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Servings: 3

Calories: 275

Total Fat: 3 g

Cholesterol: 47 mg

Sodium: 82 mg

Protein: 22 g

Potassium: 804 mg <----wowza

Total Carbs: 23 g

Dietary Fiber: 4 g

Sugars: 1 g

EXTREMELY high source of Vitamin A and C - 230%-350% in fact. 

M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 

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The Perfect Meatballs

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I have been trying for months to come up with the perfect meatball recipe. I know it sounds so simple but they all came out to liquidy or the bread crumbs would get mushy it was just one thing after another that wasn't quite right. Then a couple weeks ago I made these bad boys and they are delicious! I finally found the right combo of ingredients that made the perfect meatball! 

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Serves: 5 (makes 15 meatballs) 

Serving Size: 3 Meat Balls 

Calories: 220

Total Fat: 10 g

Saturated: 3 g

Cholesterol: 83 g

Sodium: 246 mg

Potassium: 47 mg

Total Carbs: 6 g

Dietary Fiber: 1 g

Sugars: 1 g

Protein: 24 g

*Contains Calcium, Iron, Vitamin A and C* 

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Ingredients 

20 ounces low fat ground turkey ( I used Jenni-O)

1/4 cp yellow onion, chopped
1/4 cp shredded Mozzarella 
1/4 cp Italian bread crumbs
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
1 minced  clove garlic
salt & pepper to taste
1/4 cp canned pizza sauce
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 oz fresh Mozzarella

Recipe

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees with the wrack near the top.

2) Throw in all the ingredients – except for the last 3 – into a bowl, and mix well.

3) Make large balls with your hands, and arrange them into your baking dish

4) Open the canned pizza sauce, and in bowl, mix 1 spoon of the sauce and 3 tbs olive oil.

5) Use a brush to rub the mixture on the meatballs.

6) Put in the oven and bake for 15 mins.

7) When ready, take out from the oven and add  fresh mozzarella on top of meatballs. Add the rest of the sauce to the dish. 

8) Insert the meatballs again for 3 to 5 mins for the cheese to melt

What would I do differently? Not one thing. Like I said I have been working on the recipe for awhile to get it just the way I like it and I personally think it's perfect! 

Fast and Easy Tomato Basil Pasta: Under 250 Calories

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This isn't typically what I would make for dinner. I try to avoid pasta at all costs but the fact of the matter is, I love pasta! For me any pasta under 600 calories is a winner but cutting that in half and then some is even better! Definitely found a new staple dish at my house.

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Serves: 3 

Calories: 248

Total Fat: 2 g

Cholesterol: 0

Sodium: 985 mg

Potassium: 394 mg

Carbs: 51g

Dietary Fiber: 8 g

Sugars: 7g

*Contains Vitamin A, C, Iron and Calcium*

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Ingredients 

6 ounces linguine pasta

1 can (7-8 ounces) diced tomatoes with liquid ( I used Rotel Zesty Chile Flavor)

1/2 large sweet onion, cut in julienne strips

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 teaspoons dried oregano leaves

1 large sprigs basil, chopped

2 1/4 cups vegetable broth (regular broth and NOT low sodium)

1 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Recipe: 

1) Place pasta, tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, in a large stock pot. Pour in vegetable broth. Sprinkle on top the pepper flakes and oregano. Drizzle top with oil. DO NOT STIR!

2) Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a low simmer and keep covered and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes or so. Cook until almost all liquid has evaporated – I left about an inch of liquid in the bottom of the pot – but you can reduce as desired. The longer it's in for the tastier it gets.

Oh you were looking for more steps. Sorry to disappoint but that's it! 

What would I do differently? If it was just Bryson and I again with no kids then I wouldn't do anything differently. However, if L was eating with us it's a tad spicy. I would just leave out the red pepper flakes but besides that it's great! My husband requested chicken cooked in the extra sauce for his next time he also helped himself to two servings! That's how I judge food in my house, if they go back for more it's probably pretty tasty. 

Thanks everyone! 

Rolled Chicken and Spinach Flautas: Baked

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This is a recipe I make pretty regularly. Being from New Mexico I love mexican food but it is ridiculously bad for you. One day while going through recipe after recipe looking for a good recipe for flautas that wouldn't send us into cardiac arrest the moment we finished dinner we decided to invent our own....and bake it :) Oh, and of course sneak in green leafy veggies. I, personally do not think these are spicy and my three year old gobbles them up, but if you are not into spicy foods at all try using only half of the jalapeno or when choosing your jalapeno pick one with a rounded end and clean all the seeds out.

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Servings: 4

Calories: 177

Total Fat: 7 g

Cholesterol: 43 mg

Sodium: 685 mg

Potassium: 56 mg

Total Carbs: 21 g

Protein: 28 g

Contains Vitamin A, Calcium, Iron and Vitamin C

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Ingredients 

1/2 lb Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (about 2) 

8 oz Light Beer (or chicken broth)

1 cp Water

1 tps Paprika 

1 tps Kosher salt

1 tps Garlic powder

1 tps Ground cumin

1 tps Chili Powder

1 Jalapeno, seeded and minced

1 1/2 cp Spinach

4 burrito sized Wheat Tortillas 

1 tps Olive Oil 

Recipe 

1) Preheat oven to 450

2) Put the chicken breasts in a deep sided saute pan and cover with beer and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the chicken from the liquid and shred it...(have your hubby shred it) Mix together seasoning and chicken.

3) Pour out all but 1/4 cp of the water/beer liquid. Add the jalapeno and spinach and cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes, or until spinach is wilted.

4) Cut the tortillas in half. Spoon 1-1.5 tbs of the mixture along the long edge of the tortilla. Repeat with spinach/ jalapeno mixture. Roll tortilla up and place, seam side down on an oiled baking sheet. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

5) Brush the flautas with olive oil and bake for 10 minutes. Turn flautas over and bake an additional 10 minutes, or until crispy. Serve with home made salsa, cheese, sour cream or refried beans.

Loaded Sweet Potatoes (The Healthy Way)

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I don't know about you but I LOVE potatoes, especially sweet potatoes. What's even better than potatoes? LOADED POTATOES! Trying to find a healthy alternative to the traditional bacon, cheese, sour cream and butter kind wasn't actually all that hard when I sat down and put my mind to it. I knew I wanted it to be full of flavor but also filling so adding veggies like black beans, corn and spinach was a no brainer! To make it a meal my hubby would love also I put a grilled chicken breast in :)

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Servings: 2

Calories: 205

Total Fat: 4 g

Sodium: 224 mg

Potassium: 559 mg

Total Carbs: 23 g

Protein: 20 g

Contains Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium and Iron

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Ingredients:

4 oz (1 large) sweet potato

2 tbs light sour cream

2 cps fresh spinach

2 tbs shredded mozzarella cheese *fat free

3 oz (1 large) chicken breast 

1/4 cp black beans

1/4 cp sweet corn

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 350 and bake sweet potato for 45-60 minutes or until a fork easily slides in.

2) When sweet potatoes are 10-15 from being done light grill and grill chicken (can be done on stove top also) Dice up chicken into small pieces 

3) When sweet potatoes are done cut in half long ways and scoop out insides and put into a mixing bowl and mash. Set skins aside, do not throw away Mine broke :/ so I had to toss them and put it in a bowl instead.

4) Wilt spinach in a saucepan with a little water. Dry on paper towel and add to potatoes

5) Add chicken breast, black beans and sweet corn to mixture along with sour cream and salt and pepper

6) Add mixture back into potato skins and top with mozzarella cheese

There was no way I could finish a whole serving of this stuff! I ate about half of this and had some leftovers for lunch the next day :)

What would I do next time? I think next time I may try adding walnuts and maybe goat cheese or feta instead of the mozzarella. MMMMMMM Broccoli would be good too!