Roasted Cabbage

So if you saw my Roasted Garlic Brussles sprouts, this is a VERY similar recipe- also did you know Cabbage is one of the healthiest foods you can eat?! anyways Ill keep this short- P.s Its an awesome recipe! I was even able to talk my Husband into eating it! We both were wishing I had made more!

Roasted Cabbage

Cabbage- sliced into 12 inch slices

a drizzle of olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

Place Cabbage slices onto pan, drizzle and spread olive oil over the top and top with salt and pepper. cook at 375 for 20-30 minutes. boom too easy!

Garlic Roasted Brussles Sprouts

HOLY SMOKES -that's all I can say. HOLY SMOKES.. these are DELICIOUS!!! Now I am a brussles sprouts kinda gal, but I have always disliked the "center" of them, I'm Not sure if that makes any sense, but hey, we all have our weird things!  but these are amazing, no "center" grossness!!!

Roasted Garlic Brussles Sprouts

1 lbs of Brussels Sprouts- Halved 

a few drops of Olive Oil

2 cloves of garlic-diced (or garlic salt)

salt- to taste

Toss the Brussels Sprouts, olive oil, garlic and salt into a zip lock bag (or use the bag that you use at the grocery store) and shake it up, making sure that all the brussels spouts get coated in all that deliciousness! 

Bake on a pan at 400 degrees, for 25-35 minutes. 

Negative Calorie Soup

So the Wentworth family is in for a BIG change this year (so long as we keep it up, but I figure if I put it here we will have to keep it up).  We have decided that we are no longer college students, and that mac and cheese and frozen pizzas are not the way to a happy and healthy life- so we are committed to eating better (as well as being much more active).  Which means Darn Good Dinner will be getting a bit of a face lift, with much healthier, and cleaner recipes!! I am SO excited! and I hope you are too!

So to start off this change, we are doing a 2 week detox- out with the old, and in with the new (we don't really know what our detox consists of, but basically mostly just fruits and veggies  and chicken for the next two weeks!)  I found this recipe, and I thought "sure its healthy, but could it actually be good??" and guess what?! IT IS!!! I even helped myself to seconds, because, well, I Can!!!

Negative Calorie Soup

2/3 cup of carrots (chopped/diced/sliced- just make them smallish)

1/2 of a large onion- diced

2 cloves of garlic- diced

4 cups of Chicken, vegetable or beef broth

1/2 cup green beans

1/2 green cabbage- chopped

1/2 teaspoon dried basil

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 large zucchini - sliced

In a large pot, spray non stick cooking spray,and heat- add the carrots, onion and garlic and saute until soft.  Add broth, cabbage, beans, seasonings and bring to a boil.  reduce heat and stir i

n zucchini- cook an addition 3-5 minutes.

that's it! so easy, SO healthy, and SO SO SO delicious!!

Beef with Broccoli...With Chicken

As most of you know by now, I am pollo-pescetarian (I only eat seafood and chicken, and actually I think most seafood is nasty!).  But that doesn't mean I never have a hankering for some red meat, and when I do, I just make a beef recipe, with white meat instead! So feel free to use beef if you so choose, but it tastes just as, if not better, than beef!!

Chicken with Broccoli

3T cornstarch

1/2 cup of water

2T  water

1/2 t garlic powder

2 chicken breasts- cut into strips

2 T Olive Oil

4 bunches of broccoli- steamed in the microwaved for 4 minutes

1/2 C of soy sauce

1 T brown rice

cooked brown rice

In a medium bowl, combine 2T of cornstarch, 2T water, and garlic powder.  add the chicken and mix well. 

In a large skillet, over medium high heat, add 1 T of olive oil, and cook chicken until cooked through. 

remove from skillet

in the same skillet, add remaining 1T olive oil, and broccoli, heat for 5 minutes. return cooked chicken to the skillet, 

In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, brown sugar and remaining 1T of cornstarch and water, stir until smooth.  

Add soy sauce mixture to the skillet, stir and cook for 2 minutes and serve over rice.

copycat popeyes chicken

When I was pregnant, one day I had a major craving for just about everything deep fried.  I decided to go buy a fry daddy, and by the time I got home, the idea of anything fried made me want to vomit... so I finally decided to pull out the ol fry daddy and fire it up for the first time.  Is fried chicken healthy? no, but hey, sometimes you have to splurge, and this is just the recipe to splurge on!

Copy Cat Popeyes Chicken

4 chicken breasts- trim the fat, and slice into chunks

1/3 cup of your favorite hot sauce (I recommend franks or Sriracha)

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 cups of flour

1/3 cup cornstarch

salt (I recommend about a teaspoon, but add to your own taste)

2 large egg whites

as much vegetable oil as you need to fry

Toss the chicken chunks into a gallon zip lock bag.  In a small bowl  combine buttermilk and hot sauce.  Pour half of the buttermilk/sauce into the zip lock bag, and save the other half in the fridge.  allow the chicken to marinate in the bag for at least 30 minutes. 

In a large bowl, mix, flour, cornstarch, salt and the remaining buttermilk/hot sauce mixture. combine until it is a sand consistency. 

in a small bowl whisk egg whites.

take 1 chicken chunk at a time, and dip it in the eggs, then cover it in the flour mixture. and place them on a wire rack in the fridge for about 20 minutes.

heat oil to a medium high heat, and cook for 8 minutes in a deep fryer, in a skillet with oil, just cook for about 4 minutes on each side.  

Cream Cheese Chicken

Is this a healthy recipe?? no.
 Is it delicious? yes!


There is nothing more that needs to be said about this.  The chicken literally falls apart in your mouth.. its amazing

Cream Cheese Chicken

2-3 Frozen Chicken breasts

1 Can of Rotel Tomatoes

1 can of corn (do not drain)

1 can of black beans (drained)

1 package of Ranch Dressing

1 T. cumin

1t. chili powered

1 package of cream cheese

stick it in the crock pot for 6-8 hours. serve alone, or over rice, or with tortillas, or chips, or anything! its so good!

Three Recipe Chicken Chili

What does Three Recipe mean!? easy- I took my three favorite chili recipes, and smashed them together... which made possibly the best chili I have ever tasted in my life!!

 Once again I used chicken, but that doesn't mean you couldn't use a more traditional, ground beef.  Or even ground turkey, which I have been meaning to try!!

I am embarrassed to admit, I made this yesterday for lunch, and then I had seconds, and then I warmed some up for an afternoon snack, and then I had it for dinner, and I may or may not have had it again today for lunch... its THAT GOOD.

When I make this next time, I think I will add an additional chicken breast, mostly because I like my meals with as much protein as I can get, however, there would be no reason to alter this recipe, unless you feel like it!

also where the recipe calls for a can to be "drained" I mean that in the most lazy sense of the term. I just leave the lid unattached but use it to squeeze some of the juices out of the can.. I don't do any of that emptying the contents into a strainer and rinsing water over the top!

Three Recipe Chicken Chili

2 chicken breasts- uncooked and chopped

1 can of black beans- drained

1 can of Great Northern Beans

1 can of southwestern style corn

1/2 block of cream cheese

1 jar of Salsa (or a couple cans of tomatoes)

1/2 can of diced green chilies

1 small onion, chopped

1 package ranch seasoning

1 package of taco seasoning

Stick it in the crock pot on high for 3-4 hours, or low for 5-6 and top with all your favorite toppings