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Abby Phon

Yields: 16 meatballs (4 servings)

Ingredients:

• 1 lb grass fed ground beef
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup almond milk
• ½ cup breadcrumbs*
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried or fresh parsley
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 16 oz marinara sauce.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl by hand.
   (Use your bare hands for best results.)
3. Roll meatballs to about the size of a golf ball.
   I used a ice cream scoop so they were all uniform.
4. Put meatballs on wire rack over a cookie sheet (so fat drains) and bake for about 20 minutes.
5. In a large saucepan, heat pasta sauce.
6. Add cooked meatballs to sauce and simmer for about 30 minutes.
7. Enjoy!

*Note: for gluten-free meatballs, use GF breadcrumbs or substitute 2 tbsp coconut flour and cut back on the almond milk!

Zucchini Pasta

Ingredients:

One of my favorite things to do is go to the local farmers market! I love finding what's in season, and taking it home to make delicious new recipes. I really enjoy a GOOD, fresh, home made strawberry jam (no sugar added!) and what better way to have some than make your own in a pinch! This recipe is SO easy and fast and only has 2 ingredients! This jam is delicious on my almond pulp crackers! You can also put it on my vanilla chia pudding, yogurt, oatmeal, or toast. When you make it with fresh, ripe, in-season strawberries you don't need any extra sugar at all! If your strawberries aren't the sweetest, you might consider a little bit of an organic sweetener like maple syrup, honey or coconut palm nectar. If you are a raw foodie, I think you can easily make this recipe raw (just don't cook the strawberries above 110 degrees!). 

Ingredients:

• 1 lb organic strawberries
• 2 tbsp organic chia seeds

Directions:

1. Clean strawberries, remove tops, put in saucepan.
2. Heat on medium until liquidy and broken down.
3. Mash with potato masher or fork.
4. Add chia seeds and cook another minute, then let cool.
5. If necessary, add another tsp or two of chia to thicken.
6. Enjoy!

• Throw them in your oatmeal (check out my spring superfood oatmeal above!)
• Add them to your granola
• Put them in your smoothies
• Toss them in your salads
• And of course, there's dessert!

Here's one of my favorite ways to enjoy strawberries!

Hope you enjoy!

Strawberries and Cream

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 tablespoons coconut oil
• 2 chopped leeks, white part only
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups baby carrots, peeled and chopped into rounds
• 2 peeled and diced red potatoes
• 1 peeled and diced sweet potato
• 1 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 cups frozen green beans (chopped 1")
• 2 cups celery, chopped
• 2 zucchini
• 1 quart low-sodium vegetable stock
• 6 cups water
• ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1½ teaspoon pink salt
• ¼ cup packed, chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
• 2 bay leaf

DIRECTIONS: