Teak Dog Tuesday!

The quality of these pictures isn't great, but what they capture is pretty funny.  Teak is hugging and loving on his favorite pillow.  You can tell how much he loves it.

Spicy Crispy Chicken Sandwich

This is another Hungry Girl recipe, and let me tell you, Biz and I were shocked at how good it was.  We will definitely be making this again.  I didn't have high hopes going into this, knowing I was going to eat chicken that had been coated with ground up Fiber One cereal (which is not a cereal I'd eat for breakfast).  Honestly, though, it was great.  It tasted like it had been fried, and it reminded us both of the spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's. 

It doesn't hurt that if you follow the recipe, the sandwich has 313 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 12 grams of fiber, and 31 grams of protein!  I'm not a calorie counter, but I do like patting myself on the back if I eat something that isn't terrible for me.  I didn't have egg substitute, so I just used one beaten egg.  The recipe below is just for one sandwich, so we doubled it easily.

You should try this sandwich; you will like it!  You can even get a coupon for Fiber One here.

Spicy Crispy Chicken Sandwich

3 oz  raw boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 small hamburger bun
1/2 cup Fiber One cereal (original)
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 Tbsp fat free mayonnaise
2 slices tomato
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper, divided
Salt
Pepper

Preheat oven to 375.  Using a blender or food processor, grind Fiber One to a breadcrumb-like consistency.  Add half of the cayenne pepper (1/8 tsp) to the crumbs and mix well.  Place crumbs in one small dish and egg in another.

Sprinkle salt and black pepper evenly on both sides of the chicken.  Then coat chicken on both sides--first with egg and then with seasoned crumbs.

Place chicken on a baking pan sprayed with nonstick spray.  Top chicken with a light mist of nonstick spray and then place in oven.  Cook for 10 minutes, and then flip the chicken over and add another light mist of cooking spray.  Cook for an additional 10-12 minutes, until chicken is fully cooked and the coating looks crispy. 

While the chicken is cooking, combine mayo and the remaining cayenne pepper in a small bowl.  Spread half of the mayo mixture on each half of the bun.  Layer chicken and tomato slices between the two buns and serve!

Teak Dog Tuesday!

Leaning off the boat this far is how Teak fell into the water last week.

Here he is after a little swim.



Low Calorie Margarita

A good margarita is certainly helping my evening.  After working late, and especially after getting my taxes done, I wanted needed a good drink.  Thankfully, Hungry Girl has a recipe for a great margarita that has only 115 calories!  I was excited to try it, and let me tell you, it is GOOD.  You honestly won't know the difference between this margarita and a restaurant's margarita, and you will not miss the hundreds of calories and grams of sugar you would otherwise be consuming.  Honestly, this recipe is surprisingly sweet for a margarita; you could just use one of the packets of lemonade mix and be fine.

This recipe is just for one serving.  You may want to make two or three at a time.  According to the cookbook, the entire recipe has 115 calories, 0g fat, 55mg sodium, 2g carbs, and less than 0.5g sugars.  You don't have to feel guilty! 

Low Calorie Margarita

3/4 cup (6oz) diet lemon-lime soda
3 Tbsp (1.5oz) tequila
2 packets (two 5-calorie servings) sugar-free powdered lemonade drink mix
2 Tbsp lime juice
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice

Stir all ingredients together except for the ice.  For a frozen drink, place mixture in a blender with the ice and blend until smooth.  Alternately, just pour mixture over ice and enjoy.

Teak Dog Tuesday!

Here's Teak checking out the giant turkey Biz killed a couple of Saturdays ago.

And here he is soaking wet.

Oreo Peanut Butter Cookies

This is a shortcut recipe.  It takes two minutes to throw it together, and it will make you three dozen glorious peanut butter and oreo cookies.  If you have a favorite peanut butter cookie recipe, use it.  If you're short on time, like I was, you can buy the premade peanut butter cookie dough, and just mix in some oreos.  Honestly, it's that easy.  You will not be disappointed by these.  Again, thanks to Plain Chicken for sharing her recipes!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Oreo Peanut Butter Cookies

1 pouch peanut butter cookie mix
1 Tbsp water
3 Tsbp vegetable oil
1 egg
12 oreos, crushed

Preheat oven to 375.  Mix together pouch of cookie mix, water, oil, egg, and crushed oreos.  Place rounded spoonfuls on lightly greased cookie sheet.  Bake 9-11 minutes. 

Queso Cookies

These are so good.  My sister usually makes them when I come in town or at Christmas, and I can easily eat most of them.  I made them last week for a bridal shower, and they were really easy.  You can make them into cookie shapes or cheese straws.  They are so delicious and buttery.  Thanks again to Plain Chicken--my main recipe source!

Queso Cookies

2 sticks butter, softened
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 can Ro-Tel, drained (or the store brand diced tomatoes and chiles)

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix the cheese and butter together.  Add the flour, salt, cayenne and tojmatoes, and stir until it becomes a ball. 

For cookies, form the dough into marbles and press with a fork.  For straws, roll out the dough into a rectangle that is 1/4" thick, andcut the dough into 2"x1" rectangles using a pizza cutter.  Poke four holes in the top of each cheese straw with a fork.

Bake on a lightly sprayed cookie sheet for 20 minutes.  Cool and then serve.  Makes 3-4 dozen.