If you are looking for a healthy knockoff version of the popular Chinese fast food, Sweet and Sour Chicken, well you came to the right blog today!

This Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe has just 2.5g of fat per serving which is a lot less than the kind you’d buy at a Chinese restaurant. But the taste is fantastic, and it truly tastes just as good as the full fat version.

It’s really easy to make and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients, so it’s a great idea for a delicious dinner recipe if you need a meal in a pinch. I love love LOVE sweet and sour chicken, so I was very hesitant to believe that a baked version would taste just as good, but I was very pleasantly surprised…it truly was DELICIOUS!

If you love Chinese fast food recipes, this one is an absolute must try.

Enjoy!

As promised in my Baked Asparagus Fries Recipe post, here’s a fantastic Lemon Garlic Aioli Recipe!

In case you aren’t familiar with what aioli is, it’s a traditional French sauce made by mixing lemon, eggs, garlic, and olive oil into a smooth, creamy mixture resembling mayonnaise. It originates from Provençal cuisine, where it is served with meat, fish, and vegetables, and the distinctive garlicky sauce has also been adopted by other nations to add zest to otherwise ordinary foods.

My healthier version eliminates the oil and uses pasteurized liquid egg substitute instead of whole raw eggs. It makes a fantastic low calorie dip or sauce for a variety of foods.

Try this lemon garlic aioli over roasted vegetables, chicken, or fish, or as a flavorful healthy sandwich spread. I also love it as a dip for baked pita chips, or as a light spread for crudite.

Just recently, my BFF, Janice, introduced me to an amazing new smoothie recipe – Kimberly Snyder’s Glowing Green Smoothie. Kimberly Snyder is a top Hollywood Nutritionist, and many of her clients are the celebrities whose bodies we drool over with envy.

After hearing about The Sleep Doctor’s Sleep Slim Smoothie on the Dr. Oz Show, I decided to give this smoothie recipe a try.

With a toddler and a 6 month old, I get pretty worn down, so I was definitely game for trying just about anything that would help me get more out of the few hours of sleep I can get. And if this Sleep Slim Smoothie would help me burn some extra calories while sleeping, well then YAY!

So I whipped up a batch for my husband and me. He wasn’t a fan, but I thought it was pretty good. A little tart, but overall, the taste was pretty good.

The man behind this Sleep Slim Smoothie Recipe, Dr. Michael Breus, Ph.D., The Sleep Doctor, claims that cherries are one of the richest known sources of melatonin, the sleep hormone that recent studies have shown can also help reverse the effects of aging, while bananas contain loads of magnesium, a calming mineral. And that soy milk is high in tryptophan, the sleep-inducing amino acid. Sounds good to me.

As for whether or not I burned more calories while I slept, I don’t know, but if you enjoy this smoothie recipe and have the Points to spare, it’s worth a shot. I’ll continue to fit this Sleep Slim Smoothie into my meal plan on an occasional basis and see if I continue to at least notice enhanced sleeping!