Instructions
- Step 1: Make a Greek salad with chicken Make a Greek salad with chicken. Whisk olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, and the red wine vinegar in a salad bowl. Add the chicken, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, red onion, feta cheese, and olives and toss. Serve with pita bread and hummus.
- Step 2: Make sweet potato fries Make sweet potato fries. Preheat your oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and place 2 teaspoons canola oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, a pinch cayenne pepper, and the sweet potato wedges in a bowl and toss to coat. Then place on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes, turn, and bake for 10 more minutes.
- Step 3: Make spiced Pinto beans Make spiced pinto beans. Saute a clove of chopped garlic, jalapeno, white onion, and 1/2 teaspoon chili powder in 2 teaspoons canola oil until soft. Then add the broth, beans, 1/4 teaspoon cumin, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Mash half of the beans with a fork and simmer until heated through. Then add the cilantro and serve hot.
- TIP: You can substitute water for the broth.
- Step 4: Make a vanilla-cherry milkshake Make a vanilla-cherry milkshake. Blend the ice cream, cherries, milk, and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth. Then grab a spoon because this milkshake is thick and delicious.
- FACT: “Canola” is an acronym that comes from the words Canada, oil, low, and acid.
You Will Need
- Vegetable oil
- Seasonings
- Red wine vinegar
- 1 1/4 c. chopped cooked chicken
- Vegetables
- 1/4 c. feta cheese
- 1/4 c. sliced black olives
- Pita bread
- Hummus
- 1 large sweet potato
- cut into wedges
- 1/2 jalapeno
- minced
- 2 tbsp. vegetable broth
- 1 c. canned pinto beans
- 1 c. reduced-fat vanilla ice cream
- 2 1/4 c. frozen
- pitted cherries
- 1 c. nonfat milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
