Category: Recipes

Everyone knows that the problem with baking or air-frying chicken breast is that it often comes out too dry. Most people prefer chicken breast over other parts (legs, thighs) because it contains less fat, but it’s the fat content that makes chicken legs and thighs more juicy. You can dip chicken breast in barbecue sauce, but many such sauces aren’t healthy. One option that I found to work really well is Tzatziki. Not only is Tzatziki very healthy, but it also makes air-fried chicken breast, including dry ones, tasty and moist. Here’s my recipe for making this.

Ingredients

• Boneless, skinless chicken breast (I get the Good & Gather brand at Target)
• Tzatziki
• Chicken seasoning
• Canola or olive oil

Instructions

1. Slice the chicken breast in half (I like to slice 95% of it so it’s still connected)
2. Massage oil on both sides
3. Sprinkle seasoning on both sides
4. Air fry it till the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. (In my t-fal air fryer, that’s about 13 minutes, flipping half way)
5. Remove from air fryer
6. Using a spoon, put Tzatziki over the top half until it’s mostly covered.
7. Enjoy

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Alternatively, for a lower- calorie option that still tastes good, replace Tzatziki with avocado salsa.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp black chia seeds
• 8 oz of full-fat coconut milk
• 1.5 tbsp monk-fruit sweetener
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• Fruit topping (optional)

For the coconut milk, make sure to get full-fat coconut milk that’s usually in a can, not the heavily diluted coconut milk that’s in a carton, unless you want less calories at the expense of taste.

Instructions

1. Add and mix all ingredients in a container
2. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour
3. Mix again to break up any chia seed clumps
4. Refrigerate again for another 1-2 hours or overnight
5. Chia seeds should have absorbed the milk and become soft
6. Optionally, top with fruit (blueberries, raspberries, etc)
7. Enjoy

Ingredients

• King’s Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
• Texas Roadhouse Honey Cinnamon Whipped Buttery Spread

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven at 300 F
2. Bake sweet rolls for 2 minutes
3. Slice rolls in half
4. Smear honey cinnamon butter spread on each inner side
5. Enjoy

Ingredients

• Frozen hash brown patties (I have this kind)
• Slice of cheese (I use cheddar cheese)
• Guacamole

Instructions

1. Air fry a frozen hash brown for 11 minutes at 400 degrees F
2. If topping with cheese, add a slice of cheese on top of the patty in the microwave for 15 seconds to melt the cheese
3. If topping with guacamole, spread guacamole on top of the patty
4. Enjoy

Ingredients

• King’s Hawaiian Savory Butter Sweet Rolls
• Jimmy Dean Frozen Fully Cooked All-Natural Turkey Patties
• Cheddar cheese
• BBQ sauce (I like Tenayo Poblano Mexican Style BBQ Sauce)

Instructions

1. Cover turkey patty with a paper town and heat it in microwave on high for 1 minute
2. Put a slice of cheese on the patty and microwave for 20 seconds to melt the cheese
3. Slice bread, add BBQ sauce to both sides,
4. Place heated turkey patty in the bun
5. Enjoy

Ingredients

• Tortilla (I like the Mission Carb Balance burrito-size flour tortillas)
• Avocado oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 frozen hash brown patty
• Salt and pepper
• Smashed avocado or hummus
• Shredded Mexican cheese blend
• Proteing (recooked chicken or beef strips or a turkey slice – optional)
• Diced jalapeno peppers (optional)
• Roasted red and green bell peppers (optional)

Instructions

1. Cook the frozen hash brown patty in an air fryer (400 degrees F for 12 minutes)
2. Spray avocado oil on an 8″ pan and heat on medium
3. Optionally, add precooked chicken or beef strips to the pan
4. Place the cooked hash brown in the pan and break it apart
5. In a separate 10-inch pan, heat a tortilla on medium heat (no oil)
6. Add 2 eggs to the hash browns
7. Sprinkle salt and pepper on the eggs
8. Sprinkle on some shredded cheese
9. Scramble everything together
10. Remove the tortilla and put it on a plate
11. Add some smashed avocado in the middle of the tortilla
12. Add the egg mix to the tortilla
13. Fold the tortilla the way you make a burrito
14. Optionally, place the burrito in a pan on medium heat
15. Eat it

Ingredients

• Texas Toast slices (I get mine at Costco Business Center)
• Pizza sauce (or pasta sauce)
• Mozzarella cheese slices
• Grated Parmesan and Romano cheese

Instructions

1. Put some pizza sauce on one side of the bread slice
2. Sprinkle on some Parmesan and Romano cheese
3. Put a slice of mozzarella cheese on top
4. Air fry for 4 minutes

Ingredients

• Sourdough or Texas toast bread (sliced)
• Garlic spread (I like this kind: bettergoods Garlic, Parmesan, and Basil Butter)
• Slice of cheese (optional)

Instructions

1. If the garlic spread is hard, let it soften by leaving it out at room temperature.
2. Spread the garlic spread on some slices of bread.
3. Optionally, add a slide of cheese, like mozarella to one slice of bread
4. Toast in a toaster to desired toastiness (for my toaster, that’s 2 minutes)
5. Enjoy

This came out better than I thought, so it’s blogworthy.

Ingredients

• French roll (I wish there were keto rolls, but they don’t seem to exist)
• 2 eggs
• Guacamole
• 1 slice of turkey deli meat
• 1 slice of cheddar cheese
• Avocado oil spray
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Spray avocado oil in a frying pan
2. Add the eggs, break the yolk, and cook to your preferred doneness
3. Sprinkle the eggs with salt and pepper as desired
4. Heat the French roll in a microwave for 20 seconds to soften it
5. Spread a layer of guacamole on the bottom half of the roll
6. Add the slice of turkey meat on the guac
7. Add the scrambled eggs on the turkey slice
8. Cut a square slice of cheddar cheese in half and place it over the eggs lengthwise
9. Spray the base of your air fryer basket with avocado oil (optional)
10. Fold the sandwich roll and place it in the air fryer basket
11. Spray a bit of avocado oil on the top of the sandwich (optional)
12. Place a metal air fryer rack on the sandwich to prevent it from unfolding
13. Air fry at 390 degrees for 2-3 minutes

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Ingredients

• 2 slices of French sourdough bread (Costco Business Center sells a 2-pack of sourdough bread loaves for just $7. Each slice is square, not oval, so each slice is the same size). You can also try soft Ciabatta bread, available at both Costco and Costco Business Center.
• 2 eggs
• 2 slices of turkey deli meat
• 2 slices of cheddar cheese
• Guacamole
• Avocado oil spray
• Salt and pepper
• Mayonnaise

Directions

1. Spray a frying pan with avocado oil, add the eggs, and fry them to your desired doneness, optionally adding salt and pepper or other spices.
2. Spread mayonnaise on one side of each sourdough bread slice. This side will be the outside.
3. Spread guacamole on the other side of one slice of bread
4. Add the eggs on top of the guacamole
5. Add the cheese slices on top of the eggs
6. Add the turkey slices on top of the cheese
7. Add the other bread slice on top of the turkey slices (mayo side up)
8. Place the sandwich in an air fryer and air fry at 390 degrees for 5 minutes
9. Enjoy