Almond Crusted Chicken Nuggets

These were super good and I will be making them again! :) I loved how fast this dinner came together. I paired them with some leftover quinoa that I made earlier this week and a green salad.

Ingredients:
1 large skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite sized pieces
Canola oil cooking spray
1/2 cup slivered almonds, ground in the food processor
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. black pepper
1/4 t. smoked paprika
1/4 t. dried thyme


Directions:
Spray chicken pieces with cooking spray (or dip in olive oil) and coat with almonds and spices. Put on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.

I served these with a simple homemade honey mustard sauce on the side. Just combine about 1/4 cup yellow or dijon mustard with 3 tablespoons of honey. You could also use this on your green salad as a dressing. 

BBQ Meatballs (freezer-friendly!)

I made a few changes to this recipe- it's very versatile! So add in what you and your family like and don't like.

Here are my changes:

Ground turkey instead of beef
Only made half the amount listed- cut everything by 1/2
Omitted onion
Added about 1/2 teaspoon onion powder

BBQ Sauce--
You don't need that much brown sugar- I only used around 1/2 cup.

I pre-cooked the outside of the meatballs in a pan before roasting in the oven. I found that the first time I made them, I put them straight into the oven and the drippings were kinda gross. So I avoided that by pre-cooking the next batch in a pan. Then, transferred them to the oven for about 15 minutes and then adding the sauce for the last 5 minutes.

Hope you give these a try!!

http://moneysavingmom.com/2012/05/4-weeks-to-fill-your-freezer-barbecued-meatballs-day-11.html#_a5y_p=947585

Turkey Lettuce Wraps

These were really yummy and filling! I used the recipe below as my guideline and just used what I had on hand.

My changes:
Used ground turkey instead of ground chicken
Omitted green onions and water chestnuts

Added chopped zucchini at the same time as the mushrooms to the sauce.

YUMMY!!! :)

http://www.self.com/blogs/flash/2012/10/recipe-asian-chicken-lettuce-wraps.html

Skinny Coconut Chicken

I'm bound and determined to get back on track with my First Place 4 Health weight loss goals!! I made this delicious chicken recipe tonight and Chris and I both agreed it was "food blog worthy" :)

I served it with a honey mustard sauce on the side with just an equal mix of raw honey and dijon mustard. So good and I will be making this again!! Give it a try!



http://www.skinnymom.com/2011/08/11/skinny-coconut-chicken/#.Uss7AhwwlM6