I don’t know about you, but with 3 carnivorous, fried food, pizza craving, greasy cheeseburger demanding boys in the house, it can be hard for me to get a healthy meal in lately. So I have been trying to take some “guy” favorite foods and lightening them up to where not only will I enjoy them; but, I won’t feel guilty about serving it to my crew. When one thinks of guy food, beer, chips and dip come to mind, burgers and fries and the such. I have blogged up some of those in a lighter fare way. Here are a few to check out:
Veggie Fries, Everything Bagel Burger, and Game day Snacks. All manly food approved!
I think that this salad has to be one of my favorites. It has quite the spicy kick to it! If you want to take it down a notch you can use a bit less Cayenne. I used fat free Blue Cheese, but by all means use the good stuff. ( hint: it really does taste better than the fat free stuff)
| Buffalo Chicken Spinach Salad |
- 2-3 skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 1 bunch spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup baby carrots diced
- 1/2 cup diced celery
- salt and pepper to taste
- cayenne pepper to taste I used about 1 tsp
- 3 tbs hot sauce
- 1 tbs butter
- cut the chicken breasts into strips as shown in the photos to make like a chicken finger shape
- season the strips with the salt pepper and cayenne
- in hot skillet with fat free cooking spray cook the strips approx 6 min till all the pink is gone and the juices run clear
- add the butter and hot sauce and cook till melted and all chicken in coated
- plate the spinach and celery and carrots
- place the spicy chicken on top and serve with blue cheese dressing!
I love the idea of turning wings into a salad. We eat a lot of chicken wings, so having the same flavor, but lower fat/cal sounds great to me!
What a fabulous recipe, this looks absolutely delicious!!