For dinner this evening I fixed cauliflower and chicken in the Ninja Foodi.

Ingredients:
1 head cauliflower
1 cup organic low sodium vegetable broth
2 thin chicken breast filets 6 oz each
Sartori Parmesan cheese
Olive oil
DAK’s Citrus Groove seasoning
Garlic powder
Paprika
Pico de gallo

First I pressure cooked the cauliflower whole (cut off the leaves) in the broth for 1 minute, quick pressure release, sprayed olive oil on the top, sprinkled it with garlic powder, paprika and about 4 tbsp of cheese, then set the Ninja Foodi to broil for 6 minutes.

Took the cauliflower out and set aside, then placed the chicken on the same rack, sprayed with olive oil, DAK’s seasoning and garlic powder, broil for 4 minutes, flipped over the chicken, seasoned that side, added 1 tbsp cheese on each filet and set to broil 6 more minutes.
Topped each one with a tbsp of pico de gallo once plated.

Calories per plate 444, carbs 16g, fat 20g, protein 53g, sodium 316mg and sugar 6g.

Salmon with cauliflower; 447 calories, 15g carbs, 29g fat, 33g protein, 209mg sodium and 6g sugar for this meal.

Ingredients:
8 oz salmon (4 oz each)
Medium head of cauliflower
Olive oil in spray bottle (or brush it on)
Garlic powder
DAK’s Citrus Groove seasoning (salt free)
Sartori Parmesan cheese
1 cup of Meijer fat free unsalted chicken broth

First I pressure cooked the whole head of cauliflower in the Ninja Foodi, on high for 3 minutes but next time will do 2 minutes to keep it a bit firmer. Then I did a quick pressure release, sprinkled the garlic powder, DAK’s and 2 tbsp of cheese on top and sprayed a little olive oil over it, then switched the Foodi to broil for 10 minutes, cut the cauliflower in half and placed a half on each plate; put aside.

Then I put the salmon on the rack in the highest position, sprinkled that with seasonings and olive oil, broiled for 10 minutes, flip over and broil for another 5 minutes.

Recipe and picture by Debbie Parker Newgent.

​Low-carb pizzas on the grill. Crust is chicken, cheese and egg (cooked prior to topping)topped with sauce, pepperoni, sausage and cheese. I think next time I will pre-bake the crust in the air fryer and not on the grill as they were a bit soft to hold like a pizza)

Recipe by Shannon E. Green; cooked in a skillet.


For the Hamburger broccoli alfredo:

3 c broccoli
1/2 lb hamburger
1/2 c parmesan
1/3 block cream cheese
2 to 3 T Heavy cream

Cook hamburger & broccoli together. Then add cream cheese & heavy cream to skillet. Once melted add parmesan.

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For the Green chile hamburger helper:

Cauliflower (3/4 of a small head)
1/2 lb hamburger
1/2 med onion
1/3 of a block Cream cheese
2 to 3 T Heavy cream
1/2 c shredded cheese
3 to 4 T green chiles

Fry hamburger, onion, & cauliflower together. Add cream cheese & heavy cream to skillet, once melted add grated cheese & green chiles.

Tonight we had grouper for dinner, seasoned with turmeric, paprika powder and Mrs Dash garlic and herbs and a quinoa spinach blend on the side with half a bag of cauliflower. Squeezed out lemon juice over the grouper after it was plated.

Ingredients:

2 cartons organic low sodium chicken broth (if you want to keep this dish completely vegetarian just substitute it with vegetable broth)
2.5 lbs pre cut butternut squash
1 carrot roughly cut up
half red onion roughly chopped
1 Granny Smith apple roughly chopped
1 leek cut in rings
1/2 tsp turmeric
red pepper flakes to taste
1 tbsp Mrs Dash garlic and herbs
*coconut milk is optional for presentation

I added all these ingredients into the Instant Pot, set it to cook on high pressure for an hour. When it was done I blended it all with the immersion blender and soup is done! Quick, simple and tasty!
And most importantly: very low in calories! Only 100 calories for one cup! And 295 mg sodium, 4 g of sugar, 20 g carbs, 2 g fat and 2 g protein.

This was cooked in a Dutch oven on the stove while on home time but can be easily cooked in a deep electric skillet, Aroma, Ninja, Instant Pot, slow cooker, whatever you use. You may just have to adjust the cooking time a little but the ingredients remain the same.

Ingredients: (all ingredients are organic)
2 cartons low sodium organic chicken broth
2 chicken breast filets
Bunch Carrots
5 celery stalks
2 baby bokchoy
onion
3 cloves garlic
fresh parsley (half bundle)
ginger root (chopped in big chunks so you can fish it out after cooking)
bay leaves
Mrs Dash; onion and herbs and lemon pepper
Avocado oil.

First I lightly browned the chicken breasts in 2 tbsp of avocado oil and added the ion and garlic halfway through.
Then I added all the other ingredients chopped and mixed, added broth and let it cook for 2 hours.
Take out the chicken and shred the meat with 2 forks and put back in the soup.
Fish out the ginger root and bay leaves before serving the soup. Enjoy!

As I mentioned before a few months ago, we have a very small fridge on our truck, smaller than dorm size, so when we shop I plan our meals for 5-6 days and try to come up with meals that use many of the same ingredients yet aren’t 100% the same as no one wants to eat the same on a daily basis.
All these meals above were cooked in an electric skillet; nothing else.

List of ingredients I used:

Protein:
2 salmon filets
1 pack uncured thick cut bacon (also used one morning with just eggs, not pictured)
2 chicken breast filets
pack of 8 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
2 steaks
Rack eggs

Produce: (we try to eat low carb as much as possible so I use a lot of produce)
4 avocados
onions
3 zucchini
2 red bell peppers
bag organic carrots
lemons
asparagus
green beans
cauliflower
bag frozen peas
​bag frozen corn
garlic (make sure you buy American; they have the roots still attached on the bottom. The cleaned ones are from China and are bleached you don’t want those).

Miscellaneous: (and NOT low carb!)
pack pancake mix
2 packs of Uncle Ben’s roasted chicken ready rice

I use mostly Mrs Dash garlic and herbs, no added salt for our meals and sometimes add old bay seasoning.
With all these ingredients I made all the above meals incl. a chicken vegetable soup with the leftover carrots and one bell pepper I had and also had vegetable stock and chicken bouillon cube. So it made a total of at least 7 meals, not all pictured.

As we live on the truck, storage space is very limited. So I try to cook most meals in one appliance to save in space and clean up.
This entire meal was made, all at once, in an electric skillet.

Ingredients:
2 pork chops, bone in
2 bundles of green asparagus
3 strips of Wright's thick cut applewood smoked bacon
Mrs Dash garlic and herbs
1 tbsp butter (not margarine but the real deal)

I diced up the bacon and let that fry up for a bit. I then added the pork chops and while they were frying up on one side I cut the asparagus into big chunks. Flipped the chops over after a few minutes and added the butter and asparagus. Once the butter melted I stirred the bacon and asparagus together and put the lid on the skillet cooking it for an additional 7-8 minutes and that was it! Dinner served!