Skinny Thai Peanut Dressing

April 1, 2025 Amanda Plott

Prepare your taste buds for a party because we’re about to whip up a deliciously creamy and nutty Thai Peanut Dressing that’s equally kind on your waistline. This dressing is not only a fabulous way to jazz up salads, but it also doubles as a delightful marinade or dipping sauce that will have everyone begging for the recipe!

This is one of my most favorite dressings/sauces/marinades in existence. It's simple, easy to toss together and tastes amazing. You can use this sauce on just about any sort of asian dish. Salad, noodles, tofu... etc…

5 Ingredient Fake-so Queso

May 2, 2024 Amanda Plott

Looking for a delicious and healthier alternative to traditional queso? Look no further than this 5 Ingredient Fake-so Queso! This simple recipe takes your favorite cheesy dip and gives it a guilt-free makeover. With just 5 simple ingredients, you can whip up a batch of this creamy, flavorful queso in no time.

Perfect for dipping chips, drizzling over nachos, or even using as a sauce for your favorite dishes. Say goodbye to the heavy, calorie-laden queso dips and say hello to a lighter, tastier option with my 5 Ingredient Fake-so Queso!…

Cheesy Tamale Sauce

April 8, 2023 Amanda Plott

I was cleaning out my freezer the other day when I found that my mom had stashed some tamales in there from Thanksgiving or Christmas. It’s hard to say which. Either way, I was trying to think of what to do with them outside of my usual go-to which is to serve them with a bowl of chili. Then I started to think about how they serve them at restaurants - which is generally as a main and not a side dish.

Enter this Cheesy Tamale Sauce! It’s easy. It’s cheesy. And you’re going to want to make it for your tamales from now on. You might think this sauce is something like enchilada sauce, but it’s actually very different. It starts out with a roux and builds from there with broth, a lot of seasonings, and finally cheese!…

Skinny Creamy Jalapeño Ranch

September 22, 2022 Amanda Plott

This is another fun one that I absolutely had to update with some new pictures.

If you've ever been to Texas... you may have heard of a little place called Chuy's Mexican Restaurant. Mhn, the mere thought that place makes my mouth water. Seriously. They have some amazing Tex-mex. One of my most favorite things at Chuy's is their Creamy Jalapeño Ranch. It's something that they will serve along side chips, but... you have to ask for it! It's also used as a salad dressing option.

I've been trying for years now to find a recipe that's even remotely close to the infamous dip that Chuy's serves. There's a lot of options out there, but none of them can hold a candle to the original, especially when making any healthy substitutions…

Chicken Alfredo Monkey Bread

November 10, 2021 Amanda Plott

I’ve been playing around with savory versions of monkey bread a lot over the last year or so. There’s just something fun about monkey bread, maybe it’s the fact that it’s a finger food or maybe it’s that it’s just a really good base for just about any meal. Breakfast or otherwise. Being as I’ve made a Pizza Monkey Bread before, I thought why not try my hand at making an alfredo version.

This Chicken Alfredo Monkey Bread starts out as any monkey bread does - with dough! I used biscuit dough here and then tossed that together with a homemade cauliflower alfredo sauce, cooked chicken, and some cheese!

The end result was this perfectly baked ooey gooey chicken alfredo monkey bread that was as tasty as it was fun to eat! This would be great paired with a side salad, but I just served it as it since there’s already a lot of veggie goodness packed into the cauliflower alfredo sauce.

As an aside, you could really use any alfredo sauce you wanted, pre-made, homemade, etc. But, I’d suggest the homemade cauliflower version since it’s super easy to make and sneaks some veggies in there too!

Chicken Alfredo Monkey Bread

Yield: 8

Author: The Skinny Fork (Amanda Plott)

Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 30 MinInactive time: 5 MinTotal time: 50 Min

Monkey Bread comes together with chicken and a healthy take on alfredo sauce to sneak in the veggies!

Ingredients

Alfredo Sauce

1 C. Cauliflower
3/4 C. Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 1/2 Oz. Neufchatel Cream Cheese
1 1/2 Tsp. Butter
1 1/2 Tsp. Flour
3/4 Tsp. Minced Garlic
1/2 Tsp. Salt
1/2 C. Mozzarella Cheese

Monkey Bread

2 (10 Oz) Cans Refrigerated Biscuit or Pizza Dough
2 C. Cooked & Shredded Chicken Breast
1 C. Shredded Mozzarella
1/2 C. Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/2 C. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
2 Tbsp. Chopped Fresh Parsley
Salt & Pepper to Taste

Instructions

Alfredo Sauce

Place the 1 C. Cauliflower, 3/4 C. Unsweetened Almond Milk, 1 1/2 Oz. Neufchatel Cheese, 1 1/2 Tsp. Butter, 1 1/2 Tsp. Flour, 3/4 Tsp. Minced Garlic, and 1/2 Tsp. Salt into a blender or the cup with an immersion blender and blend it down until smooth and creamy.
Transfer the mixture to a medium sauce pan and heat over medium-high heat until simmering.
Remove from the heat and stir in the 1 C. shredded mozzarella and stir until melted through; set aside.

Monkey Bread

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and lightly coat the inside of a bundt pan with non-stick baking spray; set aside.
Cut each of the biscuits into 4-6 pieces and roll them into small balls.
Place half to the biscuit dough into the bottom of the bundt pan and layer with 2 C. Cooked & Shredded Chicken Breast, 1 C. Shredded Mozzarella, 1/2 C. Grated Parmesan Cheese, 1/2 C. Shredded Cheddar Cheese, 2 Tbsp. Chopped Fresh Parsley, Salt & Pepper to Taste, and about half of the alfredo sauce.
Top with the remaining biscuit dough balls.
Place in the oven to bake for 30-45 minutes or until cooked through.
Once done, remove from the oven and set aside to cook for 5-10 minutes before topping with a serving plate and converting.
Sprinkle with more fresh parsley and serve with the remaining alfredo sauce for dipping!

Nutrition Facts

Calories

341.55

Fat (grams)

14.33

Sat. Fat (grams)

6.11

Carbs (grams)

35.66

Fiber (grams)

1.73

Net carbs

33.93

Sugar (grams)

2.32

Protein (grams)

16.90

Sodium (milligrams)

740.30

Cholesterol (grams)

42.84

Nutritional Claims: Sugar Conscious • Egg Free • Peanut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • Sulphite Free

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Healthy & Easy Kid-Friendly Spaghetti Sauce

November 30, 2020 Amanda Plott

I'm calling this kid friendly spaghetti sauce because, I generally like to put actual onions and garlic into my spaghetti sauce. However, my little one would turn her nose up at that in a heartbeat, and seeing as how she specifically requests spaghetti every week, I figured that I ought to oblige her with something that would suite her desires!

Besides, who doesn't enjoy eating like a kid again? In my mind, that's one of the perks of being a parent; reliving all the things that you loved when you were growing up!

Though my mom was more of a Hamburger Helper sort of spaghetti maker.

She swears by Hamburger Helper 'Spaghetti' to this very day. Ugh…