Showing posts with label meal ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meal ideas. Show all posts

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Buffalo Spaghetti Squash Casserole

 Buffalo Spaghetti Squash Casserole.


Ingredients 
* 2 cups pre-cooked chicken breast, shredded
* 1 large (or 2 small) spaghetti squash, baked in “rings”
* 2 tbsp olive oil
* 1 large egg
* 1/2 cup (or more) buffalo sauce
* Optional: add some ranch seasoning from Epicure
* Sea Salt (to taste)
* 1/2 cup celery/chopped/sliced
* Green onion (for sprinkling)

Instructions
SPAGHETTI SQUASH:
* Preheat oven to 400°F. Slice ends off the squash, then cut into rings.
* Use a spoon to scrape out the seeds.
* Place squash on lined baking sheet. Use hands to coat each ring w/ a little olive oil/salt/pepper.
* Bake for 30-40 minutes, flipping rings about half way. I love doing these in my Air Fryer helps with some caramelization of the squash - nom nom!  
* Allow to cool for about 15 minutes, then peel the skin away and separate the strands into long spaghetti noodles using a fork.

CHICKEN:
* While spaghetti squash is cooking, make shredded chicken. Pan fry on stove, cook in instant pot, or buy rotisserie chicken - once cooked shred/pull apart with forks or hand mixer.

CASSEROLE:
* In a medium bowl, mix together olive oil, egg, buffalo sauce of choice until well incorporated.
* In a large bowl, add cooked spaghetti squash, shredded chicken + buffalo sauce mixture until well combined. Stir in celery or any other add-ins.
* Pour contents in a greased 8×8 glass baking dish. Bake at 400 for ~25 minutes or until starting to lightly brown on the edges. You can broil at the end to get crispy if you want!




This is also tasty with some extra old Balderson cheese shredded on top. 

Bon Appetite

Margaret 
Live, Laugh, Love 
Be Totallyawake4-life


Wednesday, March 9, 2022

National Crab Meat Day




Today is National Crab 🦀  Day! 

Celebrate with this tasty appetizer!




Margaret
Live, Laugh, Love 
Be Totallyawake4-life 

Monday, February 14, 2022

Healthy Valentines Dessert

Low Carb Strawberry Fluff Cheesecake 

Recipe from Keto Mom 

Ingredients:
FILLING
2 - 8oz. packages of Cream Cheese
1 T SF Strawberry JELLO
1 1/2 cups HWC
1/3 cup diced strawberries
2 T Monk fruit 
Splash of Lemon Juice

CRUST
8 T Melted Butter
1 1/4 cup Almond Flour
2 T Monk Fruit 

Instructions:
For crust: Mix butter, flour and monk fruit together. Press into the bottom of a pie pan. Bake at 350 until crust is golden brown. 

For filling: Mix cream cheese ( room temp), strawberry Jell-O, swerve, HWC together until smooth. Add lemon juice and mix in. Lastly, fold in the diced strawberries. 
Once crust is completely cooled, add filling and refrigerate. Before serving make homemade whipped cream and top with sliced strawberries.

Enjoy!!

Margaret 
Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life
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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Do you need a Dessert for One?

Keto Strawberry shortcake for one? Yes please! 

In a mug:
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup almond flour
2 tbsp sweetener of choice 
1/2 tsp vanilla 
1/2 tsp baking powder 
1 large egg
1/4 tsp Cake Batter extract 
2 tbsp heavy cream 

Mix all ingredients together well 

Microwave 90 seconds - poke with fork to ensure cooked in middle add 10 second intervals if fork doesn’t come out clean.

Either turn upside down onto a plate or if you hate extra dishes like I do just prep the rest right in your mug! 

Add 4 fresh cut strawberries - sliced
Top with 1/4 cup Sugar free whipped cream! 

Nutritional info
470 Calories 
 42 G Fat
 16 G Protein 
   8 G Fibre 
   7 Net Carbs 

Depending on your total carb goals this is definitely an occasional treat recipe coming in at 7 net carbs however it’s a contender for our Valentine’s Day dessert! 

Bon Appetite 

Margaret 
Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life 


Thursday, January 13, 2022

Tasty Thursday Recipe Review - Baked Boursin Chicken

Nom nom - saw this recipe on a Tik Tok so had to give it a try! I wish I had jotted down the creator so I could give a shout out but it was a 2am insomnia find and in my effort to read the ingredients on my phone clearly I zoomed in and accidentally cropped off the handle when I took the screenshot! So whoever you are - thank you kindly for this one it was a huge hit!




 
 This one got 6 thumbs around the table here and at least one this is a worthy mouth orgasm  - even the still developing his clean eating palette cleaned his plate! 

We had this with a spinach salad because we try to eat grain free - however if you can have grains it would be lovely over pasta. Next time I think I will try it over some sauteed Zucchini noodles to help with the delicious sauce having something to stick to - although its all good I got it up with a spoon this time so it did not go to waste!
 
Bon Appetite 

Margaret
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Be Totallyawake4/life 

Friday, January 7, 2022

French Onion Meatloaf

Well my big sister shared a new recipe and so of course I had to have it too cause you know little sis needs to have everyone big sis has 🤣 
Recipe adapted from the lovely Carolyn over at All Day I Dream About Food


Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 large sweet onion cut in half lengthwise and diced
  • 3/4 teaspoon Freshly ground pepper 
  • 2 lb ground beef
  • 1 cup ground pork rinds
  • 2 teaspoon Epicure French Onion seasoning
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ghost Pepper spice
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 ounces Gruyere cheese grated
Instructions
  • In a large skillet over low heat, melt the butter. Once melted, add the diced onions and toss to coat. Sprinkle with pepper and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are soft and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. 
  • Remove from heat and set aside.
  • Preheat the oven to 350F. 
  • In a large bowl, combine the ground meat, pork rinds (the Pampered Chef Chopper is amazing to create quick pork rind crumbs, Epicure French onion seasoning, pepper. Stir in the egg and half of the caramelized onions, then use your hands to thoroughly combine. 
  • Transfer into a silicone baking or a loaf pan. Bake 40 to 50 minutes, until the internal temperature reaches 160F. 
  • Top with the shredded cheese and the remaining onions and place back in the warm oven to melt the cheese, about 5 minutes.
    The recipe turned out amazing! 

    Bon Appetite 
    Margaret Live, Laugh, LoveBe Totallyawake4-life 

Thursday, January 6, 2022

What’s On Your Plate Wednesday

 What’s your favourite kind of salad dressing? 


Did you know making your own dressing could be SO EASY and QUICK?

Plus no need to have 12 different dressings taking up space in your fridge! Control the quality of your ingredients - a lot of store bought dressings use oils that are inflammatory to both the digestive tract as well as to your muscles/joints! 

I whipped up this dinner tonight for the family in under 30 minutes - the chicken was done in the BBQ and seasoned with Montreal Chicken spice from Epicure and served with Caesar salad!  



If you want to learn more about Epicure solutions and don’t already have a spicy crack dealer aka Epicure consultant - my friend the lovely Lisa  Maybery is a consultant and she can hook you up! 

Bon Appetite

Margaret
Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life  

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