In a bid to get children to eat healthier, ‘The Cook At Home Dad’ shares tips and recipes he creates for and with his kids.
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My family loves wings – deep fried, crispy, juicy, tangy, spicy wings! Blue cheese dressing? Yes, please, by the bucketful! I knew when I began this journey of healthier eating/cooking I would have to come up with an alternative.
It took several attempts at this recipe to find the perfect balance of flavor with healthier ingredients (and a lot of tweaking with the heat) before finding the perfect blend. I admit my girls use the endive as a spoon and don’t eat it, but they love the buffalo chicken. This is one of our favorite go-to snacks for game night and movie night, and not surprisingly – no one asks for wings anymore! Try it at your place and see for yourself: you don’t need to deep fry skin-on dark meat chicken to get all the enjoyment of wings. Enjoy!
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Ingredients
- 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts, roasted and cubed
- 2 endive heads
- 8 oz Hot Sauce
- 1/4 C reduced fat bleu cheese crumbles
- 2 T mayonnaise(for an even healthier version, substitute fat free Greek Yogurt)
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- pinch of red pepper flake
- In a small sauce pan over medium heat, combine hot sauce, cayenne pepper, and red pepper flake.
- Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low.
- Add cubed chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Cool mixture completely.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine chicken mixture with mayo, bleu cheese crumbles, salt and pepper to taste.
- Spread 1-2 T on endive that has been separated.
- Garnish with fresh celery, carrots, and grape tomatoes.
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photo: courtesy of the author
originally appeared on The Cook At Home Dad. Reprinted with permission.
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