My Mission:

I love cooking. I love baking. I feel like it's a wonderful outlet for my creativity and a way to warm the hearts of my loved ones. Days spent in my kitchen with my apron on and flour in my hair are my favorite days.
However- having struggled with my weight my whole life I've learned how to modify recipes for years. Now on Weight Watchers- I still cook delicious foods for my husband but I have tricks to shave off lots of fat and calories!
Allow me to share....

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

BBQ chicken nachos for Friday night movie night

Friday night we had the Cakebreads over for dinner and a movie (we watched "Outsourced"- great movie! Ron and I love it!). We wanted "Friday night movie night food" but I didn't feel like doing anything too fancy because well.. it was a work day, plus I had a super long doctors apt and I still am not feeling 100% yet. So I whipped up these BBQ chicken nachos! I don't like cooking chicken (or most meats for that matter) if I can help it. So I sometimes buy a rotisserie chicken from Stop & Shop and take the skin off and chop up that meat. It's a huge time saver! And honestly- it's a great deal! On Fridays they are only like $5 or something like that!
Usually I make my own BBQ from scratch when I'm making a BBQ chicken dish. But I instead did a dr'ed up bottled sauce. I buy Sweet Baby Ray's and add to it. I added some tomato paste, liquid smoke, honey, smokey paprika, garlic and Montreal's BBQ seasoning. I mixed it all together in a small pot and added the shredded chicken and warmed it.


Preheat the oven to 350. Drain a can of black beans and a can of corn (I go through so much canned beans and corn in this house! What a time saver they are!!). FINELY chop a red onion. I use fat free cheese when it's just Ron and I but not everyone likes that. So I mixed fat free cheddar and low fat mexican blend together since we had guests. Get all these things in small bowls and ready to assemble. Plate a layer of corn chips (baked not fried if you can!) and top with beans, corn, onions, chicken and cheese. Repeat a second layer. Then top with sliced jalapeno rings and bake! Serve with a dallop of low fat sour cream and a selection of salsas. (we like Trader Joe's pineapple salsa and their habanero lime salsa)
We made a salad and called it a night! Time to go put your feet up, put on your snuggie and enjoy your movie! (wait- I'm being serious! If you don't have a snuggie.. you need one!!)

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