Venison Meatballs

Chef Chuck — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:43:20 +0000

Sometimes you just get tired of chicken, beef, and fish. Sometimes you want to spice it up a bit and try something new. While it doesn’t exactly make you Evel Knievel for trying it, a lot of people have never had venison before. If you find yourself in those ranks, venison is the fancy term for deer meat. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a family of hunters, so we found ourselves eating deer a few times a year. Believe it or not, deer meat, if done correctly, can be just as delicious and flavorful as any beef or chicken. Plus, by volume, it is a much leaner meat, meaning more of your calories are coming from protein and less from fat. Surprisingly, venison is also denser in several nutrients than beef, including: iron, B6, and riboflavon.

This is a delicious and nutritious twist on a classic dish that will add a ton of variety to your diet. Also, it stores very well, making this an ideal choice for a multiple day meal-prep, and it can also serve as an excellent high-protein side dish for holiday meals.

In general, venison is a fantastic protein source alternative to beef or chicken because it’s low in fat calories, meaning you can eat more of them and fill fuller longer, with the bonus of giving yourself extra protein to fuel your recovery.

Bulking Tips

If you want to add calories, feel free to sub a minced beef in place of venison. Obviously this changes the point of this recipe tremendously, but sometimes calories are more important.

Cutting Tips

If you want to cut calories, try using a lower calorie sour cream.

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Keto-Friendly Teriyaki Chicken

Chef Chuck — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:54:17 +0000

Sometimes left over chicken breast and broccoli doesn’t cut it. Sometimes you need a little spice in your life, a jump-start to your mouthfeel. Our Keto-Friendly Teriyaki Chicken is a welcomed break from the mundane. It’s incredibly versatile, as we’ll discuss in a bit, and can be easily tailored to fit a bulking or cutting diet. The low calorie version is so good, it can make you forget your cutting calories!

I like to pair my high protein teriyaki chicken with broccoli, as it’s high on fiber, vitamins, and minerals. With as much meat as we like to get in every day, it’s incredibly important to keep your fiber up. The fact that broccoli tastes delicious paired with teriyaki chicken is an added bonus.

This meal is great for post-workout, lunch, or dinner. It’s got the nutrients required to begin repairing and aiding your body, and to begin refueling your body for your next workout.

Cut Calories

You can cut extra calories from this by completely removing the brown sugar, which will shave off roughly an extra carb per serving.

You can also cut calories by going completely with chicken breast, instead of half-thigh meat. This will save you 80 total calories and 10 grams of fat over the whole dish.

Lastly, you can easily cut calories by cutting the amount of broccoli served with this. I like broccoli because it’s high in fiber and it’s a great energy source, but if you’re going keto, you could easily cut the broccoli in half or all together and potentially shave off 400 extra calories.

Add Calories

You can add calories by going full thigh meat. This will add a considerable amount of fat to your meal, which if you’re bulking, may be exactly what you need.

You can add calories and a ton of flavor by adding an extra tbsp of butter to the final dish sauce. This will add a ton of extra flavor, and a ton of extra calories.