Coconut Chicken

Coconut Chicken

This is a great recipe and everyone ate it up! I am so ready to eat something other than Turkey today, so I am making this for my family!! I will make this and pair it with some green beans and maybe even some sweet potato fries! I am totally looking forward to dinner tonight!!

Ingredients:

1lb boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced into strips

½ cup egg whites or egg substitute

¾ cup Whole Wheat Panko breadcrumbs

1/2 cup unsweetened flaked coconut

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp ground pepper

1 tsp garlic powder

½ tsp crushed red pepper

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 400 degress F.

In one bowl, combine Whole wheat Panko, coconut, garlic powder, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper.

In another bowl, add the egg white or substitute.

Cut chicken breast into strips (easier to eat and cooks through better)!

Dip strips into egg and then into breading mixture. Layer the strips so they are not overlapping each other.

Cook at 400 for 30 min or until crispy.

Clean Eating Meatballs

I am making these tonight for us to have all week as lunches! They are delicious, healthy and easy to make. They are so quick and we will have them as a meatball sandwich or even as a side to a nice salad. I will put some low sodium tomato sauce and a tiny sprinkle of low fat mozzarella cheese with some lettuce all on a whole wheat pita or whole wheat bun!!!! I am always looking for quick and easy ways to serve my family meals and this one is a hit! I really encourage you to make them and I am pretty sure that everyone in the fam will gobble them up!! And, let's face it.. we all like a quick, tasty meal that is already cooked and ready to go!!

Clean Eating Meatballs

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs lean ground turkey or chicken.

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1 egg lightly beaten

1 cup oat bran or ezekiel bread crumbs

2 tbsp fresh parsely, finely chopped

2 tbsp fresh basil, finely chopped

2 tbsp fresh oregano finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, passed through a garlic press

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large bowl place egg and breadcrumbs or oat bran.  Add spices and mix well.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well.  Using an ice cream scoop make meatballs and place on prepared cookie sheet.  Place in hot oven and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.