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Chicken Fajita Foil Packets

July 16, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Chicken Fajita Foil Packets Recipe

Enjoy seasoned veggies and moist chicken the healthier and easier way. The chicken and veggies are perfectly cooked inside a foil packet with it’s own steam. Then, because you cooked them in a foil packet, there’s no heavy pots or pans to clean. Chicken Fajita Foil Packets are a win win every which way you look at them, and only 245 calories per serving.

Healthy chicken fajitas

Eating healthy has never been easier with these fajitas. I love Mexican food, but let’s face it, it’s not always low-calorie or healthy for you. No special equipment is needed here, the food is simply steamed inside some aluminum foil.

This version of chicken fajitas not only keeps it healthy, but …

Orange Tilapia Foil Packets

July 7, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Orange Tilapia Foil Packets Recipe

Baked to perfection every time, Orange Tilapia Foil Packets are a quick and easy dinner. At only 245 calories, it’s also a healthy meal. The delicious orange marmalade sauce gives a zesty flavor to the tilapia and veggies, which are baked in the same packet. The tilapia is moist and flaky, just as it should be. And the best part, sealed in a foil packet, there won’t be any pots or pans to scrub after dinner.

Keeping a bag of frozen individually wrapped tilapia fillets in your freezer make easy dinners like this possible. The fillets thaw out quickly, so not much thought has to go into it on those busy nights.

My veggies of the day, for that day anyway, was…

Watermelon Vodka Highballs

July 3, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Watermelon Vodka Highballs Recipe

Cool and refreshing, Watermelon Vodka Highballs are a summertime favorite year round. This recipe offers a sugar-free version, plus it’s low in calories. Pulling from Smirnoff’s Zero Sugar line, we mix their Watermelon Mint flavor with a diet soda as the mixer. Together, they keep the sugar out of your highball glass. Drink it sugar-free, or add some watermelon ice cubes, which have a trace of sugar, but let’s face it, they look super cool.

Enjoy the refreshing watermelon and mint flavored vodka with the bright citrus notes of a Diet Sprite in this invigorating highball. All the fun of vodka is in this highball, which is a quick and easy, no fuss cocktail. Watermelon Vodka Highballs have only…

Cucumber Mint Highballs

July 1, 2020 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Cucumber Mint Highballs Recipe

Perfect for a hot summer day, Cucumber Mint Highballs offer adults a cool refreshing drink. The fresh cucumbers and mint blend beautifully together in your glass muddled with the ice cubes. Then add in the fun: Smirnoff’s Zero Sugar Infusions Cucumber & Lime vodka with a Diet Sprite mixer for a quick and easy highball that is also sugar free. The bright citrus notes of lime from the vodka and mixer make it a summertime favorite.

How cool is it to have a zero sugar drink with alcohol in it?! Usually booze is loaded with sugar, but not in Cucumber Mint Highballs.Smirnoff has a Zero Sugar line of vodka that tastes amazing.

Using the diet mixer keeps it sugar free, or you can mix it with another favorite soda. Sprite Ginger is also delicious with the vodka, but…

Skinny Dark Chocolate Cake

December 21, 2019 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Skinny Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe

Regardless of whether you’re looking for a low calorie dessert, or just a decadent chocolate cake, Skinny Dark Chocolate Cake is awesome. The cake is super moist and the frosting has a touch of coffee in it for that delicious mocha flavor. Oh yeah, and it really is low calorie; only 187 calories vs. a typical 535 calorie piece of chocolate cake. Yikes!

Made with Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa, the rich dark chocolate will satisfy any chocolate lover’s craving. Then between the layers of moist cake is the…

Turkey Sausage Spaghetti Frittata

October 30, 2019 by Sweet Ordeal Leave a Comment

Turkey Sausage Spaghetti Frittata Recipe

Perfect for any meal of the day, this Turkey Sausage Spaghetti Frittata tastes delicious and is easy to make. Enjoy the bold flavors of healthy turkey sausage combined with sauteed onions and mushrooms. Fresh zucchini and diced tomatoes keep this dish moist, while eggs, spaghetti, and cheese hold it all together.

Let’s cook

Start by cooking your pasta according to the package directions. In another large skillet or dutch oven, saute the onions and mushrooms. I like to add garlic powder to just about anything I’m sauteing, simply because…

Onion Chicken and Veggies Foil Packets

August 24, 2019 by Sweet Ordeal 1 Comment

Onion Chicken and Veggies Foil Packets Recipe

Super happy to be sharing this healthy recipe with you, it’s one of my favorites. Low calorie Onion Chicken and Veggies Foil Packets is an easy meal to make and it’s great every time. Sealing and baking the meal in foil allows the chicken to stay moist and the bold flavors of the onion soup mix blends beautifully together with fresh veggies. The added bonus is that there won’t be much to clean up when you’re done…just throw the foil away. Yay!

Start with the foil

I eyeball the foil when I tear it out, but plan on approximately 15″ per packet. The idea is to load the items off center so that you can…