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Title: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: smoker pete on February 19, 2017, 04:34:11 PM
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The beauty of searching the web for recipes is that you'll find zillions that might meet your life style, diet and tastes. My search for a low carb pulled chicken broccoli casserole yielded this recipe from the 'Joy Filled Eats' website. Since I did not create this recipe, I like to give credit where credit is due. I tweaked the recipe a skosh and the results were scrumptious!

Part of the recipe title had the following initials "THM S". What the heck is THM S you ask? I learned it stands for 'Trim Healthy Mama' and the 'S' is for Satisfying - Low in Carbs - Protein & Fats. Until now I'd never heard of The Trim Healthy Mama Lifestyle but it claims to be a sound, effective and delicious way to eat for health and weight loss. Either way, this was an easy and wonderful tasting recipe.

Now it's no secret that I'm far from being a 'Trim Healthy Mama' but if I continue to eat these kinds of delicious low carb meals I should become more healthy and with some added exercise someday I could be more trim ... Course watching my portion sizes really needs to be a top priority.

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Ingredients:  half a pulled Costco rotisserie chicken, 1 lb fresh broccoli steamed to Al Dente, ⅓ lb of crumbled cooked bacon, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp minced onion, 1 tbsp parsley, ½ tsp seasoned salt, ½ tsp black pepper, 8 oz package of cream cheese - softened, ½ cup sour cream, ½ cup mayo, and 3 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese.

Directions:  Preheat oven to 350ºF. Combine cream cheese/sour cream/mayo/spices in a large bowl. Fold in the chicken, broccoli, half the crumbled bacon and 2 cups shredded cheese. Place mixture into a greased 9x13" baking dish. Top with remaining shredded cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake until hot and bubbly for about 35 to 45 minutes.

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Title: Re: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: Smokin Don on February 19, 2017, 06:46:36 PM
Looks delicious Pete, TFS!!! Don
Title: Re: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: TentHunteR on February 20, 2017, 07:07:42 AM
Bookmarked!  I'll be giving this one a try VERY soon!
Title: Re: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: HighOnSmoke on February 20, 2017, 07:56:15 AM
Very tasty looking Pete!
Title: Re: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: SmokinKat on February 23, 2017, 02:16:38 PM
OH MY GOODNESS THIS STUFF IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

I had to make a few tweaks when we made this last night, since I found myself TRAGICALLY without any bacon in the house.  Instead, we topped it with some crumbled spicy pork rinds.     

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This stuff is SO tasty.  I'm not a huge broccoli fan, but James and I both had seconds!   I sprinkled a bit of extra minced dried onion on the top of mine for extra crispies, and it was just divine!!   Really excellent with the crunchy pork rinds. 

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Pete, James says to tell you "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU" for sharing the recipe.  :)   We both loved it! 

Title: Re: Low Carb Bacon Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Post by: smoker pete on February 24, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
Glad to see you enjoyed it Kat  8)  8)  Nice tweaks ...