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Chicken Fajita Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

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guys. guys. YOU GUYS!!! There is a fajita on top of a salad! Chicken, sauteed onions and peppers, avocado, black beans - all the goods! That's what's happening right now!!! I can barely handle it! And it's topped with the most delicious cilantro vinaigrette! Be still my heart. I have always loved Mexican food, authentic or not, it's my jam. After traveling to San Antonio, Arizona, and most recently Cozumel for a day my taste buds for good Mexican food has really developed into … [Read more...]

Chicken Caprese Skewers with 2 Sauces

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Is there anything better combo than a caprese salad?! Maybe not, but there is a fun new way to enjoy it and present it - on skewers!!! With marinated grilled chicken and two sauces!!! Yes, my friends caprese salad on a skewer! Perfect for pool parties, BBQ's or just when you want to taste summer! Chicken caprese skewers could be the appetizer or the main course, either way you and everyone  else will LOVE them! I bet you're gripping the edge of your seat waiting to find out what the two sauces … [Read more...]

BBQ Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing

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Can we all just agree that meal salads are the best kinds of salads?! Lettuce loaded with all the coordinated ingredients to bring together a meal in one bowl! Honestly, if you're not into salads you will be after eating this BBQ chicken salad and also my chicken taco salad I shared recently. Both of those salads are so perfectly coordinated with ingredients, textures, taste, and topped with the perfect dressing that you will  never want eat anything else for dinner all summer … [Read more...]

Curried Lentil Bowls (For Breakfast)

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Hey Monday! We are so ready for you with these yummy and nutritious curried lentil bowls for breakfast!!! Sauteed onion, sausage, scrambled eggs are combined with tender lentils in a tomato-y curry sauce. Some steamed dark leafy greens are in there so you cans start your day off with some extra nutrition. All of this is topped with a dollop of Greek yogurt, goat cheese, a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and some fresh herbs. Doesn't that just sound like the best breakfast for your … [Read more...]

The Best Chicken Taco Salad

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Behold the BEST chicken taco salad you will ever have!! Taco salad always sounds so promising. I mean all the best things about a taco piled on top of some lettuce, how can that not be good?! Somehow they always seemed to fall short at restaurants, anyone else agree? So I decided to make my own! BEST decision ever! Soon after  I made those instant pot chicken tacos I had a lot of that meat leftover I added some romaine lettuce and the best chicken taco salad was … [Read more...]

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing

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Where are all my buffalo chicken lovers?!?! Gather round because I just made you a huge buffalo chicken salad!!! You're welcome!!! This buffalo chicken salad is meant for anyone who loves a good crunchy salad with all the textures! You've got crunchy romaine lettuce, chopped celery, bell pepper, a few slices of red onion, creamy hard boiled eggs, salty delicious creamy blue cheese crumbled straight off the block (the only way to eat it)! And of course, the perfectly cooked chicken breast … [Read more...]

Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers

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Here are the enchiladas, as promised! I bet you weren't expecting enchiladas stuffed into a pepper...were you?! Everything is better when it's stuffed into a pepper! What else can I put in these things?! I mean, don't get me wrong, regular enchiladas are great, LOVE THEM! But you know what I love even more? Taking something traditional and putting a healthier and unexpected spin on things...chicken enchilada stuffed peppers were born. And if you're kinda like "but I like enchiladas just as … [Read more...]

Easiest Instant Pot Chicken Tacos

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Say hello to chicken taco night all week long!!! Thanks to the instant pot which helps us to make the easiest chicken tacos ever!!!! And by easy I mean dump everything in the instant pot, the chicken, spices, salsa, black beans, frozen corn and let it cook for 8 minutes - chicken cooked in 8 minutes, how amazing is the instant pot?!?! Remove the chicken and let the power of your stand or hand mixer shred the chicken for you - seriously THE BEST times saver in the kitchen. See, perfectly … [Read more...]

Healing Instant Pot Bone Broth

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First Instant Pot recipe here on Robust Recipes!!!! Happy dance! But don't worry there are directions in the notes for a slow cooker version too! Have you guys heard about bone broth? It's all the rage in the health food world - move over kale. JK kale, I still love you! Half of you are probably like...umm bone broth is broth for soup, right? The other half of you are probably like umm....YAAASSS GIVE ME ALL THE BONE BROTH!!! No, I'm not talking about bone broth for soup. Although, yes … [Read more...]

Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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Buffalo chicken stuffed sweet potatoes!!! I mean, just forget the buffalo chicken wings and give me these babies. Who would have thought buffalo chicken goes so well with sweet potateos?!?! It so does, my friends. Tender baked sweet potatoes are stuffed with pre-cooked chicken, crunchy celery, salty blue cheese all in a creamy buffalo sauce made from Greek yogurt and hot sauce - Frank's red hot to be exact...because that's how buffalo chicken is done! (But of course, use the kind of … [Read more...]