Good Eating Habits with Hungry Girl Recipes & Tyson’s 30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards Program

Do you have any goals or res­o­lu­tions to eat bet­ter this year? Get in bet­ter shape? Lose weight? Adopt an over­all health­ier lifestyle? I’m in the process of work­ing on some of these things. So, it’s great to find great recipes and pro­grams like the Tyson Foods’,  30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards pro­gram. The goal of the pro­gram is to empower users to make and stick to their smart-eating res­o­lu­tions. To help, Tyson Foods has teamed up again with guilt-free food expert, Hun­gry Girl Lisa Lil­lien! Awe­some, right?!

Are you famil­iar with Hun­gry Girl recipes? They’re fab­u­lous! Lisa is a firm believer that “eat­ing right shouldn’t feel like a con­stant, daily bat­tle!” So, keep read­ing for some GREAT, healthy recipes! 

Doesn’t that all look good?! As part of Tyson’s 30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards pro­gram, Hun­gry Girl Lisa Lil­lien will bring meal ideas like those listed below– all under 400 calo­ries per serv­ing! Once you sign-up, there is a new recipe, tip and prize will be revealed each day to pro­vide par­tic­i­pants with fresh ideas and inspi­ra­tion! Prizes are super fun, but hon­estly, I’m most excited about the quick-to-prepare, guilt-free recipes! I love find­ing new, healthy meal ideas. And, it’s great when those recipes are fairly quick to pre­pare. Prod­ucts like Tyson® Grilled & Ready® chicken and beef help make healthy eat­ing so con­ve­nient! The line includes Chicken Breast Strips, Chicken Breast Fil­lets, Fajita Chicken Breast Strips, Honey BBQ Sea­soned Chicken Breast Strips, Chicken Breast Chunks, Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast, South­west­ern Chicken Breast Strips and Sea­soned Steak Strips. Yum! So, here are 3 del­ish Hun­gry Girl recipes using the Tyson® Grilled & Ready® chicken:

1) Too-Good Chicken Torta

Recipe cour­tesy of Hun­gry Girl and it’s espe­cially great for the “Food Lover”: Those that know the impor­tance of eat­ing right and exer­cis­ing, but love to eat and cook and never want their food to be bor­ing!  This meal offers con­ve­nience and good qual­ity ingre­di­ents so it’s now eas­ier than ever to whip up an enjoy­able meal. Serv­ing Size: 1

Ingre­di­ents:

• 3 ounces Tyson^® Grilled & Ready^® Fully Cooked Refrig­er­ated Grilled Chicken Breast Strips
• One 100-calorie flat sand­wich bun
• 1/2 ounce (about 1 table­spoon) mashed avocado
• 1/2 tea­spoon taco sea­son­ing mix
• 1 table­spoon diced tomato
• 1/2 table­spoon diced onion
• 2 table­spoons fat-free refried beans
• 1 table­spoon shred­ded reduced-fat Mexican-blend cheese
• 1 large tomato slice
• 1/3 cup shred­ded lettuce

Direc­tions:

1. Split bun into halves, and lightly toast.
2. In a small bowl, mix avo­cado with 1/4 tea­spoon taco sea­son­ing. Stir in diced tomato and onion.
3. In another small bowl, mix beans with remain­ing 1/4 tea­spoon taco seasoning.
4. On a microwave-safe plate, spread sea­soned beans onto the bot­tom half of the bun. Evenly top with Grilled & Ready^® Chicken Breast Strips. Sprin­kle with cheese.
5. Microwave for 45 sec­onds, or until cheese has melted and chicken is hot.
6. Top with tomato and let­tuce. Spread the top half of the bun with the avo­cado mix­ture, and place it on top of the sand­wich. Enjoy!

Nutri­tion Facts: Entire recipe: Calo­ries 286 Total Fat 6.5 g Pro­tein 30 g Car­bo­hy­drate 32.5 g Sodium 940 mg Sug­ars 4 g Fiber 8 g

2) Pizza-fied Chicken

Recipe cour­tesy of Hun­gry Girl and it’s espe­cially great for the “Willpower Chal­lenged”: Those that  start out strong, but their follow-through fades and they can eas­ily slide back into their old habits.  This tasty dish will keep them encour­aged while they develop new healthy eat­ing habits.  Serv­ing Size: 1

Ingre­di­ents:

• 1 Tyson^® Grilled & Ready^® Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken Breast Fillet
• 1 stick light string cheese
• 1/4 cup canned crushed tomatoes
• 1/4 tea­spoon gar­lic powder
• 1/4 tea­spoon onion powder
• Dash each salt and black pepper
• 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper
• 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
• 2 table­spoons diced onion
• 4 slices turkey pep­per­oni, chopped
• 1 tea­spoon reduced-fat Parmesan-style grated topping

Direc­tions:

1. Place Grilled & Ready^® Frozen Chicken Breast Fil­let on a microwave-safe plate. Cover and microwave for 2–1/2 minutes.
2. Tear string cheese into pieces, and roughly chop.
3. Place crushed toma­toes in a small bowl, and sea­son with gar­lic pow­der, onion pow­der, salt and black pepper.
4. Bring a skil­let sprayed with non­stick spray to medium heat. Cook bell pep­per, mush­rooms, and onion until soft­ened, 4–6 minutes.
5. Remove veg­gies. If needed, clean skil­let. Remove from heat, respray, and return to medium heat.
6. Place chicken in the skil­let. Evenly top with sea­soned toma­toes, fol­lowed by cheese, veg­gies and pepperoni.
7. Cover and cook until cheese has melted and entire dish is hot, about 1 minute.
8. Sprin­kle with Parm-style top­ping, and enjoy!

Nutri­tion Facts: Entire recipe: Calo­ries 238 Total Fat 5.5 g Pro­tein 35.5 g Car­bo­hy­drate 12 g Sodium 860 mg Sug­ars 5 g Fiber 2 g

3) Greek Chicken Tacos 

Recipe cour­tesy of Hun­gry Girl and it’s espe­cially great for the “Time Crunched”: Those that  know how to eat right and how impor­tant it is to work out, but never seem to have enough time in their day.  This recipe is a great way to sim­plify a meal, while keep­ing it nutri­tious, deli­cious and low-calorie.  Serv­ing Size: 1

Ingre­di­ents:

• 3 ounces Tyson^® Grilled & Ready^® Fully Cooked Refrig­er­ated Grilled Chicken Breast Strips
• 1/4 cup shred­ded romaine lettuce
• 2 table­spoons finely chopped red onion
• 2 table­spoons drained and chopped roasted red pep­pers (packed in water)
• 1 table­spoon roughly chopped, pit­ted kala­mata olives
• 1 table­spoon light vinaigrette
• 2 corn taco shells (flat-bottomed, if available)
• 2 dashes dried oregano
• 2 table­spoons crum­bled, fat-free feta cheese

Direc­tions:

1. In a medium bowl, mix let­tuce, onion, red pep­pers, olives and vinaigrette.
2. Divide Grilled & Ready^® Grilled Chicken Breast Strips between taco shells, and sprin­kle with oregano. Top with let­tuce mix­ture, fol­lowed by feta cheese.
3. Now chew!

Nutri­tion Facts: Entire recipe (2 tacos): Calo­ries 310 Total Fat 11.5 g Pro­tein 28 g Car­bo­hy­drate 26 g Sodium 999 mg Sug­ars 4 g Fiber 2 g

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So, what are you wait­ing for? Head on over and join the 30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards pro­gram! There are more great recipes in store like the ones above, plus chances for prizes and other fun stuff!

What are your favorite low-cal, healthy recipes?

Dis­clo­sure: This post is part of a spon­sored cam­paign with Tyson. How­ever as always, all opin­ions and expe­ri­ences are entirely my own. For more infor­ma­tion on Tyson® Grilled & Ready® prod­ucts and the 30 Days, 30 Ways, 30 Rewards Pro­gram, please visit: www.GrilledAndReady.com and Facebook.com/GrilledAndReady