Food

Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Salad

/ Anna @ Piper's Run / 8 Comments

Three for three! Don’t get use to me posting so much but I had to share this recipe today!

While visiting with some friends in Prince Edward Island this summer, we had an amazing dinner together. Great company, great weather, amazing food and drinks, kids off playing together = best summer days!!!!!

My friend made this dish called “Grilled Chili Lime Chicken Fajita Salad“. It was so good, I got the recipe from her and made it myself. Now, being a family with a vegan, I couldn’t just make it with chicken. I made two batched of the marinade and used tofu for my husband’s meal.

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This meal was amazing and probably my go to recipe for the rest of the summer. I’ve had it as left overs and my girls actually really liked it as well – parent win for sure!

I did a couple of things different:

1 – I used 4 chicken breasts not thigh fillets.

2 – I made three batched of marinade. One for the chicken, one for the tofu and one as the salad dressing for left overs.

3 – I grilled my veggies (peppers) and chicken on the BBQ.

4 – As for left overs, I actually paired the chicken with some rice and it was delicious!

For the recipe, head on over to Karin’s blog called Cafe Delites! I’ve also made her Chili Lime Texas Caviar before and it did not disappoint!

I’m actually making this tonight for dinner for my girls and I, my husband has to work the night shift, so no grillin’ tofu tonight. My chicken is marinating all day and I might text my husband as ask him to “shake up my chicken” when he gets up for the day – so the marinade can redistribute.  Is that an odd text to send to your vegan husband…….ah yes, yes it is on a few accounts!!!

Enjoy!

What’s your summer to-go recipe?

Any favourite ways to cook chicken?

Do you have multiple diets (for lack of better word) in your house?

Friday – Get Your Happy On

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IT’s FRIDAY…….get your happy on!

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I’m really happy it’s Friday…just looking forward to being with my girls and hopefully spending some time outside! This morning I got up early, did my 1:15 minute plank and then painted my nails….cause that’s what this mama does at 6am and her kids are still sleeping. What I didn’t really plan out was how much my outfit would match today!

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Devour! Food Truck Rally

At lunch today, a co-worker and I took in the Devour! Food Truck Rally in Wolfville. Though I was rather disappointed with the turn out of actual food trucks (3 if you count the hot dog guy), the food was awesome! There were supposed to be four trucks at today’s rally but there was two and a hot dog guy. Apparently last night there were 8 trucks and up to an hour to wait for food – woah!

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It was tacos all around. From the “Edible Sideshow Food Truck”: I got 1 refried beans/cheese taco and one pulled pork taco. I loved the pulled pork one – it may have been the hot sauce I put on it or just the amazing taste of the pulled pork. Oh and of course I got desert. It was called “Banoffee Bites” from the “Nomad Gourmet”. Naan bread with baked bananas in a drizzle of caramel/ nutella sauce and whip cream……so, so good!

This was a pretty good way to start the weekend! I’m pretty sure we have some leaf piling and jumping to do this weekend with a side of bike riding in what will probably be our last warm weekend for a while.

What are your weekend plans? 

Anyone going to the Devour! Food Film Festival this weekend?

Favourite food truck you’ve been to?

Fall Eats & Treats for Thanksgiving Dinner

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With Thanksgiving coming up this weekend, all I can think about (besides pacing the 10k) is all the yummy food we’ll be eating. Turkey, ham, sour cream potatoes, sweet potato bake, veggies galore and special family recipes that we *hope* the person brings to meal.

My aunt always makes these amazing chocolate coconut {Queen Anne Squares} that are to die for – I’m holding out that she’s making this. I’m on the sweet potato bake (mashed potatoes with peanut butter and maple syrup on top) and of course a few vegan treats!

Last night instead of running *gasp*, don’t worry I went to a great yoga class at lunch time 🙂 Last night I did a little baking…muffins, cookies and pie crusts for the weekend.

Since we went apple picking last weekend we have a bag full of apples to use up: apple pie, apple crisp and I might even make some apple muffins this week too! Since Saï is a vegan, I do all my baking vegan so he can enjoy it. Okay, that’s a lie, I do 90% of my baking vegan.

Some of what I made last night and still to come…..

Vegan Apple Pie

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Pumpkin Muffins

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Pumpkin Pie (maybe)

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I’m not sure if I’ll get to the pumpkin pie but I’m pretty sure I’ll be hungry {or should I say “rungry”} after my 10k on Sunday. I’m a few days and a 1 hour drive with the girls and Saï away from Thanksgiving dinner!

What’s your favourite part of Thanksgiving dinner?

What’s your favourite part of fall?

Do you make a secret family recipe to bring to your family dinner?

Anna

Curried Cauliflower & Chickpeas with Coconut Milk

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We are a big fan of curry in our family. Well, my husband is a big fan and I enjoy it, the girls on the other hand…I would say they have come to accept it 🙂

I am sharing one of our favourite curry recipes this week and will share another one in the coming weeks. They are not my original recipes. I got this recipe from my running buddy Kyrstol. She had us over for dinner a few months ago and made this – it’s awesome!

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Curried Cauliflower & Chickpeas with Coconut Milk  (with Rice / Fries).

Original recipe from Pampered Chef Cookbook – but this version is adapted for a vegan. It’s originally made with Chicken and Couscous instead of chickpeas/cauliflower and rice/fries. 

  • 1 can of chick peas (drained)
  • 1 head of cauliflower (broken into small pieces)
  • 3/4 tsp (4ml) salt
  • 1/4 tsp (1 ml) ground black pepper
  • 4 medium carrots (cut up in small pieces)
  • 1 medium onion (cut up in small pieces)
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) vegetable oil  (I used Olive Oil)
  • 2 tsp (30 ml) curry powder (I never measure this and put more in 😉 )
  • 1/2 Cup (125 ml) golden raisins (I use red Thompson raisins)
  • 1 can (13.5oz/398ml) coconut milk
  • Rice OR Long thin French Fries (large bag – follow directions on bag)

1.If serving on rice – make rice. If serving on French Fries (I know….it’s awesome), prep the oven and get baking.

2. Chopped up onion into small pieces and cook in olive oil (or vegetable oil) until soft.

3. Add in cauliflower, pepper, salt, carrots and curry powder – cook for 5-8 minutes (until cauliflower/carrots soften a little).

4. Add in raisins and chickpeas, then your coconut milk and cook for another 10 minutes or so. (Make sure you don’t burn it).

5. Once all cooked serve over rice or FRIES!!! I’ve never had curry over fries until having this at Krystol house months ago. It was the best idea ever! Might not be the healthiest choice….however, you can always make it with rice, couscous or another grain that you love.

Again – I altered the recipe from its original. 

Do you like chickpeas?

Ever tried curried cauliflower?

What’s your favourite way to eat curry? On Rice, Fries, or something else?