I made this last night when I was "over" my normal IP dinners. I have about ten more pounds to lose before I phase off, and keeping motivated with fun recipes has been a bit of a challenge. Well, I decided to go  through all my IP Food Journals, at this point I'm approaching month 6, so I had quite a few journals to look at. It's neat to see where I started, and where I am at today. In my journal, I always have included my mood, weight and appetite, as well as if I felt any triggers. It's a good practice to get into if your on the IP diet, as it can give you a baseline to measure against. I digress, anyway.... I noticed that I have gone through "phases" while on this diet, and no I'm not talking : Phase 1, Phase 2, etc. At first when I started IP, I seemed to eat chicken and bell pepper stir-fry almost everyday. Then I moved onto  shrimp and spinach (see my post here), then I went on a long phase of burgers with spinach and fried egg (see my post here). Anyway, I noticed that I completely forgot about two months in the middle of this diet, when I was to cauliflower what  Forrest Gump was to shrimp. I would roast it, mash it, tortilla it, pizza it, etx. So, I thought what's something I haven't done with it in a while, cauliflower fried rice! Man, was it tasty!  So easy too, in fact it's probably going to be a weekly meal for me again. Hey, you have to keep yourself interested in veggies on this diet!

I  think what makes this recipe is the Sweet Onion Dressing from Walden Farms, so be sure to not obmit it. I hope you enjoy the dish as much as I did, and  as always let me know if you  have any suggestions how to make this recipe even better!


                                                               Chicken &  Broccoli with Cauliflower Fried Rice  

Yields: 1 serving, consisting of 8 oz protein with 2c. vegetables

Ingredients:

6 oz boneless skinless chicken, sliced into strips  ( I used tenders for this, and it worked just fine)
1 T. Walden Farms Sweet Onion Dressing
1 egg (fried)
1/4 c. egg whites (fried)
 1 c. shaved cauliflower (easy to shave if you put in a food processor, I use my Ninja for this)
1 c. broccoli
1 1/2 t. EVOO
2 t. Tamari ( if you don't have this, you can use reduced sodium soy sauce)


Directions:
1. In a small ziploc bag pour the Walden Farms Sweet Onion Dressing. Then, add chicken to dressing. Seal tight, and shake bag to ensure dressing coats chicken, thus forming a marinade. Refrigerate this for at least 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
3. Line cookie sheet with foil, place broccoli on foil-lined pan. Then drizzle half of Tamari over broccoli.
4. Then, roast  broccoli in oven for 15-18 minutes.
5. While broccoli is roasting, remove chicken from refrigerator.  Turn on George Foreman grill, and heat to "Medium".
6. Place chicken on George Foreman grill, and cook for approximately 3-5 minutes  on each side. Chicken should be a golden brown when finished, and "white" when you cut into it- no pinkness should show.
7. Then, in large skillet, heat pan with EVOO over medium heat.
8. Next, add in shaved cauliflower. Cook over medium heat for approximately 10-12 minutes. While this is cooking, remove broccoli from oven, and turn oven off. Allow broccoli to cool.
9. Add fried egg, chicken, broocoli and tamari to cauliflower. Mix in skillet until it is all blended. Allow to cook for 1-2 minutes. 
10. Remove from heat and serve, best served with a drizzle of tamari on top! Enjoy!

 

 I made these once, when I first started doing IP. Since then, I  had forgotten about this recipe...until a reader emailed me and asked me to do a blog post on “snacks”. Well here you go, Anna!  This is a great “snack” that can be portioned controlled and is quite filling!  It is also great for when you’re on-the-go and need something quick to fight those hunger pains! OR, you could have a “couple” servings for breakfast towards your day’s total protein requirements, works for all phases of the Ideal Protein diet.each serving contains 2 oz. protein with 1/4 c. veggies"

Here's a really easy dinner to put on the table in about 30 minutes. I made this for my husband this week, and he loved it, and of course I loved that I only had to make 1 meal for the two of us opposed to my IP dinner and his regular dinner. Winning!

Ingredients:

(1) 8 0z. boneless skinless chicken breast
(1) whole red pepper, roasted and sliced
(1) slice Veggie Cheese
(1) c. green beans (washed, with ends trimmed)
(1/4) c. water
(1) t. EVOO- halved portions
(1/2) t. minced garlic
S+P to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2.  Use 1/2 of EVOO to coat chicken
3. Then, in small ovenware dish ( I use 8x8 stoneware), place chicken  flat on one side.
4. Next, top chicken with cheese and roasted red pepper
5. Bake in oven for 18-20 minutes, or until desired temp. Make sure chicken is white when you cut into it, no appearance of  pink should show.
6.  While chicken is baking in oven, heat sautee pan to Medium heat (make sure pan has been coated with PAM Olive Oil spray.
7. Place minced garlic, in  sautee pan, allow garlic to "brown".
8. Once garlic is brown, add green beans, way oil, S+P. 
9. Sautee green beans for 10-12 minutes over medium heat.
10. Remove green beans from pan, once they are to desired texture ( I like mine still a little crunchy).
11. Remove chicken from oven. Allow meat to rest for 2-5 minutes.
12. Serve chicken with sauteed green beans, and enjoy!

Original Recipe can be found, here. Enjoy!

Original recipe can be found, here. Enjoy!

Original recipe can be found, here. Enjoy!

Recipe for this can be found here, enjoy!

Original recipe can be found, here. Enjoy!

Orginal recipe can be found, here. Enjoy!