Chicken

Fajitas are amazing!! Lots of mixed peppers and onions, low fat sour cream and some nice spicy chicken (use a packet mix or make your own!!) maybe with a bit of cheese if you have enough cals for the day :-)

Also like a casserole in the slow cooker - mushrooms, onions, carrots (anything you like really but they are my fave with chicken) with some mashed potatoes, yum yum.

At the moment I'm addicted to a big plate of salad mixed with olive oil, chicken, a few new potatoes mixed up with chives and low fat mayo - ready is 20 minutes and no pots, happy days!!

Salsa Chicken!!! Just a jar of salsa, a can of black beans and chicken breasts, in the crockpot all day. You can shred the chicken and put it in tortillas with a little cheese and sour cream or on brown rice. Or you can not shred the chicken and just eat it that way too I guess. Very kid friendly. One of our weekly staples!

If you're trying to stay away from red meat, you can also have pork; it's the other white meat.
I'm a big fan of pork loin with an apple chutney.

But chicken is definitely very versatile and easy to put in lots of different kinds of dishes.
Sometimes i'll do a marinade with soy sauce, honey, a touch of sesame oil and scallions.

Stews and Casseroles are great.
A piece of chicken with red pesto in the middle (or whatever you prefer) wrapped in bacon and then baked.

Spicy chicken, we can buy some cajun spice mix here, and you can have that in chunks in Lasagne instead of beef. Hope this helps. If you don't like chicken adding a sauce or spices can really help.

If you find a good marinade you like , you could grill or bake or do kabobs with some good veggies. I have a Hawaiian Luau marinade that I am going to try probably over the weekend with some roasted veggies.

jalapeno popper stuffed chicken breast
i found the recipe on this site, but altered it a bit..the original called for cottage cheese instead of cream cheese, iirc..
just mix up all the stuff, cut a slice in the chicken and divide the filling. i baked mine at 425 (cant remember how long) but the breasts i ended up using were 7-9oz

Chicken salad made with mashed avocado, cilantro, salt and lime juice... No mayo, you can have it on whole grain bread or those sandwich thins.
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/04/chicken-rollatini-with-spinach-alla.html
http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/194728/foil-pack-chicken-and-broccoli-dinner-15

All good ideas! One more....you can Shake & bake too. Not too bad on calories, and lots of different flavors. Chicken thighs (boneless - skinless) works great too!

Chicken salad made with mashed avocado, cilantro, salt and lime juice... No mayo, you can have it on whole grain bread or those sandwich thins.
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/04/chicken-rollatini-with-spinach-alla.html
http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/194728/foil-pack-chicken-and-broccoli-dinner-15

That sounds awesome! I am going to try this one...thanks!

Do you like spicy?

Smother chicken breast in steak seasoning, chili powder, paprika, corriander, cayenne and brown sugar. And I really mean smother. Generous (palmful) amounts of everything!!!!!!!! Except the cayenne of course lol

If you grill it, it's fantastic. Otherwise you can cook it on a stove top as well. But if you grill it the sugar caramelizes and makes the best crust.... ahhhhhh yum.

My fave.

Ok....I have 2 favorites..... They both start by boiling and shredding boneless, skinless chicken breast.

Option 1) Combine 4-5 ounces with 1-2 tbs to taste of Philly Sante Fe Cooking Cream. Stuff into LaTortilla Factory High Fiber, Low Carb wrap along with 1/4-1/2, again depending on your tasebuds and calorie allowance, fresh avacado.

Option 2) Combine 24 oz with 1 bag of sliced almonds and a small can of pineapple tidbits or fresh finely chopped pineapple, and just enough light mayo to give a smooth consistency. I even cut the mayo with just a little lemon juice. This tastes best after it chills and the flavors mix overnight. I enjoy on LaTortilla Factory High Fiber, Low Carb wrap with tomatoe and lettuce.

Once the chicken is cooked and shredded, either options take only minutes to prepare and fit nicely into my daily allowances.

Chili Chilli "fried" chicken:

chicken thighs
1 envelope McCormick's White Chicken Chili powder packet (if you can't find it, use a mixture of 1 tbsp cumin to 1 tbsp flour)
1 bottle sweet chilli sauce (My brand name is Mae Ploy, but Frank's makes it too, and Trader Joe's has it too)
1 tsp EVOO (optional if your skillet is nonstick)


Rip the skin off of a bunch of chicken thighs. Place the oil in a skillet and start to brown the outside of the thighs. Sprinkle the chili powder packet all over the thighs, until it starts to coat them. Keep browing and turning the chicken as it cooks. When it's almost finished, pour sweet chilli sauce over the thighs and let the heat from the pan glaze it onto the thighs.

SOOOO good.

Bump!
These are all fantastic ideas! My favorite chicken is cilantro lime chicken. You make a pesto marinade out of cilantro, walnuts, garlic and olive oil, marinate the chicken put it on skewers and grill it. When you are eating it you squeeze lime juice on it. It is SO good!

Bang Bang wrap
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 2 minutes
Ingredients
• 2 large flour tortilla
• 5 little gem lettuce leaves, chopped
• A handful cucumber, peeled, sliced and half mooned
• 1 small spring onion, sliced
• 80g smoked chicken, shredded
• A sprinkling of dried chilli
For the sauce
• 30g chunky peanut butter
• 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp coconut milk
• Fresh mint
• Fresh coriander
For the sauce
• 30g chunky peanut butter
• 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp coconut milk
• Fresh mint
• Fresh coriander
How to make bang bang chicken wraps
1. To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients together. Add the shredded chicken.
2. Lay the flour tortilla onto a surface. Lay the lettuce, cucumber, spring onion and chicken onto the centre of it.
Per serving
335kcals
11.2g of fat
not hugley low in calorie but makes a nice "treat"