Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

 Cook your ground chicken and your onion in the sesame oil until done. Take off heat and put into a bowl.

 Add the rest of your ingredients (chop your water chestnuts and green onions finely), and stir all together.

Pull lettuce leaves off your head of lettuce and serve with the chicken mix.
Enjoy your super delicious and healthy dinner! (about 230 cal a cup of chicken)

Lasagna Cupcakes!

 Alright for these itty bitty adorable lasagnas you need ...
- Ground beef (1 lb)
- 1 package of wonton wrappers
- 1 can of diced canned tomatos
- 1 can of tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp chopped garlic
- 2 cups motz
- 2 cups parm
- 1/2 shallot
- 1.5 cups ricotta cheese
- 1 tbsp dried basil
- 1 package fresh basil
- 1 tbsp oregano
24-26 cupcake tins
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 Dice your shallots and throw them into a greased pan with the garlic. Let that simmer until the shallots are translucent.

 Add your beef and cook until mostly brown.

 Take off heat and set aside.

 Push wonton wrappers into your cupcake tins.

 Mix your sauce, diced tomatoes, dried herbs, (I added some shredded zucchini), salt, pepper, and help of your fresh basil.

 Layer your sauce, meat, and cheese making sure sauce is on the bottom.

 At about half filled, cut the rest of your wonton wrappers into circles using a glass, then put those circles in your cupcakes, layer the rest of the ingredients again. Top with mix of cheese.

Put in the oven at 375 for about 10-15 minutes. Then take out, add a bit of parm cheese and fresh basil and serve immediately!

Chicken and White BBQ Potatoes

Chicken and White BBQ Potatoes!

Ingredients:

4 Yukon gold or baking potato

Cooking Spray

1/2 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt

1/4 cup canola mayonnaise

3 tbspns white vinegar

1 tbspn dijon mustard

2 tspns ground pepper

1/2 tspn sugar

1/4 tspn salt

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 1/2  cups shredded, skinless boneless rotisserie chicken breast. I just used frozen chicken tenderloins

3 tbspns sweet pickle relish

1/4 cup chopped chives

Lets start cookin!

Preheat the oven to 450F

 

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 Pierce potatoes with a fork, coat lightly with cooking spray. Bake at 450F for 50 minutes or until tender. Remove potatoes from oven and cool slightly.

 

 Combine yogurt and the next 7 ingredients, up to garlic, in medium mixing bowl.

 Mix in chicken and relish.

 Cut a lengthwise slit in each potato, cutting to, but nor through or you will have a leaky potato boat.

 Divide the chicken mixture into 4 and place in the potato cut outs.

Top each potato with 1 tbspn of chives and whatever other topping you might want and ENJOY!

Skinny Philly CheeseSteaks....

Cut up everything at once... it makes it a lot easier once you start to cook.

Go ahead and cook your steak for about 2 minutes and take those out of the pan.

Cook your onions until they are slightly caramelized... about 3-4 minutes. Then add your mushrooms, peppers, and garlic to the pan with the onions.

Then throw your beef back in briefly and toss. Then remove all of it from heat and add in your Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce.

Throw your buns into the toaster at this point because you only have your cheese sauce left. :)

Put your milk and flour mix in the pan and add your cheese slowly while whisking, take off the heat and add the mustard.
Then assemble your sandwich! Top with a little pepper and enjoy the ooey goey sandwich.... bring napkins.

also.... this version is about half the calories of the normal Philly cheese steak.

Skinny Mongolian Beef

Alright.... throw your last three ingredients in your pan first and cook your steak like you like it.... I like mine still pink on the inside so about 2 minutes.

While you do that... mix the first 8 ingredients together in a separate bowl.

Then throw your green onions into your pan with your steak for about 30 seconds before adding your sauce.

Let that cook down a little until the sauce is a bit thicker and pour over rice noodles, rice, or crunchy noodles...whatever you like. I like the rice noodles because they cook in about the same time as your steak... so easy!

Then enjoy your skinny Mongolian Beef :) (for 240 cal instead of over 400 for take out)

Buffalo Chicken Pasta mmmmmmm

Who's ready to spice it up in the kitchen? 

Buffalo Chicken Pasta time!

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 I boiled my chicken and shredded it the night before so i don't have a picture of that but you get the idea. Get that oven warming up to 350 F. While it's getting all toasty in there, mix all the sauces together and boil your pasta to your liking. After your pasta sticks to your kitchen cabinet, mix it all together in a bowl or baking dish like you see below and sprinkle your cheese on top.

 Place this masterpiece in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes

Then all you need to do is slap some into a bowl and cute boys like this show up and eat dinner with you! He likes to add extra hot sauce to kick it up a notch. ENJOY!

Skinny Chicken Fried Rice.. yummm

 Here's the ingredients and the quick instructions.

 I boiled the chicken from frozen and it only took another 5-10 minuted. I cooked my rice at the same time so that it was done when I was ready to throw it in the wok!

 Spray a little spray oil in the center before you crack your eggs, and let them cook almost all the way before stirring.

 Then enjoy your rice. This was delicious... I don't usually let myself get friend rice at restaurants so this was a big treat.... especially since I thought it was BETTER than restaurant style.

Smoked Gouda and Bacon Mac N Cheese with a side of Parm Green Beans

 

Here are the ingredients and the quick instructions :)

 

 I used Soy milk and a lactose free sharp cheddar... unfortunately they don't make Gouda in a lactose free form.

 It was a TON of cheese.... the shredding took a good 15 minutes.
I put half of the bacon into the melted cheese mixture and half of the bacon into the bread crumbs. This gives you a great crispy topping and delicious cheese. But if you do this, half your salt in the sauce.

 

When you've sprinkled your bread crumbs on top of your pasta, put it in the oven for about 30 minutes or until your crumbs are crispy.

At the same time I made green beans. Trim all of the edges and put on cookie sheets. 

 Sprinkle olive oil, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1 Tbsp chopped garlic, and 1 tsp pepper on the green beans.
Throw those into the oven and 425F for 8 minutes, shake the pan around, then another 8 minutes. Take them out and put in a baking dish, sprinkle with parm cheese, and put back into the oven at 350F for 5 minutes.

Vegetable Cassarole with a Lemon Orzo

 Once you have cut up everything, boil the potatoes for 15 minutes or so until about half cooked.

Start the orzo 10 minutes after when you put your casserole in the oven.

 Put your cheese on your casserole when it is about half cooked.

Serve over the orzo!. I had some extra potato medallions so I made some chips in the oven at the same time.