This Week's Menu - In Living Color * The Real Good Life

It’s cold, gray and wintery outside, but this week’s menu is bringing ALL the color to your kitchen. Bright colors equal bold flavors with the benefit of nutritious ingredients. We all win!

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower

The salty and sweet cauliflower dish will win over everyone on Meatless Mondays. Serve over your favorite rice and you'll feel like it's Chinese take out night.

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Lemon Spaghetti with Citrus Black Pepper Chicken

This bright and peppery marinade puts a new spin on a standard chicken and pasta night. With the addition of red peppers, you'll have flavor hitting you from all sides!

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Coconut Shrimp with Green Bean Fries

This snack-y dinner of coconut shrimp and green bean fries is simply fun to eat. Add the chili sauce for a little spice and your kids will love everything (assuming they are like mine who will eat anything with sauce.)

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Colorful Fruit Salad

Something so colorful (and so tasty!) shouldn't be so easy. But this simple fruit salad can come together in four minutes flat. Save the drama for your… actually, just save it. We don't need any more drama in our lives. 🙂

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How I’m Using the Menu

This week’s food comes together relatively quickly. If I have time on Monday night, I’ll make the Sticky Sesame Cauliflower for dinner that night. While the cauliflower roasts, prep the Colorful Fruit Salad to have on hand for dinner or lunch boxes throughout the week.

After dinner, turn the podcast back on and prep the Citrus Pepper Chicken with Lemon Spaghetti for dinner the next night. Then on night two dinner comes together in a snap!

Save the Coconut Shrimp and Green Bean Fries for a night where you need a little pizazz as this is just begging for a Theme Night. Now before you get too nervous about what I mean by Theme Night, I mean break out paper plates and call it a picnic or pick up one of those never-found-in-nature bouquets of flowers from the grocery store as a centerpiece. Boom – themed. 😉

Have a beautiful and bright week this week, friend!