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So like I said yesterday, we only ate crockpot meals for about 2 weeks straight so that's all I've got right now. And if you don't own a crockpot get yourself one- mine came from Goodwill but Amazon has decent ones for under $30 too. 

PS does anyone else out there use Amazon Prime? It has changed my life! Every little thing in our house (light switch covers, outlet covers (which are usually expensive because we have to get baby-proofed ones because Andi licks outlets..I just), cabinet handles) came from there, and I've discovered ordering things like chia seeds and protein powder and other groceries that are harder to find at regular stores. And it all comes the next day! Like what?? I ordered a rug from Target and got an e-mail 3 days later that it had shipped but my take 48 hours for my shipping info to be available. My mind was blown because I forgot things take more than overnight to ship. So I'm spoiled.


Anway onto the recipe. The crowd I made this for was incredibly skeptical. That crowd being Harrison and my friend Leslie. Harrison is skeptical about anything that I say is clean even though he eats my clean meals every day, but old habits die hard I guess. Leslie was super skeptical about these squash noodles I made, but you know what? Everyone had seconds. Lindsay for the win, as usual.

Servings: 5
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 4 hours in the crockpot on high

Ingredients

  • 1 lb lean ground turkey ($3.50)
  • 1/2 onion, diced finely ($.50)
  • 1/2 bell pepper, diced finely ($.50)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced (but we LOVE garlic so you can go easier if you're not such a fan)
  • 1 cup of oat flower (I put old fashioned oats in the blender until they were a flour-like consistency)
  • 1 jar clean tomato sauce, divided (I use Italian Spaghetti sauce from Trader Joe's- no sugar or other badness) ($2.50)
  • 1/4 cup oats
  • 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 Tablespoon onion powder
Mix all the ingredients EXCEPT the tomato sauce togheter (sidenote: if using your hands and removing your engagement ring to do so, put your engagement ring somewhere that you'll remember to avoid 3 minutes of sheer panic) and form into balls. Mine were about 4" around. Spray the crockpot with non-stick spray, put the balls in, pour half the jar of sauce in the crockpot and cook for 4 hours on high. I also threw in a few slices of onion and pepper.



For the squoodles (squash noodles): 2 squashes. Squashes? Squash? Sqashi? It all sounds wrong.

Anway, using a mandolin slice the squash lengthwise, then slice each slice into thin noodle-like slices. Toss them with olive oil or cocounut oil and salt and pepper and throw 'em on a plate like this:


And microwave for 2 mins. HA. That's it. So easy!

What is your favorite crockpot meal?


Linking up today at Delicious Dish Tuesday, Turn It Up Tuesday, 


Clean Eating Crockpot Meatballs with Sqash Noodles

Tuesday, June 3, 2014


Sooo it's April! This is the first year that I'm not like "when did that happen?? APRIL?" Probably because of all the nights I spent bargaining with God "just get me to spring- just let me survive the world's coldest longest most miserable iciest snowiest winter please and I'll never complain about weather again pleasepleaseplease just get me to spring". 

 Fitmencook instagrammed a picture of turkey sliders on sweet potatoes so I immediately had to try this and omggg it was delicious!! The sweet potato taste was perfect with these spunky little turkey sliders!

 *WAIT BUT FIRST: Obviously I LOVE good deals on clothes- head over to Belle in Boots because she is hosting a linkup for stylish people selling their own clothes! I just bought a dress and a shirt for pretty much $0. Lots of bloggers are participating so there is a variety of sizes/colors/styles/brands. Basically like thrift shopping ONLINE. What else can you ask for?



Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Servings: 10 sliders

Ingredients:

  • 1 sweet potato, sliced with a mandolin ($.80)
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil/coconut oil
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey ($4.00)
  • 1/2 onion, minced ($.50)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced 
  • 1/2 large green bell pepper, diced ($.50)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup old fashioned oats 
  • 1 teaspoon + 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes


Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Toss the sweet potato slices with the oil, 1 teaspoon sea salt, black pepper, and half the garlic powder. Spread the coated sweet potato slices on a lined (with parchment paper or non stick spray) baking sheet- there should only be one layer! Do not stack them on top of each other!

Combine the turkey, onion, garlic, pepper, egg, oats, other half of sea salt, other half of garlic powder, and pepper flakes in bowl and mix well. Form small patties (I judged the size based on the size of my sweet potato slices).

Put the sweet potato slices into the oven and cook for 20 minutes, flipping after 10 minutes.

While the sweet potato slices are baking, cook the turkey patties over medium-high heat, covered, for 8-10 minutes on each side.

Now make little sweet potato-bunned sliders and enjoy! I didn't even use any condiments, I loved them plain!

OMG and while these were finishing cooking I finished reading Where'd You Go, Bernadette - MUST READ! Has anyone else read it? The twists! The end! It really got me thinking. What a great book!

Based on serving size of 3 sliders

Ok anyone else not feeling this Tuesday? Here's a little motivation (thanks to my friend Barbara for passing along this internet gold):


Linking up today at Delicious Dish Tuesday, What We Eat Wednesday, MamaMade Blog Hop and Turn it Up Tuesdays - check them out for some great recipes!

Clean Eating Turkey Sliders with Sweet Potato "Buns" + a little Tuesday pick-me-up

Tuesday, April 1, 2014


I'm starting this off with a disclaimer: it involves canned salmon. I know, I know. But you know what else? I'm broke and canned salmon is approximately 1/11000 the price of real salmon so hey, you do what you gotta do to eat what you want. So feel free to substitute this with 12 ounces of actual salmon. When I get canned fish I always buy it in water, NOT in oil. When it is in oil there are added fats that are completely unnecessary. Weird sidenote about canned fish: my mom refuses to eat seafood with the exception of canned tuna. Does anyone have an explanation for this?

Servings: 3
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients
  • 1 14 oz can of salmon in water ($2.50)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
  • 2 Tablespoons Parsley
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • Lemon juice of half a lemon
Mix all the ingredients together and form into 6-7 patties. I tried to flatten them to be about 2 inches thick so they can cook quickly and easily.

Heat a coated (coconut oil, olive oil, cooking spray etc) over medium heat. Once the pan is hot, put the patties in the pan and cover, heating  6-8 minutes covered on each side. Keep a close eye on these, checking the bottoms to make sure they don't burn.

Once they are cooked eat them any way you want! Harrison ate his as a sandwich on an Udi's roll with some Greek Yogurt and lemon juice, I put mine on a bed of spinach with onions, tomato and extra lemon juice.

Enjoy!





Nutrition label for canned salmon:

Using fresh salmon:

Clean Eating Salmon Cakes

Tuesday, March 4, 2014


Oh hey just got back from San Diego..could not be happier to land back in DC as we await another blast of winter, and of course return to work (sarcasm x 10). San Diego was so beautiful, and I don't even want to talk about the fact that my friend can see the beach from her house and pays less rent than I do in DC. We stayed right outside the city in Encinitas and soaked up sun (I even got to wear  new sunglasses) and got in quality time with my best friends from college. I'm proud of us because we even did a morning of triathalon training!

Anyway last week we ate this little tiny turkey sliders stuffed with spinach and feta and they were awesome! We put them on Udi's Rolls (one of my favorite gluten free bread options) and enjoyed a little Greek-ish supper.

Servings: 3 (2 sliders per person)
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients
  • 3/4 lb lean ground turkey ($3.00)
  • 1 egg
  • optional: 2 tablespoons panko breadcrumbs (helps hold the patties together- totally not necessary)
  • 1/4 medium red onion, diced
    1/3 cup crumbled Feta ($2.50)
  • 1 cup fresh spinach
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 tablespoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • For slider toppings: tomato slices, onion slices, lettuce and hummus (we used garlic hummus of course)
Chop the spinach and saute in a small frying pan- I do this by heating the chopped spinach with 1/4 cup of water over medium heat for about 3 minutes, stirring the entire time so the spinach doesn't get stuck to the pan.

Combine the ground turkey with the sea salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, 1 tablespoon of parsley, the egg and te panko crumbs (if you're using them) and mix together.

Using 2/3 the turkey mixture, form little bowls (see the picture below). Fill each bowl with feta, diced onion, parsley, and sauteed spinach.

Use the remaining turkey to make little "lids" for the turkey bowls. Make sure to pinch the top turkey piece and "turkey bowl" together so there are no openings or holes (gotta make sure nothing oozes out during the cooking).

Cook the sliders in a non-stick pan covered over medium heat, about 8-10 minutes on each side. Serve with rolls, tomato slices, onion slices, lettuce and hummus and enjoy!

Turkey Bowls!



Turkey bowls topped off


this nutrition information is just for the sliders- does not include the roll or any toppings

Bonus: Encinitas sunsets. I'm moving.


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Clean Eating Feta and Spinach Stuffed Turkey Sliders

Monday, February 24, 2014

A few months ago I published a post on Clean Eating Tailgate foods. Super Bowl is one of the best times to convert people to clean eating- show up with delicious snacks and people are like "Ohh this is so good" and then I'm like "yeah yall and it's clean!" and they're like "wait are you serious?" and then I'm laughing to myself. So for a little super bowl snacking inspiration, here are all my clean snacks that are totally appropriate for Super Bowl Sunday.

And in honor of Bruno Mars' halftime show, my favorite Bruno song (Gorrilas) WITH R.KELLEY. Really who doesn't love little tiny Bruno when he hits those high notes, and R. Kelley..well he's a great singer he just needs to stay off twitter, or to fire his publicist. Actually on second thought, keep it up R. I laughed so hard at the hashtags that came out of that.








Healthy Super Bowl Snacks (all clean!)

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Confession: I love fake cheese, especially fake cheese on top of fake chili on top of greasy fries- with lots and lots of fake cheese. Like, the faker the cheese the better. I hate baseball but you can find me at a Nat's game any day shoving through the crowd at the concession stand for some of that disgusting liquid nacho cheese. OMG and Velveeta! So needless to say chili cheese fries are a major point of weakness for me.

So I had lots of Turkey Chili leftover from the polar vortex weekend and came up with this. While there is no fake liquid cheese involved it truly hit the spot, and major bonus: not waking up in the middle of the night with heartburn, cramps, and horrible things going on inside my stomach. And you know what? It was really filling because of all the protein and fiber.

And just look how the nutrition facts stack up against each other:


Sonic Chili Cheese Fries
Broke and Bougie Chili Cheese Fries
Servings: 1
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups leftover Crockpot Turkey Chili 
  • 1/2 large sweet potato ($.50)
  • 1 slice avocado ($.25)
  • 1/8 cup mozzarella cheese ($.50)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1-2 scoops reduced fat Greek Yogurt
  • Juice of half lime ($.30)
Make the sweet potato fries- this time I used the mandolin to make large slices of the sweet potatoes and cut those into fries. Took a lot less muscle.

Once the fries are cooked pile them together on the baking sheet, scoop the chili on top of the fries, top with cheese, and return to the oven (at 450 degrees) for ten minutes.

Top with lime juice, garlic powder, Greek Yogurt and avocado. Enjoy!!
Sliced these with a mandolin

And cut them into these!




Snacky Saturday: Clean Eating CHILI CHEESE FRIES

Friday, January 10, 2014

  

"Man I totally thought this was going to be a punishment meal but it actually tastes like something we shouldn't be eating."  -The BF. Yeah y'all, it's so freaking good.

The other day while happy houring at Mighty Pint and as I used all my will power to avoid my all-time favorite bar food, the Irish Nachos, I thought to myself HOLD ON why don't I just MAKE these myself with a few clean foods swapped in? So I ran home (jk, I waited 30 minutes for the redline, then ran home from the metro), sliced up a sweet potato, threw some stuff together and voila! My OWN CLEAN IRISH NACHOS.

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes, cut into wedges ($1.50)
  • 1 Tablespoon coconut oil/olive oil/your cooking oil of choice
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey ($3.00)
  • 2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 3/4 Cup Chicken Broth ($.50)
  • 1 Cup mushrooms, sliced ($1.00)
  • 1 can black beans, drained ($.90)
  • 1 Cup mozzarella cheese ($1.50)
  • 1 red onion, diced ($1.00)
  • 1 green pepper, diced ($.90)
  • 1 large tomato, diced ($.90)
  • 1/2 Cup cilantro, chopped ($.50)
  • 3 small jalapenos, diced ($2.00)
  • 1/2 Cup black olives, sliced
  • 1 Cup clean salsa ($1.00)
  •  Greek Yogurt- to taste
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Toss the sweet potato wedges with the oil, salt and garlic powder. Line them onto a baking sheet in ONE layer and heat in the oven for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, flip all the wedges over and throw them back into the oven for another 10 minutes. **lower the oven temperature to 375 degrees.

While the sweet potatoes are cooking, season the ground turkey with the cumin and chili powder. Cook the seasoned turkey with the chicken broth until the turkey is brown and the broth has absorbed. Add the mushrooms and black beans to the frying pan for the last 3 minutes.

Top the baked sweet potato wedges with the turkey/black bean mixture. Layer the mozzarella cheese on top of this. Place the concoction in the oven for 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

Now top it with pepper, onion, tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, olives, salsa and yogurt. We set it up buffet style and everyone scooped up some sweet potato/meat/cheese and topped it with whatever they wanted.

Yall, just do it. You won't regret it.

HOW GOOD DOES MINE LOOK WITH ALL THE TOPPINGS

Little toppings buffet. Like Chipotle for Irish Nachos.

Loaded Irish Nachos

Tuesday, December 31, 2013


Let me just say how difficult it is to stay healthy during the holiday season, especially for awkward people such as myself who find ourselves standing next to the food table stuffing our faces and chugging drinks in an attempt to "look busy" and not have to make awkward small talk.

Since I always bring food and booze to the parties I attend anyway, why not bring clean snacks? If I'm going to awkwardly binge, it might as well be healthy right? Plus I love when people are like "omg this is so good what is in it? Wait is it seriously clean??" Trickery at its finest.

Here's my rolodex of clean eating party snacks:

25 CLEAN EATING SNACKS! {perfect party foods}

Tuesday, December 17, 2013


 

ZOOOOmmmMMGGG. Ok, this is almost embarrassing to confess but last weekend we even ate these on our cheat day- we just wanted something to go with our greasy burgers and these are seriously so much better than real fries. So enjoy this. I mean, really really enjoy. 

Oh and PS, they take about 15 minutes to make. I mean this is just too good. 

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 16 mins
Servings: 4 (4 "servings" of these babies = 1 for me..not sorry- they're super low carb and low cal)

Ingredients:
  • 1 sweet potato ($.88)
  • 2 Tablespoons coconut oil (melted) or olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
Preheat oven to 475 degrees (I know, I didn't even know my oven goes this high). Slice the sweet potatoes into the inch thick fries (this takes some muscle, those sweet potatoes are tough!).

Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Combine the seasonings (you can use any seasonings you want) with the oil and mix well. Toss the fries in the mixture and spread out in one layer (CAUTION: DO NOT STACK THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER! YOU WILL RUIN EVERYTHING- I speak from experience) on the baking sheet and put on the middle rack of the oven for 10 minutes. Flip the fries and allow to cook for an additional 6 minutes.

Let them cook for a sec and enjoy something better than the real deal..

Sweet Potato Fries {seriously as good as the real thing}

Monday, December 16, 2013



So here's the thing about this snack- I have no idea what to call it. It's delicious, it tastes like bar food, it looks kind like mozzarella sticks but Cauliflower Sticks gives the total wrong idea, so what do we call it? After punishing an entire tray of them the BF came up with this list: sticks, crescents, swirls, twirls, nuggets, bits, bites, tots, tits (really?), chews. Um, ew. But, these nameless ditties are so delicious and make a great clean snack or party food. They store well and taste just as good reheated. Here's the breakdown:

Servings: 5 (3 per serving)
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes

For the nameless cauliflower snack-
Ingredients:
  • 1/2 large head of cauliflower ($2.50)
  • 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese ($.50)
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal ($.50)
  • 1 egg (
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 3 Tablespoons dried Basil
  • 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Click here for garlic bruschetta recipe

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut off the cauliflower florets and steam them (easier than it sounds- if you don't have the equipment, just put it in a pot with about an inch of water, boil the water, cover and let it sit on the stove on high for 5-10 mins or until tender). Allow the cauliflower to cool for a few minutes.

Take the steamed cauliflower and wrap it up in paper towels and SQUEEEEZE all that water out. I went through 7 paper towels doing this, gotta get rid of that excess water!

Now take your dried, steamed caulflower and finely dice it. Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Pull out a chunk and roll together into an ovalish shape that is about 1 inch by 3 inches and place on a foil lined baking sheet. Do this until you have used up all the 'dough'- should make about 15 cauliflower snack things.

Cook for 10 minutes. Serve with bruschetta and enjoy!


PS anyone who went to high school with me may recognize this phrase from an old chemistry teacher. My brother still gets me laughing till I cry while he walks around the house flinging candy bars around yelling "I'm feelin SNACKY! Anyone else? SO SNACKY! Who got candy bars for me?" Anyway we always say "feelin snacky" instead of "hungry" or "snack time" or whatever.





"I'm feelin SNACKY" - Cauliflower bites with Bruschetta

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

If I made a list of top 10 greatest things on earth, college football, tailgating (slash day drinking,) and food would top the list. Unfortunately, one with these as their top 3 favorite things risks gaining approximately 20 pounds during football season- especially when one is a stress eater and college football seems to be drunk this season (this is the only explanation I can come up with for UGA's performance, as well as the rest of the top 25). 

Anyway, this season I put my foot down and decided that THIS season I will NOT gain weight (and perhaps even lose weight?). And also I spent most Sundays bedridden due to excessive hangovers and this feeling that my intestines were going up in flames, so adding a 7th day to my week in the fall would be a plus too. I've spent the first part of football season experimenting with clean tailgate food swaps, feeding it to my neighbors, and demanding reviews. These foods made the top 10, as judged by a panel of football-loving friends and neighbors. And since it's me, these are all easy to make, hard to screw up, cheap, and CLEAN! Click the links for the recipes.

Top 10 Clean Eating TAILGATE FOODS!!

Sunday, October 13, 2013


Yesterday my craving for salty, crispy, delicious chips was SO REAL so I fixed myself some sweet potato chips. Can we just talk about how, why is anyone eating regular potato chips when you can eat sweet potato chips? Just look at the health difference- hmm 10 grams of fat for something that won't fill me up for more than 20 minutes or ZERO grams of fat for something that is also really good for me? {click "read the whole post for recipe and comparisons!}

Crispy Sweet Potato Chips

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Ok honestly I've never been a big potato skin person- I just never really got it. But in my experimentation to formulate the best tailgate food that won't upset my tummy AND won't cause me to gain 50 lbs by the BCS Bowl I came up with these cleaned up versions of the real thing. All 4 flavors were a hit but Greek and Pizza tied for first among everyone's favorites.

Lesson learned in cooking potato skins: Don't be shy about scooping out the potato guts! Less potato left on the skin = More crispy! I know, I know, everyone knows this except me because I just now got into potato skins 27 years into the game. Here are my findings: {Click "read the whole post" for recipes}


{For each recipe I'm pretending we're making 8 potato skins. Each potato makes 4 skins}

For the skins:
Hi skins! Once you are at this point halve them lengthwise again, unless you are making the chili boats.

Party Food: The Potato Skin 4 ways

Tuesday, October 1, 2013



I finally got tired of breakfast casserole. The idea of waking up and eating one more square of egg/veggie/meatness made me gag a little, so I tried eggs another way: Deviled! I assume they are called "deviled" eggs because just one tiny half egg contains at least 5 grams of fat, meaning if you eat 2 halves (in my book 2 halves = 1) you have consumed almost 20% of the recommended daily fat for a 2,000 calorie diet before 8 a.m. And if I'm at a party, AS IF I would ever just eat 1-2 of these babies. So yeah, that's not for me. I experimented with a few different ways to keep the texture but cut out the fat, and this was my favorite. The cilantro and lime added a nice kick, but my conclusion is that I'm down with hard boiled eggs for breakfast but maybe deviled eggs can stay a party food.

Healthy Avocado Deviled Eggs {with a kick}

Monday, September 30, 2013

HEY FALL!

Fall is here it's here it's here it's here! On Sunday I sat on the couch, nursing a Saturday Football Hangover (GO DAWGS!!), reading a book (Devil in the White City- great read, especially when it's a free e-book) with Andi wrapped in blankets with the windows open while chili cooked in the crock pot (which I got from Goodwill for $10- if you don't have access to Goodwill Amazon has great options for inexpensive crockpots here ). It smelled so delicious, tasted freaking amazing, and for like $15 could feed a small village). Here's the breakdown:

Clean Crokpot Turkey Chili {with a kick}

Helllllooooo buff chick!
Another great party food that takes zero time to make. I threw the chicken in the crockpot and ran a bunch of errands, cleaned the house, then put it onto lettuce and everyone was like "whoa this is great how do you find time to cook like this?!" Jokes on them! Sidenote-I used to work in a restaurant that had a Buffalo Chicken Sandwich and the abbreviation was "Buff Chick" which I always found hilarious. I told that story to everyone as we ate Buff Chick Wraps and no one else thought it was funny. Buff Chick? No one?! Really??

Click "read the whole post" for the ingredients and recipe

Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Saturday, September 28, 2013


Mmmmmm look at those!!

I clearly have a thing for Italian food which I worried wouldn't be accommodated by clean eating. Boy was I wrong- there's a clean way to do everything! Here's my recipe for Clean Italian Meatballs. We ate these with my Clean {cauliflower} "Bread"sticks, and clean tomato sauce. This was really easy to throw together in a few minutes.

 Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 5

Savory Italian Turkey Meatballs

Thursday, September 26, 2013


Ok did anyone else go to a college in a town with Gumby's: Home of the POKEY STICKS? Well thanks to late night pokey sticks (and a 24-hour dining hall, and penny drinks, and soft serve ice cream) I gained a solid 20 pounds in college. Thanks to clean eating and exercise I have kept those pounds off, but sometimes I get a craaaavvinnggg for pokey sticks. May I point out that this version is much less fattening/calorie-packed/carbed-out as well as much less expensive?

 So here's my pokey stick substitution:

CLEAN {cauliflower} "BREAD"STICKS

Tuesday, September 24, 2013




Yeah yall, it happened. I found a way to make baked chicken wings that are every bit as crispy and delicious as their evil, fried twin. We had tons of leftovers, and since there isn't any oil in these, the texture stayed the same when we re-heated them. All week people who stopped in ate these delicious wings and couldn't believe that they are in fact very healthy. So take these to your tailgates and potlucks this fall because they. are. perfect.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Servings: 5 (makes 20 wings)

{click "read more" for the full recipe and directions}

CLEAN Cripsy {baked} Chicken Wings with Clean Blue Cheese Dip

Sunday, September 22, 2013


Fresh out of the oven with extra sauce. Yes please.
"Fall-off-the-bone is the opposite of what wings should be because wings should always be crispy. Except these. These are really good. I could really get down with these."
-BF's Wing Philosophy which I proved wrong this week in making my favorite kind of chicken which is fall-off-the-bone. I hate to say I'm always right, but if the shoe fits...

Anyway, football season is here so I'm experimenting with clean eating comfort and tailgate foods that won't have me gaining 15 lbs by the time bowl games roll around. The obvious place to start is wings, so to appease both of us I did a fall-off-the-bone wing and a crispy wing (posting soon). In reality even orthodox believers of the Crispy Wing Only Lifestyle will not be able to resist these wings. I only made 8 wings because I thought I would be the only one eating them, but this recipe is easy to double/tripe/quadruple. Also if you don't have a crockpot, get one. They are so great. I got mine at Goodwill 2 years ago for $8, best food investment I've ever made. 

Juicy Fall-Off-the-Bone Crockpot Chicken Wings

Friday, September 20, 2013

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