Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole

Name: Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 18 oz boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and cubed (3 leaners); 4 cups zucchini “noodles” or spaghetti squash (15.92 oz if using zucchini noodles or 21.84 oz for spaghetti squash) (8 greens); 5 oz lean turkey bacon, cooked and chopped up (1 lean); 3 cloves garlic, minced (3 condiments); 1 cup unsweetened almond or cashew milk (1 condiment); 1/4 tsp sea salt (1 condiment); 1/2 tsp ground pepper (1 condiment); ¾ cup reduced-fat Ranch dressing (6 healthy fats); 2 cups (8 oz) reduced-fat Mexican Cheese blend (2 leans); 1, 4 oz can green chilies (1 green)

7 steps

Per serving: approximately 1 leaner, 1 fat, 1.5 green, and 1 condiment

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:01:45 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories332 kcal (17%)

Total Fat16.1 g (23%)

Carbs13 g (5%)

Sugars4.1 g (5%)

Protein34.4 g (69%)

Sodium1094.9 mg (55%)

Fiber1.6 g (6%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

18 ozboneless skinless chicken breast

cooked and cubed

4 cupszucchini noodles

or spaghetti squash, 15.92 oz if using zucchini noodles or 21.84 oz for spaghetti squash

5 ozlean turkey bacon

cooked and chopped up

3 clovesgarlic

minced, 3 condiments

1 cupunsweetened almond milk

or cashew

¼ tspsea salt

½ tspground pepper

¾ cupreduced-fat Ranch dressing

6 healthy fats

2 cupsreduced-fat Mexican Cheese blend

2 leans

1 x 4 ozcan green chilies

1 green

Instructions

Step 1

1. Chop your chicken into bits.

Step 2

2. Mince garlic cloves.

Step 3

3. Preheat the oven to 350.

Step 4

4. Keep a small bit of your bacon drippings in the pan. Cook the garlic cloves (don’t brown). Toss in the chicken and cook for about 1 minute mixing it all together. Dump in the milk and ranch. Mix over medium/low heat for about 2-3 minute until slightly thickened.

Step 5

5. Add in 1 cup of cheese. Mix EVERYTHING all together thoroughly. Then fold it in with the noodles. Get it all mixed up together. At this point you can add the green Chile and bacon too.

Step 6

6. Dump the casserole in a large casserole dish. Pour the 2nd cup of cheese over the top of the casserole. Cook for 15 minutes at 350 until cheese is nicely melted.

Step 7

To make this a complete lean and green meal, you could always increase the veggies to 6 ½ cups OR serve with a side of another steamed veggie (such as broccoli; ¾ cup per serving needed).