Smiley Food #smileyfood #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen

This chicken put a smile on my face and is too good not to mention. Will all the things I eat that I don't like I have to mention my 'smiley face' food. I used the air fryer. The thighs take longer to cook and I spritzed it with olive oil. I'm a fan of paprika so this recipe caught my eye. Surprisingly the few spices give a wonderful bang. I probably put a pinch more of cayenne. I tried the avocado sauce at a different time on a sandwich and it was delicious.

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All Time Favorite #herbsdeprovence #chicken #instantpot #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #womenwithinflammation #abuseinjuries #tryingtoheal

This is truly one of my favorite recipes. I used up my herbs de provence that my son bought me a couple of years ago - geez, could be three, along with other gifts. I used chicken thighs and took the cooking time down a minute and the delayed pressure release about 2 minutes. I had the bone in my chicken. I couldn't resist the extra minute on each side for browning. I also only used cooking spray to brown and used homemade vegetable broth as the olive oil, wine, and water. I had a nice amount of gravy with this. I added 2 tablespoons of cornstarch at the end to some of the juices in the pot after whisking that separately and it quickly turned to gravy. With saffron rice it was delicious. I can taste all the spices and herbs so much more now.

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I'm even going to heat up my instant pot spaghetti tomorrow again with a few fresh basil leaves underneath stirring it as they wilt and slowly turning fresh parsley into it after serving. So good! And the herbs are so healthy and healing. 

Coconut Flour Black Bean Brownies #healthy #coconutflour #blackbeans #womenwithinflammation #abuseinjuries #tryingtoheal #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter #inthekitchen

I'm Extremely Lucky I was able to finagle this recipe from what I had at home.

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I always use my own homemade chocolate, which I had a small amount, so the liquid of making more not solid had to suffice, leaving more liquid to the recipe, adding extra to the hour time of a three to four time extra needed for my mini convection oven I have to use. I only had one egg which is 'a beware' with coconut flour; I used 3 flax eggs - Yeeks! I added two extra tablespoons of coconut sugar for tasting and lost a corner of my silicone spatula when deciding to do the whole recipe in my new 8 cup Black and Decker food processor my son got me - LOVE it! ♥️ after I decided to stir in the extra chocolate chips that way. Stuck my fingers through the batter after realizing this after over accentuating the heat in my convection oven to make up for the thermostat problem. Didn't find it. Have to hope I don't digest it. I'm thinking these are the best brownies I've made. Hoping the coconut flour brings me extra energy. I think these are the best brownies I've made. 

(Found the piece of the spatula while slicing them.)

I also made just the filling of Spain on a Fork's baked stuffed peppers it was so good.

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Blessed Sunday Dinner and Breakfast #salmon #strawberries #yum #healthy #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen

Was so blessed to have this come out so well today. I LOVED it!!! Used up my Greek yogurt.

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I made strawberry chia jam. I'm shocked. This is so succulent. Used coconut oil instead of butter.

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Super EASY and Delicious Air Fryer Donuts #cinnamondonuts #greekyogurt #airfryer #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #notburning #inflammation #abuseinjuries #womenwithinflammation

I've been hoping to cook with Greek yogurt but needed enough recipes to justify spending as much money as it costs for an organic low-fat Greek yogurt. I was lucky to find a good yogurt for a good price at Whole Foods in their 365 line. And I found many recipes for this week.

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These donuts are delicious if you do everything needed. I added one tablespoon of light amber organic honey and 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract to the yogurt and stirred it well before adding it to the flour. I also brushed the donuts well with organic coconut oil and after they came out before dipping them in homemade cinnamon sugar (I used coconut sugar and cinnamon) and as I ate them. Yummy!!!!!

Not feeling lonely. 

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Spanish Chickpeas and Sweet Potatoes #yummy #healthy #helpful #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen

I'm not a fan of chickpeas or sweet potatoes but this was very satisfying and budget friendly for three off meals to traditional protein. I've been trying hard toward this. I used a bit of homemade vegetable stock that I made this morning because I dice my own tomatoes from the store so I didn't have that extra liquid from the can of diced tomatoes for the recipe. I also used smoked paprika and a touch of cayenne pepper for the hot smoked paprika that I didn't have. This was very tasty. I only used cooking spray and my mini air fryer for the sweet potatoes. I found this a challenge and found 5 min at 380° then flip them and another three minutes works well. Thank you Spain on a Fork.

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Mini French Toast Dutch Babies #sooogood #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #alternativecooking

These are sooo good! I used honey and lightly used coconut oil instead of butter. If you leave out the butter too be sure to spray your muffin tin well. Brushing doesn't work well. 

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Potatoes and Rich Saffron Cream Sauce #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #july4th #food

You need to slowly savor these to appreciate the richness. Thanks to Spain on a Fork these delicious potatoes, especially with their sauce, made my independent fourth. I've been having a hard time finding sauces and other things to put on my vegetables now that at this moment I'm stopping putting any fats, even if good on them, even salad, DIY oil free salad dressings, will share more on this at a later time or check out my Instagram for a couple I've shared. This sauce was great on my broccoli. Saffron is pricey and I don't know how turmeric would substitute, may be a good thing to try. I was able to cook my salmon in my small air fryer for the full six minutes without turning seeing as I didn't have organic olive oil cooking spray yet and am just lightly brushing oil, much harder to keep the non stick aspect. I didn't want to lose my salmon skin. I love it. So this worked well for the cooking anyway. I have to say I think it was actually juicier because of this. Been using my air fryer for all sorts of things lately including oil free marinated chicken breasts (just garlic and non soy sauce - REALLY, great) and these potatoes in this recipe where I used a flax egg as well because I had no eggs in the house. Add extra water and even perhaps and extra flax egg if you do this. It dries up fast. I liked the added extra flavor doing the flax egg. I also used a bit of organic store bought chicken broth that I had in the freezer to saute the vegetables before making the flour slurry.

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