Meal Shortcuts

5 recipes to make life a lil easier

Hello beautiful people!!!! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday — maybe hitting the farmers market and cookin’ up a nice meal.

I am slowly but surely moving into my new apartment and making it a home. Our bed isn’t here yet so still sleeping on an air mattress but I do have a kitchen workstation so I was SO happy to be able to make my first meal shortcuts in my new kitchen!!!

Making these meal shortcuts always make my life feel a bit easier and more put-together, which is very necessary for me right now since I haven’t had a routine in months. Sometimes I just need one little thing to help me feel a whole lotta grounded.

I hope these nourishing and seasonal recipes do the same thing for you.

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Okay now let’s get into the good stuff….

On The Menu

• Rotisserie Chicken Bone Broth

• Cranberry-Mandarin Sauce

• Caramel Apple Chocolate Covered Bites

• Golden Beet Seasonal Salad

• Gut Healthy Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

Rotisserie Chicken Bone Broth

Ingredients

• Bones and carcass from 1 rotisserie chicken

• 1 medium yellow onion

• 4 garlic cloves

• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

• Filtered water (enough to fully submerge the bones)

• Salt and pepper

Recipe

1. Remove any leftover meat from the rotisserie chicken and store sealed in the fridge

2. Break down the bones if needed to fit in the slow cooker / pot

3. Roughly chop onion, peel and smash garlic and roughly chop

4. Add the chicken bones, onion, garlic, apple cider vinegar, salt & pepper into the slow cooker

5. Pour in enough water to fully submerge the bones and ingredients

6. Choose the Slow Cook mode and set it to Low for 24 hours (or if using a pot — bring everything to a boil, then cover and simmer on lowest heat for 24 hours)

7. Once done, carefully strain the broth through a fine mesh sieve or cheesecloth into a large bowl (Discard the solids)

8. Let the broth cool slightly, then transfer it to storage containers

9. Refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months

10. Sip the broth on its own, or use it as a base for soups, stews, or my favorite rice

Cranberry-Mandarin Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries

• 3 mandarins

• ½ cup maple syrup

Recipe

1. Clean mandarins, zest one of them and juice the rest

2. Combine cranberries, mandarin juice, zest and maple in a saucepan

3. Bring to a boil, continuously mixing

4. Once cranberries start to pop, lower heat and continuously mix (option to smash down to quicken the process)

5. Simmer until the mixture thickens (~10 minutes), then remove from heat

6. Allow to slightly cool before transferring into a sealed jar to store in the fridge

7. Let cool and serve on a sandwich, with butter and bread, as a salad dressing or with roasted meats

Caramel Apple Chocolate Covered Bites

Ingredients