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

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

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

Shara's Low Carb Chicken & Spinach Parmesan - Oh My!

In two words:  Oh My! 

Shara's Low Carb Chicken & Spinach Parmesan

2 cups diced, cooked chicken

10 oz frozen, chopped spinach

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350.  After cooking chicken, stir together chicken and spinach, and place in the bottom of an 8x8 pan. In a medium bowl mix sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, salt and parmesan cheese.  Spread over the top of chicken mixture then sprinkle with mozzarella.  Bake for 40 minutes or until browned.  Enjoy!  (this apparently does not freeze well, as if you'd have any left over to freeze!) Makes 4 generous servings and has only 4 net carbs.

530 calories

41 fats

6 carbs

6 proteins

2 fibers

Ahhh Ahi! Ahi Tuna Lettuce Wrap

Ahi Tuna Lettuce Wrap

1/4 soy sauce

2 Tbsp olive oil

1/2 cup chopped cilantro - divided in half

1 stalk lemongrass, peeled and chopped

1-2 inch of freshly grated ginger

3 cloves mince garlic

3 green onions, chopped -divided in half

1 pound fresh Ahi tuna

1/2 chopped cucumber, with skin

1/2 cup pineapple chunks

1 1/2 avocado, peeled, seeded and chopped

1/2 lime

1/4 cup sesame seeds

4 butter lettuce leaves, washed and dried (or Romaine if you can't find butter)

To make the marinade: Mix soy sauce, olive oil 1/2 of the cilantro, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, 1/2 of the green onions. Place tuna in a baking dish - if tuna is extra think you may want to slice it into two, thinner pieces.  Pour marinade over tuna and marinade at least an hour, flipping steak occasionally. 

Sear steak on a hot grill or in a hot pan on the stove, for a minute or less, each side, depending on the thickness.

After searing the tuna, chop it in to 1/2 inch cubes. Mix with the cucumber, pineapple and avocado chunks and the remaining cilantro and onion.  Squeeze lime over mixture and stir in sesame seeds.

Lay one piece of lettuce on a plate and spoon 1/4 of the mixture into center, wrap it up and serve.

Only 10 net carbs!

334 Calories

16 Carbs

18.5 Fats

28 Proteins

6 Fibers