Spaghetti Squash Spaghetti

I love spaghetti and needed a way that i could eat it without the noodles so I tried this recipe I found online.

What you need:
Spaghetti Squash
Favorite Spaghetti sauce
1 tbs butter



cut your spaghetti squash in half and clean out the seeds and any of the stringy stuff from the seeds. Then place face down in a microwave safe container, put about an inch of water in the pan, place in the microwave and cook for 15-30 min.
Shred the squash and place in a stove top pan with butter. Cook and add the spaghetti sauce. Serve and enjoy.

BBQ Chicken Pita Pizza

What you need:


Pita bread
BBQ sauce
mozzarella cheese
red onion
green pepper
chicken
cilantro


So all you have to do is cook your chicken in a little garlic powder then shred or chop up. smooth a tablespoon of BBQ sauce on the bottom of your pita, then layer cheese, chicken, red onion, green pepper and cilantro. then i usually drizzle more BBQ sauce on top. Broil on high for 5-10 min in the oven and eat.

Depending on the cheese, pita, and BBQ sauce you will probably eat about 400 calories from one pita pizza.

Taco Bell Chalupa (Healthy Alt.)

My husband did some research to find this for me since i love love taco bell.

What you need:
Ground Turkey
1/4 cup of flour
paprika
salt
whatever spices you like to spice things up (we use taco seasoning, or cayenne pepper)
1/2 cup water
Pita Bread
tomatoes
lettuce
Greek yogurt


Meat prep:
 In a bowl mix the ground beef, seasonings, water and flour until it's like a paste. Then cook on stove top, stirring frequently (it should stay like a paste, if it starts to look different its because you are not stirring it enough)

Take your pita bread and brush the outside lightly with olive oil, then broil in your oven until it's softened and the olive oil has soaked in.

Load your pita bread with the meat, cheese, Greek yogurt, lettuce and tomato and enojoy.

Depending on your turkey and pita bread this will be about 380 calories, but it will fill you up with just one!!

Tomato Vegetable Soup

It was raining so of course i was craving some soup, but couldn't decide between tomato or vegetable soup....so i made up one soup that would have both.

What you need:

28 oz can of crushed tomatoes

12 oz can of petite diced tomatoes

16 oz can of chicken broth

16 oz of kidney beans (I've also used chickpea and garbanzo)

1 package of frozen zucchini and yellow squash

1 can of corn

chopped carrots

1/2 sweet yellow onion

Garlic power

Onion Power

Oregano

Pepper

This was super easy because you honestly just dump this in and put it on low for like a 1/2 hour just long enough to make the veggies cooked and soft. 

You could really add any veggies that you want, zucchini just sounded fantastic the night i made it. 

this recipe is honestly only about 115 calories per cup so it's pretty awesome because it's hearty so it fills you up but you can also eat a ton of it if you desire and not feel guilty. 

Jicama and Sweet Potato Fries

So I love french fries but since doing this new way of eating I just don't eat the white potatoes anymore. If you want a way to enjoy this guilty pleasure without too much fuss just follow this recipe and I promise you wont miss those white potatoes.


So you will need:
Either 1 Jicama or 1 Sweet potato
Olive Oil
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Cajun seasoning


All you have to do is peel the vegetable, cut it into fry chunks (skinny,fat, or sliced)
put in a bag or container and pour just enough olive oil to coat and then season to taste. (if you are feeling really dangerous you can also shake in some Parmesan cheese) I love the Cajun because it gives it a kick.

I bake these at 400 for about 15-30 minutes depending on the size that you cut them into.

Sometimes I will dip them in plain Greek yogurt to taste like sour cream.

If you do just the basic above ingredients you are going to be looking at about 160 calories for the full vegetable, but then you would have to add in if you do any of the extras (Greek yogurt and Parmesan cheese)

Chili Lime chicken

I've published this before, but I want any readers that are looking for different chicken to please refer to that recipe, it makes such good chicken and you can use it in so many things.

Bakes Asparagus ( Must read if you dont like asparagus!!!!)

I used to hate asparagus, it was so green and well....asparagus. Well I strongly encourage you to try this sometime, it's now my favorite vegetable.

What you need:
Asparagus
 lemon juice
garlic powder
Parmesan cheese
olive oil


Add your asparagus into a bag with lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1/3 cut of Parmesan cheese, and garlic powder to taste. shake the bag and then spread the coated asparagus onto a cooking sheet. bake 350 for 20-30 minutes depending on how done you like it.