What Are We Eating?

Last week we had more leftovers than we thought we were going to, so we had to switch things around a little. And, I know I didn't give any recipes last week. That's because everything we ate was so self explanatory. I'm not going to post something that I pretty much know you know how to make.

Recipes to come this week, though!

Monday: BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, SunChips

Tuesday: Cheese Quesadillas, Mexican Rice

Wednesday: Whole Wheat Pancakes, Eggs, Kielbasa, Fruit Salad

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: Lasagna, Whole Wheat Garlic Toast, Side Salad

Saturday: out to eat

Sunday: leftovers

What Are We Eating?

Happy Labor Day!!!

Monday: Grilled Chicken, Grilled Turkey Burgers, Salad, Fruit, SunChips

Tuesday: leftovers

Wednesday: breakfast for dinnner: french toast, turkey sausage, eggs, fruit salad

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: Cheese Quesadillas, Mexican Rice, Salad

Saturday: Memphis MeetUp @ Old Venice

Chicken Enchiladas

Mexican food is probably my favorite type of cuisine. I could eat it

every. single. day.

But finding Mexican food[outside of salsa] that is particularly healthy is quite a challenge.

That's why I came up with these enchiladas.

You Will Need

Flour Tortillas[i use the carb balance]

1lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts

2c sour cream[i use fat free]

2c salsa

fajita seasoning

1c shredded cheese[i use fiesta blend]

Start by cutting your chicken into small nuggets or strips. This is for quick cooking.

Set your chicken to marinate in about 1/4c EVOO and 3tbsps fajita seasoning. Ideally, you will marinate for about 8 hours or more.


Cook your chicken. I put mine in the oven for about 40 mins at 350 degrees.

Chop your chicken - you want it to be completely shredded.

Line a baking pan with foil and preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Take half of your sour cream, salsa and cheese and mix it with your chicken.

I know this looks kinda gross, but be sure you get it all mixed in.

Fill a tortilla with the mixture, roll it up and place it in your foil lined pan. Repeat until your pan is full of rolled tortillas.

Mix your remaining sour cream and salsa together. [this also makes a great dip]

Pour the mixture over your enchiladas and then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. Cover with foil and then bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Uncover for the last 5 minutes or so, so they can get crispy.

Then, enjoy!

Side note: I did all the prep the night before. That way, when I got home all I did was stick it in the oven and dinner was only 30 minutes away as opposed to

45-60.

Some variations you can make are to only top it with salsa, only top it with cheese, top it with cheese dip....the possibilities are endless!

Lasagna Rolls

I did not fix the lasagna rolls last night because I forgot to thaw my ground turkey.

My bad.

I did, however finish preparation for the Chicken Enchiladas and will be back with that recipe [to include pictures] tomorrow!

Happy Wednesday!

Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sandwiches

I love Subway Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki subs. Love them.

I wanted to find a way to make them at my house, but I never could quite figure out the recipe by tasting it - and believe me, I tried a million times.

So, I found the recipe for the sauce online.

All I did was prepare the sauce that I found here. And boy, was I nervous. I didn't want it to be gross. I then cut boneless, skinless chicken breasts into small strips. They were no more than an inch wide and two inches long. I put them in a bag, poured in HALF of the sauce, poured some teriyaki sauce over it and marinated the whole day.

I had originally intended on getting Whole Wheat hoagie rolls, but I found a coupon for these new "sandwich thins" and so I decided to use them. They are really good - like a flat bread sandwich.

I toasted them in the oven with some provolone cheese.

Added some lettuce,mayo and extra sauce and was done!

Actually, I didn't put lettuce on mine. But I did have SunChips!

Homemade Popsicles

Homemade Popsicles are so easy and you really don't even need to buy those Popsicle molds that are on the market today. All you really need is what I have below.

You Will Need

Ice Cube Tray

Drink of your choice

Foil

Toothpicks

Start by preparing the drink mix as usual. This is Pink Lemonade.

Pour the drink mix into the ice cube tray.


Get them all full to the top.

Cover with foil.

This picture isn't very clear because the lighting was bad, but what you need to do next is stick the toothpicks in each cube holder. You can make sure of where you are sticking it by peeling up the foil and looking to see where the partitions are in the tray.

You will then stick the tray in the freezer and wait.

And wait.

And wait.

My freezer takes about 3 hours to fully freeze the pops.

When you take the tray out, carefully remove the foil so none sticks to the Popsicle.

Crack the tray as if you were just removing ice cubes and carefully dislodge the Popsicle.

Here is your finished product. Yes, they are small, but they are the perfect size for small children and they are sugar free and preservative free so you can have as many as you like!

You can use any kind of liquid you want in these Popsicles. Orange juice, grape juice, any drink mix - the possibilities are endless.

Also, you could skip the toothpicks and just make, for instance raspberry lemonade ice cubes and drop them in your Sprite [or whatever you drink] for extra flavoring!

What Are We Eating?

Has anyone tried any of the recipes from last week? If you have, or you do in the future, I'd love to know how they turned out and/or if you have any suggestions! I should also mention that last week I didn't eat out Friday as I had planned. Additionally, I did not fix the chicken enchilada recipe I had planned. I ate sushi that I picked up while shopping at Whole Foods that afternoon. I'm not sure whether I should consider that eating out or not.

Monday: Whole Wheat Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki Sub Sandwiches, Sun Chips and Homemade Popsicles

Tuesday: Whole Wheat Lasagna Rolls, Side Salad and Garlic Toast

Wednesday: Chicken Enchiladas, Mexican Rice

Thursday: Shrimp and Chicken Pasta

Friday: Make Your Own English Muffin Pizzas

Saturday: out to eat.

Sunday: leftovers