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Crispy Mediterranean Chicken Salad with a fresh, zesty lemon herb tahini dressing, cherry tomatoes, avocado, arugula, and cucumber. This nutritious dinner recipe is packed with flavor and is perfect for anyone who loves a big vibrant meal as well as those on a carb-conscious, paleo, or keto diet.

If you’re a fan of a.) zesty, briny Mediterranean flavors, b.) crispy, tender chicken, c.) big ol salads jam packed with goodies and/or d.) creamy salad dressings, this is the ultimate meal for you!

Perfectly crispy yet moist chicken is combined with all the good veggies, and everything is swaddled in the most amazing creamy zesty tahini salad dressing. 

If you’ve never heard of tahini, or if you have never made a sauce or dressing using tahini, lean in and trust me on this one! Tahini makes for an amazing creamy salad dressing with health benefits!

The concept behind the salad is simple: we bake up chicken thighs that have been marinating in goodness, whip up a zesty creamy tahini dressing while the chicken is baking, then throw everything in a big ol’ bowl and toss it all together.

Let’s make it!

Greek tuna salad with avocado, cucumber, fresh dill, kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and feta cheese. This fresh and light tuna salad recipe is big on flavor and takes only a few minutes to make.   Have I mentioned lately how much I love tuna? After posting my Avocado Tuna Salad recipe, I began experimenting with various …

A quick, easy and filling spinach salad recipe with baked chicken, radishes, cucumber, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, carrot and feta. This low-FODMAP salad is a gut-friendly healthy meal.

If you follow a low-FODMAP diet to manage digestive issues, you know it can be nearly impossible to find certain products such as salad dressing or pasta sauce that don’t contain high-FODMAP ingredients like onions or garlic.

Sure, making everything from scratch is simple once you get the hang of it, but from time to time you want to throw together a meal that is both healthful and easy. Confession: I eat a lot of salad, but I don’t always make my own salad dressings. For those of you who love pasta or enchiladas, I’m sure you can relate when it comes to the sauce.

WELL. This just in!:

Homemade green juice designed for good digestion made with celery, cucumber, orange, and lemon. This powerfully nutritious celery juice is great for restoring digestive balance, preventing sickness, and replenishing electrolytes. I’ve been reading about the benefits of celery juice on digestive health over the last few months and figured it was high time I make …

Avocado, mango, pineapple juice, mint, coconut milk and cucumber make up this cool, refreshing tropical cocktail. This post is sponsored by the California Avocado Commission. I know…avocado in a cocktail? You think I’m three sheets to the wind, but bare with me here. Do you ever find yourself choosing between a smoothie and a cocktail? …

Creamy mayo-free avocado chicken salad with mango, carrots, cucumber, pecans, raisins, and bell pepper. This fresh new take is healthier than classic chicken salad, yet big on flavor! This post is sponsored by the California Avocado Commission. How do you feel about chicken salad? Has it always been a thing in your life? Are you …

A nutrient-packed salad bowl recipe with all sorts of greens: broccoli, spinach, kale, microgreens, cucumber, and avocado! Mixed up with a simple lemon dressing. These bowls are going to look like a total snooze fest after the Dairy-Free Fudgesicles and the Paleo Double Chocolate Chip Cookies I posted earlier this week..seriously, how can anything compete with …

Fresh and easy mayo-free tuna salad with avocado, cucumber, dill, carrots, and bell pepper. The perfect go-to for a healthy lunch! I’ve never really considered myself particularly talented in the lunch department, but I daresay there has been some improvement over time. It used to be I’d scrounge for random odds and ends, often eating …

Middle Eastern Za’atar baked chicken bowls with cucumber tomato dill salad and raita are a mega fresh dining experience. This tidbit of information has probably been made obvious over the years, since you bare witness to most of my meals, but 99.98% of what I eat is consumed out of a bowl.  I’m hopelessly devoted to …

Make Spring rolls a meal with these fresh, vibrant spring roll bowls with sunflower butter sauce – easy-to-prepare, nutritious, and fun, these bowls can be prepared any night of the week. This post is sponsored by SunButter®. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and happy almost Spring! Have I ever told you about my mega obsession with …

Herby mashed avocado finger sandwiches with cucumber and sprouts are a fresh and healthy appetizer for any occasion. Today’s my last full day in Alaska, and I already know I’ll be missing this incredible state. My soul strings have bonded to my Muck boots so hard, I may just have to wear them back home …

  Vegetable-packed brown rice vegetable bowls with broccoli, spinach, microgreens, cucumber, and a wasabi sauce. A delicious and healthful weeknight vegan meal! What if I told you I ate this meal four days in a row? Okay, you caught me…seven days in a row. Alright, ten. Business days…and counting. Sometimes for both lunch and dinner. …