Philly Cheese Steak Sloppy Joes

300 Recipes in 1 Year 

Recipe #16

Yet another *Pinterest* addiction tackled! WooHoo! I did the math and to complete the challenge I would need to do 25 new recipes each month. Did you just gasp, and your eyes widen? Because MINE SURE DID!!! :) Luckily I am right on track! Whew. Now, if only I could catch up on blogging :/ 

I made these for Mo, Jake and I one night. Delicious!! I'm always looking for hamburger meat meals! This recipe can be found {HERE}. Really check that site out! It is FILLED with all sorts of great recipes! I'm trying another one later this week. 

I added green chilies left over from {THIS} recipe, the Southwest Breakfast Bake. I loved the steak sauce. It made this dish!! I served these with toasted Sara Lee Thin Style Buns, about 100 calories each. Very good and a little juicy :) Great recipe option for a busy weeknight! 

Mom's Healthy Fruit Salad

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe #15

We paired this together with the {Grilled Chicken Ratatouille} we made the other night. It was a kind of last minute sweet addition to our meal. Mom had picked up some fruit and we had to go for it! We love any kind of fruit salad, especially when its healthy! HEY-O! 

Mom calls this WALDORF SALAD

Ingredients:

FF Vanilla Yogurt

Grapes

Celery

3 Apples

Pecans, or any other nuts {optional}

Cut the grapes in half. Cut, peel and core the apples and chop about 2 stalks of celery. Really, as much as your prefer! Then combined it with 2 cups of yogurt. Refrigerate it for about 20 minutes. Top with pecans or your choice of nut. That's it! Its the perfect last minute sweet dessert to add to all the hard work you did for the meal. Perfection!

*The celery cuts the sweetness of it, so feel free to omit if you would like, personally I LOVE celery. Next time oranges are definitely making it in the mix too! 

Grilled Chicken Ratatouille

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe #14

The name alone intrigued me to make this one! When people asked what I was making that night, I felt very proper and Martha-like....my dream :) I found this recipe on a site that offers 20 easy grilled chicken recipes, which I always have in abundance in my freezer. I found this recipe {HERE}. Check out those other 19 while your at it!! I was very easy, I brought out the classic George Foreman, and grilling the veggies were so delish! My only suggestion would be to marinate the chicken in the rub for maybe 30 minutes or so. It was just a little plain on the inside, other than that it was great. The herb mixture was very good, and it was my first time ever using marjoram. 

As I've stated before in previous posts...I really am working hard on making this "Year of trying NEW THINGS" as healthy as possible. It all reminds me of my very best friend in the whole wide world: JORDAN!  Definitely "JORDAN APPROVED!" She has been begging me to include her in my blog forEVER now :) But as I am talking about leading a healthy lifestyle there is no one more worthy of a special blog post dedication! 

Jordan Jordan Jordan.....what to say about Jordan. HeHeHe...this could get interesting! Jordan has the best personality of anyone I know. We first met at church and a short time later we became inseparable on a trip to CHI-town for a wedding. She is absurdly competitive {for instance, when in Chicago, barely knowing each other, we were in our hotel playing Speed and she made us play over and over until she won the game :)} Little stuff like that... Until this past year she may have been the only real Lion's fan and is not afraid to tell anyone :) It's what everyone loves about her. She has the best silent laugh anyone has ever "heard" and on top of all of that, she is a wonderful person all around, and anyone would be blessed to call her a friend, but I'm lucky enough she is my BESTEST!! :) 

As long as I have known J, she has been a very healthy person. Constant work outs, eating right and dresses cute....always! Anyone would agree. Well, over the past year J has been diagnosed with Crohn's disease {BTW, "Crohn's isn't recognized by my spell check. Hil MAY have gotten it right on that sign :) Jordan, you should get that fixed poster child!}. It's been a crazy year, and she has definitely had her ups and downs with it all. Although this is something that she will have to live with for the rest of her life, she hasn't ever been negative about it. In fact she has done a lot to help raise awareness and is now the "OKC poster child" for the OKC Crohn's walk and will have the opportunity to share her testimony of how God has healed and given her strength. 

While all of this stuff was going on last year it made me think of how interesting her situation is. A person who her entire life has dedicated herself and time to be as healthy as possible, running a full marathon, multiple halves and eats like a rabbit, could be diagnosed with this disease which is normally discovered by living an unhealthy lifestyle, similar to mine!! She is a very strong and wonderful woman and I couldn't say more nice things about her!

Anyways, that is just a few things I could possibly talk about J Brock! One day I'll cook together a blog that just lists all of the hilarity there is to talk about that girl! 

Southwest Breakfast Burrito {leftovers}

300 Recipes in 1 Year

Recipe #13

Yea for leftovers....and so so so many more to come this year! :) Well I figured I would make this one of my new recipes. This is the leftovers of {THIS} recipe. Healthy too! 

First you will need to preheat the Broil option on your oven

Now, scoop up your serving of Southwest Breakfast Bake and cut it up into small pieces and microwave for about a minute {I did this because I wasn't sure if it would be warm enough on broil without burning the tortilla}

Now scoop this onto your reduced fat tortilla with whatever toppings you enjoy! I chose some extra cheese and frozen tri-colored peppers I keep in the freezer {an absolute STAPLE, I use them on EVERYTHING!!!}

Broil this for about 4 minutes. WATCH THEM....I burn too often on Broil, and my oven cooks hot. 

Then I put some salsa and a little quac. Perfect leftover meal, if you can't tell I LOVE breakfast burritos! :) 

Southwest Breakfast Bake

300 Recipes in 1 Year Challenge

Recipe #12

This is a healthier version of your everyday breakfast casserole. YEA!!! This challenge would be 100% easier if I could just pick any indulgent dessert I come across! I really am working hard on finding a balance in this. 

I got this recipe {HERE}

I double this recipe, which I realized calls for about 10-12 eggs. That's a lot of cholesterol, fat & calories! So I opted for 1/2 a cup of regular egg beaters & 2 cups of egg whites.  I also used turkey sausage & reduced fat cheese. Top with salsa and you are good to go!