Black Bean Dip with Avocado

This is such a great snack – and it even makes a great, filling lunch when you pair it with Triscuits.

Black Bean Dip with Avocado
Black Bean Dip with Avocado

4 servings
270 calories per serving

1 can black beans, drained, rinsed, and mashed
1 c chopped avocado
1 c shredded low fat mozzarella cheese
4 c baby carrots for dipping

Place the beans in 4 bowls and coarsely mash. Stir in cheese and avocado. Serve carrots alongside. Add 100 calories worth of Triscuits or your favorite cracker to make it a little more filling and meal sized instead of snack sized.

And here is a video teaching you how to use an avocado slicer so you can make perfect slices for all your meals !

Zesty Chicken

This dish takes crispy chicken to the next level. After you cook it up, you make a quick glaze and run the chicken through it before serving. This makes is sooooo very flavorful, very moist, and something just a little different from your regular breaded chicken.

Zesty Chicken
Zesty Chicken

2 servings
265 calories per serving

2 5 oz. boneless skinless chicken breasts
¼ t kosher salt
1/8 t pepper
¼ c panko breadcrumbs
2 t garlic clove, minced
¼ t oregano flakes
2 T lemon juice
2 T honey
2 t Tabasco sauce
1 t grated lemon zest
2 t olive oil

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Mix breadcrumbs, garlic and oregano and dredge chicken in the breadcrumb mix. Mix lemon juice, honey, Tabasco and zest to make a glaze. Heat oil in a skillet and add chicken and brown both sides, cooking about 6 minutes per side or until done through. Remove chicken from skillet and add glaze and reduce until thickened, about 1 minute, Return chicken and flip to coat both sides with the glaze.

Garlic Bread Turkey Sandwich

Genius ! Lunch on garlic bread. Tastes pretty yummy !

Garlic Bread Turkey Sandwich
Garlic Bread Turkey Sandwich

1 serving
220 calories per serving

1 Arnold Select Multi-Grain 100 calorie roll
1 T buttery spread
½ t garlic powder
1 t oregano flakes
4 slices lean thin turkey breast
1 slice fat free American cheese

Heat oven to 350 degrees or heat toaster oven. Spread buttery spread on inside of top and bottom of roll. Sprinkle with garlic powder and oregano. Toast a couple of minutes until golden brown. Place turkey and cheese on roll and make a sandwich and continue heating a few moments longer.

Parmesan Veggies

The cheese just melts into the marinade and really coats all the veggies – every bite is so full of flavor 🙂

Parmesan Veggies
Parmesan Veggies

8 servings
60 calories per serving

2 zucchini cut into ½ inch thick slices
2 yellow squash cut into ½ inch thick slices
1 red pepper cut into strips
1 green pepper cut into strips
1 yellow pepper cut into strips
1/3 c light Italian dressing
¼ c grated parmesan cheese
Pam

Spray a skillet with Pam and heat to medium high. Add veggies and sauté 5 minutes. Add dressing and cheese and continue cooking 5 minutes or until veggies are desired tenderness (I like mine pretty crisp).

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