Holly's Tiny Kitchen

I know, I know it's been a while since I have been on here. I honestly have not been making any new recipes lately and just repeating old ones. A few people have been bugging me to post more so I tweaked my Low Carb Beef Lasagna recipe tonight.  Ingredients: 1 large onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1-2 cups mushrooms 2 zucchinis 1 pound ground beef (I always use 97%) 14 oz can of pizza sauce (I used a Ragu version) 1 TBS dried parsley 1 TBS Italian seasoning blend 15 oz ricotta cheese 4 cups mozzarella cheese, divided 1/4 cup Romano cheese 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese Freshly ground salt & pepper to taste Directions: Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.  Heat a frying pan on high and use olive oil cooking spray. Chop and cook the onion in the frying pan. Add the garlic to the frying pan and stir well, you do not want this to burn, it does burn easily. Remove onion and garlic from the pan. Chop and add the mushrooms, once golden brown remove from the p...

I have made this once before and it came out fantastic!!! I decide to make it again and do some minor tweaks to it. The leftovers turned out to be one of my favorite lunches.  I found the original recipe/idea at:  yourlighterside.com/low-carb-recipe-lasagna-without-noodles-zucchini/ I did have to make a few modifications so the recipe I'm posting is the one I made.  Ingredients: 2 Large zucchini squash Olive oil Cooking spray 2 Cloves garlic, minced 1 Cup mushrooms, chopped 1/2 Cup Yellow Onion, chopped 1 LBS Ground Turkey or Ground Beef (I used Turkey this time) 12 oz Jar of Pizza Sauce (I used the Ragu Brand) 3 Cups shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided 2 Cups Cottage Cheese, full fat 1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese 1.5 TBS dried chopped Chives Salt & Pepper to taste Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Wash the Zucchini's and then using a peeler, take of the outer skin and discard.  Using a sharp knife cut the Zucchini ...

image source:  http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/10/creamy-chicken-scampi.html This is a new recipe I made today and had for dinner tonight. It came out really good. I wanted to make something easy and use chicken. Many chicken recipes recommend using breast but I'm a thigh kind of gal. I got the original recipe from: http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/10/creamy-chicken-scampi.html Ingredients: 1.5 LBS chicken thighs or breasts 6 garlic cloves - minced 6 TBS butter - divided (I subbed using Pam cooking spray instead to lessen the fat content) 1 cup chicken stock or broth (I always use broth) 1 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese - grated (I was out of Parmesan so I subbed with grated Romano cheese instead) 6 oz mixed bell peppers (I used red, orange and yellow -- I'm not a huge fan of green) A few slices of onion 1 TSP Italian seasoning 1/2 TSP red pepper flakes Salt & pepper to taste Pam cooking spray Directions: Salt...