Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Conni's Crispy Chicken Strips



 


Conni's Crispy Chicken Strips


These are super good!

Chicken strips
12 Chicken Tenders (1oz each)
  or 3 large boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts sliced into 4 equal parts
3/4-1cup Corn Starch
2-3 Eggs, beaten
Salt & Pepper to taste
Paprika, Garlic Powder, Chipotle, and/or Season Salt to taste
1/3 cup olive oil

Garnish
1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 Jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
4 large pieces of Bacon, fully cooked and broken into' Bacon Bits'
2 Tbsp prepared Ranch dressing

Over medium-high heat, heat oil in large skillet. Dip each piece of chicken in corn starch, then dip in egg, and dip again in corn starch.  Place each piece in hot oil. Reduce heat to medium or medium low and cook until tenders are golden, then, using a spatula, flip to cook the other side.  Cook until golden brown and cooked through.  Remove from skillet and sprinkle with cheese, jalapeno and bacon. Drizzle with Ranch. 

The main carbohydrate contributor is the cornstarch - If you left out the cornstarch the whole recipe (all 12 pieces) has less than 3 carbs.  There will be an egg & cornstarch 'goop'  left by the time you're done dipping so it's hard to estimate how much cornstarch you'll truly be eating. 

Here is my best guest-a-mate for a serving of 3 tenders:

530 Calories
11-13 Net Carbs
36 Fats
33 Proteins
Less than 1 Fiber

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Stacie's Maui Wowie Pulled Pork



This delicious dish is a breeze to make and is especially easy to clean up. Great for large gatherings!


Stacie's Maui Wowie Pulled Pork

3 pound Pork Roast (Shoulder, Picnic, etc.)
2 Tbsp Liquid Smoke seasoning
1-2 tsp Sea Salt
Yep! That's it!!

Place roast in a crockpot, drizzle with Liquid Smoke and sprinkle with sea salt. Set on low and cook all day. Your house will smell FANTASTIC, everyone will wonder, "What's for dinner?" and it's super tasty.  After cooking all day (at least 8 hours) remove lid and, using two forks, shred the meat.  For kids and other non-carb conscious eaters you can serve on a roll (Hawaiian King's bread roll) and top with a pineapple ring. This recipe, as shown above, is very low carb. A serving is 4 ounces.

Four oz serving of pork has
359 Calories
0 Carbs
27 Fats
27 Protiens
0 Fibers

Friday, June 5, 2015

Shara's HEARTy Low Carb Sausage Casserole



HEARTy Goodness you're going to LOVE!


2 lb sausage
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 small onion
12 beaten eggs  + 2T Best Foods
1 c shredded cheese.

Preheat the oven to 350.  Spray a 9 x 13 pan with cooking  spray.  In large skillet sauté sausage until cooked. Remove sausage and drain on paper towels.  Fry the onion in a little of the remaining sausage fat.  Place the sausage on the bottom of the dish.  Break up the softened cream cheese into little pieces on top of the sausage.  Using slotted spoon, remove the sautéed onions from pan and sprinkle on top of sausage.  In separate bowl beat the 12 eggs with mayo.  Pour egg mixture over sausage and then sprinkle with the cheese. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.  Enjoy! Serves 12 


497 calories
1.5 carbs
30 fats
22 proteins