Meal Prep Made Easy: Healthy Buffalo Chicken Four Ways

One of the biggest obstacles that I faced when I started meal prepping was that I got so sick of eating the same meal every. single. day!

Now, instead of preparing entire meals in advance, I often will cook a yummy protein source and then find different ways to eat the protein throughout the week! For example, this week I made a healthy buffalo chicken in the crockpot and then used it in buffalo chicken bowls, stuffed buffalo chicken sweet potatoes, a buffalo chicken pasta bake and buffalo chicken quesadillas! Yes, that’s a lot of buffalo chicken, but we didn’t get sick of it because we had it in so many different ways!

Below I will share how to make the crockpot buffalo chicken as well as the four recipes I made with it! I hope this helps make your meal prep easier and more exciting 🙂

How to make healthy buffalo chicken:

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken breast (3-4 large chicken breasts)
• 1 cup Frank’s Buffalo Sauce
• 1 packet of ranch seasoning

Instructions:

1. Dump it all into a crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hours.
2. After chicken is cooked through, shred with two forks.

Note: This recipe makes ~4 cups of shredded chicken, but can easily be doubled. If you would like to make all four recipes, I suggest doubling it! I also used frozen chicken breasts; if you are not using frozen add 1/2 cup water or chicken broth.

How to use the buffalo chicken:

1. Buffalo Chicken Bowls

This is seriously one of my favorite “recipes” for lunch or dinner! You can customize them to fit your dietary needs and preferences, but here is how I like to make them!

Simply layer the following ingredients: rice (or cauliflower rice), black beans, corn and buffalo chicken. Then, top with: Blue cheese salad dressing (I use Bolthouse farms greek yogurt dressing– only 35 calories!), green onions, celery, avocado and tomatoes.

2. Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes

These stuffed sweet potatoes are another family favorite! Pair them with a side salad for a complete and delish meal!

After baking sweet potatoes in the oven (or microwave like I do!), slice and stuff with buffalo chicken, Bolthouse blue cheese dressing, beans, corn, green onions and/or cheese! Another meal that is easily customizable to your family’s taste.

3. Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake

This is the most complicated recipe of the bunch– and it is pretty simple! 😉

Ingredients:

• 8 oz pasta (I used Banza pasta for extra protein!)
• 2 cups shredded buffalo chicken
• 3/4 cup nonfat plain greek yogurt
• 1/4 cup Frank’s buffalo sauce
• 8 wedges of Laugh Cow Cheese (I used white cheddar flavor)
• 1.5 tablespoons ranch seasoning
• 1/4 cup milk (can sub DF milk or water)
• 3/4 cup shredded mozzerella cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded reduced fat cheddar cheese

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 35O degrees. Spray 8×8 casserole dish with nonstick spray.
2. Cook the noodles 1-2 minutes less than the package directions suggest. Strain and rinse.
3. Add greek yogurt, buffalo sauce, Laughing Cow Cheese, ranch seasoning and milk to a blender. Blend until smooth. Sauce should be thick and creamy.
4. In a large bowl, combine the sauce, cooked pasta, chicken and 1/2 cup shredded mozzerella. Stir until combined.
5. Pour into prepared casserole dish and top with remaining cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese on top is melted.
6. Remove and drizzle with Bolthouse greek yogurt blue cheese dressing, hot sauce and top with green onions. Serves 4.

Serving size: 1/4 of pasta

Calories: 418 Carbs: 37 g Fat: 13 g Protein: 40 g

4. Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla

The fourth and final recipe is the easiest and again, completley customizable. To make my quesadilla, I used a Flat Out Protein wrap. I added the chicken, laughing cow cheese, turkey bacon, spinach, blue cheese dressing and a little bit of cheese and warmed it up on our George Foreman grill!

If you have any questions about the recipes, please comment below or send me an email!

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