – Veg
• Oh She Glow’s In a Jiffy Spelt Veggie Burgers – Vegan, Veg
• The Clean Eating Mama’s Vegan Lentil Loaf – Vegan, Veg
• Veggie Girl’s White Chocolate Coconut Almond Blondies – Vegan, Veg

Key:
GF = gluten-free
Veg = vegetarian

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