Friday, June 28, 2013

Low Fat Sausages Topped with Crunchy Homemade Skinny Honey Mustard Slaw

I love hot dogs but they are not healthy so I went searching for a healthier recipe. I found this recipe on Skinny Kitchen. By using chicken sausages and honey mustard coleslaw, this recipe brings great flavors without the fat and calories. Each Sausage comes in at only 8 weight watchers points.

Ingredients:

1 - 10 oz bag shredded white cabbage
1/4 cup light mayo (I used Hellman's w/ Canola Oil.)
1 T apple cider vinegar
2 T dijon mustard
1/2 T honey
1/4 t white horseradish
6 fully cooked reduced fat chicken sausages
6 whole wheat buns

Instructions:

  1. To make the cole slaw dressing - In a small bowl, mix mayo, vinegar, mustard, honey and horseradish. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Easy Salsa Verde Chicken Tostadas

One of my main focuses when cooking is healthy foods. My wife is doing Weight Watchers and I have found that the best way that I can be supportive is by cooking meals that not only fit within the program but also are tasty because otherwise we both fall off the wagon and start eating more junk food. I have found that not only has it be a benefit to her program but I feel much better as well. For those of you who are also doing weight watchers, I will post the points for a recipe whenever I have them. (Which is most times.)

Recently, I have been really inspired to use Mexican flavors in my food. This recipe is one that I made from www.SkinnyTaste.com but Tammy and I both felt as if it was missing something so I made my own little addition that we both feel brings it all together and only adds one point per tostada. Black Bean Hummus inspired by Spark Recipes.


I need to work on my photography and presentation skills but I swear it tastes great!
6 ww points plus per tostada (we generally eat 2 for a meal.)

Ingredients and Directions:

Black Bean "Hummus"

2 Cans Black beans, Drained and rinsed
1 small onion, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced
4 cloves garlic minced
2 T ground cumin
1 1/2 t olive oil
2 T chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 c salsa verde
  1. Place drained and rinsed black beans in the food processor and pulse a few times to start to chop up the beans.