Tacos Healthier

2 corn tortillas

1 oz. cheese shredded

1 Roma tomato

Lettuce chopped

 4 oz. Ground Turkey Breast

salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder, cumin to taste

Cooking Spray

Ok, nothing fancy here; just a good tip. Spray a cooking pan with cooking spray and let it heat up. Then put a tortilla in and crisp it do desired crispness. Flip tortilla as needed. Brown and season turkey. Fill tortillas with ground turkey breast, tomatoes, and cheese. I use the lettuce on my plate to have a mini taco salad afterward with the stuffing that fell out of the taco (no more tortilla though).

Nutrition Info (Approx):

• Calories - 399
• Protein - 38g
• Fiber - 4g
• Fat - 11.5
• Saturated Fat - 6.5g

If you want to leave off the cheese, the nutritional values would be less. The cheese is 120 calories, 7g protein, 9g fat, 6g sat. fat.  Tonight I added up all of my daily values and found that I needed more calories and fat so I was able to have some cheese. Yum!

Easy, Healthier Garlic Bread

Sorry, no picture. :(

For a healthier version of garlic bread that tastes just as yummy, try this. Choose your bread, spray it with butter flavored cooking spray (0 calories), toast it in the oven or broiler, peel a clove of garlic and rub it directly on the bread! If you REALLY like garlic, go for two cloves. Basically this gives you the nutritional value of your bread choice with ALL of the flavor of Garlic Bread. YUMMY!

Chicken Lasagna

Tonight I wanted lasagna. So, I came up with this recipe. As we sat down to eat, I let my husband and sister have the first bite. Aren't I kind? They both really liked it, so I went ahead. I expected it to be good, but it was REALLY good. I hope you enjoy this, too. Cause we all need our fix of cheese and pasta sometimes, right? And at only 289 calories per serving you can't go wrong!

Ingredients:

• 6 lasagna noodles
• 8 boneless, skinless chicken breast tenderloins
• 1C fat free ricotta, with Italian Seasoning mixed in
• 3 TBS grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 oz. shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1 can Tomato Soup
• 1/2 C water
• Salt, Pepper, Italian Seasoning, Onion Powder
• Olive Oil Cooking Spray

Directions:

1. Cook noodles according to package directions. Let dry.
2. Spray a pan with cooking spray. Cook chicken. Season with Salt, Pepper, and Italian Seasoning
3. Chop cooked chicken (I used my food processor to make ground chicken).
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Mix soup, water, and seasonings (to taste) in a saucepan over medium heat.
6. Spoon some sauce on the bottom of a 7x9 casserole dish.
7. Put down 3 noodles, overlapping as needed.
8. Put half of remaining sauce over noodles. Then layer on half of the Parmesan cheese, monterey jack cheese, ricotta cheese, and chicken.
9. Repeat steps 6 & 7
10. Bake for 20 minutes. Cut into 6 servings. Then enjoy!

Nutrition per serving:

• Calories - 289
• Protein - 28g
• Fiber - 1.4g
• Fat - 4.8g
• Sat. Fat - 2.6g

The Sherry

This sandwich is called "The Sherry", named after my sister who originally introduced it to me. I changed the bread type, used reduced fat cream cheese and turkey bacon for healthier alternatives of the same foods. This sandwich is currently my favorite. Thank you, Sherry! It is amazing! 

Try it and enjoy!!

Ingredients:

• 1 Sandwich Thins sandwich
• 1 TBS Reduced Fat Onion & Chive Cream Cheese
• 1/4 Avocado mashed
• 2 slices Turkey Bacon, cooked
• Baby Spinach, raw - desired amount
• 6 slices Deli Sliced Turkey Breast

Directions:

• Layer food onto bread (I like to toast my bread).
• Enjoy! This is one of my FAVORITES!

Nutrition:

• Calories - 296
• Protein - 21g
• Fiber - 7g
• Fat - 14g
• Saturated Fat - 3.75
• GI Value - All foods in this sandwich are Low on the GI.

Serve with a salad or other veggies; delicious!!

High Fiber Breakfast

Ingredients:

• 6 oz. light nonfat yogurt (any flavor)
• 1/3 C. All Bran Buds

Directions:

• Scrape yogurt into a bowl.
  
• Add Bran Buds and mix.
  

Nutrition:

• Calories - 170
• Protein - 7g
• Fiber - 13g
• Fat - 1g
• Saturated Fat - 0g
• GI Value - yogurt: low and bran buds: low end of medium (58; 55 is the cut off for low)
  

Serving Suggestion: Add a complimentary fruit. Whole, raw fruit is the best. This will add between 60 and 100 or so calories, some protein and fiber.