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Brush chicken with your favorite preserves or jam OR a bit of sweet and sour sauce which will balance the sweetness. Cook until the chicken glaze reaches a candied stage.
Our diet friendly recipe for Three Bean Salad compliments the tangy sweetness of the chicken. Ingredients for this low calorie, low fat recipe are:
2 cups of drained green beans
2 cups of drained yellow wax beans
2 cups of drained red kidney beans
1/2 cup of white vinegar
Splenda to suit personal taste
Mix together and chill thoroughly.
Total calories - about 600 calories. Makes about 13 servings - about 46 calories per serving. That's about 1/3 the calories as traditional Three Bean Salad! Start by peeling your potatoes and then cutting them into chunks - as large or as small as you prefer.
Spray a roasting pan and arrange the potatoes on tin foil in the pan. Sprinkle with salt and cracked black pepper. Add dried parsley flakes if desired. Drizzle the potatoes with extra virgin olive oil and roast in the oven until they are tender at 350 degree. Generally, it requires about half an hour for the potatoes to get done in our little toaster oven. These good foods will wrap up your Luau:
Dinner Roll - wheat will boost grainy health benefits.
Fresh pineapple wedges dunked in lime or lemon juice then sprinkled with brown sugar are delicious on the grill.
Tea sweetened with Splenda OR a spoon of sugar. If you haven't experimented with flavored teas, give them a whirl! Another ultra easy recipe that can be made lower calorie - for a rare treat. Simply mix the following ingredients and pour into a prepared pie shell. Chill and store leftover in the refrigerator. Recipe Ingredients 1 three ounce package of cream cheese OR light cream cheese Articles in This Section of Diet Bites
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Serving Suggestions for Your Low Calorie Meal Plate
Sky's Coconut Pie Recipe
1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar OR Splenda
1/2 cup of milk OR coconut milk
1 cup of coconut OR 2/3 cup of coconut
1 medium-sized container of whipped topping OR light topping
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 pie crust (baked - flour or graham cracker