So Fresh & So Green: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes from HelloFresh

Featured Article, Healthy Meal Ideas, Healthy Recipes and Nutrition
on March 17, 2016

What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than by cooking up some green grub? HelloFresh, the leading meal kit delivery brand globally, is spicing things up during the week of March 12, offering customers festive green fare.

From Lasagna Baked Spinach Penne and Fiery Pork Fajitas with Spinach Flour Tortillas and Guacamole, to Lemony Pan-Seared Chicken with Pesto Potato Salad and Peas, these gorgeously green twists to traditional dishes will add an extra boost of both flavor and nutrients. “There are so many ways to sneak in green veggies to add extra flavor and fiber to recipes at home,” said Rebecca Lewis, in-house RD for HelloFresh.

 

A few ideas from Rebecca:

 

  • Add in grated zucchini to your meatballs, hamburger patties, or spaghetti sauce. For a healthy twist on baked goods, you can even add in grated zucchini to your breads, muffins, and cookies!
  • Pesto doesn’t always have to be basil-based! Add in kale or spinach and even other herbs like cilantro or parsley for a different and equally delicious flavor.
  • Lime zest is an amazing way to add a zing of flavor to eggs, vinaigrettes, or beans.
  • If you’re watching your carbs, Swiss chard, kale and cabbage all make great wraps as a replacement for tortillas and burger buns.

 

Here are HelloFresh’s St. Patrick’s Week Recipes:

 

Fiery Pork Fajitas with Blistered Peppers and Guacamole

Fiery Pork Fajitas with Blistered Peppers and Guacamole | SpryLiving.com

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Fajitas are a guaranteed crowd pleaser—especially when guacamole is involved. If you don’t want your fajitas on the fiery side, simply cut back on the Thai chili pepper!

 

Lemony Pan-Seared Chicken with Pesto Potato Salad and Peas

Lemony Pan-Seared Chicken with Pesto Potato Salad and Peas

HelloFresh

Prepared pesto is one of our favorite shortcuts in the kitchen – it adds incredible flavor in no time at all. Tossed with sweet peas and crunchy pine nuts, it gives this potato salad serious oomph.  A squeeze of lemon wakes the whole dish up.

 

Lasagna Baked Penne with Kale and Mozzarella

Lasagna Baked Penne with Kale and Mozzarella | SpryLiving.com

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Everyone loves a gooey baked lasagna – but it can be a pain to layer. This baked pasta has all the flavors of Italian lasagna, but requires zero assembly! Adding kale to the pasta sauce is a great way to sneak extra leafy greens into your diet.