Beet this Kowabunga Kale n' Yam! What are you Chicken?

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Wow! I feel like I just woke up and slept through September. Where did it go?

Do you ever get that feeling?

The Fall signifies too much to so many. To me and my family it is time to get back to routine. Along with the shorter days and cooler nights, back to school and back to work is at the top of the "to do" list. Summer's over and a new season begins.

But with new beginnings comes a lot of busyness. Without routine established we feel like we run amok and if you are like my family, we often forget what to do about dinner. Left to last-minute, it's easy to order in, but that's not easy on the family budget and only compounds our frustration with lack of routine and our wish to eat both smart and healthy.

I'm excited to say that we've made some tremendous progress with planning ahead. We've recently adopted a very cool tool on the Chicken.ca website - the Quick 'N Easy Recipe Finder. Chalk full of great ideas to make quick meals from scratch or new, appetizing creations from last night's leftovers. Awesome right?

Last week, Christie and I whipped up a quick chicken meal in minutes...

Recipe: Beet this! Kowabunga Kale n' Yam! What are you Chicken?

Heck yes! We certainly are CHICKEN lovers...



Seasoned up the chicken, placed it in a casserole dish with the following:

• Coconut oil


• Sliced chunk yams


• Quartered purple beets


• Roasted with fresh rosemary, then,


• Added in fresh kale for the last 5 minutes


• Toasted, toss and serve

And heck yeah! This was so very, very #nomnomnomnomnom

In a Hurry? No problem with the Quick 'N Easy Recipe Finder

As noted last month, Christie and I are busy, busy parents. And we often find ourselves rushing around last-minute to piece together healthy meals for our 2 daughters, Chardonae and Brie. It's a priority for us to make sure they are getting healthy meal options every day, and as busy as we might find ourselves, we make sure to commit the time to fueling them with the cleanest fuel we can.

If you are at all like us, check out the Quick 'N Easy Recipe Finder and you'll be happy with the options for quick, down and dirty meal options to keep even the busiest of families well fed with healthy meal options.

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So what's on your dinner list?

I'd love to exchange notes... drop me a comment below.

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