basil chicken, roasted carrots, and raw zucchini "noodle" salad

I am all about quick, healthy dinners. Everything I make is gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free, and I always buy organic when I can. Sometimes if I go to Trader Joe's, I will literally walk through and just get whatever they have that is organic and make it work for dinner! That's what I did this week.

basil chicken, roasted carrots, and raw zucchini "noodle" salad

This is what I came up with. Not gonna lie - I pretty much just make up recipes as I go! Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don't. This one did!

basil chicken with lemon

ingredients:
- chicken tenders
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
- garlic powder
- basil
- lemon

Did you know that basil helps aid in digestion and has been known to relieve anxiety and headaches? Sounds good to me!

instructions:
- super easy. basically I drizzle olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder on the chicken
- grill on a grill pan or the grill
- cover with fresh basil (feel free to use a generous amount as the basil "cooks down" significantly)
- drizzle with lemon juice

roasted carrots

ingredients:
- carrots
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
- garlic powder

instructions:
- rinse and dry carrots
- cut into quarter slices a couple of inches long
- drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder
- roast in oven at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes

raw zucchini "noodle" salad

ingredients:

- 1 large or a couple small zucchini

- avocado

- blackberries

- olive oil

- apple cider vinegar

- lemon

- salt, pepper

- dried herbs (I like oregano, but feel free to get creative with basil, rosemary, thyme, etc!)

instructions:

- rinse and dry the zucchini

- using a potato peeler, with long strokes shave off layer by layer of the zucchini, creating long "noodle" like strips

- dice avocado

- cut blackberries in half

- drizzle with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice

- sprinkle with salt, pepper, and dried herbs

- toss and serve!

enjoy!

Helpful fact for the gluten-free:

You probably know that most wine does, in fact, have gluten in it. What you might not know is that wine bottled in France is gluten-free! The process they use in France does not introduce gluten into the wine. Amazing news! Be healthy. Be happy. Buy French.