Chicken & Cilantro Wonton Soup

My boys love their Chinese soups and homemade is so much better than take out.

Well, it's mostly homemade. Gotta work on those wontons.

So, for now these Cilantro & Chicken Wontons from Costco will do...

When it comes to buying prepared foods I like when I am able to read the ingredients list, know what they are, and really it should be way way way less than a paragraph long. It'd be awesome if it was organic. The couple no good ingredients are: Carrageenan (thickener/stabilizer/sneaky MSG ingredient) and soy/soybean oil (GMO)/don't overlook the "*No MSG added" (I like their honesty on this one). 

When we lived in China at my sons preschool we made homemade jiaozi/potsickers. It was fun and easy! All the kids got to help and they loved it. So for a family night we'll definitely be making some!

This dinner was quick and easy because I pre-make my bone broths in my instant pot pressure cooker and have them ready to go in the freezer. The broth consists of...

Grass-fed Beef Bones (bought locally)

ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar)

Carrots

Onions

Parsley

Celery

Sea Salt

I pull it out of the freezer and depending on what you froze the broth in and the size of your pot, you put it into a pot and let it cook/melt. I also had frozen chopped onions and garlic to throw in. Then my Little Chef grated fresh grated ginger and chopped green onions. He threw it all in with some sesame oil once the soup become liquid. Once the soup is about to boil add the wontons and whalla, it's done in about 5mins (once the wontons are floating, a helpful Chinese cooking tip)!

Mine is pretty similar to this Wonton Soup at Damn Delicious.

Which I'm saving to make the wontons! 

So, for now these will do...

Enjoy!

Green Chicken!

This is Nom Nom Paleos amazing recipe called...My Sister's Phenomenal Green Chicken that I made for dinner. Which was the closest thing we did to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, last week being that we were going to be traveling. 

All my hubby says is,"Wow, Wow, Wow. This is so good." While eating it. Others have enjoyed it a lot too. The flavors are just too excellent to not!!

From her website...

Here’s what I gathered to make enough grilled drumsticks to feed 4-6 people:

• 1 medium sweet onion, peeled and coarsely chopped (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup packed cilantro leaves and stems
• 1 1/4 cups packed basil leaves
• 1/4 cup packed mint leaves
• 4 tablespoons of  Red Boat fish sauce
• 3 peeled garlic cloves
• zest of 1 lime
• plenty ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of Aleppo pepper
• 2 tablespoons of apple juice (or 1 teaspoon of maple syrup if you’re not on a Whole30)
•  Kosher salt
• 3 pounds of chicken drumsticks or thighs

Directions:

Put everything in the blender, except the chicken. Put the chicken in a ziplock bag and pour the marinade in. Let it marinate for at least an hour, but overnight up to a day is best. I like to poke the chicken with a fork all over to get more of the flavor soaked in. 

Cook it up on a grill or to bake it out it on a wire rack and cook for 35-45mins at 400 deg F. and flip the chicken at 20mins. *I keep it in the marinade and bake in a dish. 

The cilantro and basil go great together, but I think one of the secret ingredients is the fish sauce, especially the Red Boat Fish Sauce she recommends. We love cooking with fish sauce and if you do you'll know that...It smells soooo bad, but tastes soooo good!

Enjoy!

Breakfast Scrambled Eggs

These are my favorite scrambled eggs to make!

-2-6 organic eggs

(depending on how many I'm feeding)

-Sm. amount rice/coconut/almond milk

-1tsp garlic infused olive oil

-1/2 tsp coconut aminos

(it's like soy sauce)

-Sea salt & pepper

- maybe some sesame oil

-chopped red/green/yellow bell peppers

-chopped cilantro

I first put some ghee or you can use butter to heat in pan. And then cooked the bell peppers.

Everything else I gently mix in a bowl and then add to the pan.

Good thing to remember when cooking eggs is...low and slow.

So, turn down the heat and cook 'em slow.

I put it over rice and might add a little bit more coconut aminos.

Yum!

Beef & Bean Burritos

This recipe is from The Pioneer Woman.

My favorite Food Network Show at the moment.

Beef & Bean Burritos.

My little sous chef loved helping!