Monday, July 9, 2012

BBQ Chicken Blue Cheese Wraps

Shred BBQ chicken. Roll up chicken with broccoli slaw and blue cheese in an egg roll wrapper.

Place on a non stick sprayed cookie sheet and bake and 400 degrees until golden brown.

I garnished with avocado, tomato, and lime.

Healthy Banana Chocolate Shake

I love having this for breakfast, and estimate it is under 200 calories.

Makes 2 servings.

Blend following ingredients:
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 cup milk
1/2 container (small) vanilla Greek yogurt
2 bananas (cut up and frozen)

You can also add peanut or almond butter but I would rather avoid the calories since the yogurt has protein.

Make sure you peel and cut the bananas beforehand, or you'll have a mess/war on your hands :)

Blue Cheese Pecan Spaghetti Squash

I was craving blue cheese and tried an interesting combination last night that received good reviews from my test subjects.

1/2 and de-seed spaghetti squash. Grill for 20-30 minutes until soft. Fork out squash. Top with blue cheese crumbles, bacon pieces, pecan pieces and enjoy!

Mini Bite Size Dulce de Leche Cheesecakes

For a family cookout we were having a Mexican theme. I wanted to do something with dulce de leche and decided on mini cheesecakes.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.



Crust:
Graham crack crust

Put a thin layer of the crust into the bottom of a small or mini muffin pan. Bake them for about 5 minutes and remove from oven.

Filling:
Combine the following: 8oz cream cheese, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 can dulce de leche, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla.

Fill the muffin cups with the filling.

Bake these in a water bath for anywhere from 20-40 minutes depending on size. A knife should come out clean.

Let them cool completely (I threw mine in the freezer for 20 min)

To remove, I'd run a knife around the edge and try to pop them out if possible. If they don't come out, try a spoon around the edge to scoop them out or buy mini muffin cups.

Top with remaining dulce de leche.