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How To Eat French Fries

A low carb instruction manual.

When you go low carb, the first thing they tell you is to cut out all the white stuff. The pasta, the bread and the potatoes are the first to go.

I agree with all that.

A few years ago, I dubbed myself The Queen of Four Fries.

And I have perfected that talent without it hitting my waistline.

This is all supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, (in other words, entertaining) but buried in here too are pieces of advice that when applied to eating French fries can come in handy.

First, we need a definition of one French fry. I call it a classic cut fry, fresh cut or frozen, four to five inches long. That’s 15 to 20 inches of French fries if you lay them end to end. That sounds like plenty doesn’t it? Compare that to the huge pile they usually deliver on your plate when you order in a restaurant.

This isn’t shoestring fries, or waffle fries or even steak fries. You’ll have to adapt the visual and the math to convert to those shapes.

So now that we have established portion size, let’s talk about how to eat them...

Read the full article at PlanZDiet.com

Balsamic Chicken (Braised or Slow Cooker)

This is a super easy meal to make; made even easier by doing it in your slow cooker. Simple Italian.

Servings: Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 skinless chicken breasts
sea salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp of minced garlic (jar garlic will do)
1 large onion, thinly sliced
½ cup of chicken broth
1/3 cup of balsamic vinegar
15 oz can of diced tomatoes
2 tsp of Italian seasoning

Instructions:

This is super easy. Just take out a medium sauté pan and spray with olive oil. Spray the top of the chicken breasts and grate salt and pepper over them. Put top down in the pan and sauté on medium high for three minutes just to brown the one side.

Turn them over and add everything else. Stir to mix it all up. Cover and cook on medium-low (just so you see a little bit of bubbling) for 15 to 20 minutes until the chicken breasts are cooked through (no pink remaining). And serve.

If you have a cup of onions and tomatoes that will be your veggie too or if you don’t you can have the balance using another vegetable. Green beans would be good.

Slow Cooker Version

Follow the directions above but brown one side of your chicken breasts before you put all of the ingredients in the slow cooker. If you don’t mind your chicken breasts looking on the pale white side you can literally put all of the ingredients in the slow cooker right out of the refrigerator and cupboard and just turn it on. Cook for seven hours on low or four hours on high and it should be ready to eat.

In the slow cooker version you might need more chicken broth. You’ll want to fill it to about one inch from the top. Depends on the size of your breast pieces and your cooker. Just make sure your chicken is covered.

Enjoy!
Cheers,
Zola