I separated these because most of them have a carb in them, like rice or egg noodles. I do not subscribe to the "no bread PERIOD" diet, but I do try to keep my carbs down since I freaking love them. :)
Chicken Artichoke Pizza
Pork Chops, Garlic Red Potatoes, Roasted Sweet Peppers
Chicken Enchiladas
9-10 chicken breasts, salt and pepper, & garlic herb seasoning (see Hardcore)
2 TBSP minced white onion
1 TBSP minced green bell pepper
1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1 can corn - no salt added
*any other veggies you like: peppers, chiles, whatever :)
Lowfat mexican shredded cheese - 1 regular size bag
Lowfat sour cream
3 TBSP lowfat cream cheese
At least 3 cups salsa
Olive oil
2 fresh roma tomatoes, chopped
2 small cans green chile enchilada sauce (the kind that doesn't specify pork on the label)
12 white tortillas, burrito size
Spanish rice (2 packages)/brown rice
Broil chicken (see Hardcore) - spice each side and broil on cooling rack on top of cookie sheet, 9 minutes each side. Shred.
Heat 2 cups salsa on low with cream cheese, stir until well blended - keep warm.
In separate pot, sautee onion and garlic together in a little bit of olive oil until browning. Add green pepper and sautee a couple minutes.
Stir together tomatoes, salsa, veggies, chicken, handful of cheese, and add salsa if needed to make it creamier.
Spray casserole dish, spread enough green chile enchilada sauce to cover bottom of dish.
Warm tortillas if needed to make them pliable, then scoop mixture in and fold into burritos. Yes I know everyone else leaves the ends open but I think they taste better and are easier this way.
Place burritos seam-side-down in dish. Cover liberally with enchilada sauce. Top with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Serve with lowfat sour cream and spanish rice (or brown rice mixed with salsa).
Healthy Pancakes
Spinach Artichoke Sausage Alfredo
Chicken Artichoke Pizza
1-2 handfuls shredded rotisserie chicken from the store.
1 FRESH chopped roma tomato.
1 jar cheap pizza sauce.
1 botello thin crust, or whatever brand.
Olive oil
Italian Seasonings
Garlic Salt
Lowfat Mozzarella cheese.
Fresh feta cheese.
Fresh Parmesan cheese.
Canned artichoke hearts - drained and ripped apart.
Turkey bacon bits.
OMG THIS IS THE TASTIEST THING I HAVE EVER PUT IN MY MOUTH!!! Seriously.
Coat crust lightly with olive oil, use seasonings on crust - especially on outside. Place sauce, then cheese, then toppings. Go easy on the feta, and it doesn't take a whole lot of mozzarella. I had some leftover fancy parmesan cheese - the kind that's hard and not powdery - and I put a little bit of that on top. Follow directions to bake crust. Everything is so fresh and tasty it's awesome.
Pork Chops, Garlic Red Potatoes, Roasted Sweet Peppers
1 egg
1 spoonful lowfat milk
Italian bread crumbs
2 spoonfuls minced garlic (I used the prepared stuff in the plastic jar: lasts forever and super easy)
1 pckg lean pork chops - as trimmed as possible and thin. Trim all fat before cooking.
Olive oil
Light sour cream
1 bag small red potatoes
1 pckg sweet peppers
Light stick butter margarine
Stir egg and milk rapidly with fork. Dip each pork chop fully in mix, then place in bread crumbs laid on a plate until completely coated. Heat oil in pan with garlic until garlic turns a little brown. Place chops in oil on med high heat until dark brown on each side and fully cooked inside.
1 spoonful lowfat milk
Italian bread crumbs
2 spoonfuls minced garlic (I used the prepared stuff in the plastic jar: lasts forever and super easy)
1 pckg lean pork chops - as trimmed as possible and thin. Trim all fat before cooking.
Olive oil
Light sour cream
1 bag small red potatoes
1 pckg sweet peppers
Light stick butter margarine
Pork Chops
*My husband also loves this with asparagus cooked in what's left in the pan after cooking the chops. Gives them good flavor.Stir egg and milk rapidly with fork. Dip each pork chop fully in mix, then place in bread crumbs laid on a plate until completely coated. Heat oil in pan with garlic until garlic turns a little brown. Place chops in oil on med high heat until dark brown on each side and fully cooked inside.
Sweet Peppers
Get those little bell pepper looking ones from the store.
Wash them, cut them open and clean out the insides and pulp, and cut them into strips a couple inches long.
Cook them in a little heated olive oil, stirring often, with the lid on a lot so they steam.
When done they'll be a little brown and much sweeter.
*Note: they are not that great reheated, lol. Much better fresh.
Garlic Red Potatoes
Wash and cut up potatoes in small chunks.
Put in boiling water for a few minutes until the white starchy part is clear. (Look after 3 minutes to see what I'm talking about.
Drain.
Mix some melted butter, minced garlic, (a heaping spoonful of each) and Italian seasonings in a bowl.
However much is in the bowl, add that much light sour cream (around 2 heaping spoonfuls) and mix very well.
Marinate potatoes in a bag with the sauce for 1 hour in the frig.
However much is in the bowl, add that much light sour cream (around 2 heaping spoonfuls) and mix very well.
Marinate potatoes in a bag with the sauce for 1 hour in the frig.
Lay out in single layer on sprayed cookie sheet. Salt & pepper.
Broil until desired doneness - a little brown.
Add garlic salt to taste.
Roasted Sausage, Spiced Potatoes, and Salad
Garlic salt
Italian seasoning
Turkey sausage links (lowest fat)
Salad and toppings
1 lb of small red potatoes
Seasoning packet (see below)
Use garlic salt and Italian seasoning to sprinkle on one side of slices of Turkey sausage, broil until sizzling and flip, season other side, and broil until sizzling.
For potatoes I've been experimenting with my own recipe (above), but this one doesn't require sour cream or butter so it's a little healthier and the taste is fantastic!
I diced up the potatoes, but otherwise followed the instructions exactly and got yummies :)
Chicken Enchiladas
9-10 chicken breasts, salt and pepper, & garlic herb seasoning (see Hardcore)
2 TBSP minced white onion
1 TBSP minced green bell pepper
1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1 can corn - no salt added
*any other veggies you like: peppers, chiles, whatever :)
Lowfat mexican shredded cheese - 1 regular size bag
Lowfat sour cream
3 TBSP lowfat cream cheese
At least 3 cups salsa
Olive oil
2 fresh roma tomatoes, chopped
2 small cans green chile enchilada sauce (the kind that doesn't specify pork on the label)
12 white tortillas, burrito size
Spanish rice (2 packages)/brown rice
Broil chicken (see Hardcore) - spice each side and broil on cooling rack on top of cookie sheet, 9 minutes each side. Shred.
Heat 2 cups salsa on low with cream cheese, stir until well blended - keep warm.
In separate pot, sautee onion and garlic together in a little bit of olive oil until browning. Add green pepper and sautee a couple minutes.
Stir together tomatoes, salsa, veggies, chicken, handful of cheese, and add salsa if needed to make it creamier.
Spray casserole dish, spread enough green chile enchilada sauce to cover bottom of dish.
Warm tortillas if needed to make them pliable, then scoop mixture in and fold into burritos. Yes I know everyone else leaves the ends open but I think they taste better and are easier this way.
Place burritos seam-side-down in dish. Cover liberally with enchilada sauce. Top with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Serve with lowfat sour cream and spanish rice (or brown rice mixed with salsa).
Healthy Pancakes
Oh my God these don't taste like cardboard at all!! I've had bad wheat pancakes but these taste just like french toast - and all the ingredients are healthy and natural - like what I'd use if I wanted to make them from scratch. : D Throw a scrambled egg with seasonings and fresh chopped onion, tomatoes, and bell pepper and a little lowfat cheese and this is a tasty breakfast.
Spinach Artichoke Sausage Alfredo
2 links turkey sausage.
1 pckg cholesterol free egg noodles, cooked.
1 jar lowfat alfredo sauce.
2 diced fresh roma tomatoes.
4 torn up artichoke hearts - from can of halved hearts, liquid squeezed out.
Frozen spinach - cooked and drained. Amount to taste.
2 handfuls shredded Italian cheese mix.
2 spoonfuls minced garlic (I use the plastic jarred kind with some juice).
Italian seasonings.
Slice sausage links and simmer in garlic and Italian seasonings until sausage looks juicy.
Mix everything. Heat together if serving right away, reheats well too.
Banana Bread
*I actually used this recipe to barter for automotive parts and repair for 2 years : ) It's famous in 3 cities lol.
3 mashed bananas - as brown as possible on outside.
2 beaten eggs.
2 c. whole wheat flour.
3/4 c. sugar - experimenting with substituting Stevia.
1 tsp. salt.
1 tsp. baking soda.
1/4 tsp. cinnamon.
6 TBSP unsweetened applesauce.
Shake of nutmeg.
1 TBSP ground flax seed.
Squeeze natural honey for 10-15 seconds.
Mix bananas and eggs. Add and mix everything else.
350*, 1 hour. (45 minutes in my current oven)
This is the super healthy version - and I got it to taste awesome! It used to taste like cardboard with other flours until I got this combo right. Use this flour from Walmart:
Honey Cornflake Catfish
*This tastes a lot like coconut shrimp : )
Fillets of catfish.
1 beaten egg.
1 spoonful of lowfat milk.
Honey cornflakes (I haven't found them in a long time, so you can use cornflakes tossed in some honey if
needed).
Cut fish in bite-size pieces. Mix egg and milk. Dip pieces in mix. Coat with smashed cornflakes.
425*, 20 Minutes
CHECK AT 10 AND 15 MINUTES! Some ovens are different.
Chicken With Broccoli and Rice
*This is not my recipe - credit goes to the mother-in-law : )
1 10 oz. pckg frozen broccoli
1 c. quick cooking rice
1 c. chopped cooked chicken
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c. milk
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 onion chopped
Place broccoli in 1 1/2 quart baking dish and partially microwave.
Add rice, chicken, soup, milk, onion, and 1/2 of cheese, mix well.
Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
350*, 45 Minutes or until bubbly.
Giant Meatballs
1 lb. lean ground beef/turkey.
1 egg.
2 TBSP water.
1/2 c. Italian breadcrumbs.
1/4 c. minced onion.
Salt & pepper.
Italian seasoning.
Garlic salt.
1/3 minced green bell pepper.
1/4 minced carrot.
4 cloves minced fresh garlic (use actual garlic for this one).
Parmesan.
Mix well. Roll into giant meatballs.
Sprinkle a little parmesan on top before baking.
350*, 25-30 minutes on sprayed cookie sheet with foil or until no more pink is in the center.
Stuffed Bell Peppers
Fresh green bell peppers, cut sideways and cleaned out.
1 can roasted garlic tomatoes.
Fresh chopped onion - less than 1/2 a fist.
1 spoonful minced garlic (I use the plastic jarred kind).
1 lb. lean ground beef/turkey.
Italian seasonings.
Box of rice with beef flavor (my husband likes this, but I like Spanish rice better) with vermicelli in it. *In my altitude I use 1/2 the water suggested and lowfat margarine. Cooked fully.
Simmer beef with veggies in sauce from tomatoes. Use Italian seasonings and grilled steak spices.
Mix everything and pack into peppers.
Place in ungreased casserole dish and cover with foil.
400*, 45 Minutes
Top with reduced fat cheddar cheese and let melt 5 minutes before serving.
Shrimp Alfredo
1 lb. frozen tiny shrimps, precooked and ready to eat.
Lowfat butter.
Lemon juice.
Italian spices.
Minced garlic (the kind in the plastic jar)
1 pckg cholesterol free egg noodles, cooked.
1 jar lowfat alfredo sauce.
2 fresh diced roma tomatoes.
Thaw shrimps, sautee in butter, lemon juice, spices, and garlic until shriveled.
Mix everything together and heat if serving, also good reheated.
Meatloaf
1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef/turkey.
1 c. lowfat milk.
1/4 c. ketchup.
1/2 packet dry onion soup mix.
1/2 c. Italian breadcrumbs.
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 TBSP water.
2 cloves minced garlic.
Sage.
Salt & pepper.
Onion.
Mustard.
1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce.
Mix all but ketchup.
Put in greased loafpan.
Spread ketchup over top.
Bake uncovered 350*, 1 hr. 15 min. (Should reach 160 degrees or have no pink inside)
Crab Spread
*Use as filling for about 12 crab cakes, or spread on 10-15 warm rolls or croissants. For a veggie dip, don't use the egg and heat up. I saw recommendations to add cajun spices or cayenne pepper, or scallions but haven't tried it.
Mix things as you go so it's mixed well. Lightly top with lowfat parmesan cheese before baking.
1 large egg, beaten.
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter light spread & spray.
2 diced pearl onions.
1 1/4 cloves garlic, diced (use real cloves).
Celery, diced, use stalk the length of a pen.
8 cooked shrimp (skinned and de-veined), chopped.
1 1/2 cans cooked crab, lump or otherwise (real crab).
1/8 tsp. pepper.
Little over 1/2 tsp. lemon juice.
1 1/4 tsp. light sour cream.
1 tsp. lowfat milk.
1/2 TBSP light miracle whip.
1 HEAPING TBSP fat free cream cheese.
1/4 tsp. dill.
1/8 tsp. parsley.
Tartar sauce mixed in or dipped - optional.
Generously butter french roll/croissant. Top with crab spread at least 1/4 - 1/2 inches high on roll. Top with parmesan cheese, and spray a few sprays of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray.
325* until roll is brown and crunchy - just before it burns. Eat right away.
