Chicken Bacon Ranch in Crockpot

We are had this tonight! I got it from the message boards on www.myfitnesspal.com. It was really awesome!! The plate its on is small so it looks like a lot of food! LOL! I like to trick myself like that.

Bacon Ranch Chicken

3 T real bacon bits

1 T minced garlic

1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix

1 can of cream of chicken condensed soup

1/2 C Skim milk

1 C Light Sour Cream

4 boneless skinless chicken breast (I used 8 chicken tenders)

Cook low 3-4 hours in slow cooker, serve over no-yolk egg noodles if desired but be sure to add these calories in.

(I bet it would be good over a baked potato too)

Hormel - Real Crumbled Bacon - Peppered, 3 Tbsp (7g)	90
Campbell's - Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup, 1 container (1 3/10 cup condenseds ea.)	200
Robert's - Skim Milk, 0.5 cup	40
Anderson Erickson (Ae) - Lite Sour Cream, 0.5 container (480 gs ea.)	320
Tyson 100% All Natural - Boneless Skinless Chicken Tenders-Half Order, 16 oz	400
Fresh Produce - Garlic, Minced, 1 Clove	4
Hidden Valley - Dips Mix - the Original Ranch - Just Add Sour Cream, 1 container (8 tsp unprepareds ea.)	80
Add Ingredient

Total:	1134
Per Serving:	284

* nutritional info on this dish - Serves 4

Did someone say Burritos?????

I found this recipe on the message boards of myfitnesspal.com, I revised it a little bit to meet my needs, Enjoy!

Steak Burrito Meat

Serves 10

2 lbs Sirloin Tip Roast

2 envelopes taco seasoning mix

1 medium onion

1 Rotel (diced tomatos w/ green chilies)

1 T white vinegar

Coat crockpot with nonstick cooking spray or use bag insert. Put roast in crockpot. Sprinkle all over with the taco seasoning. Top with onion, rotel & vinegar. Cover & cook on low for 8-9 hours.

Remove meat from crockpot and cool slightly. Shred meat with two forks. Return to slow cooker & stir thoroughly; heat through.

Put on your favorite low-cal wheat tortillas, pita bread etc, top with shredded cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, light sour cream or whatever you like. This would also be good on top of a bed of lettuce! Be sure to count the "extra" in your calorie count, the calories below is just for 3.2 oz of meat. Enjoy!

Old El Paso - Mild Taco Seasoning, 2 container (12 tsp (6g) ea.)	180
Generic - Yellow Onion, 1 cup	46
Rotel - Mild Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies, 1 container (1.3 cups ea.)	63
Heinz - Distilled White Vinegar, 1 tbsp	2
Beef - Sirloin Tip Roast, 32 oz	1,664
Add Ingredient

Total:	1955
(3.2 oz. of Meat Only) Per Serving:	196

BREAKFAST!!! Ham, Egg & Cheese Cups - 106 Calories per cup

I made these this week! Very easy and very good low-calorie meal! They would also be great to make on a sunday and grab as a quick breakfast thru-out the week.

Ham, Egg & Cheese Cup

1/4 pound cubed fully cooked hame

1 cup (4 oz.) shredded fat-free cheddar cheese

6 eggs

4 egg whites

3 T minced chives

2 T skim milk

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

Divide ham evenly among eight muffin cups coated with cooking spray; top with cheese. In a large bowl, beat eggs and whites. Stir in chives, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over cheese, filling each muffin cup 3/4 ful.

Bake at 375 for 22-25 min or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Serves 8 egg cups - 106 calories per serving, 4 g fat, trace fiber, 14 g protein.

Roasted Vegetables Rock!

This week I decided to try making roasted vegetables.  I have always heard how GREAT they are and never really got that excited about them.  Well, I decided to use green beans, asparagus & onion and they tasted AWESOME!  All you do it put the veggies on a baking sheet and drizzle them with olive oil.  Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and depending on the veggies you cook them about 20 mins & then turned them over and cook another 20 mins.  Denser veggies like potatoes take a bit longer.  But I can't even describe how good them were... definitely try it!

Shopping

This Sunday I went shopping in Des Moines. As we pulled out of the driveway to start our 2 hour drive I noticed that the first thing that came to my mind was "where should we eat when we get there". Sadly, I realized that many times when I go somewhere I haven't been in a while the first thing I think about is food. Many people think about the stores they want to go to and what types of things they hope to buy. Losing weight is such a mind game. When your mind is constantly on food it is really hard to train it to think about other things. I remember back in college when I would go shopping somewhere out of town the first thing I would do is stop at a fast food place to start off the special day with a "treat". Now I need to see the "treat" as the new pair of jeans or shirt that I am going to buy and not the sausage, egg, and cheese crossaint at BK. Losing weight is hard, but if you can continually think about the "big picture" it helps a little.