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Skinny Orange Chicken Recipe

Tonight’s dinner was skinny orange chicken and it was pretty darn good. (I added more red pepper to mine, which is why you see a lot of it in the picture.)

Orange Chicken

Here’s the recipe for you to try as well:

Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil (You may also use vegetable oil or olive oil)
  • ¼ cup chicken stock (I used low-sodium)
  • 3 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest
  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons coconut aminos (you may substitute low sodium soy sauce if you do not have coconut aminos. You can find them on amazon.com)
  • 1½ teaspoons Sriracha sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds for garnish, optional
  • Broccoli
  • Brown rice
Instructions
  1. Melt coconut oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add in chicken pieces and cook until cooked through and browned, about 8-10 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.
  2. While chicken is cooking, stir together chicken stock, honey or maple syrup, garlic, orange zest, orange juice, coconut aminos, Sriracha sauce, ginger and red pepper flakes. Pour into heated skillet once chicken has been removed and reduce to low heat. Cook, stirring often, until sauce has been reduced and coats the back of a wooden spoon. You may also cook the chicken for a few minutes in the sauce and spoon it out and serve that way.
  3. Cook broccoli the way you prefer. We steamed ours in the microwave. (If you would like to thicken the sauce more, you may add cornstarch. We had to ;] )
  4. Cook brown rice the way you prefer.
  5. To serve, spoon chicken over a bed of broccoli & rice and then spoon on additional sauce. Top with sesame seeds, if desired.
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Zucchini Brownies

So, the past two weeks I’ve made a healthier version of brownies for my family. Needless to say, they were a hit. It’s an egg free recipe too.

ImageINGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup applesauce
2 small or medium bananas mashed
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 and 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups finely shredded zucchini
2 cups all purpose flour (you can use alternative flour like wheat, but it will make the density a little bit different)
1/2 cup walnut pieces.

I actually add dark chocolate chips to it to make it more chocolately. Use them at your discretion. Sometimes I don’t add the nuts either.

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 9 x 13 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, mix together the applesauce, mashed bananas, and sugar. Add vanilla and cocoa and mix together. Then add baking soda, salt, and zucchini and mix together. Add flour and walnuts and mix together (or the chocolate chips). Spread evenly into a prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until brownies spring back when gently touched.

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Cheat meals?

After month 1 of INSANITY, I had to take a trip to Alabama with my fiance to pick up his younger brother. He’s staying with us for a month as a graduation gift. While I was there I did eat a little more badly than I had anticipated. I did gain some pounds back, which I beat myself up about. Then I turned my frustration into motivation, to push harder during month 2. I was determined to continue to stick with the nutrition as well as go as hard as I could during the work outs.

I’m not sure about other dieters out there, but I always let myself have one TREAT meal a week. I don’t like calling them CHEAT meals. I look to this meal as a reward for all my hard work during the week. I usually have it on the weekend. Just don’t go over board like I did on my weekend in Alabama. Now, don’t beat yourself up about a treat meal, or feel guilty later. You’re helping yourself not slip off your diet completely.  One meal is  not going to hurt you or erase your six-pack.  But, if you overdo it… then you will erase some of your progress. Which is exactly what happened to me on my trip.

Now, do you believe in just ONE treat meal a week or a TREAT/CHEAT day?

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PB2, whole lot healthier than regular or natural!

Thought I would share this product that I recently purchased. I was actually introduced to it by my Beach Body Coach. It’s called PB2. It’s just basically powdered peanut butter. You take two tablespoons of the powdered peanut butter and mix it with one tablespoon of water. PRESTO! You have peanut butter. But get this…only 45 calories, 1.5 grams of fat (for the regular), and 5 grams of protein. Pretty good I must say. It’s delicious too!

I found mine on Amazon.com. You may be able to find it a whole food or health food stores.

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