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Low Calorie Meals, Slow Cooker Meals

Slow Cooker Beans and Ham

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Ingredients:
1 C dry, uncooked lentils
1/3 C dry, uncooked kidney
2/3 C dry, uncooked navy beans
1.5 C thick cut, diced ham
3 C Beef Stock
1 C water
1 tbsp garlic powder
1.5 tsp dried, minced onions
1 tsp parsley
Salt and Pepper to taste (1 tsp of each)

*I used this mix of beans because I had them stored away from a previous dinner; you can use any type of dry bean with the above recipe.

**In a large bowl, soak beans in 5 cups of water overnight.*

After beans have soaked overnight, pour them into a strainer, rinse beans and drain the water. In a large crock pot, pour rinsed beans, diced, thick-cut ham, beef stock, water, garlic powder, dried, minced onions, parsley, and salt & pepper to taste. Stir all ingredients together, set temperature to low, cover and let cook for 8-10 hours.

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247.5 calories per serving; yields 6 servings

Low Calorie Meals, Meat Entrees

Baked Chicken, Topped with Ham, Turkey Bacon, and Provolone Cheese, with Roasted Red Potatoes and Green Peas *Low Calories*

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Baked Chicken, Topped with Ham, Turkey bacon and Provolone Cheese
2 Organic Chicken Breasts (4oz per piece)
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/8 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1/8 tsp parsley
salt and pepper to taste
4 pcs, thin sliced honey ham (hillshire brand)
4 pcs, thin sliced provolone cheese
1 tbsp ground, turkey bacon (halved)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine extra virgin olive oil, paprika, garlic powder and parsley (salt & pepper if using) in a large, zip-loc bag or medium size bowl. Mix ingredients together and add chicken; coating chicken breasts evenly with spices. (I let mine marinate for about an hour but it’s not necessary.)
Place chicken breasts on a broiler pan and bake for 15 minutes. Flip chicken and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Chicken should be 165 degrees Fahrenheit at the thickest part of the chicken.
If topping chicken with ham, turkey bacon, and cheese, add toppings and broil on high until cheese is fully melted.
***If making the red potatoes in this recipe, you will want to put the potatoes in 10 minutes before the chicken, as it takes the potatoes 10 minutes longer to cook than the potatoes.***

Red Potatoes
2 C peeled and diced red potatoes, raw
1/2 C sweet onion, minced
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a non-stick, medium baking dish, add extra virgin olive oil, diced red potatoes, and minced onion. Mix the potatoes and minced onion, coating them completely with the olive oil. Add the garlic powder, paprika, and parsley. Add salt and pepper if using. Mix the potatoes and onions again to evenly coat with spices. Cover and bake for 40 minutes.

Green Peas
1 C frozen peas
3/4 C water
1 tbsp “Can’t believe it’s not butter”
1 tsp sea salt

In a small pot, add frozen peas, water, butter and salt; bring to a boil over medium high heat. Frozen peas normally cook in about 4 minutes, however, Chris and I like ours a little “more done”. (I cook mine until the water has completely cooked out). Once peas have cooked thoroughly, drain excess water and serve hot.

Calorie Count:

Chicken topped with Sliced Ham, Turkey Bacon and Provolone= 294.5 cal per person
Baked Red Potatoes with minced, Sweet Onion= 255 cal per person
Peas= 88.5 cal
Total= 638 calories per person **If all food is separated evenly and eaten in total.**

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