Coexist Foods

Serves: 1, Cook: 15 mins, Prep: 5 mins Ingredients: - 1/4 Cup Fresh Basil (Diced) - Garlic Powder (to taste) - Black Pepper (to taste) - Italian Seasoning (to taste) - Chili powder (optional) - 1 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese - 1 Medium, Tomato (raw) - 1/4 Cup linguini pasta (Use Whole grain as healthy option) - 1/3 Medium, Fresh Avocado - 1 tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil Directions: 1) Cook pasta until done. 2) Avocado/ Basil/ Tomato Mix: Dice raw tomato, avocado, and fresh basil then pour into medium-sized bowl. Add Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, black pepper, olive oil, Italian seasoning, and chili powder. 3) Strain pasta then pour over Avocado/ Basil/ Tomato Mix. 4) Mix together, then enjoy!!

 Serves 1, Prep: 8 minutes Ingredients: - 1 stick celery (raw), chopped - 1 ounce basil leaves (raw) - 1 hard boiled egg - Black pepper, to taste - Italian Seasoning to taste - 1/4 onion (raw), diced  Directions: Mix ingredients together and serve!  Health tip:  Eggs are a good source of protein however, please limit egg yellows to 3 a week to minimize your risk of heart disease.

Serves 4, Prep: 15 minutes, Cook time: 47 minutes. Ingredients: - 2 Acorn Squash (raw) - 4 oz. Uncle Ben's Wild Rice - 1/2 Sweet Pepper (Orange color) - Black pepper, to taste - Garlic powder, to taste - 2 Garlic cloves, diced - 1 oz. Olive Oil (Extra Virgin) - 8 Mushrooms (Baby Bella), diced - 1/2 Medium-sized onion, diced - Thyme, to taste Directions: - Bake Acorn Squash:  Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees F.  Cut Acorn Squash in half. Prepare a baking dish with olive oil. Place Acorn Squash halves in baking dish with cut side facing up.  Place in oven for 40-minutes or until slightly browned/ slightly soft on inside.  Begin cooking Wild Rice/ Vegetable Mix while Acorn Squash bakes in oven.  - Wild Rice/ Vegetable Mix:  Cook Wild Rice according to stove-top directions. Turn off rice and drain then add diced mushrooms, garlic cloves, black pepper, onion, garlic powder, thyme and sweet pepper.  Mix with spatula. - Filling:  Once acorn squash is slightly golden brown/ slightly soft on in