I had a serious craving for some buffalo chicken this afternoon, so I thought I’d take a shot at a healthified buffalo chicken wrap.
I mixed up the following in a little bowl:
2 tbsp oikos plain greek yogurt
1 tbsp franks red hot
sprinkling of Black pepper, garlic salt, red pepper flakes, onion powder
Then I mixed in 2.5 ounces grilled chicken shredded (all that was left from last sunday’s big grill up):
I put this mixture on top of a Joseph’s Low-Carb pita, and topped with a thinly sliced mini babybell cheese round and some banana peppers. Then cooked in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes and topped with some tomato:
Up close and personal:
This was delicious! I tried a few bites of the buffalo chicken when it was cold, and I think I actually liked it better cold than heated up because I could taste the buffalo sauce better. So two thumbs up, and next time I’ll keep it in a cold wrap rather than baking.
I love when random concoctions turn out tasty 😀
Stats on the BCW: 213 calories, 12g carbs, 6g fat, 32g protein, 5g fiber
Around the world and back again in three short meals 🙂 Geesh, I need a vacation… Luckily, only two weeks til my Char-Char-cation!!! (Charlotte/Charleston/Vacation 😉 )
Breakfast #1 = Canada
Canadian Bacon Eggins! Last night, I decided to whip up some eggins and use some of the Canadian Bacon I picked up at Trader Joe’s over the weekend.
I sprayed a muffin tin down with cooking spray, and plopped one piece of the Canadian bacon in each of 6 muffin tins.
Then I mixed together 9 egg whites, splash of water, S&P, red pepper flakes, franks red hot and poured it evenly into the 6 muffin tins. (Word to the wise – if you use a container with a spout it makes life A LOT easier 🙂 )
I cooked them for about 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
I had three of these little guys for breakfast with a dollop of ketchup.
Stats for 3 Canadian Bacon Eggins & ketchup: 147 calories, 6g carbs, 1g fat, 26g protein, 0g fiber
Breakfast #2 = Greece
1/2 cup Trader Joe’s nonfat vanilla greek yogurt with 1/4 cup each strawberries and blueberries.
Trader Joe’s greek yogurt was so tasty. It’s not overly sweet, which I really liked. I think I could have ate about 3 more servings of this 🙂
Since lunch was a repeat, I thought I’d showcase the lovely little smoothie I made last night. Everyday, I have a mid afternoon snack and a late night snack, each of which are around 100 calories. They are usually something simple like an apple or a bowl of low-cal cereal and almond milk, and don’t typically make it into the blog.
Last night, I was feeling up for a smoothie so I put the following into the blender:
This week is just F-L-Y-I-N-G by. Can’t believe tomorrow is Friday already!
Breakfast #1
This morning I was craving something warm and peanut-buttery for breakfast. I pulled a Mama lupe low carb tortilla out of the freezer to let it thaw out. Then I topped it with 1 tbsp Trader Joe’s Crunchy Almond Butter and some sliced strawberries.
I wrapped it up into a little burrito and put on the george foreman grill until it was hot and the shell was crispy. Then I wrapped the little guy up in foil and stuck him in my purse.
I got to work about 20 minutes later, and the wrap was still nice and hot and gooey.
ooey gooey love
This was just delicious. So simple, and so delicious!
Side note: If you are obsessed with freezing things like me, before you freeze the tortillas put a piece of parchment paper or wax paper between each one. That way you can easily grab 1 tortilla from the freezer at a time (and they won’t all be frozen into one tortilla blob).
I typically use quick oats when I make overnight oats, but this time I tried them with Bob’s Red Mill Thick Rolled Oats instead. Last night I threw the following into a bowl in the fridge:
1/2 cup Bob’s red mill thick oats (uncooked)
1/2 cup Almond breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1 tsp brown sugar
cinnamon
This morning, I topped the oats with strawberries and blueberries:
The rolled oats have a different consistency than quick oats. They really keep their oat texture and are somewhat chewy:
These were sooooo yummmy. If I had to choose, I’d pick quick oats over rolled oats, but I’d be happy to eat either one 🙂
For dessert, I had a little unsweetened applesauce with some cinnamon. When I say little, I mean about 2 spoonfuls.. 🙂 (Leftovers from the big fat flop protein cakes I made)
Good news! I think my phone is almost fully recovered! 🙂
Tonight, I had a craving for gyros. Mmmmmm…. Can’t remember the last time I had one of those.
The task at hand: satisfy this craving as healthfully as possible.
I decided to go with ground turkey for the meat to stuff my gyro. I combined the following ingredients and formed a meat “log” which I cooked on the george foreman grill for about 7 minutes.
5 ounces 99% lean ground turkey
sprinkling of dried oregano, S&P, garlic powder, onion powder, dried parsley, red pepper flakes
Then I sliced the meat into long strips and placed atop a Joseph’s Low Carb Pita:
And topped it off with the KEYcomponent of any gyro: Tzatziki Sauce! I mixed up the tzatziki sauce about an hour before grilling the meat. It consisted of:
I used some of the leftover cucumber to make a small cucumber salad (sliced cucumber, dill weed, white vinegar):
YUM!!! This really hit the spot! I do want to note that the meat was a little on the dry side. I personally didn’t really mind because I doused it in the yummy Tzatziki sauce. Next time, I’ll either add some of the shredded cucumber to the meat or try shredded zucchini and/or onion.
Stats on the gyro: 278 calories, 24g carbs, 4g fat, 39g protein, 7g fiber
Despite this delicious dinner, the night did not end on such a happy note:
What’s that, you ask? Ohhhh… that…. Whelp, that’s my iPhone, chilling in some rice, because I apparently dropped it on my way in the door and let it sit outside in the rain for three hours. 🙁
Hopefully this rice trick I found on google with do the trick and suck all the water out!
QUESTION OF THE EVENING: What was the dumbest thing you did today?
P.S. to respond to this question click the little blue button that says “Leave a comment” … look right below this line… just a little further… You can do it! 😉
