Chicken and Squash

This was today's lunch. It was one chicken breast and 1 large summer squash both seasoned with Mrs. Dash. It's high protein, low carb, and I love the squash because I consider it a "free" food. I can eat it to my hearts content because its low cal, low carb and full of nutrients!

Low Cal, Low Carb Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

2 Cups Chopped Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

1/3 cup Halved Red Seedless Grapes

1/3 cup Craisins (or raisins)

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

1 tsp Curry Powder

2 tbsp ground Flax Seed

1/4 cup Greek Yogurt

1/4 cup Light Mayo

Directions:

Mix it all together and let chill for a few hours so the flavors can love on each other. Serve on a rommaine lettuce leaf.

You can sprinkle feta on if you wish.

Nutrion (according to http://www.thedailyplate.com/)

Serving Size: 1/2 cup

Calories: 83

Fat: 3.7

Sodium: 145

Carbs: 5.6

Sugar: 3.5

Protein: 6.6

Kale Crisps

Kale Crisps

Ingredients:

2 Bunches of Kale

2 cups 2% Shredded Cheddar (or other cheese of choice)

Red Pepper Flakes or Tobasco (to taste)

Directions:

*Cut your kale into thin ribbons (remove stems).

*grease a couple cookie sheets

*spread out kale on cookie sheets and sprinkle cheese evenly over them. I personally like LOTS of cheese so I almost double my cheese.

*Place into a preheated oven 425, and cook for 15 min checking often. You want to remove when the cheese is a good golden brown. Then let it sit for 10 min to harden. Then just break up with pizza cutter:)

***I like this recipe and enjoy it frequently. Its got a great protein and IRON content. Iron is very important to me right now because of my anemia. This makes an easy to grab iron source for snacking and is WAY healthier than chips.

I got the recipe from http://www.allrecipes.com/ and then slightly altered it to my own tastes.