Maggie and Wilson

Chicken and Bacon Kabobs

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Main Dish:Chicken and Bacon Kabobs
Side Dish: Grilled Zucchini
Dessert: Spicy Cherry Jello

Chicken and Bacon Kabobs

• Precook 8 pieces of bacon so that it is cooked but not crispy.
• Cut 3 chicken breasts into 1 inch cubes.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Alternate chicken and bacon on skewers
• Place on grill and cook for a total of about 15 minutes, or until juices run clear.
• While still on the grill, brush kabobs with a low sugar BBQ sauce mixed with a couple of tablespoons of beer.  Grill for an additional 1-2 minutes to allow sauce to warm up.

Zucchini
Slice 3 zucchinis into thick spears.  Sprinkle liberally with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Place in a basket or on tinfoil as the zucchini can fall apart if cooked too long or if sliced too thinly.  Grill for 5-6 minutes on each side depending on how crispy you would like it to be.

  

Jello
Mix 1 .3oz box of sugar-free cherry jello with one cup of boiling water and stir until well dissolved.  Add one cup of cold sugar-free ginger ale in place of the cold water.  Stir well and chill.  The ginger ale gives the jello a slightly fizzy texture and adds extra fullness and a little spiciness to the somewhat bland jello.  Even my pickiest eater loved this!

 

 

 

Blueberry Popsicles

This is based loosely on a recipe from the Atkins website.

  Ingredients

* 1 Cup Frozen Blueberries - Thawed
* 1/2 Cup Water
* 1/4 C. Sugar Free Raspberry Syrup
* Juice of 1/2 of a Lime
* Pinch of Lime Zest

Directions

Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. (Leaving a few chunks of fruit can be a good thing though.) Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.  Makes 4 popsicles.

Each popsicle has 4-5g net carbs.

Popsicles!

There are some low-carb/low-sugar treats out there.  The problem is that most of them have a high sugar alcohol content. The probably do help with weight loss, just not in a socially acceptable manner. For those who have been following this blog for a while you know that a few months ago I bought the expensive Williams-Sonoma popsicle maker (and wasn't impressed). I picked up this new, simple, old-fashioned contraption in the $1 bin at our grocery store. It worked beautifully.

The base for the popsicles was a can of Zevia Orange Soda (made with stevia). To the can I added 2 teaspoons of Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup.  The two white popsicles are the orange/vanilla soda by itself.  Zevia is made with no color additives.  The yellow popsicle is the same flavor but I added 1 drop of yellow food coloring, just to make it look pretty.  The red popsicle was supposed to be orange....and has a few small chips of dark chocolate added.  It kind of looks like watermelon to me! The few pieces of dark chocolate add just a trace of carbs.

Low Carb Yogurt

 
With all the "light" yogurts that are out there you would think it would be easier to find some that were low carb.  This is as close as I've found, with 3g/serving.  The only problem is that vanilla gets kind of boring after a while (not a big fan of strawberry yogurt).  This morning I added about 1tsp. of Raspberry SF syrup to my yogurt and put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes.  It made the yogurt a little thicker and the flavoring made it a little less sour. It's supposed to be 103 this afternoon.  I think I might have another one for lunch.

Vanilla Pudding

Mix 1 package of sugar free vanilla pudding with 1/2 C. Cream, 1 1/4 C. Cold water, a few drops of vanilla extract and a drop or two of almond extract.  Beat well and refrigerate.  Serve with raspberries or strawberries.  This is very rich - a few tablespoons of pudding is all you will probably be able to eat.

Entire recipe has 24g. of carbs, divide by number of servings.  I guesstimate that a few tablespoons has about 3g net carb.