The Dessert Dietitian

Grilled Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

Grilled Chicken Satay with Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

The biggest health issue with Thai food is typically either that it’s loaded with high carb and calorie pasta (think pad thai) or with high saturated fat and calorie coconut milk (think curry) or… let’s face it… both!  That’s why I love chicken satay.  You don’t get any of the refined carbs or the fried meats.  And this chicken satay is even healthier (duh)!  With light coconut milk, PB2, and lean meat, you can have your little taste of Thailand without the guilt (or the mystery meat).  Stole this recipe from www.skinnytaste.com and modified it a bit to my taste/health liking. 

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Healthy Pizza Crust

Healthy Pizza Crust

Now I’ve tried my fair share of veggie pizza crusts (cauliflower pizza crust, broccoli pizza crust, etc) and I love them.  But let’s be real- they are a mess to make.  They are time consuming, they make a mess of my kitchen, and they’re not the easiest to eat.  This pizza crust is different.  It’s simple.  It’s high protein.  It’s easy cleanup.  And it’s GOOD.

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Healthy Taco Salad

Healthy Taco Salad

Well my taco friends, this salad is different.  I ditched the high fat, low fiber ingredients for beautiful, filling, lean ingredients.  But the one thing I left in?  Taste of course!  Salsa and lime juice serves as the dressing for this dish.  I love salsa as a salad dressing.  Unlike other dressings, it has almost no sugar or fat, but it definitely packs the flavor!  I also used Good Thins corn crackers in place of a fried bowl or tortilla chips for this salad.  I love these crackers because they use very simple, “clean” ingredients but taste great, and are also SUPER low in calories.  

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Banh Mi Bowl

Banh Mi Bowl

Enter: the banh mi sandwich.  Pulled pork, pickled carrots, cucumbers… all lusciously sandwiched between a huge bun that’s not only high calorie and full of refined carbs, but in my opinion it masks the beautiful flavors between it!  This conflict has haunted me for years, so imagine my surprise when I came across this recipe from www.skinnytaste.com.  A banh mi in the form of a bowl versus a sandwich!?  Higher fiber (it uses brown rice- duh), lower calorie (no mayo based sauces, fatty meats, or high calorie buns), this is a bowl you’ll want over and over again (or maybe that’s just me).  

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Hummus & Poached Egg Flatbread Pizza

Hummus & Poached Egg Flatbread Pizza

Click here for the recipe!

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