Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 6 Hours
Serves: 6

Large Crock pot

1.5 lbs lean stew meat
3/4 cup reduced sodium beef broth
2 Tbsp cooking Sherry
2 Tbsp Low Sodium Worcestershire
2 Cloves minced garlic
1 Medium onion
1 lb mushrooms
1 - 10 oz can 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup
8oz Low Fat Cream Cheese

Low Carb Noodles


Place first 8 ingredients in the slow cooker and stir well. Cook on Medium for 6 hours or on high for 3-4 hours. When your cooking time is almost up, cook noodles according to package directions and add the Cream Cheese to the slow cooker and stir until fully mixed.

Max & Erma's Chicken Tortilla Soup

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time:  1 1/2 Hours

Serves: 16

Large Stockpot

4 cooked chicken breasts, cut into small chunks 

2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans Low Sodium Cream of Mushroom Soup
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans Low Sodium Cream of Chicken Soup
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans Low Sodium condensed cream of celery soup
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans Low Sodium cheddar cheese soup
2 (15 ounce) cans Low Sodium chicken broth
4 Diced tomatoes
1 cup picante salsa 

5  green chilies Chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
4 fresh garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon chile powder

1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

In a large (8-10 quart) stockpot combine and whisk together until smooth all eight cans of soup, heat until warm. Add chicken broth. Add tomatoes, salsa, green chiles, onion, garlic, chile powder, salt and pepper. Bring all ingredients to a full boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour. Add cilantro and chicken breast chunks. Simmer another hour.

 

http://www.food.com/recipe/max-ermas-chicken-tortilla-soup-sues-original-clone-158138

Honey Sweet Chili Chicken

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook time: 15 Minutes
Serves: 3

Large Pan
Small Bowl

1 lb Chicken Tenderloins
1 Tbls Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1 1/2 Tbls Honey
1 1/2 Tbls Sweet Chili Sauce
1 Tbls Hoisin Sauce
1 Tbls Cooking Wine
1 Tsp Fresh Ginger (Grated)
1 Clove Garlic (Minced)
1 Tbls Olive Oil

Heat pan on Medium High heat with oil. Put the chicken into the pan and let it cook for about 1 minute on each side. Mix all of the remaining ingredients into a small bowl until fully blended, then drizzle over top of the chicken and reduce heat to medium. Let the chicken cook about 5 minutes on each side, watch closely so the sauce does not burn. The sauce should thicken up a bit creating a nice glaze over the chicken. Make sure to cook the chicken until it is fully done all the way through.

Serve with rice, noodles, or even on a salad.

Steamed Fried Rice

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 15-20
Serves: 2

Rice Cooker

1 Cup Long Grain Brown Rice
1 Cup Water
1 Egg
1 Tbls Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1 Clove Garlic
1 Tsp Ginger
1 Tbls Cooking Wine

Add rice into the steamer then add egg, mix until well blended. Put in the rest of the ingredients and stir briefly. Set the rice cooker to the desired time to cook the brown rice and when its done just do a quick stir and you done. You can add more Soy Sauce to taste after it's all cooked.

To make more servings it's all a 1/1 ratio.

Beef Stir Fry

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Serves: 4

Large Bowl
Wok or Large pan

1 Pound Stew Beef, cubed
1 Red Pepper, Chopped
1 Green Pepper, Chopped
2 Cloves Garlic, Minced
1 Medium Onion, Chopped
2 Heads of Broccoli, Crowns Cut Off
1/2 Cup Sweet Chili Sauce
1/2 Cup White cooking Wine
1/4 Cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup Hoisin Sauce
2 Tbsp Olive Oil

Begin cooking Beef in a Wok on Medium High heat. Add in 1/2 of the following ingredients; Garlic, Wine, Oil and sauces. Cook until the meat starts to brown and then set the heat to Medium Low and let simmer for 10 minutes. While the Meat finishes cooking you can cut up all the other ingredients. After the 10 minutes remove it from the pan and put it into a large bowl, also pouring any of the leftover juices in with it.

Put the pan back on and set the burner to Medium High again. Add the remaining Oil to the pan and let it heat up for a minute. Put in the Garlic and Onion saute them until the onion starts to become soft. Add the rest of the vegetables into the pan as well as the remaining Sauces and wine. Stir them all together and keep a close eye on them sturing occasionaly until the peppers start to soften up.

Pour the meat back into the pan with the vegetables turning down the heat to Medium Low stirring to fully reheat everything in the pan.

Sweet Chili Slaw

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes
Serves: 4

Medium Bowl

1/3 Cup Sweet Chili Sauce
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
8oz plain Coleslaw
1 Pack uncooked unseasoned Ramon Noodles

Break apart Ramon Noodles into small pieces.
Put slaw in a  Medium Bowl add Ramon on top.
Pour on the Sweet Chili, Soy Sauce and Vinegar and mix until well blended.
Chill and serve.

Parmesan Chicken and Spaghetti Squash

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour
Serves: 4-5

1 Small Bowl
1 Medium Bowl
Plate
Large Frying Pan
Large Deep Baking Pan

1 Spaghetti Squash
2 Chicken Breasts cut into slices or cubed
6 Tbsp Almond Flour
3 Tbsp Flax Seed Meal
3 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
2 Eggs
3 Tbsp Olive Oil

To cook the spaghetti Squash cut it in half short ways, empty out the seeds and pulp and stick them cut side down in the deep baking dish with about 1 inch of water on the bottom. Bake on 400 degrees for about an hour, or when the outer skin browns and is soft to the touch. (it will be extremely hot, use a pot holder or fork).

While Squash is cooking you can cook up the chicken, which can take about 15-20 minutes.

Preheat a Large frying pan on medium high heat with the 3 Tbsp Oil. Put eggs into a bowl and mix until well blended, onto a plate put the Flour, Flax seed and Parmesan and stir them all together. Take each piece of chicken and coat it with the eggs then roll it into the Flour mix. Place each piece of the chicken into the pan and cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side browning each side. Lower heat to medium and cook the chicken until it is completely done.

Remove the Squash from the over and carefully remove the inside of the squash into a medium sized bowl.

You can mix the chicken together with the squash or serve on the side. For a good Alfredo sauce to put on the top of it all check out the 3 Cheese Alfredo Sauce recipe.

Three-Cheese Alfredo Sauce

This recipe Originally came from Spark People Recipes.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=637402

Minutes to Prepare: 10
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1/2 tbsp butter
    8 oz nonfat cream cheese (can use regular or light cream cheese instead)
    2 cloves garlic (or equivalent)
    1/4 tsp black pepper
    2 C nonfat milk
    6 oz mozzarella cheese (3/4 cup)
    2 tbsp Parmesan cheese (or to your taste. Calories are for 2 tbsp)
    salt or garlic salt to season


Directions
-Melt butter in sauce pan on medium
-Add cream cheese and stir till melted and creamy
-add garlic and pepper
-Gradually pour in milk until well blended and creamy
-Stir in mozzarella until melted.
-Mix in Parmesan
add salt as desired

It thickens as it cools. Thin with nonfat milk if needed.

Note: Because nonfat cheeses don't melt quite the same as high-fat cheeses, you may need to pop the sauce in a blender to smooth it out, or use a hand blender.

This recipe is good for an alternative pizza sauce too, and anything else you could think of. We also thought that the sauce came out a bit thick so we added in an extra 1/2 cup milk.

Italian Sausage and Noodles

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Serves: 3

2qt Pot
Large Frying Pan

2 Italian Sausages
1 1/2 Green Pepper (chopped)
1 Medium onion (chopped)
2 Cloves Garlic (diced)
1 Large tomato (diced)
1 Green Chile (diced, Optional)
2 Servings Low Carb Noodles (4-5oz)
2 Tbsp Olive Oil

Prepare Noodles as package directions recommend.

While noodles are cooking;
Put the sausage in a large frying pan with 1Tbsp Oil and cook until they are fully cooked and prepare the other ingredients.

When the Sausage is done, remove them form the pan and put in the remaining Oil, Onion, Peppers and Garlic. Saute them until they are tender crisp, then add in the Tomato and Chilies. Cut the Sausage into slices or cubes and by this time the noodles should be done. Put the sausage back into the pan and stir until they are warmed back up again. Put the noodles into the pan with the other ingredients and stir until fully mixed.

Mushroom Chicken

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves: 3-4

Knife

Cutting board

Large pan

1 lbs skinless chicken breast

1 can low sodium cream of mushroom soup

10 oz mushrooms

1 cup almond milk

2 cloves garlic

1 medium onion

1 tbsp Italian seasoning

Cut chicken into strips and put into a large pan. Cook with 1 clove of garlic, 1/2 the onion and the seasoning. Once chicken is partially cooked add in the mushrooms then cook the chicken thoroughly. When the chicken is fully cooked top with the rest of the garlic and onion then pour over the mushroom soup and add the milk. Stir them all together until the soup is well mixed. Simmer on medium low for 15 minutes or until the chicken is a bit tender and the soup is hot.

Serve chicken with some of the soup poured over top.

Also works well over top of brown rice or low carb noodles.

Chicken Broccoli Bacon Wrap

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Serves: 3

Knife

9x13 baking pan

3 skinless chicken breasts

1 cup shredded cheese of your choice

1 head of broccoli

9-12 strips of bacon

Preheat oven to 375

Cut the chicken breasts down the middle to make a pocket, don't cut all the way through. 

Divide up the cheese into 1/3 cups, and then put the cheese into the pockets. 

Cut off the crowns of the broccoli into small pieces, put them into the pocket also. 

Wrap one strip of bacon around the chicken at a time until you have 3-4 strips on each chicken breasts. 

Put the chicken in a 9x13 greased baking  pan and put them into the oven for 20 minutes, when bacon becomes crisp. 

Cut one of the chicken breast in half after cooking to be sure they are fully cooked. 

Mexican Sliders

 

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 10

Servings: 2

Bowl

Spatula

Spoon 

Frying pan

1/2 pound lean ground turkey

1 1/2 tbls taco seasoning

3/4 cup cheddar cheese

1/2 avocado 

1 small tomato

1 cup shredded lettuce
4 slider buns (optional)

Put the turkey into the bowl and put the seasoning and cheese on top. Mix them thoroughly until you can no longer see and of the seasoning causing little pockets of unmixed spices. Divide the meat into 4 medium/large meat balls, flatten them out as thin as you like. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes on each side.

While the burgers are cooking cut the Avocado and tomato into thin slices.

Once the burgers are done place them onto the buns and put on top the Avocado, tomato and sprinkle on some the lettuce.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 10-15 min
Servings: about 32

Large Bowl
Mixer
Cookie sheet

2 1/4 cups Almond Flour

3 tbsp Flax Seed Meal

1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce

8oz chocolate chips 

1/4 cup of Splenda brown sugar mix

Preheat oven to 375

Put Flour and Flax Seed into the bowl and sift together. Add in apple sauce and Splenda, mix until well blended.  Pour the chocolate chips into the batter and mix together.

Spray pan with cooking spray. Make each cookie about 2 inches round and about 2 inches apart. Put them into the oven and bake between 10-15 minutes, or until they become a bit stiff to the touch.