Avocado Chicken Salad

Okay, now most "salads" have some type of cream whether it be mayo or greek yogurt, what have you, but I made this completely no cream as I am not allowed any dairy and I simply don't like mayo :) As usual, everything mentioned is from Trader Joe's-
2 Bonless Skinless Chicken Breasts (found in the cold section, usually the wall, in vacuum sealed bags. There are 4 breasts total, each in their own bag.)
1 large avocado
1/4 onion
Sea salt
Half of a lime

You can easily add more if you are feeding more than one person but I made this for myself and there is enough for two meals.
I put the avo, salt, and onion in a bowl and mashed it up then added the chicken and lime and stirred it all together. Delicious and addicting.

Mushroom Turkey Meatballs

I recently went Paleo and kind of experimented with these meatballs. I figured instead of bread crumbs I'd use mushrooms and it worked!
I don't really have exact measurments I just kind of threw things in and hoped for the best but here is what I used (everything mentioned is from Trader Joe's)-
Ground turkey
Half bag of mushrooms
1/4 onion
2 cloves garlic
Olive oil
1 egg
Italian seasoning
Sea salt

I rolled them into balls and placed them on a cookie sheet on tin foil. Oven set at 375 for 35 minutes. I made 10 meatballs but they were pretty big so you may be able to get 15-20 out of this recipe if you make them smaller. I put them in the fridge for tomorrow's lunch and I plan on using an organic mushroom marinara with them. I hope you try this recipe out and like it :) Let me know if you do!

Holiday Food: Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bread

I have recently found love in Trader Joe's. I have been in many times but have never actually SHOPPED there. Ryan and I have decided to make Trader Joe's our new hot spot for shopping! We have fallen in love with absolutely everything. We love that they are a relatively healthy shopping place and most of all they have a lot of special items they only sell during certain times of the year. This pumpkin bread being one.
While in this past week I walked in to this giant pumpkin bread display and, hearing how wonderful their holiday items are, HAD to go for it and pick it up! Tonight Ryan and I made this delicious loaf of love <3

The recipe calls for 2 eggs, 1/2 cup vegetable oil and 1 cup water.
We mixed, buttered the pan, and poured :) 

Ryan's silly face as I take pictures of him poring the mix into the bowl.
About 75 minutes later after cooked and cooled, Ryan cut the bread!

This bread is amazing! So moist and really filling! I'm excited to eat it for breakfast tomorrow :) I would like to start posting recipes that I try, not just boxed ingredients that you add a few things to. Although I'm sure I will post a lot of these considering Trader Joe's has a lot of really tasty food items.

If you have a Trader Joe's in your area and are looking for a quick pumpkin bread to make, pick this one!

Until next time,

-Samantha