It was good, simple, and fairly healthy... it's a high-calorie, high-carb meal, but as far as cheat-meals go - WAY better than a pizza. 557 calories per serving (serves 4), 31 g Carbs per serving...
Recently, though, I've been trying to cut carbs down... and the Nacho Night was just killing any amount of low-carb/no-carb week I've had. How can I still enjoy my nachos without crushing my goals of being low carb?
The answer was pretty easy in the end - ditch the nacho chip. Carbs from peppers and veggies are fine in my world, but the 62 grams of carbs from tortilla chips was killing me. So - how can I eat the rest of the meal without the method of conveyance to my face from the plate?
Lettuce Wraps.
Boom.
- 1 lb lean ground chicken
- 2 TBSP Cumin
- 2 TBSP Smoked Parika
- 1 TBSP Onion Powder
- 1 TBSP Garlic Powder
- Salt and pepper
- 6-7 sweet mini peppers
- 1 jalapeno
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
- 1 head of iceberg lettuce
- 1.25 cups of cheddar jack cheese
- pre-heat oven to 475
- brown chicken in skillet
- add all spices as you do, stirring them in as you go
- slice all peppers, fine-chop onion
- pull lettuce leaves off of head - place on plate
- place browned chicken in 9x9 dish
- sprinkle lightly with more cumin
- arrange layer of peppers
- sprinkle on some onions
- sprinkle on some cilantro
- cover with cheese
- sprinkle on more onions
- sprinkle on more cilantro
- sprinkle lightly with more paprika
- bake at 475 for 10 minutes
Spoon mix into lettuce, add some salsa, and enjoy!!!
| calories 357 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 23 g | 36 % |
| Saturated Fat 11 g | 54 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 149 mg | 50 % |
| Sodium 482 mg | 20 % |
| Potassium 144 mg | 4 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 7 g | 2 % |
| Dietary Fiber 1 g | 3 % |
| Sugars 1 g | |
| Protein 33 g | 66 % |
| Vitamin A | 21 % |
| Vitamin C | 12 % |
| Calcium | 37 % |
| Iron | 9 % |
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