Make Decorative, Edible Garnishes Quickly and Easily [Friday Fun]
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2009
The is a fun way to get your kids to eat veggies. It also looks like a great way to make your meal look like a million dollars!
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Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2009
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Oriental Chicken Salad – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 24, 2009
This is really delicious. My mom adopted the recipe from my aunt. We often make it at bridal showers or baby showers because almost everyone loves it.
You are welcome to omit the oil or only use half as much, and replace the missing oil with water. Also, Ramen noodles can be high in calories, but if you consider how many servings this recipe makes, there’s not too much of a problem.
- 6 pkgs Ramen noodles (oriental
flavor), broken up - 1 pkg sliced almonds
- 2 large heads of cabbage,
chopped finely - 2 bunches of green onions,
sliced - 1 pound of cooked, cubed
chicken or turkey
Mix all of the above together.
- 6 pkgs oriental flavoring from
the Ramen noodles - 4 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1½ cups oil (I substitute ½
water) - 6 to 8 pkgs Equal or sugar or splenda to
taste
Half of the recipe just about fills the largest white with blue lid Tupperware
bowl.
White Chili – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2009
…a TRUE family favorite. Just typing this makes me want to run to the store right now, so I can make this for dinner tomorrow!
White Chili
- 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Boil for 1 hour. Remove the chicken and cut off and discard the fat. Using kitchen shears, cut chicken into bite-size pieces and put back into water. Add the following ingredients:
- 2 can green chiles
- 2 yellow bell peppers
- 1 large onion
- 4 cans of any white beans, undrained (white, navy, chickpeas, giant, lima, etc.)
- 1 Tbsp cumin
- salt and pepper to taste
Bring to a boil, then cover and turn down heat to medium/low until onions and peppers are cooked (about an hour). It’s white chili! 1 point per cup in Weight Watchers (TM) land. (*My sister adds 1 block of cream cheese to the concoction to make it creamy. If you use the 1/3 less fat kind, then it will make the soup about 2 points per cup.)
Now if you’d like to make this the best meal on Earth, then dish up your soup and “decorate” with the following ingredients (but don’t forget to count the extra calories):
- avocado
- lime juice
- a few crushed chips (baked are always healthier!)
- cilantro
- fat-free sour cream
- shredded montery jack cheese
I really hope you like this as much as we like our other low fat chicken recipes. We actually came up with this when we introduced “white chili” to “taco soup” and they hooked up. In fact, maybe when you comment, you can suggest a new name that appropriately describes the party in your mouth when you give this a taste. Enjoy!!
Stuffed Peppers – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2009
Who like peppers? I do! I do! Not everyone does, though, but after you invite your picky friends over for this meal, they will certainly change their minds…
Stuffed Peppers
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 onion
Brown these in a large skillet (I use a big Wok pan) with a few dashes of salt and pepper. Add the following with the heat on high:
- 1 large can of chopped stewed tomatoes, with juice
- 1/2 cup uncooked rice
- 2 tsp oregano or basil
- 2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 3/4 cup water
And for the secret ingredient…………….
- 4 zucchini squash or yellow crook-neck squash or a combo of both, finely chopped
Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on medium/low for 20 minutes. While that is cooking, get the peppers ready:
- 4 bell peppers (green have the most peppery flavor, red is sweeter, yellow is the mildest)
Cut peppers in half and remove the stem and seeds. Proceed to cut in lengthwise strips. Steam the peppers in the microwave by placing in a microwave-safe dish, adding approx. 1/4 cup water, and cover and cook for 7-10 minutes. When the peppers are done, spread out in the bottom of a 9×13 pan. After the meat sauce is done, spoon into the pan. Finally, spread…
- 1 cup grated cheese
…all over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, just until hot and ready for serving.
SOOOO…. the Points (TM). This recipe comes out to be about 40 points for the entire recipe. This makes 8 servings, so it’s only 5 points per serving. You get to eat a lot, so it’s like one of the best low fat chicken recipes I know.
And what do you think about all that squash? Weird, eh? It totally takes on the flavors of the recipe, and when you’re eating it, you can’t even tell it’s there. It’s amazing. My kids LOVE the “meat goo”, and they’ll eat the peppers, too, like the peppers make it actually taste better or something. 
How to Make Your Own Ground Turkey or Chicken – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2009
This is simple, and so economical…
1. Buy some poultry.
2. Debone and cut off the fat with kitchen shears. (I prefer to buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts)
3. Grind the meat in a food processor. (This is an item that is well-worth the investment. I paid $40 for mine at Wal-Mart)
4. Now when you cook the ground turkey or chicken in a skillet, cook it with a chopped up onion and some salt and pepper. Add garlic powder and a bit of low-sodium soy sauce if you need more flavor.
Chicken Salad with Olive Oil Mayo – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 23, 2009
This is quite simple. We’ve all made chicken salad from a slew of low fat chicken recipes, but I bet there are a lot of you out there who have not tried it with the new Kraft Olive Oil Mayonnaise. It’s “the bomb dot com” (as my niece says)!
Just mix the following together:
- cooked chicken breast, chopped finely
- celery, chopped finely
- a few craisins, chopped a bit
- a few walnuts, chopped a bit
- olive oil mayo, enough to make it moist
That is it! You can serve this on that super, pillow-soft low-cal bread. You can have it on toast. It’s great wrapped in a tortilla with lettuce. It’s delightful with baked pita chips or crackers.
It’ll be good no matter how you serve it. You just gotta make it with that mayo ….enough said.
Chicken Madeira (Cheesecake Factory Style!) – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 20, 2009
If you have a Cheesecake Factory in your area, and you haven’t been yet, you MUST go! The first time I went to this restaurant, I was shocked at the length of their menu. They make everything! Well, not everything, but everything good!
Now if you can’t decide what you want to try because there are just way too many choices, then order the Chicken Madeira. It is probably my favorite restaurant meal that exists. It is wonderful.
If you are counting calories, don’t go there. Go there on your birthday… the ONE time a year that you’re going to cheat, right? It’s actually not unrealistic to eat there, if you can stand to skip all the meals the rest of the day. The meal is 24 Weight Watchers (TM) points, so, for me, it’s a bit over my daily minimum, and this Cheesecake Factory Chicken Madeira recipe is so perfectly perfect, that if I were rich, I’d eat it every Friday night for the rest of my live.
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………..back to reality, though. I was lucky enough to find a copycat recipe for this meal on the Net. It’s from RecipeZaar. Just because it’s homemade, however, doesn’t mean that it’s one of the low fat chicken recipes. I have some recommendations about how to make it become one of the low fat and healthy chicken recipes. Also, FYI, I am known well among my family and friends to modify almost ANY recipe to make it more “friendly”, and most of them turn out pretty yummy, so let’s give this a shot…
Original Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil <———- Use a couple spritzes of cooking spray. The oil taste will get covered up anyway.
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts <———- Excellent.
- 8 asparagus spears <———— Fresh is much tastier than canned.
- 4 slices mozzarella cheese <———– You can buy fat-free, but personally, I would buy the Lower-calorie cheesesticks. You cannot taste the difference.
Original Madeira Sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil <———- I would omit this entirely, and cook the mushrooms in the butter from later.
- 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms <———- Awesome.
- 3 cups madeira wine <——– LOTS of the calories come from this, so I found info on substitution (When I make a video of this, I’ll let you know what I try. I think it will be chicken stock and balsamic vinegar.)
- 2 cups beef stock <———– Buy fat-free, or make it from boulion cubes or powder.
- 1 tablespoon butter <———- Use this to cook the mushrooms.
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper <———– Yum.
So, if anyone tries this (click here for the full recipe), please commment and let us know how it turns out! Also, I am estimating that if you follow my recommendations, this four-serving recipe will amount to about 5 Weight Watchers (TM) points per serving. Now that’s one of the low fat chicken recipes I’m talkin’ about!
Chicken Taco Salad – Low Fat Chicken Recipes
Posted by admin on Aug 12, 2009
I simply can’t end my first day of the blog without including the recipe for chicken taco salad. It is my mom’s favorite meal in the universe to make for our family get-togethers. It is the ultimate of all chicken salad recipes.
***This recipe has it all: easy, cheap, fast, delicious, low-fat***
Chicken Taco Salad
(Here’s the rundown on how to “throw” it together because I plan to add a video on this very soon.)
1. Pre-cook some chicken (I prefer to boil skinless boneless chicken breasts for over an hour, so they’ll pull apart with a fork.)
2. Prepare the chicken (Shred chicken and heat with 1 packet taco seasoning and half the amount of water required on the packet directions.)
3. Prepare the dressing (1 tub fat-free sour cream mixed with 1/2 cup salsa, 1 to 2 tsp. chili powder, and enough milk to make it pourable… approx. 1/4 cup)
4. Build your salad!
I recommend at least some of the following ingredients:
Romaine or Greenleaf lettuce
Chicken
Cheese
Tomatoes
Avocado (a must!)
Black or Kidney beans (another must!)
Green onions
Olives
Crushed tortilla chips (some people like ‘em on the bottom, some like ‘em on the top)
Dressing, salt, and pepper
I really hope you try this and love it as much as my family loves it. It is my favorite of all low fat chicken recipes, so let me know what you think, and tell me if it becomes a new favorite of yours!
Welcome to Low Fat Chicken Recipes!
Posted by admin on Aug 12, 2009
Most of these recipes with chicken will come from straight from my home to yours. I want to share the tried and true meals that my family loves, while I am on Weight Watchers (TM). I can attest that all the recipes I provide from my own kitchen have low Points (TM) values, but they taste awesome!
If you’re anything like me, you make the same ten meals over and over again, so please don’t be surprised when the first several low fat chicken recipes on here are my very favorite ones. I am also going to include some of my other dinners that we frequently make, and include info on how to make pretty much the same flavor, so they’ll become healthy chicken recipes…
…because you most-likely landed here because you have a family pack of chicken breast thawing in the fridge, with no plans for what you actually want to make with it. If that is true, then I hope you find what you are looking for, and please add me to your feed, so you can see the yummy low fat chicken recipes that I blog about!
Thanks for visiting… I welcome your comments. 
