Buffalo-Style Baked Carrots

Baby carrots are a quick, easy snack, but plain carrots can get boring. Why not turn your next bag of baby carrots into a spicy treat? Try adding hot sauce. Surprisingly, carrots enhance hot sauce’s flavor and texture, making it hotter and more enjoyable. Enjoy this quick, easy recipe.

Buffalo-Style Baked Carrots

Ingredients

1 lb baby carrots

1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon paprika

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/2 cup milk

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 tablespoon yeast

1 cup buffalo sauce

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1/2 cup of blue chees crumble

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°. Rinse carrots and dry. Combine flour, garlic powder, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Add milk, olive oil, and Worcestershire sauce and stir until the mixture turns into a thick batter. Using a separate bowl, combine breadcrumbs and yeast. Dip each carrot into the batter, then then into breadcrumbs. Place each coated carrot on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes. Remove carrots from the oven, toss with buffalo sauce, and garnish with chopped parsley and blue cheese crumble. Adjust the heat of the sauce to suit your taste. It is delicious!!

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Easy, Grilled Asparagus Recipe

This is what happens when you serve Grilled Asparagus prepared on an Outdoor Grill – they’re gone within minutes!

I have an intense dislike of peas, but I love asparagus. It’s a good thing, too, because asparagus is rich in minerals and vitamins A, C, and folic acid. It’s a fibrous vegetable that may support a healthy gut, as well as help lower blood pressure.

So easy to make too. Clean, cut, and trim asparagus spears. I like to cut off the white ends – they’re dense and hard to chew. On some pencil-thine spears (harder to manage on the grill), the white woody ends may not tenderize once cooked. On larger stalks, those same ends never soften. However, it’s not necessary to trim asparagus.

The night before, tossed them with olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Then grill the asparagus for 8-10 minutes over medium flame until soft, and add lemon zest before serving. Delicious!

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Taco Stuffed Sweet Potato Recipes

As healthy foods go, sweet potatoes are hard to beat. These bright orange, fiber-packed tubers are rich in vitamins and minerals, and are a great choice for any diet. They’re also a low glycemic index (GI) food which means they can help avoid spikes in blood sugar levels.

Sweet potatoes are perfect for the novice home cooks, like me, because they’re easy to prepare. Roasting is a simple method of cooking and even more fun to dress up with spicy lean taco meat, low fat cheese and crisp lettuce.

Here are some of my favorite Taco Stuffed Sweet Potato Recipes on Instagram along with one from Eating Well. Enjoy!

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Taco-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes Recipe by Eating Well

Ingredients

  • 2 sweet potatoes, about 1 pound each
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin

Serving Size: 1 Stuffed Sweet Potato Half Per Serving:510 calories; 23 g total fat; 9.3 g saturated fat; 113 mg cholesterol; 588 mg sodium. 1218 mg potassium; 34.6 g carbohydrates; 6.4 g fiber; 12 g sugar; 41.2 g protein; 28553 IU vitamin a iu; 30 mg vitamin c; 30 mcg folate; 275 mg calcium; 5 mg iron; 78 mg magnesium;Exchanges: 

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