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Pork Tacos

7 Jan

I made these today, and they arefar more yummy than I expected. They were very delicious on day 1, but we used the leftovers in another recipe the next night, and this pork was AWESOME on day 2. I will eat this 2 days in a row from now on. I might even make it a day ahead to begin with. Enjoy 🙂

Ingredients:
– 2 lbs pork roast
– diced onion
– 1 red pepper, chopped
– 1 can of verde enchilada sauce (or 1 1/2 cups salsa verde)
– 2 tbsp. lime juce
– 1 tsp cumin
– 1/2 tsp salt
– 1/4 tsp white pepper
– 2 tablespoons minced garlic
– 1/4 tsp dried basil
– splash of hot sauce (optional)
– 16 flour tortillas- soft taco size (90 calories each)

Directions:

1. Place the onion, pepper, salsa verde and lime juice into crockpot.
2. Add pork sirloin.
3. top with all listed spices.
4. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours (until meat shreds easily with a fork)
5. Shred pork with 2 forks.
6. Either use tongs to remove pork for tacos, or, I prefer to place the mixture in a skillet and cook on stovetop until extra juice evaporates. I think it gives better flavor.

TOP IT!

Here’s how I topped each taco.

lettuce
1 tbsp shredded cheddar
1 tbsp sauce (equal parts sour cream and salsa. delicious!)
1 tbsp sour cream

Editors Note: I actually only made 8 tacos with this, and saved the other half of the recipe for another dish the next night. Would make a great BBQ sandwich mixed with spicy bbq sauce. I used it in place of the beef in my nacho recipe from this site. Click here.

8 Servings (2 tacos each):
With Toppings: 470 Calories
Plain: 400 calories

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Pork filling

pork taco 2

Beef Stew- Crockpot

19 Nov

Ingredients:
– 1 lb stew meat
– 1 onion, quartered
– 30 baby carrots (about 2/3 of a bag)
– 3 stalks of celery, chopped about 1 inch wide
– 1 large russet potato, chopped into roughly 1×1 inch chunks
– McCormick Beef Stew seasoning packet (1)
– 2 cups of water
– 1 tsp salt
– 3 bay leaves
– pepper to taste
– 1 tbsp. corn starch

Directions:

1. Place beef and all veggies into crockpot. Add salt, pepper, and bay leaves.
2. Mix water and Beef Stew seasoning together until mostly dissolved. Pour mixture into crockpot, over beef and veggies.
3. Stir ingredients together. Cook on low 6-8 hours.
4. 15-30 min before serving, remove about 3 tbsp. of juice, and mix in a separate cup with 1 tbsp. corn starch until smooth.
5. Add corn starch slurry back into stew. Mix, and cook on high with no lid until ready to serve. This will thicken the sauce.
6. Remove Bay leaves before eating.

Note: I like my beef stew with rice, as seen in the photo. I served with 3/4 cup of jasmine rice, which made my meal exactly 600 calories.

4 Servings= 447 Calories per Serving

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Tuscan White Bean Soup

17 Nov

I made this today, and it was delicious! It’s not a traditional, country bean soup. It’s really a lot like a minestrone without noodles. However, My Kentucky roots being what they are, I decided to serve this with cornbread. And, I’m glad I did 🙂

Ingredients:
– 1 can of cannellini beans (drained and rinsed)
– 1 can of navy beans (Drained and rinsed)
– 1 Can of petite diced tomatoes
– 1 can of rotel
– 1 can of Chicken stock
– about 20 baby carrots, chopped
– 1 medium onion, chopped
– 2 bay leaves
– 3 tbsp. minced garlic
– 2 tsp dried thyme
– 1 box of frozen spinach
– salt and pepper to taste

VF: Replace Chicken Stock with Veggie Stock to make this vegetarian friendly!

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients except for spinach in a crockpot. Mix well.
2. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
3. 30 min before serving, add spinach, stirring periodically.

Makes 9 (1 cup) servings. 1 cup = 123 Calories

Note: I was in a hurry the first time I made this, so I tried 3 hours on high. No dice. The veggies weren’t soft. So I added about 1 1/2 cups of water and put it in my pressure cooker to finish the job. It came out WONDERFUL. I really enjoyed this soup.

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Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup

8 Oct

Ingredients:
-1 1/4 lb skinless, boneless chicken breast
– 1 can Rotel tomatoes with chiles
– 1 Can black beans
– 1 can chicken broth
– 1 can Red Enchilada sauce
– 1 Cup frozen Corn
– 1 can of diced green chiles
– 1 can 98% fat free cream of chicken soup
– 1/2 tbsp. salt
– 1 tsp ground cumin

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients in a crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours.
2. remove chicken, shred, and return to pot.
3. Serve with garnish of: Greek yogurt (or sour cream), Shredded cheese, tortilla strips, jalapenos, black olives, green onion, etc.

Makes 8 (1 cup) servings: 211 Calories per Cup
with 2 tbsp. greek yogurt, 2 tbsp. 2% shredded cheddar, and 2 tbsp. tortilla strips: 315 Calories

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Crockpot Chicken and Stuffing

10 Jul

Ingredients:

-1 1/4 lbs of chicken breasts (boneless)
-1 box of stovetop stuffing, any flavor
-1/3 cup skim milk
-2/3 cups water
-1 can of 98% fat free cream of mushroom Soup

Directions:
1. place chicken breasts in crockpot.
2. Mix milk and Soup together and pour over soup.
3. Mix stuffing mix and water together in a separate bowl.
4. Spread wet stuffing mixture over top of chicken and soup.
5. Cook on low 6-7 hours.

Note: THIS LOOKS TERRIBLE… it’s not at all pretty to look at. So, consider yourself warned (lol) BUT it tastes great. Just scoop it all out and eat it together with a veggie on the side.

4 Servings= 475 Calories per serving

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Red Beans and Rice- Crockpot

22 Jun

Ingredients:
Red Beans- 2 cans
-1 can kidney beans
-1/2 package turkey smoked sausage, sliced
-1 onion, diced
-1 can of diced tomatoes
-5 bay leaves
-salt, pepper,
-1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tbsp. minced garlic

3 cups cooked white rice (I like to use jasmine rice)

Directions:
1. Add all ingredients except rice to crockpot, and cook on low 8 hours.
2. If beans are not “thick” remove from crockpot and cook in a pan on medium-high on the stove (no lid) until they thicken.
3. Cook rice separately, according to directions on package.
4. Serve Beans over rice.

4 Servings= 488 Calories

*** By 1/2 package of turkey sausage I mean this: They come in either 1 long, u shaped link, or 2 separate straighter links…. use 1 straight link, or cut the U shaped link in half.

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Beef Burgundy with Egg Noodles

9 May

This makes just exactly 4 servings, and it was a little higher in calories than I like to do for dinner, but it was pretty darn yummy, and I’ll make it again.

Ingredients

– 2 slices turkey bacon, cut into squares

– 1.25 lbs Top Round Steak

– Salt and Pepper

– 1/4 cup flour

– 1/2 tsp seasoned salt

– 1/4 tsp dried marjoram

– 1/2 tsp dried thyme

– 1 clove minced garlic

– 1 beef bullion cube, crushed (I used my garlic press to crush it)

– 1 cup red wine (I just sued the cheap cooking wine from Kroger)

– 1 package fresh sliced mushrooms

– 2 tbsp corn starch

– 2 tbsp cold water

– 4 cups uncooked egg noodles

Directions:

1. cook turkey bacon in skillet.  Remove and place into crockpot.

2. coat Sirloin on both sides in flour.  Salt and pepper beef. Brown all sides in remaining bacon grease.

3. Combine all ingredients except: mushrooms, noodles, corn starch, and water in crockpot.

4. cook on low 6 hours, then add mushrooms.

5. continue to cook 1-2 hours.

6. In a separate container mix corn starch and water together until liquid is thin and smooth.

7. Boil Egg noodles while sauce thickens.  (it thickened very quickly, and I actually added some more water to thin it out)

8.  Divide noodles and Beef into 4 servings.  Serve Beef over noodles.

9. Add corn starch “slurry” to crockpot to thicken sauce.

4 servings= 655 Calories

 

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Crockpot “Cola” chicken aka: the best bbq chicken you’ll ever make

5 May

Ingredients:

– 4-6 chicken breasts

– 1 cup of diet dr pepper (or dr pepper 10)

– 1 cup ketchup

– 1/2 tsp garlic powder

– 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or more if you like)

– Diced onion (optional) 1 cup

Directions:

1. place chicken in crock pot, salt and pepper.

2. Mix all other ingredients together, and pour over chicken.

3. Mix just enough so the chicken isn’t touching the bottom of the crockpot. Let a little liquid get under it.

4. Cook on low 6 hours.

5. Remove chicken, and set aside.

6. pour sauce into a small skillet or saucepan and heat on stove until thick.

7. Serve sauce over chicken.

makes 4-6 servings (1 chicken breast per serving)–  190 Calories

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Served here with homemade slaw, and baked beans.

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