Thursday, August 16, 2012

Kick Up Your Summer Squash!

I am a huuuge fan of zucchini! I love to eat it boiled in water with a dab of butter, sliced onto a veggie pizza, or topping a big plate of spaghetti. On Saturdays I like to take my 2 yr old to the local farmers market and she helps me pick the perfect one. We then take it home and fry it up with noodles or Italian bread crumbs. Yum! I am also slightly addicted to McDonald's Spicy Chicken McBites. Combine the two ingredients and you'll have a summer/autumn dish that will really make your taste buds sing!
"But wait!!!" you may be screaming at me. "How is this in any way healthy? I thought you were a health nut!"
I try to be, I really do. But I still do and probably always will have a special place in my heart for McDonald's food. It's the flavors that I love so here is a dish that will help satisfy those fast food cravings and control the amount that you eat!

Lazy Saturday Zucchini
Serves: 1 & 1/2 people haha!
Ingredients:
1 medium size zucchini
4-6 spicy McBites
1 T. Olive Oil

Prep:
Wash and slice your zucchini in thin slices. Heat oil in a frying pan until hot, add the zucchini and saute until almost done.

Slice your Spicy Chicken McBites into really thin slices and toss them into the pan with the nearly-done zucchini slices.


Finish frying until the zucchini turns golden brown and the chicken is heated through!


Enjoy the delicious crunch and satisfying flavors of garden and fast-food combined in one!
*Wait!!! Don't throw away the rest of those McBites! And don't eat them all either for crying out loud! just put them in a freezer bag and freeze for the following Saturdays! If you buy just one shareable size, it should last you all summer! I haven't figured out the calories for this but it's probably not too shabby.