HOMEMADE BOUILLON POWDER
This Homemade Salt-Free Bouillon Powder by Dr. Cindy Tanzar is a simple, clean, and flavorful way to season soups, sauces, grains, and vegetables. Free from salt, MSG, and preservatives, this pantry staple adds depth and comfort to your cooking—without counting toward your daily checklist.
FRESH STRAWBERRY SALSA
Try this fresh strawberry salsa by Dr. Cindy Tanzar for a sweet and spicy twist on your favorite meals. Easy, colorful, and plan-approved for Standard, Vegan, and Maintenance!
VEGAN PARMESAN CHEESE
We absolutely love this recipe that Cathy Blanks shared with Genesis! It is amazingly nutritious, chocked full of B-vitamins from the nutritional yeast and protein from both the hemp hearts and nutritional yeast. The hemp hearts add a very satisfying, chewy texture, while the yeast, garlic and onion provide a terrific tang. This has to be the easiest recipe ever, yet you can use it anywhere you would Parmesan cheese – on salads, sprinkled over vegetables, soups and much more.
JILL’S TOMATO SAUCE
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 8-9 servings. One serving is 1/4-1/2 cup of sauce. Counts as part of your cooked vegetable. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
ALMOND BUTTER SAUCE
Need a go-to clean eating sauce? This creamy almond butter sauce is smooth, tangy, and slightly sweet—great for salads, noodles, or dipping veggies. Easy to prep and full of flavor!
1000 ISLAND DRESSING
This quick and healthy 1000 Island Dressing is the perfect low-carb, sugar-free addition to your salads or burgers. Made with clean ingredients and ready in minutes, it’s a delicious way to stick to your plan—without sacrificing flavor!
ASIAN ORANGE SAUCE
Everyone loves a great orange sauce to pour over chicken, beef or even some vegetables, but it can be quite difficult to find an orange sauce that doesn’t contain high-glycemic orange juice or orange marmalade containing artificial sweeteners. This recipe strikes a great balance and is full of flavor. It has an Asian flair, but would still be great served on the side with a non-Asian meal. It especially pairs well with dark meat chicken or turkey. Do not salt food prior to cooking if you plan to use this sauce, as it contains sodium in the coconut aminos.
ASIAN SESAME DRESSING
This 5-minute salad dressing is simple, tangy and so delicious! Not only is it great on any type of salad, but it’s also good as a marinade, sprinkled on many types of vegetables or even pouring over grilled chicken. Sesame oil can be used on occasion in small amounts for flavoring, as a little goes a long way. Toasted sesame has a more distinct sesame flavor than untoasted. Making your own salad dressing is not only very simple, it tastes better and costs much less per serving. Whether you add in the optional ingredients listed or make it very basic, you will love this dressing!
AVOCADO SAUCE
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 2 servings. One serving covers your fat. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
BALSAMIC MARINADE FOR STEAK OR CHICKEN
It’s grilling season and this super easy marinade recipe is a perfect way to provide flavor and tenderness to your steak or chicken. Balsamic vinegar adds a soft, sweet flavor without adding additional sugars and helps to break down some of the protein fibers, making the meat more tender.
BBQ SAUCE
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 4-6 servings. You don’t need to figure out how to add this to your checklist. Just enjoy!!! INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
BLUEBERRY SAUCE
This is when “thinking-outside-the-food-box” is really in your favor. Traditionally, we have always limited our thinking of blueberry sauce as something to be spooned warm over ice cream, but it’s much too healthy and delicious to avoid. Try spooning this sauce over stronger flavors of fish (like salmon), game (venison, etc.) or dark-meat chicken for a truly elegant dish. You can also mix blueberry sauce with our BBQ Sauce, and use it when grilling chicken, as it adds a delicious, natural sweetness. As a great breakfast addition, spread it over our Almond Flour Pancakes, too. It is also a great option for eating on the side of your meal as your fruit option, making it more like a dessert.
BROWN SUGAR BALSAMIC DRESSING
In addition to providing a host of health benefits, Balsamic vinegar also lends amazing flavor and a touch of class to many dishes. With a perfect blend of sweet, savory and tart flavors, this dressing can be used to drizzle over roasted or grilled vegetables, sautéed onions and mushrooms, tomato salad, chicken, beef, salmon or even strawberries. You can adjust the sweetness to your liking or not even use the “brown sugar” at all. Swerve Brown sugar replacement is a great low-glycemic, weight-loss friendly product that can be found at many grocery stores (Walmart, Kroger, etc.) now or online.
CAJUN SPICE RUB
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS BASIC MARINADE RULES Marinades use four basic components for balance: You can then add any variety of herbs or spices you like. There are no hard/fast rules. This will give you room to play and enjoy variety
CITRUS DRESSING
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 4-6 servings. No need to count it as part of your checklist. Just enjoy 2-3 tbsp. as your dressing or marinade.. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
CRANBERRY-ORANGE SAUCE
We often get requests for this Thanksgiving favorite every year. It is a traditional favorite that, with it’s tart and somewhat bitter tang, really helps to cut through the richness of all the other dishes. Yet another great recipe from Wholesome Yum, this is a healthy, fresh alternative to the canned, overly-sweetened cranberry sauces. It will be one of the easiest sides you make for Thanksgiving, yet will yield a lot of flavor and beautiful color on your table.
CREAMY DECADENT MUSHROOM SAUCE
This very easy recipe is so delicious that is can stand alone as a side dish or eaten on top of chicken, beef or even spooned over vegetables. It’s so decadent and rich, that it turns any ordinary meal into a very special dinner. Company will think you have gone to all kinds of trouble when you serve this sauce along with your favorite dish, but it is very simple to make. You can easily double this recipe to be used with other meals, as well.
CREAMY LEMON DRESSING
This recipe is great on chicken, green beans, etc.
CREAMY SPINACH AND ARTICHOKE SAUCE
If you’re looking for a great way to make your everyday meals more special, this recipe will not disappoint. Sauces always elevate your dishes, and create greater food satisfaction. This sauce is delicious served over chicken or salmon, or even over cauliflower rice.
DAIRY-FREE ALFREDO SAUCE
This Alfredo Sauce is a delicious cashew-based sauce that gets its cheesy flavor from nutritional yeast, which is actually deactivated yeast. Found in most grocery stores (usually next to regular yeast), it provides a very nutty, cheese-like flavor that is a great source of B-vitamins. You can always sprinkle nutritional yeast on veggies or other foods by itself for a little extra cheesy flavor. You can use this Alfredo Sauce over any vegetable, spiraled vegetable noodles, chicken or anything you like.
DAIRY-FREE SOUR CREAM
Sour Cream is great topping on many dishes, but not so good for those trying to avoid dairy. There are two sour cream recipes below and both are creamy, rich and tangy – just like sour cream. While they don’t taste exactly like dairy sour cream, they certainly are close and a very tasty alternative. Once added to your food, you will barely notice the difference. The cashew-based recipe is creamier and very neutral in flavor, while the coconut cream-based recipe does have a mild coconut flavor. Both are good.
HERB BUTTER
Transform everyday meals with this quick and flavorful herb butter recipe. Made with fresh or dried herbs, garlic, and high-quality butter, it’s the perfect finishing touch for meats and vegetables. Learn how to create your own gourmet herb butter today!
HOMEMADE TARTAR SAUCE
Homemade tartar sauce is easy to make and better than anything you can buy at a store. It’s great with grilled, baked or pan-fried fish, and adds a lot of flavor to our Wild Salmon Patties or Tuna Cakes recipe on our Facebook clients’ page. Sauces always take food to the next level, making it more appealing and special. It’s one more reason to love healthy fat! Dill pickles are used, because there is no added sugar – unlike sweet pickle relish. There are two recipe options, depending on your tastes and what you have in the pantry.
ITALIAN DRESSING
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 11-12 servings. A serving is 1.5 tablespoon and covers your fat at your meal. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
LEMON VINAIGRETTE DRESSING (with a Creamy Version)
This is an easy and delicious vinaigrette that is tasty any time of year, but is especially nice in the Spring and Summer. It is perfect on salad, but also delicious on grilled vegetables, chicken or fish. This dressing is much tastier and fresher than bottled versions, too.
LEMON DIJON MARINADE
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 1 serving. Enjoy it, no need to add to your checklist. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
CUMIN LIME MARINADE
Plan: (Standard) Serving information: Makes 2 servings. Covers your fat. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
MARINARA SAUCE
Looking for a recipe for all those homegrown tomatoes? Marinara Sauce is a perfect solution that doesn’t contain sugar, which is in so many store-bought sauces. It is a quick and very easy sauce, seasoned traditionally with garlic, spices, herbs and crushed red pepper. Marinara can be as chunky or pureed as you prefer and is a perfect complement to zucchini noodles, grilled or roasted vegetables or even with chicken. Out of season, you can always use a quality canned tomato, like San Marzano, whether whole or diced. Depending on the size of your fresh tomato, it can equal 1-1.5 cups canned. Drain the liquid, reserving only if more is needed after cooking.
MUSHROOM BUTTER
Plan: (Standard, Vegan/Vegetarian, & Maintenance) Serving information: Makes 6 servings. A serving is 1 tbsp butter and covers your fat at your meal. INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS
MUSTARD DILL SAUCE
Simple is wonderful. Much thanks to Cathy Blanks for submitting this easy recipe that can be used in so many ways. Sauces always seem to elevate any everyday dish, and this one is no exception. Use it as a topping on a hamburger or turkey burger, on steak, grilled chicken, salmon, or even as a dressing for a salad. Cathy likes it on tuna cakes (Wild-Caught Salmon Patties would be great, too) or Applegate Farms Hotdogs, as well.
NO SUGAR WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
Worcestershire sauce has been a frequently requested condiment over the years; however, traditional brands contain sugar and molasses. After trying many recipes, I think we have found the answer! You can use Worcestershire sauce in many ways to add a depth of flavor to your recipes – like marinades, soups, burgers, roast beef, salad dressings, roasted vegetables or even scrambled eggs. A little bit goes a long way, so you don’t have to worry how it fits into the plan. Just enjoy!
POPPYSEED DRESSING
The creamy poppyseed dressing will become a favorite on any salad, but works very well with the sweetness of the berries.
RANCH DRESSING
Just because you are trying to lose weight, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy delicious dressings or dips for your salads and vegetables. They add flavor and fun to your meals – and flavor means staying away from low-fat, low-calorie dressings with artificial sweeteners and unhealthy fats like canola and soybean oil. This recipe was sent to us from Karen, one of our clients. It is a bit different than the ranch dressing used in our Buffalo Cauliflower Bites, and really tastes great. Even her family enjoyed it!
FAT-BURNING SALAD DRESSING
One of our most requested recipes is for salad dressing. It is one of the hardest things to purchase off of the grocery store shelves, as they are so full of inflammatory fats like soybean, canola or cottonseed vegetable oils. Their heavy content of Omega-6 fatty acids sets us up for a lot of trouble, including weight gain. This recipe includes the ultimate fat-burner – MCT oil. If you don’t have any on hand, you can always use more olive oil. More options are given for different flavors, too. Primal Kitchen is a newer product on the shelves that is made with healthy avocado oil and is Genesis Health Solutions plan-approved, but there’s nothing like creamy homemade dressing with fresh herbs.
RANCH SEASONING MIX & DRESSING
This DIY ranch seasoning mix from Wholesome Yum is much healthier than the traditional ranch dressing packets, which contain maltodextrin (sugar), MSG, and other artificial ingredients. You can use this mix to make dressing (below), sprinkle over veggies or to sprinkle over other dishes as a flavor enhancer. You can purchase heavy cream powder on Amazon. Anthony’s Heavy Cream Powder seems to be the purest available, as so many others (even organic) have milk solids and other ingredients in them. Always read the labels ingredients on everything!
RASPBERRY VINAIGRETTE
Salad dressing is one of those items that can be troublesome when trying to eat a healthy, anti-inflammatory lifestyle… but it doesn’t have to be. Vinaigrette’s are so easy and add a lot of variety. With frozen berries year-round, you don’t have to just limit yourself to fresh summer berries with this sweet and savory recipe. While a vinaigrette made with frozen, thawed berries is best in a blender, you can also just mash fresh berries for a chunkier texture. Raspberry flavor is great in a salad, but think outside the box and serve it over roasted or grilled vegetables (asparagus, green beans, butternut squash, etc.), grilled salmon or chicken. Brighten up a bowl of fresh-diced summer vegetables, as well.
ROASTED GARLIC (and what to do with it)
Roasting garlic is something everyone should do and something you will want to make often after you try it. Probably our easiest recipe of all time, but one that packs a lot of flavor… the sharp garlic becomes very mellow and sweet when roasted and spreads like a jam. You can add it to soups, stews, gravy, casseroles, mayonnaise, cooked vegetables, mixed into butter, mixed into hamburger meat before grilling, on top of steak or chicken, in salad dressing, guacamole, rubbed on cauliflower pizza crust in your manual or even mixed into salsa. The possibilities are endless.
SIMPLE LEMON SAUCE
This sauce is so easy to make and goes well with any vegetable or meat recipe.
SPICED CRANBERRY-ORANGE SAUCE
We often get requests for this Thanksgiving favorite every year. It is a traditional favorite that, with it’s tart and somewhat bitter tang, really helps to cut through the richness of all the other dishes. This recipe is a healthy, fresh alternative to the canned, overly-sweetened cranberry sauces. It will be one of the easiest sides you make for Thanksgiving, yet will yield a lot of flavor and beautiful color on your table.
TERIYAKI SAUCE AND MARINADE
Finally! We have been working to provide a teriyaki sauce for a while. I’ve just never been that pleased with the results. This sauce is so easy, provides great flavor and more options for your meals. If you haven’t yet found the Dorot Gardens ginger, it is so handy. I purchase it at our Forest Kroger in the freezer section. I have seen it in both the frozen vegetable and frozen fruit areas. Very nice to have on hand. This sauce is easily doubled if you need more for dipping or other recipes.
TZATZIKI SAUCE (Dairy-Free)
The freshness and flavor of Greek foods are incredibly inviting, and Tzatziki sauce is no exception. Submitted by Mary Clugston, this recipe is a delicious way to add a tangy flavor of Greece to any meal – without the dairy. Typically made with yogurt, this recipe uses coconut cream for a GHS plan-approved dip for meat or vegetables, or as a salad dressing. Tzatziki lasts about 3 days in the frig before the cucumbers start to break down and become watery. Simply cut the recipe in half if it’s more than needed.
YUM YUM SAUCE
Yum Yum sauce is a Japanese steak house mayonnaise that is creamy, slightly sweet, yet tangy. It makes a great dipping sauce for chicken, beef, fish or veggies. It is an incredibly simple and quick recipe that will really elevate an ordinary meal.
PEACH SALSA
It’s always nice when you can take advantage of the fresh seasonal ingredients at farmer’s markets or your local grocer. This recipe is a perfect example of utilizing seasonal summer produce, while adding a delicious burst of flavor to your menu. Incorporating your fruit into your recipes also lends to more variety and makes your dishes special. It is a perfect complement to serve over grilled chicken or fish or even with raw cucumber slices. It’s also great spooned over a cup of chopped lettuce topped with 3 oz. of taco meat and topped with MCT, avocado or olive oil.
BLUEBERRY BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE
This vinaigrette is a quick and simple recipe that adds a very flavorful twist to any salad. The flavor seems to intensify after it sits a few hours. You could even use this dressing as a sauce on salmon or chicken to elevate an everyday dish.
RICH TURKEY GRAVY
RICH TURKEY GRAVY
CAESER DRESSING
If you’re looking for an authentic Caesar dressing, this is your recipe. Inspired by Wholesome Yum, it is full of flavor and will easily become a family favorite. Don’t be intimidated by the anchovy paste if you’ve never used it. It is the foundation of any good Caesar dressing, and you won’t even know anchovies are there. The best I’ve found is Crown Prince at Kroger or on Amazon. Reese anchovy paste at Walmart is also fine. Keep in mind, not all brand stores carry the same products. Worcestershire gives the best flavor, but coconut aminos work great, too. This recipe makes a fair amount, so you can cut the recipe in half.
ROASTED RED PEPPER SALSA
A key to maintaining a healthy eating lifestyle is incorporating a variety of foods and flavors into your meal planning. There are a hundred ways to prepare an everyday piece of chicken that can transform what would normally be a boring meal into something special and flavorful. Red Pepper Salsa is an incredible flavor booster that can be used on chicken, fish, beef or even vegetables. You can buy roasted peppers already roasted in a jar (without sugar) or roast them at home. They are so easy to make. Balsamic vinegar adds great flavor to this recipe. Purchase one without added sugars (and never “sugar free,” meaning artificial sweeteners). Most will have a natural fruit sugar as part of the ingredients, which is fine in the small quantity used.
ROASTED TOMATO MARINARA WITH GARLIC AND BASIL
This is such an easy recipe and a great way to use up garden tomatoes. You can forego the peeling of the tomatoes and straining of the seeds and blend the marinara to be chunky or smooth. The slow-roasted taste is richer and lends a much fresher taste than canned varieties.
HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING
This popular dressing/sauce is frequently requested by our clients. It just goes so well with so many things… salads, sausages, burgers, chicken, etc.
STEAK SAUCE
There have been several requests for steak sauce lately. We have tried several recipes over the years, but they just haven’t been that great. Traditional sauces are either high in carbohydrates or contain ingredients that are not Genesis friendly, such as A1, which contains corn syrup, raisin paste and preservatives. While A1 is more tomato-based, this recipe is vinegar-based. It gives a great zing of flavor to any meat. The Worcestershire Sauce in this recipe has a very small amount of sugar, but is quite small when included in the recipe, so it won’t be a problem. You can always cut the recipe in half if you don’t use it often.