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Gina Homolka demonstrating a recipe and technique from her new book, Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life,  the new cookbook by  #1 New York Times bestselling author Gina Homolka, does just that by becoming your  virtual shopping and meal planning assistant.  It takes away all the guess work, and Gina guides you in creating monthly plans with ingredients, meal prepping and cooking in advance.  If you take pleasure in looking at a situation from a gestalt point of view, and I do, this is the cookbook for you.

Gina Homolka’s bold, colorful  new book, Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life

The book is a very helpful guide for weight loss, healthier eating without being boring and  having peace of mind when it comes to meal panning.  Her 120 healthy, diverse recipes turn familiar ingredients into versatile meals and appealing, unique snacks helps you stay on your diet and within your grocery budget.   Gina’s thoughtful time-saving strategies, include prepping recipes ahead so they can go straight from the freezer to the Instant Pot®, slow cooker, or oven to finish cooking, along with dishes that are completely made ahead and easily reheated.

A sample monthly plan of meals Gina Homolka’s bold, colorful  new book, Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life

We prepared the Basil Pomodoro Sauce and the Stuffed Chicken Parmesan and Asparagus that includes the sauce as one ingredient (store bought marinara sauce is an option).  from her new book.  The recipe pumped up everyday ingredients into a festive, gooey dish with a very authentic ethnic flair. It also had the surprise of the gooey cheese inside of a piece of healthy white meat chicken coated with a crispy bread coating.

Gina Homolka’s Basil Pomodoro Sauce

We also gave a little jar of the Basil Pomodoro Sauce to a new neighbor.  It defines  homemade and colorful!   It highlighted the fresh tomatoes we just got from Melissa’s Produce.

Gina Homolka’s Basil Pomodoro Sauce  from her new book, Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life

Mix and match options from Gina Homolka’s new book, Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life

Enticing chapter and recipe highlights in Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life.  include:
  • BREAKFAST: Breakfast Fried Rice; Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Sheet Pan Pancakes; Stuffed Bagel Balls
  • HEARTY SALADS: Taco Salad Meal Prep, Instant Pot Beet Salad with Citrus and Orange Ricotta; Food-Cart Style Chicken Salad with White Sauce
  • WARM GRAIN, NOODLE, & VEGETABLE BOWLS: Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Rice Bowls; Kofta Meatball Couscous Bowls; Roasted Veggie and Barley Buddha Bowls
  • HEALTHY BITES : Pumpkin Hummus and “Everything” Nuts
  • SMART SNACKS: Buffalo Chicken-Stuffed Celery Sticks; Pumpkin Hummus; “Everything” Nuts
  • FREEZER FAVORITES: VEGETARIAN: Ribollita Soup; Chickpea Spinach Tomato Curry; Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
  • FREEZER FAVORITES: MEAT & SEAFOOD: Freezer-to-Instant Pot Chicken and Dumpling Soup; Sicilian Rice Ball (Arancini) Casserole; Low-Country
  • BOIL FOIL PACKETS
  • BIG BATCHES AND PLANNED-OVERS: Personal Turkey Pot Pies

Also representative of Gina’s recipes with chicken has as its “secret ingredient,” smoked paprika aioli, which lends a totally unique, international flair and is surprisingly simple to make of ingredients found in just about any fridge.

Rotisserie Summer Chicken Bowls with Smoked Paprika “Aioli”
SERVES 4
SMOKED PAPRIKA “AIOLI”
1⁄2 cup light mayonnaise
Juice of 1 large lime
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon finely minced fresh cilantro
SALAD
6 cup mixed baby greens
1 pound leftover Paprika Roasted Whole Chicken (page 248) or rotisserie chicken, skin and bones removed, torn into bite-size pieces (half white, half dark; about 3 cups)
1 1⁄3 cups halved grape tomatoes
1 1⁄3 cups steamed corn, from 2 fresh (or frozen) ears
1⁄2 small red onion, slivered
1 small (4-ounce) Hass avocado, sliced
Chopped fresh cilantro, for garnish
Make the “aioli”: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, lime juice, paprika, and cilantro and blend until smooth. If it’s too thick, you can add a little water to loosen.
Make the salad: Divide the baby greens, chicken, tomatoes, corn, red onion, and avocado among 4 plates. Drizzle each with 21⁄2 tablespoons aioli, garnish with cilantro, and serve.
Gina Homolka is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
The Skinnytaste Cookbook, Skinnytaste Fast and Slow, Skinnytaste One and Done, and The Skinnytaste Air Fryer Cookbook and the founder of the award-winning blog Skinnytaste. She lives on Long Island with her husband and their two children.

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