Reviews of Skinnytaste.com Recipes!

[LJSquishy]

I promised I would post my opinion on any of the Skinnytaste.com recipes I tried so I thought I would start a new thread. If you have any positive or negative reviews of recipes you've tried, please post them!

I already posted a few recipe reviews on the Weight Watchers thread someone started. They were: Brownie Batter Pancakes, Chicken & Mushrooms in White Wine Garlic Sauce, and Baked Rice & Peas.

The new recipes I've tried since then are:

Arroz con Pollo Lightened Up - I have never actually had the "real thing", but it is one of my husband's favorites so I thought I would make it for him. He loved it and I let him put his on tortillas like he normally does at a restaurant. I ate it without tortillas. The serving size was very generous, 1 cup of cooked rice and 1 chicken thigh. It filled me up! Next time I would add mushrooms as that is how I've always seen it made. I didn't have "sazon" or "adobo powder" so I Googled up what they are made from and mixed up my own (though I didn't have onion powder). Honestly, you can just use any latin type of spices and it will taste just fine!

Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats - This was down right wonderful! It had a lasagna vibe to it but had a little kick from the chicken sausage mixture. Both my husband and I really enjoyed this. I used less cheese than called for, and ended up only using about 1/2 - 2/3 of the sausage filling because my "boats" didn't hold that much. I served this with a large romaine & spinach blend salad. We always eat our salad first, so I only had 1 zucchini boat, but my husband had 3...I served him 2, then he said he was going back to get 1 more because they were so good. As for the chicken sausage, I used chicken sausage dogs from Costco (3lbs for $12.49 I think) that were red pepper & spinach. Very yummy!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins - Oh my goodness, YUMM! I skipped the glaze on these muffins because I hate powdered sugar. Next time I would add less chocolate chips (or none at all) because these are very chocolatey and sweet without them. If you make these, spray your paper liners with cooking spray, or spray the muffin pan if you don't use liners. Mine stuck pretty bad to the paper liners, and it looks like a lot of other reviewers had the same problem. I made a double batch and froze them. Excellent breakfast or dessert!

I have yet to try a recipe that I have not cared for. This website is amazing!

Tomorrow I will make either Asian Glazed Drumsticks or Bangin' Good Shrimp with Cilantro Lime Rice or possibly Skinny Coconut Shrimp with Broccoli & Cheddar Skinny Potato Skins.

[Snowbody]

Lisa - wonderful and terrific idea to write reviews. I"m so tired of the same old, same old (tonight I made fajitas and both my DH and DS said, "Didn't we just have these lately? ) so getting some new healthy alternatives is welcomed. Will I get skinny?

[Mom2James]

Lisa, I've been cooking from this website for almost three years - when there was very little on it - and we mostly like everything. Tonight, we had Tuscan White Beans with Spinach, Shrimp and Feta and I also like the Pineapple Brown Rice with Shrimp. We also like the turkey version of the greek meatballs.

I make the zucchini muffins almost weekly, and most of the desserts are great. Glad you are having fun with the it - sometimes it just helps to make different things to kick start a different eating pattern.

[Deborah]

Wow this is just what I have been looking for. Two days in a row I have had to throw out leftovers. Husband wants to eat more healthy meals; the salad he likes is just iceberg lettuce. Now that is not healthy.

[LuvMyBoys]

Thank you thank you thank you...keeping this thread alive!

[Deborah]

Thank you again for sharing this information and site.
I made the chocolate banana muffins. They are good. I filled up all my muffin tins and had some left over. Maybe would have made 3 more. I did not want to keep the oven on for 30 more minutes so I put the leftovers in a pan and that worked very well. So if you did not want to make muffin cups you could put the batter in a pan and bake them as if they were brownies.
I also tried the Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats. These were full of flavor and very good. This was very labor intensive for me. It took forever to scoop out the Zucchini to make the boats. Next time I am just going to slice the zucchini and layer it in the pan. Just use the zucchini as if making lasagna. I think the flavor will be there and you would probably eat more zucchini and it will be faster I used Barilla Jar (Not sure of the spelling) basil and olive oil instead of making my own marina.
We have been in a food rut so I was happy to try them out.
Thank you for this post.

[LuvMyBoys]

We are eating Carne Guisada (Latin Beef Stew) right now. It is soooooo good! I am getting ready to lick my plate, when the kids leave the room and can't see me. Even Mr. Picky liked it. Very very easy, just throw it all in and let it cook. Love this one!

[Bailey&Me]

Lisa - I'm making the Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats tonight! Just waiting for them to finish in the oven...I'll let you know how they turned out!

[LJSquishy]

Originally Posted by Bailey&Me

Lisa - I'm making the Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats tonight! Just waiting for them to finish in the oven...I'll let you know how they turned out!

I'm sure you will love them as much as I did!

I'm not currently making any more Skinnytaste.com recipes because Hubby & I are doing the Insanity workout program and following the nutrition guide it comes with. We just started week 2 today...I've lost 2lbs which isn't much, but I have already lost about 1/2 an inch on each area of my body (waist, hips, thigh) so it is working. It is very intense! We are ready to make a permanent change and lead healthy lives from here on out.

[Bailey&Me]

Originally Posted by LJSquishy

I'm sure you will love them as much as I did!

I'm not currently making any more Skinnytaste.com recipes because Hubby & I are doing the Insanity workout program and following the nutrition guide it comes with. We just started week 2 today...I've lost 2lbs which isn't much, but I have already lost about 1/2 an inch on each area of my body (waist, hips, thigh) so it is working. It is very intense! We are ready to make a permanent change and lead healthy lives from here on out.

They were delicious! My grandmother is visiting so I made dinner for her and I...she loved them too! We each had one and were full! I altered the recipe just a little - I used Sargento's reduced fat italian blend cheese instead of the Polly-O, and a ready made pasta sauce. I served them with a cucumber and radish salad with blue cheese, walnuts and balsamic dressing (sounds weird but it was good!)