Showing posts with label healthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Chicken Tostadas?


These are delicious and so easy. I came up with them when my husband and I were trying to lose weight. Troy was really craving enchiladas so I was trying to figure out a way to satisfy that craving in a healthy way. That's why there is a question mark because I don't know what to call them. All I know is they are super healthy and super yummy. 
  
 Make chicken the same way you would with the enchiladas. In a crock pot add chicken breasts, cilantro, onion and green enchilada sauce. Cook until tender enough to shred with a fork

Bake Corn tortillas on a cookie sheet 400 degrees for 8 minutes. I hated the texture of corn tortillas so I baked them to make them like a chip. The crunch from tortillas in this gives you the feeling you are eating something naughty!!


Flip tortillas and cook another 8 minutes. You can see the tortillas shrink as they bake

While Tortillas are baking cut up tomato, avocado and lime


Bake until tortillas are brown and crunchy.

Add shredded chicken, avocado, tomato slice and squeeze some lime juice on top. Don't forget the lime I think it's the key ingredient to setting these over the top. I also added fresh chopped cilantro to mine last night and I loved it.

xoxo Janis!!

Grocery tip: I try to plan my meals to get the most of the ingredients I buy. Since you are buying corn tortillas for these you should plan to make enchiladas another night. Double the chicken mixture for time savings. Or try Indian Chicken

Chicken Tostadas

5 Chicken Breasts
1 Onion Chopped
1 Bunch Cilantro
1 Large can Green Enchilada Sauce

Corn Tortillas
Avocado
Tomato
LIME!!

In a crock pot add chicken breasts, chopped onion, chopped cilantro and green Enchilada Sauce. Cook on low until chicken is tender enough to shred with a fork about 3-4 hours. Shred Chicken and add back to liquid. Bake Corn tortillas at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Flip tortillas and bake another 8 minutes. Top tortillas with Chicken, avocado, tomato slice and squeeze lime juice on top

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Lettuce Wraps


With the New Year I'm sure you are all making resolutions to eat healthier or lose weight. I have the most delicious healthy lettuce wraps to help you on your way. I love these so much. I went to PF Changs with some girl friends and we ordered the lettuce wraps there. I actually preferred my wraps to theirs and it was actually hard for me to pay for something that I felt I make better. I hope you love them as much as I do.

Chop onion and throw it in a hot pan with a little sesame oil. 

While onion is sauteing Chop your napa cabbage leaves. Here's a picture of what Napa cabbage looks like in case you are like me and not have a clue what it looked like.
 
Throw cabbage into the pan with onions. Cook until tender about 4 minutes. Drain Excess water in a colander

Add ground turkey to onion/cabbage mixture and cook until no longer pink. Drain meat and add back to pan. Add cabbage/onion mixture,water chestnuts and shitake mushrooms.

  Shitake mushrooms can be hard to find and they can be pricey. I found the easiest and cheapest is to buy them in a can which can be found in the asian isle in the grocery store. Winco has them for about $0.44/can. If you can't find the can or them fresh you could always use the dried shitake mushrooms also found in the asian food isle. 

This is my favorite brand hoisin sauce.  My husband loves it so much he will add more on top of his lettuce wraps. Add Hoisin sauce, soy sauce and five spice powder and cook about 3 minutes. These tend to have a lot of liquid so I will sometimes add 3 TBS cornstarch to thicken it up. Serve in Lettuce leaves
 xoxo Janis!!
Lettuce Wraps 
(recipe by http://twistedflavor.blogspot.com)
1 Chopped Onion
10 Napa Cabbage Leaves
1 lb Ground Turkey
1 can Water Chestnuts
1 Can Shitake Mushrooms
1/4 cup Lite-Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup Hoisin Sauce
1 tea Five spice powder

Chop onion and throw it in a hot pan with a little sesame oil. While onion is sauteing Chop your napa cabbage leaves. Throw cabbage into the pan with onions and cook about 3 minutes and drain excess water in a colander.  Brown ground turkey  until no longer pink Drain excess liquid. Add onion/cabbage mixture back in the pan with turkey and add Chestnuts and shitake mushrooms. Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce and five-spice powder and cook about 3 more minutes. Serve in Lettuce leaves

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Cilantro Lime Shrimp Tacos



 

I "twisted" a Ancho Chicken Taco recipe I found in a magazine that I was reading in my fabulous Dentist's office. Actually I completely changed it but it was where the idea came from. My husband believes these belong in a restaurant. Tell me what you think..
Start by peeling and deveining the shrimp. Put the shrimp in a pan with 2 cloves of crushed garlic and butter. Cook until Shrimp are nice and pink
While the shrimp is cooking I start making my sauce. Sorry no picture for this I made the sauce pre-decision of starting this blog don't judge! Actually the decision to start the blog came from many suggestions by my dear friends who love my cooking. I promise my picture taking skills will get better in the future!
In a blender or food processor add avocado, sour cream, garlic, cilantro lime zest and the juice of 1lime add salt to test. Blend until smooth.

In a bowl combine cabbage, green onion, lime juice, oil and salt to taste. Important note make sure you heat up your corn tortillas in a pan otherwise you will have a crumbly mess!!
 Add shrimp, cabbage mixture and a dab of sauce and serve. Let me know how they turned out
Cilantro-Lime Shrimp Tacos
(recipe by http://twistedflavor.blogspot.com)
2lbs shrimp (peeled & deveined)
2 cloves minced garlic
1-2 tsp butter(more if you aren't watching your weight)
Cook in a pan until pink
Cilantro-Lime Sauce
1 avocado
1 cup low fat sour cream
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
1 clove garlic
1-2 tsp lime zest
juice of 1 lime
Salt to taste
Blend until smooth

Cabbage Mixture
1 bag Angel hair Cabbage
1/4 cup chopped Cilantro
3 chopped Green Onions
2 TBS Lime Juice
1 TBS Canola Oil
Salt to Taste