Tabasco Broccoli Recipe - Low Carb, Paleo & Keto Friendly

I think that about sums it up. Depending on if you, as a paleo eater, low carb eater or Maria Emmerich healthified eater incorporate peanuts.

Because this recipe has peanuts.

This recipe is adapted from a pin I found that lead me to FoodandOtherthings recipe for Sriracha Broccoli  and because Sriracha has sugar in it... 

...I'm not eating it, okay?! :) 

However I would like to add some spicy broccoli goodness to my kitchen recipes

 so here is my low carb, healthified version - Enjoy! :) 

Tabasco Broccoli Recipe

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7 cups Broccoli Florets
1/4 cups chopped peanuts
2 garlic cloves minced
1 1/2 Tablespoons Eden Tamari Soy Sauce Naturally Brewed
1 1/2 Tablespoons Sesame Oil
1 Tablespoon Tabasco
Black Pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

1) Mix all ingredients in a medium large bowl until all florets are covered with some spicy goodness.
2) Put parchment paper over a cookie sheet.
3) Add all the mix on top of the parchment paper and sprinkle as much black pepper as you'd prefer ontop.
4) Pop that pan in the oven and bake for 7 minutes, then toss the mix, put broccoli back in the oven for 8 more minutes.

**BING**

Once your timer goes off the dish is done! Super simple right? ...and delicious :). ;).  

It's tasty on its own but I think it'd make a great side to chicken *or* paired with cottage cheese. Yum! :)

Also... peanut butter... a side of straight up peanut butter if you so desire and it works with your diet would make this super yummy! :) 

PS - If you have adapted the Paleo diet and love Sriracha (almost) without abandon... then check out Nom Nom Paleo for her Paleo Sriracha recipe. :) 

Let me know what you think if you try this recipe!

 Happy Creating, Dawn

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Cheesy Bread Sticks Recipe - Low Carb

I didn't have cottage cheese, nor did I want to use coconut flour because the misters tasty sensors are super sensitive and do not like coconut flour :/. So here I go improvising :). For the win I might add ;). So for those of you who are into cheesy bread sticks that are full of awesome and cheese  - this ones for you! ;)

Cheesy Bread sticks Recipe - Low Carb

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Adapted from Maria Emmerich's Mini Muffin Recipe

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
5 Tblspns Almond flour
5 Eggs
1 tsp aluminium free baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Bacon grease

Italian Seasoning Mix:

4 Tblspns Parmesan Cheese
3 Tblspns Garlic Powder
1 1/2 Tblspns Italian Seasoning

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a square baking dish with bacon grease.

2) Mix the cheeses, almond flour, baking powder, eggs, salt and 1/2 of the Italian seasoning in a medium size bowl until smooth.

3) Pour cheesy goodness into the greased square baking dish. Top with remaining seasoning mix. 

4) Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. 

5) Serve hot or at room temperature, whichever you prefer.

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Here we are - cheesy bread sticks - fresh out of the oven. :) 

Enjoy!

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Zesty Chicken Soup Recipe - for your Crock Pot!

Zesty Chicken Soup

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Ingredients:
1  4 - 5 lb chicken
1  14.5 oz can Diced and Fire roasted tomatoes
2  10 oz cans of Rotel Diced tomatoes with green chilies
1  Tblspn Garlic Powder
1/2  Tblspn Chili Powder
2  cups chicken broth
1/2 cup water
2 Tablespoons Bacon Grease
1  Tspn Poultry seasoning
1/2  Tblspn Cumin
4  Tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped

Put everything together in the crock pot, cook on LOW for 6 - 8 hours. The timing all depends on your chicken. Check if the chicken is cooked throughout (no pink) around 6 hours. If it comes off the bone easily then pull the rest of the chicken out of the crock pot and pull the meat off the bone.

Once you've pulled all the meat off the bones and back in the soup, you can let the meat continue to marinade or you can dish up! :)

I made Maria's Healthified Cheetos the same day I made the soup. They were a perfect cracker substitute! :) I also added sour cream and cheese to the soup - nom nom nom!

Please let me know if you try it out and how you like the recipe! :) 

Best, Dawn

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Low Carb Spanish Eggs with Cilantro, Jalapeno and Sausage!

 As of late the man who loves breakfast was getting bored with eggs! The hubby liked this dish, of which I'm thankful for. It seems I changed up the menu just in time! ;)

This dish is flavorful and spicy. 

If you like cilantro, pork and jalapenos this might be a new favorite for you!

What you'll need:

1 Tablespoon freshly chopped cilantro
1/2 jalapeno chopped
1 lb ground pork
5 eggs
1 Teaspoon bacon grease

Optional (but highly recommended ;)) Toppings:
- Trader Joses Fresh Hot Salsa
- Sour Cream
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Sea Salt and pepper to taste

What to do:

1) Cook cilantro, jalapeno, bacon grease and ground pork on medium heat until the pork is brown.

2) Add eggs to the mixture and stir until the yolks are blended.

3) Once the eggs and pork are cooked you are ready to eat!

I suggest topping with cheddar cheese, sour cream and Trader Joses Fresh hot salsa (it's delish!). 

Serve warm and enjoy!

♥ Dawn

Low Carb Monkey Bread Anyone?

In my opinion the people who invented Pinterest cannot be thanked enough. Seriously, I have discovered *so* many recipes, DIY projects and patterns! (Oh my! ;)) All thanks to the wonderful world of Pinterest! :D Recently through one of my adventures in perusing Pinterest I stumbled upon a recipe... that took me to a blog... that I have been reading pretty much everyday... ever since! I introduce you to Maria & Craig Emmerich, the authors of Maria Mind Body Health. 

I've gotten a couple of her books and binge read at least one and a half of them for good measure! 

They read easy and are full of good for you information! For example - did you know that Splenda, the artificial sweetener that has been touted as having no impact on a persons blood sugar and is a zero calorie sweetener has been lying. Here are the numbers folks: 

Glycemic Index of: 

Sugar: 68

Splenda: 80

High Fructose Corn Syrup: 87

Is your mind blown? Mine was. I felt like my eyes had been opened to my own naiveness of marketing. I could go on ( and I'd like too! ) But I'll save you a mini rant ;). 

Let's suffice to say the truth will set you free - can you imagine how many low carb diets have been sabotaged by splenda? Or how many with diabetes have been negatively affected by using Splenda? Grr.... its sad :(. Which is why I felt compelled to write about it. I'll get off my soap box here and let you do some digging for yourselves ^-^.

If you want to read more about it I suggest googling "Does Splenda have a high Glycemic Index?" And read a couple of the posts. Here's an informative excerpt from a Dr. Deanna Walker that distills the ingredients in splenda about as good as any post you'll find if you do a google search.

So yes my minds been blown, my eyes have been opened, I have been restocking our shelves with Healthified options :) thanks to the Emmerich's blogging and writing down all their awesome health information! Maria shares in her book Secret's To a Healthy Metabolism the science behind fats, proteins, carbs, etc and how each affects our bodies. She goes over different types of fats, sharing the chemistry of fat strands and how some differ  from others and the benefits of each. Maria also talks about brown fat and white fat. Did you know our bodies need the brown fat and that it helps our bodies burn the white fat? 

Ahhhhh!!! There's SO much to learn! :D I've really enjoyed reading her books and her blog. There are testimonies on almost every blog post too! Always a fun read :) 

So far I've tried a few of Maria and Craig's "Healthified" Recipes :) (see list below).

The top two were husband approved and the others my sister and I will be eating by ourselves :) 

If I haven't already told you, my husband is a picky eater ;) 

'nough said :) 

Monkey Bread fresh out of the oven with cinnamon swerve glaze

Monkey Bread

Amazing Pizza

Cookie Dough Balls

Cinnamon Bread

There are a bunch of other recipes to try of course, I'm just getting started :). 

A good place to follow along with Maria's newest recipes is on her facebook page here

Which one do you think you'll try first? 

Here's to your health friends! ~Dawn

Low Carb Spaghetti Recipe

This past weekend between working on the food for game day I still needed to whip something up for our regular eats! I knew I had an option of chicken or sausage and I was feeling indecisive... so I asked the mister if he had a preference and he said that he always likes sausage which helped give me some direction. ;) About 30 - 45 minutes later I had a Paleo Friendly & Low Carb version of spaghetti! I'm pretty excited about it. ;) I'd wanted to use the newly purchased bag of Broccoli Slaw but wasn't sure just how I'd incorporate it. And can I just say growing up spaghetti was a favorite dish of mine?! Oh yes, yes it was. This was pretty good! I had seconds! Shhh ;)

Low Carb Spaghetti

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What you'll need:

1 lb Ground Sausage
12 oz Bag of Broccoli Slaw
2 Tbspns Minced Onion
6 oz Tomato Paste
3 Teaspoons Italian Seasoning
2 Tbspns Heavy Cream
1 Teaspoon Coconut Oil
2 1/2 Cups Water
1/2 Teaspoon garlic
Dash Cumin
Dash of Pepper
Salt to Taste

What you do:

1) In a large pan over medium heat brown the sausage, once it's mostly browned add all other ingredients.
2) Stir ingredients until all the tomato paste is evenly distributed and seasonings are well blended.
3) Cover dish and simmer on Medium stirring occasionally until the broccoli is cooked to a tenderness you like.
4) Serve warm and top with Parmesan cheese if so desired.

Granted you can use spaghetti squash in place of Broccoli Slaw - feel free to play around with the recipe. Or enjoy it as is it! :D

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I have to say I added the coconut oil at the end in order to use my coconut oil. I recently read that coconut oil benefits our bodies and helps ward off disease in so many ways. But please, don't take my word for it.. feel free to read more about how it helps our skin, digestion and ease symptoms of certain diseases here on WebMD. I plan to try and work the miracle oil more and more into our diets, especially since I know my husband's side of the family has a history of Alziehmer's which this oil works wonders on, again... feel free to read more about it here on healthfitnessinfomagazine. 

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Here's to your health! ;) Cheers! ♥ Dawn

Low Carb Game Day Recipe Eats

Last weekend my sister, my husband and I sat down to watch the Redskins game. I had every intention of making up a recipe I found on pinterest for cheddar jalapeno burgers with guacamole by sunnyslideup but about half time we realized our team wasn't doing so hot, and though everyone was down to eat burgers before the game started my husband said "I think I might need pizza just to make me feel better" ;). I love his humor ^-^. I realized my energy was low, really low... too low to dice, cut, slice, measure and then stand over the stove to cook them bad boys. So, pizza hut won... I caved... I was bummed about this choice, I wanted to feed us all something nutritious and not carb laden .. I normally eat that stuff way too fast, and of course regret it the next day and even that night because my stomach and guts are like, "What were you thinking?!" Try as I might to ignore their voices I really can't because they are painfully loud :/ . Whaa. Right? ;) lol Whaa indeed!  

That was a week ago... fast forward to this week. I was determined to have fun food for our football watching time that I hand selected and approved of. 

32 Hard boiled Eggs, 30 jalapenos, 3 packs of bacon cooked up & 2 cucumbers later...  I ended up with a fun smorgasbord of foods! I'm sharing them with you because it was kind of hard to find a diverse grouping of what I myself consider "game day eats" and still keep it healthy and low carb, hopefully this post will help others find a group of recipes they want to make on their family's game day.

Here is the spread, though no, not all of it. I had lots of leftovers ;) :

Low Carb Game Day Spread ^-^

Michelob Ultra (not pictured) was drank by me ;). I added the beer bucket in the picture because though it was just us three I figured why wait to break out a fun beer bucket? Am I right? ;)

Here are the recipes I used:

Chicken Strips by Cleaneatsinthezoo

Note: Arrowroot is by no means low carb, feel free to use Parmesan cheese in place of arrowroot. Also, substituted 1 Tblspn Garlic Powder for Garlic salt because we're looking to keep down the salt intake where we can.

Baked Stuffed Jalapeno Bites by Simply Recipes

Note: I cut the tops of the jalapenos off :( I later realized I should not have done this. I grabbed bacon and wrapped it around the jalapenos and cooked them this way in an effort to hold the cheesy insides in. This mostly worked. ;) They were still yummy!

Cucumber Bites With Bacon Egg Salad

Note: I substituted spicy brown mustard for the honey dijon.

Bacon Jalapeno Deviled Eggs by RealHouseMoms

Note: I substituted splenda for the sugar they called for.

And now for a few photos of the spread in the making...

You also might be wondering how I managed to make 32 Hard boiled eggs... I'm glad you asked... this was another pinterest find... I use pinterest search over google search these days, so far I've not had any finds flop ;). I saw a pinterest post by creativehomemaking that had the eggs in the oven like the photo below.

I followed the instructions and thought the eggs came out quite nicely. Granted, 32 eggs take a while to peel, but once they were all done... I was sure I'd made more than enough! 

Filling them with the mix was *so* much fun!

Adding Paprika to make 'em pretty ;)

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As I was chopping cilantro for the Cucumber Mix I decided I'd be a smart consumer ;) and freeze the leftover cilantro in an ice cube tray for a later date.

 My mister and I both enjoy cilantro so I know I'll use them before long. 

The cup to the left is bacon grease from the 3 bags of bacon I cooked up! Since it was still in liquid form I drizzled some of it in each of the cubes with cilantro as well and then filled then to the top with water.

 I think this will be a good mix when I go to pop one out and use it! :) 

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The Deviled eggs called for jalapenos so these are the ones I had left to work with when making the jalapeno bites.. and yes, I used disposable gloves when working with them and recommend it! ;)

Lastly, the chicken tenders went over well. I found that as they cooked they smelled as if they had bbq sauce on them. My husband did detect a sweet flavor, which was there from the coconut oil - we'll probably make these again using bacon grease. They don't take terribly long to make either which is a bonus! :) 

Well folks, that was the line up for game day eats! I hope you enjoy the recipes and photos, though I have to admit I'm wondering just how stellar my camera is these days as the photos seem slightly blurry/grainy... hmm... I hope it's not causing any headaches to look at them! ;) 

Though if they cause you to drool a little I'd say this is normal. Tee hee ;)

Thank you for reading! Please feel free to share if these recipes were a hit with your family too! 

Be safe out there friends! ;) ♥ Dawn 

♪♫ Homemade Salsa & Chicken sittin in a Crock Pot C-O-O-K-I-N-G! ♫♪

♪♫ First comes tomatoes, then comes onions, then comes chopped jalapenos with the garlic powder! ♫♪

♪♫ That's not all! That's not all! They've been marinating for hours! ♪♫

Yes indeedy! And for good reason! I put them there. There in that crock pot, with those ingredients! I bet by the time you get through all the pictures and make this recipe for yourself, you'll be glad I did!...just sayin :) ;). Last night my sister and I were in the kitchen for a while mixing up some cheddar jalapeno burgers with guacamole with sunnyslideup's recipe (which was amazing!). As we chopped, minced, measured and poured ingredients I decided to put together a crock pot recipe for today using some of the same ingredients. I knew I wouldn't have a whole lot of time to cook tonight seeing as I'd only have about 20 minutes after work to get something thrown together, this is when I look to my crock pot to lend me hand. Can I just say when it comes to chicken in a crock pot, it's delicious and tender?! I'm glad fall is nearly upon us, I have a feeling I'll be getting more acquainted with the crock pot very soon...and chicken... more chicken!

Homemade Salsa & Chicken

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What you'll need:

5-6 chicken breasts
2 - 10 oz Cans of Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles
2 Chopped Jalapenos
1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Cumin
2 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
1/2 Yellow Onion Chopped
A handful of cilantro sprigs

What to do:
1) In a medium size bowl mix all ingredients except the chicken & cilantro. Once mixture is thoroughly blended set aside.
2) Place chicken breasts in the crock pot.
3) Add mixture to the top of the chicken, make sure to push the mixture in between the chicken breasts as well. Top with cilantro sprigs.
4) Set crock pot to KEEP WARM if you think you'll be gone more than 6 hours. If you are making this during the day and you're around the house setting your crock pot to LOW for 4 hours should do the trick.
5) Serve chicken warm with some of the salsa mix on top. Recommended additions are guacamole, sour cream, cheese or all three! ;)

NOTE: The chicken and veggies cooked down a bit leaving a spicy soup after all the chicken and salsa was eaten. I saved this "spicy chicken stock" by freezing it and plan to use it for a chili later on... just some food for thought. ;)

The chicken breasts are under the homemade salsa spread! 

8 Hours later the cilantro has wilted and added to the flavor, see how the veggies cooked down too! 

My husband wanted me to take a picture of him giving a thumbs up to the plate of chicken breast here - but we decided to omit his hand because it made the chicken look small lol and we couldn't have you thinking these were tiny chicken breasts because they weren't! ;)

I hope you enjoyed the recipe! Please let me know how your family enjoyed this! I always appreciate comments and love hearing from you guys! 

Happy Cooking! Be safe out there! ~Dawn

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Spicy Low Carb Goulash

In an effort to feed my family one of the staple dishes of my childhood, I came up with this low carb / Paleo friendly version of goulash. This is also a low sodium version since I know my husband has been trying to watch his salt intake. I wasn't sure how the can of no salt added tomatoes would fair but the dish turned out very tasty! 

What you need:

- 1 lb Mild Italian Sausage (I used Mild Poultry Italian which is a mix of chicken, and turkey. Sausage or beef would go well with this recipe too!)
- 1 Cup Onion Chopped
- 1 Spaghetti Squash
- 1 can 14.5 oz  Diced Tomatoes No Salt Added
- 1/2 Cup water
- 4 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
- 1 Tspn Garlic Powder
- 1 Tspn Ground Mustard
- 1/8 Tspn Ground Sage
- 1/2 Tspn Black Pepper
- 1/4 Tspn Tabasco Sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Bacon Grease
- 1/2 Tspn Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy

What to do:

Put the meat, onions and all the spices in a large pan and let cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally..

Meanwhile, cut the spaghetti squash lengthwise. Pull out all the seeds and fibers, I use a large spoon to do this. Once both sides are clean fill one half with water and place it in a microwave safe bowl setting the other half right on top. If the squash seems to want to wobble slice a very thin piece from the bottom of the squash to make it stay in place. Microwave for about 10 minutes. Use oven mitts to pull the dish from the microwave it will be really hot!

Once the meat is browned and the spaghetti squash is done, add the tomatoes, the spaghetti squash and water to the pan. Simmer over medium heat for 15 - 20 minutes to allow the flavors to really blend.

Serve warm and top with Parmesan cheese! :) 

I hope your family enjoys the recipe! It tasted subtly sweet (I'm guessing that's from the tomatoes ;)) but is definitely spicy at the same time! My sister and I both enjoyed the crunch of the spaghetti squash. We think it'd be good with cottage cheese too! :) 

Happy cooking! ♥ Dawn

Low Carb Chicken Alfredo

9/14/13 UPDATE:

 I made this bad boy recipe again today and took a more colorful photo than the first one. What can I say, when I know I'm going to blog about something I get a little excited! That and the zucchini skin didn't stay on the first time I cooked this... but the SECOND time it did! ^-^ Yeah baby get your greens! :) ;)

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This recipe is super easy and great for feeding 2 - 3 people. I know my mister enjoys Alfredo so I wanted to make a version without the flour noodles and sauce packets. With a little imagination I threw together this dish and I felt good about serving it to the family too since there weren't any artificial ingredients and stuff. ;)

 I wish I had a better picture to share of this dish because the flavor was great! Personally I really enjoyed the texture of the ground chicken. I have another recipe I conjured up and hope to share with you soon! :) So... stay tuned! ^-^

Low Carb Chicken Alfredo

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Ingredients:.

1 lb ground chicken
1 onion chopped
1 medium grated zucchini,
1/3 c heavy whipping cream
2 1/2 Tablespoons Parmesan Cheese
1/8 Tsp garlic powder
1/4 Tsp pepper
dash of poultry seasoning
salt to taste

Add more ingredients to suit whatever army you are feeding ;)

Add all ingredients to a medium size pan and cook. Simmer on medium stirring occasionally until chicken is brown and the zucchini is cooked to the consistency you like. Then dish up and lets eat! :D

If you make the recipe - please feel free to share your variations in the comments and how you liked it! :)

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Chipotle Chicken or Turkey Burgers

We were almost out of Mrs. Dash's Extra Spicy Blend and when I went to the grocery store to replenish our stash I spotted Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle next to the Spicy Blend! Heck yes I picked up one of each!

This recipe is super simple for those summer days when the grill is begging to be used or if you want the taste of summer in a cold day... this is sure to spice things up a bit! Pun, intended.

What you'll need:

 - 1 lb ground chicken (or turkey!)

- 2 Tspns Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle

- 1/2 Tspn Garlic Powder

What to do:
1) Mix ingredients well, shape into burgers.
2) Cook over medium high heat, turn burgers occasionally until they are done to your liking.
3) Top with Swiss (or Mozzarella!) Cheese and let it melt a bit before serving.

As a side I cut up some cucumbers and tomatoes, topped the veggies with Mrs. Dash's Original Blend to stay with the salt free theme. ^-^ It was a yummy meal and I appreciate that Mrs. Dash Blends bring the flavors but not the salt!

Enjoy!

Homemade Chicken Nuggets

Home made Chicken Nuggets - the best thing since sliced bread. ;) 

Okay maybe not, but I can appreciate making your own of anything, then you can control the ingredients. And since you can never have enough recipes for chicken - why not chicken nuggets?

These were pretty tasty - you almost don't need to eat them with mayo! 

Which is saying something - because I love condiments!

Without further ado!

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Homemade Chicken Nuggets:

What you'll need:

- 5 eggs
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp chili powder
- Dash pepper

- 3 large chicken breasts

- 1/2 c Parmesan cheese
- 3 Tblspns grated Jarlsberg cheese

- Sesame Oil (or cooking oil with a high temp tolerance)

What to do: 

1) Whisk the Eggs, Garlic Powder, Chili Powder & dash of pepper in a medium size bowl. Set aside.

2) Cut up the 3 chicken breasts into 1 inch cubes, add to the egg whisked mix.

3) Add the Parmesan and Jarlsberg cheese to a Ziploc bag along with the chicken chunks and shake it up! (Think shake and bake ;))

4) Add the coated chicken to a medium/large pan and cook on medium high. Take care to turn the chicken and make sure all sides are cooked. 

Serve warm and Enjoy!

Low Carb Green Bean Casserole with Chicken

My husband likes green beans from the can. This is one of the first few things I noticed we had in common before we'd even started dating. So when I found this low carb casserole that called for green beans I had to give it a whirl. And yes, I found it on pinterest ;).

The original recipe is found here on Justapinch.

Here I'm sharing with you my variation :).

Green Bean Casserole with Chicken

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Ingredients:

2 cans french cut green beans

1 can regular cut green beans No Salt & No Sugar (in an effort to cut down the sodium)

3 lbs ground chicken

1 cup chopped onion

1 - 26 oz jar of Bea's Brooklyn's Vodka Sauce 

2 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded

To taste:

-Garlic powder

-Pepper

-Parmesan Cheese

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

1) Pull out a 9 x 13 casserole dish and lightly sprinkle garlic powder on the bottom. Set aside. 

2) Open the cans of green beans, place them in a colander and towel dry if needed. Set aside.

3) In a large skillet add the chopped onion, stir until tender/translucent.

4) Add chicken to the skillet and cook until brown. Drain excess water.

5) Spoon about a third of the green beans into the casserole dish, then top with the chicken/onion mixture, then the vodka sauce and a third of the mozzarella cheese.  Continue layers until ingredients are exhausted. 

Sprinkle a layer of Parmesan cheese on top, then garlic powder and lastly pepper. 

Bake for 30 minutes at 375 until top layer is lightly brown. 

Enjoy!

PS - The mister said he thought it was pretty tasty. :) This is good. He's a very honest man ;). lol I myself appreciate the textures and flavors of this recipe. I've since found that this recipe reheats well too!

This is how it happened...

Cottage Cheese met Mrs. Dash - Extra Spicy ;)

Mrs. Dash shook things up a bit with Cottage Cheese

Once Mrs. Dash put her top back on, Cottage Cheese got all stirred up and made one yummy dish! :)

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This is a PG blog - I promise lol 

Seriously, If you like pepperoni pizza you'll love this! Super simple, takes not even 5 minutes to "make", eat and lick the bowl! Though please... do slow down to savor and be kind to your stomach ;)

To make a Low Carb tastes like pepperoni pizza snack - here's what you need:

- Cottage Cheese (full fat, no? ;))
- Mrs. Dash Salt Free Spicy Blend

As much or as little as you'd like of each - mix them up and enjoy!

Chicken & Cheese Ham Burgers! Paleo Friendly and Low Carb

 ** Pan Kissed Chicken & Cheese Ham Burgers! **

Yes - it's kind of a play on words here - I was trying ;) tee hee

Thank you to SmokedandGrilled for the base of this recipe geniusness! After making them once I decided to add a few additional items to spice it up and add more of our families favorite ingredient - cheese ;). though in some Paleo variations this is not an accepted food. Feel free to omit if you're doing Whole30! But of course ;)

****I cannot wait till it stops raining long enough for me to get these on the grill! :)****

I mean pan seared salty flavor from the meats is great - but to add a smokiness to them with the grill? YUM! And yet I wonder - liquid smoke... there is such a thing... O.O ^-^ For now - let's share the recipe as it is today shall we? :) ;)

What you'll need:

2lbs Ground Chicken
1 cup cooked ham - diced
2 cups Parmesan cheese - shredded
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground mustard
1 tsp cilantro

1) Mix up the meats first
2) Add the cheese and spices - mix well.
3) Form into burger patties and cook 'em up!

I'm a bit of a condiment nut folks, so it *should* mean a lot ;) when I say these burgers don't need anything but to be eaten as is. You will still find me pulling out mayo and Paleo Ketchup though to dress this up if I am feeling especially like an otter that day ;).

Makes about a 13 burgers :) Feel free to cute the recipe in half for smaller crowds. I normally make food with leftovers for work in mind. Adjust accordingly ;)

5.9.13 UPDATE: -

LEFTOVERS FOR WORK - for the win! ;)