Blush Wine Berry Chicken Spinach Salad

     If I said this Salad was berry berry delicious it would be a understatement!  Blush Wine Berry Chicken Spinach Salad is a perfect light lunch with a flavor combo that will induce back flips!  The macros for each of the four servings will make you do cartwheels at 323 calories, 20g net carbs and 26.7g protein.  Time to sit up and pay attention to this one, it's one for the record books!  :)

Ingredients for 4~
12oz Chicken Breast
3/4 cup BRIANNAS Blush Wine Vinaigrette
8 cups Baby Spinach Leaves
1 pound Strawberries, sliced
8oz Blackberries
4oz Whole Foods Goat Cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup Maple Sugar & Sea Salt SuperSeedz Gourmet Pumpkin Seeds
2 Green Onions, diced
Dash Pepper

     Marinate Chicken Breast in 1/2 cup BRIANNAS Blush Wine Vinaigrette over night or for several hours, grill and set aside.  Meanwhile, place Spinach in large bowl, top with marinated grilled Chicken Breast, then add Strawberries, Blackberries, Goat Cheese, Pumpkin Seeds, Green Onions, remaining 1/4 cup BRIANNAS, and dash with Pepper.  Serves 4~Enjoy  :)

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Disclosure: I received free product from BRIANNAS and included them in this post because I genuinely love their products. I wasn’t required to write this post nor was I compensated for it. They just make the best salad dressing out there … simple as that!

Balsamic Salmon Zoodle Salad

     This Zoodle Salad has SOARED to the top of my favorites list!  Yum Yum!!!  Time to whip out your spiralizer and start churning those Zucchinis into long curly noodles!  Not to mention, marinating your Salmon overnight in BRIANNAS Creamy Balsamic "don't hurt nuthin neither".  Also, I love that we have more than one protein source to enjoy, I find that when we blend proteins the sum is greater than their individual parts, ... wouldn't you agree!?  Macros for this 2 serving dish is 367 calories, 9.9g net carbs and 28.8g protein per servings.  Add this to your "must try" list and it will quickly be one of your favorites too!  :)

Ingredients for Two Servings~
1/2 cup BRIANNAS Creamy Balsamic
6oz Salmon
12 Asparagus Spear Tips
1/2 pound spiralized Zucchini
2oz shredded Carrots
2oz Whole Foods Goat Cheese, crumbled
1 Roma Tomato, diced and drained on a paper towel for several hours
2 slices Turkey Bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 Tablespoon Sea Salt SuperSeedz Gourment Pumpkin Seeds
Dash Pepper

     Marinate Salmon in 1/4 cup BRIANNAS over night in ziplock bag, then grill to perfection.  Meanwhile, roast 12 Asparagus Spear Tips in 2 Tablespoons BRIANNAS at 450 for 20 minutes.  Then spiralize 1/2 pound Zucchini, if you don't have a sprializer then you can shred or chop fresh Zucchini, and place on plate.  Top with shredded Carrots, grilled Salmon, Goat Cheese, Roma Tomato, crumbled Turkey Bacon, Asparagus Spear Tips, 2 Tablespoons BRIANNAS Creamy Balsamic, Pumpkin Seeds, and dash of Pepper.  Serves 2~Enjoy  :)

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Disclosure: I received free product from BRIANNAS and included them in this post because I genuinely love their products. I wasn’t required to write this post nor was I compensated for it. They just make the best salad dressing out there … simple as that!

Double Chocolate Chip Frosted Cookies

     Some days are just better than others... case in point... Double Chocolate Chip Frosted Cookies for breakfast...!  Even better news is that each of the four cookies is only 103 calories, 2.3g net carbs and 6g protein.  This may be on my regular schedule for my morning meal every day as soon as the sun comes up!  #whynot

Ingredients for 4 cookies~
1 Quest Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bar
4 teaspoons White Chocolate Sweet Spreads Coconutter
24 Lily's Stevia Sweetened Dark Chocolate Chips

     Microwave unwrapped Quest Bar for 12 seconds and divide into four equal parts and pat into circular cookies and lay on Silpat lined cookie sheet, bake at 350 for 5 minutes.  Remove, cool and spread each cookie with a teaspoon White Chocolate Sweet Spreads and top each cookie with 6 Lily's Chocolate Chips!  Enjoy  :)

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Chipotle Lime Crab Salad

     Are you looking for a fun flavorful light lunch idea!?  Whelp, look no further, I have answers!  Chipotle Lime Crab Salad is the meal for you!  You won't believe these amazing stats, for each of the four servings it is only 117 calories, 5.5g net carbs, and 13.1g protein.  The best news is that you can enjoy it today and hopefully have enough for tomorrow!  :)

Ingredients for 4 servings~
2 cups shredded Crab meat
4 stalks Celery, diced
3 Green Onions, diced
3oz shredded Carrots
1 medium Red Bell Peppers, diced
2 Tablespoons Light Mayo
1 Tablespoon Walden Farms Amazin Mayo
1 Tablespoon BRIANNAS Chipotle Cheddar with Smoked Jalapeno Peppers
Fresh Squeezed Lime
Mixed Green Salad or Romaine Leaves

     Mix Crab, Celery, Green Onion, Carrots, and Bell Pepper in large mixing bowl.  Then mix both Mayo's, BRIANNAS and Lime juice in separate bowl and pour over Salad mixing thoroughly til fully incorporated.  Serve over bed of lettuce or Romaine Leaf.  Store left overs in fridge.  Enjoy  :)

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Peach Pie Turnovers for Two A La Mode

     Happiness isn't true unless it's shared.  Such is the case with Peach Pie Turnovers for Two A La Mode.  But lucky for me the Hubs didn't eat all of his so I should rename it Peach Pie Turnovers for "ME" A La Mode because I ate every single bite and licked the plate clean!  Even better news is that each Turnover is only 241 calories, 10.8g net carbs and 23.3g protein.  Next time you have to make a dessert for two (or just for yourself) give this a whirl and I dare you not to lick your plate clean too!  :)

Ingredients for Two Turnovers~
2 Quest Cinnamon Roll Protein Bars
3oz diced fresh Peaches
1 Tablespoon Swerve Granular Erythritol
Dash Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cinnamon Roll Sweet Spreads Coconutter, melted
1 Tablespoon Walden Farms Syrup
1/2 cup Frozen Peach Yogurt (recipe below)

     Microwave unwrapped Quest Bars for 12 seconds each, and pat into squares on Silpat lined cookie sheet.  Mix diced Peaches with Erythritol and Cinnamon and place half of each peach mixture in middle of each Cinnamon Roll squares, fold in half diagonally forming triangles using fork tines to pinch edges together.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Meanwhile stir together melted Cinnamon Roll Sweet Spreads and Walden Farms Syrup til smooth, drizzle on Turnovers and top with a 1/4 cup frozen Peach Yogurt on each Turnover.  Enjoy  :)

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Peachy Peach Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients for 8 servings, 3/4 cup each~
12oz skinned diced fresh Peaches
5.3oz Peach Fage Yogurt
7oz 2% Fage Yogurt
1 cup Fat Free Half n Half
1 cup 25 cal/cup Silk Cashew Milk
1/2 cup Swerve Confectioners Erythritol
1 scoop Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder
Dash Cinnamon
Dash Vanilla

     Mix all ingredients in blender til smooth and thoroughly blended.  Pour batter into frozen freezer bowl of  2Qt. Frozen Yogurt-Sherbert and Ice Cream Maker and churn for 25-35 minutes til desired consistency.  If you don't have a Cuisinart, then pour into casserole dish and put in Freezer, stirring every 45 minutes til desired consistency, probably about 3-4 times.  Enjoy  :)

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Cinnamon and Sugar Pumpkin Cookies

     Sugar and Spice and everything nice, that's what cookies are made of!  It is even nicer when each cookie only has 75 calories, 2g net carbs and 6g protein.  For once, cookies are legal for breakfast guilt free, and the perfect snack all day long!  Time to get your cookie on  :)

Ingredients for 4 cookies~
1 Quest Cinnamon Roll Protein Bar
4 teaspoons Sweet Mama Mel's Cinnamon Roll Coconutter Coconut Butter
24 Cinnamon and Sugar Pumpkin Super Seedz (sub with regular Pumpkin Seeds)
Swerve Granular Erythritol

     Break the Quest Bar into 4 equal parts and shape into 4 circular cookies and lay on Silpat lined cookie sheet, bake at 350 for 5 minutes.  Remove, cool and frost each cookie with 1 teaspoon Coconut Butter, top each with 6 Cinnamon and Sugar Pumpkin Super Seedz.  Sprinkle each cookie with Swerve Granular Erythritol.  Enjoy :)

200 Calorie Chipotle Cheddar Quesadilla

     Love Mexican but fear the calories!?  Fear no more!  Thanks to my few tips you can have your spice any day of the week guilt free!  Not to mention, my 200 Calorie Chipotle Cheddar Quesadilla only has 16g net carbs and 17g protein.  What are you having for lunch today!?  Ole'  :)

Ingredients for single serving Quesadilla~
1 low carb Traditional Flour La Tortilla Factory Tortilla
Pam EVOO
Flavor God Everything Spicy
2 slices fat free American Cheese
1 Tablespoon Salsa
1 Tablespoon BRIANNAS Chipotle Cheddar with Smoked Jalapeno Pepper
1 Mini Orange Bell Pepper, diced
1 Green Onion, diced

     Spray Tortilla with Pam EVOO and sprinkle with Flavor God Everything Spicy, slice into 8 equal triangles and bake at 450 for 5 minutes.  Top with equal amounts of American Cheese, then add Salsa, BRIANNAS Chipotle Cheddar, Bell Pepper and Onion.  Enjoy  :)

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