Chicken Parm Meatballs

I know I'm biased but these were AMAZING!

What you need:

2 Chicken Breasts

1/4 cup Italian Style Breadcrumbs

1 large egg   

1 tbsp Parsley

1/2 cup Onions, chopped 

1/4 cup  Parmesan Cheese

3-4 Garlic Cloves        

1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Spaghetti Sauce

Food Processor

Cake pop machine - optional, but it makes things a whole lot easier

Pam

What you need to do:

In a food processor, pulse your chicken until it is nicely shredded.

Throw in breadcrumbs, egg, parsley, onion, parm cheese and garlic. 

If you have a cake pop machine:

Turn it on, spray and place scoops of chicken mix into it, close and let cook for about 5-7 minutes

(Don't worry about it not cooking in the middle, we will be boiling them in spaghetti sauce later)

While this is cooking, get a nice deep pan and pour in spaghetti sauce. I used the whole container of prego for the spaghetti.

When the chicken balls are done, gently scoop them out and place into pan with spaghetti sauce and cover. Let simmer while you cook the rest of the chicken. 

Do this about 3 more times, until all your chicken mix is gone. 

If you do not have a cake pop machine:

GO GET ONE! It makes this recipe, Tilapia Tots, and meatballs SO much easier! 

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.

Roll chicken mixture into balls.

Place into a well greased casserole dish that is deep as well as wide. 

Bake for about 15-20 minutes, just long enough so that the outside of the ball is sturdy enough to pour spaghetti sauce onto without breaking apart. 

Pour spaghetti sauce over the balls and bake for another 15 minutes. 

When your meatballs are just about done, sprinkle mozzarella cheese over entire batch, let melt and serve. 

I dished these up with some dreamfields pasta (Or you can use zucchini pasta), steamed broccoli and salad.

This recipe makes 24 Chicken Parm Meatballs and each are:

54 Calories, 4 g Carbs, 2 g Fat, 4 g Protein, 1 g Fiber

High Protein, Low Calories Type of Day

Good Morning!!

 This last weekend was not good. Eating wise, I mean. My husband and I went to see the basketball game between WSU and Louisville on Saturday at a friends house. We brought Cool Ranch Doritos and Braum's Jalapeno Dip (have I mentioned that I love this stuff??) Someone else brought chips, salsa and queso. Our friends brought beer, Cheese stuffed crust pizza and wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. It would be wrong not to eat it, right? I ate it. A lot of it. Even took some home. Sigh.... So I ate horribly that day and ate blah on Sunday. So today, I'm not that hungry for breakfast. But I plan on working out a ton! I will be doing my zumba routine from youtube. you can find it HERE.

Working out with a friend at 2 at the gym, power pump at 6, then some relaxing swimming at 7. A total of 1463 calories burned. WOO! #beastmode

Anyways,

So if you're looking for a low calorie, low carb, high protein breakfast besides a shake, here you go!

So simple, so easy.

I used to be a vegetarian so I used to eat a lot of veggie meat. This is Morning Star's Original Sausage Patty.

I don't eat pork due to my religion (SDA) but my husband used to and he says their not bad considering they're made from soy and veggie.

And a hard boiled egg. I sprinkle some salt on the side of the plate and that's all I can have for the entire egg. I use about 1/8 tsp of salt. 

This is 150 calories, 3g carbs, 8g fat, 17g protein, and 1g fiber.

 You will get full, trust me.

Annndd life can't go on without coffee. (Vanilla Maple, today)

Have a great rest of the day!

Zucchini Cakes

Ready to make something low carb, super good and easy to make??

Adapted from HERE

Zucchini cakes!

Aren't they pretty???

I'm not even that big into zucchini and these were great! 

63 calories, 1.1 grams sugar, 2.1 grams fat, 7.6 grams carbohydrates, 3.6 grams protein

Uhhhh yea!!! 

Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. You can serve with Ranch, but I used my favorite condiment in the whole world: Braum's Jalapeno Dip. (Seriously, get this stuff already!)

Ingredients:

1 large zucchini, grated

1 large egg

1 c. panko bread crumbs

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp. Adobo spices

1/2 c. Parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

Remove excess liquid from freshly grated zucchini by placing them between paper towels and squeezing. (REALLLLLY squeeze!)

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients. Mix thoroughly. 

Heat a large pan on medium, and spray with Pam. Shape spoonfuls of the zucchini batter into 2-in. (diameter) patties, and drop onto the sizzling pan. 

Cook each side for about a minute and a half, or until the outside is golden brown. Finish the cakes off in the oven. Stick them on a baking pan and broil them for 1-2 minutes. 

Serve immediately. 

Makes about 12-15 cakes.