Mashed Potatoes

I was pleasantly surprised with this recipe. I am not the biggest potato fan. I made these more for the kids but they turned out surprisingly well and the kids gobbled them up. I know they don't look very yummy, but Tim even had a second helping.

The recipe came from this Deceptively Delicious. Picked up this book and then had second thoughts. I didn't want to hide vegetables from my kids, but decided that it was OK as long they had a vegetable side.
Ingredients; 1/2 cup Cauliflower puree, 16 oz potatoes, 1/2 cup buttermilk, and 2 tbs butter.Peel 16 oz of potatoes, for me this was 4 medium size potatoes.Prepare them to be boiled.Boil them.While the potatoes are boiling, steam some cauliflower. I steamed the whole head.Once it is steamed, blend it up.. .Blend it up good. . . Real good.. . You don't want to have any cauliflower clumps.Drain the potatoes and get ready to mix it all up.Add 1/2 cup of blended cauliflower.Add 1/2 cup lowfat buttermilk.I know buttermilk? Who would have thought.Add 2 tbs margarine or butter.I am a Land O Lakes fan.Mix it all up.I know I know. . .It doesn't look all that good, but .. . it's healthy and it goes down. I am all about trying to get the kids to have a little healthier life.

Taco Soup

This is one of my all time favorite soups. It is so delicious and it is so so easy. I'll show you step by step and you too can taste one of my clean eating favorites. Ingredients; 1lb chicken, sour cream, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, black beans, 1/2 onion, corn, taco seasoning.
Chop up 1/2 onion.
Cube 1lb chicken. I honestly prefer shredded chicken, but chicken is chicken and either way it will work. And either way it will be D*E*L*I*C*I*O*U*S*!

Add one teaspoon Taco Seasoning.Let that mixture cook ~ Stir occasionally.

In a seperate pot use one 15 oz can Tomato Sauce.

Yep. Just like this.
Open one 15 oz diced tomatoes.
Add it to the pot.. . . just like this.

One of my favorites. . .black beans. I add one 15 oz can of black beans. Don't forget to rinse.
There you go. Just add it to the mixture.
Add 1 cup of corn.Add sour cream. I prefer fat free.
There you go. . .we are almost done. PROMISE!
Add 3 teaspoons Taco Seasoning.
This is what the little mixture is looking like. A big pot with a lot of clean eating foods.

Here we go. Did you forget about your chicken/onions? Well drain those and mix it in "the pot." Yep. . .just like this.

Let this mixture simmer on low for about 45 minutes and yum yum yummy! Your tummy will thank you! Clean and Delicious. It doesn't get much better than this.