So, husband and I read Dr Will Clower’s book The French Don’t Diet Plan, which enlightened us enough to make us throw out all of the “food” in the house that was laden with chemicals, additives, and high-fructose corn syrup. We have also become avid label-readers, which is kind of sad when you walk down certain aisles in the grocery store and you learn that things you kind of would like to eat are filled with non-food ingredients. I found it almost impossible to buy bread at the gorcery store that did not contain things that probably are not a good idea to eat, like “shine topping.” So now I make my own bread. Today I made pita breads. They are not shiny but they taste good and I know exactly what is in them. Flour, yeast, water. and a little sugar, salt, and oil.
To go along with them, we were craving Buffalo Chicken Dip, so I made up a batch. It might not be the healthiest choice out there, but I tried to make the ingredients as real as possible, and that’s got to count for something.
4 chicken breasts, sauteed in olive oil and shredded
1 cup of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped onion
16 oz (2 packs) neufchatel cream cheese
Sharp Cheddar Cheese as much as you like, I probably used 4-5 oz
1/4 cup homemade mayonnaise
put cooked, chopped chicken in a saute pan and add hot sauce, cream cheese, stirring to melt, then the rest of the ingredients. Transfer to a small crock pot set on low until nice and bubbly. We ate ours with the homemade pita and some celery and carrots.
I also made some mayonnaise (surprisingly easy, recipe from Dr Clower’s Book) and some bleu cheese dressing for Husband, since he is jonesing for a non-vinaigrette dressing and we are not too sure what Xanthan Gum is.
My Bleu Cheese Dressing
about 1 cup homemade or other mayonnaise
3 Tbs white vinegar
1 tsp chopped garlic
the remaining 3 oz from the package of danish crumbled bleu cheese
Stir it all together in a bowl and refrigerate.
