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Low Carb Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap – A 5 Minute Meal

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A low carb chicken bacon ranch wrap that can be made in 5 minutes. A great option for busy weeknights when you have no time to cook a big meal. 

Low Carb - THM S CHicken Bacon Ranch Wrap

My husband and I were talking about our biggest temptations for going off plan the other day. His top #1 missed food was pizza. He loves it so much and although we do low carb tortilla pizzas a lot, he wants the real deal. Like all the time, he wants it. 

As I was thinking of the food that I miss most, I realized that there isn’t one single food that I just really crave. Convenience is what I miss most about our old life. The ability to whip through a drive through and order a number one without having to do a special order with no bun. Or ordering whatever sounded good from takeout. 

Because after a busy day, sometimes I just want the easiest way to feed my family. And while you can certainly eat low carb (THM S) at a fast food chain, I’ve been working on healthy and ultra simple meals that you can make at home. 

Eating at home saves money for one thing. It also allows you to be totally in control of the ingredients that you use and what you put into your body. And finally we live in a small suburb outside of a major city. Although there are plenty of restaurant options not too far from us, there isn’t really anything that is ultra convenient. So if I have a quick meal, it is actually easier for me to cook something rather than go grab food at a restaurant. 

So I started trying to come up with a list of meals with minimal ingredients that I either typically have on hand or that are easy to grab in a last minute grocery trip. And then, the meal needs to be super quick to make. Like 15 minutes or less from start to fork on the plate. 

The goal is suppers that are literally quicker to make at home than it would be to get in your car and grab a bag of fast food. And these low carb chicken bacon ranch wraps fit all of the criteria for my no time to cook dinner list. 

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Low Carb Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap – A 5 Minute Meal

Easy Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap on Low Carb Mission Tortilla (1)

When I first starting Trim Healthy Mama, I tried to cook every complicated meal out there. Hours of my life were spent in the kitchen, my counters were cluttered with ingredients that I had never heard of the week before and some meals were a big flop after spending a lot of time cooking. 

And you know what that is frustrating and unsustainable. So what did I do? I quit after a week or two. 

I like to think that I am not a quitter but my first approach at THM was so complicated and hard that I couldn’t make it a part of my lifestyle. It was simply a diet that I started and then stopped. 

So to prevent that, I needed some healthy meals that I could make with little effort. Or better yet that my husband could make! I love when he helps out with dinner prep. 

Making this low carb chicken bacon ranch wrap is so tasty and a very quick meal. 

What You Need for Rotisserie Chicken Wrap – THM S 

Ingredients for Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap (1)

To make this low carb wrap, you need a couple of things that are usually a staple at my house. 

  • Rotisserie Chicken or Shredded chicken (I keep bags of frozen rotisserie chicken or cooked/shredded chicken in my freezer for easy meals)
  • Shredded Cheese 
  • Bacon (To keep this a simple meal, I use the microwavable kind) 
  • Ranch Dressing (this is my fave) 
  • Low Carb Tortillas 
  • Romaine Lettuce 

Assembling the Simple Chicken Rollups 

To make the wraps, start by pulling the chicken off the bone if it is a rotisserie. Alternatively you could also use canned chicken that has been drained. 

Next place one low carb tortilla on a plate. Fill with the desired amount of chicken, cheese, cooked bacon, romaine and ranch dressing. 

Roll the tortilla up like an enchilada and cut it at an angle down the middle. 

Serve it with pork rinds and extra ranch for dipping! 

More Easy Low Carb Dinner Ideas (THM S) 

Mama’s Italian Salad 

BBQ Smoked Sausage & Cauli Rice Skillet Meal 

Keto Cheese Enchiladas (No Tortillas) 

More Simple Healthy Carb Meals (THM E)

Black Bean Tacos 

White Chicken Chili – A Pantry Meal 

White Beans and Turkey Ham 

7 Layer Dip Bean Tostadas

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  1. Warm the bacon slices in the microwave to crisp them.
  2. Shred the chicken breast and add it to the center of the tortilla.
  3. Top the chicken with the cheese, bacon, ranch dressing and romaine.
  4. Roll up the tortilla and cut in half.
  5. Serve with pork rinds and mini peppers if desired.

7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama Dinners

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Trim Healthy Mama can seem overwhelming and expensive. Eating healthy doesn’t have to cost a ton. Here we have planned 7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners for your family of 4 (that your non-THM family will actually eat).

7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama Dinners

When I am following Trim Healthy Mama, I like to keep it really simple. Simplifying the plan helps this working mama of 2 young kids stay sane and eating healthy. Today I am going to share 7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama Dinners that we eat frequently. They are all quick to prepare, will feed your family of four and are inexpensive.

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Eating Cheap On Trim Health Mama Plan

Myth #1: Eating healthy is too expensive! Ya’ll that is fake news! I know you can buy junk food that is cheap. Sure you can buy a frozen pot pie, a can of chips or a box of orange mac n cheese for a $1 or so.

But you can also buy a carton of 12 eggs. Yesterday at Aldi, for less than a $1.50 I found a huge bag of gala apples. So I can eat a hard boiled egg (S) or an apple (E) for snacks and I spent less than $2.50 for both.To make those snacks complete, I would add probably add a lite string cheese or even a slice or two of lean deli meat.

Another tip to save money on THM is to only buy the lite string cheese or the lean deli meat. If you pair your boiled eggs with the lean cheese or meat, you are still getting enough fat from the eggs to make the snack an S. However, you won’t have to buy additional cheese and meat to go with your E snacks like an apple where you can only have the lighter varieties.

I encourage you to open your heart and mind to researching the plan and finding ways that you can do it, even on a tight budget. It may be a little more difficult than just walking into the store and buying whatever you want. However, it is so worth it to have your family eating better foods.

These 7 frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners will help get you and your family on the right track.

Want to budget but hate cash envelopes? Try this FREE digital tracker.

7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama Dinners

Myth #2. You will be in the kitchen for hours a day on THM. Ok, ain’t nobody got time for that! Whether you are working 40+ hours a week with two little ones at your feet like me or you may be running from the football field to ballet every night, we need quick and easy and THM compliant. That’s not too much to ask, right?

My favorite THM meals are cheap, quick to prepare and something that my whole family will eat. My husband will usually at least partially participate in my Trim Healthy plan so long as I don’t get too crazy with cauliflower or onions (or other things he doesn’t think he likes). My daughter (5) is in that phase where if it isn’t shaped like a chicken nugget, she may or may not eat it. The baby will currently eat anything, so naturally he is my fave.

So, getting my family to eat the food that I prepare can be a challenge. These meals are all things that my family of four eats frequently and for the most part all enjoy. (being 5 can be tough, so her level of love can vary from day to day!)

Trim Healthy Mama Meal Plan

Here is the list of 7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners that we eat at our house often.

Day One: Cheesy Salsa Verde Chicken with Cauliflower Rice (S)

  • Ingredients: Steam bag of Cauliflower rice, Salsa Verde, cream cheese, Frozen Chicken tenders (1/2 bag)
  • Recipe: My most popular Recipe, read all about it here!
  • Tips: Use mild salsa if you want kids to eat this. The medium is quite spicy. This is a very rich and filling meal. If you want an additional side, I would go with a green vegetable or a side salad.

Day Two: Black Bean Tacos (E)

  • Ingredients: black beans, Mission Low Carb Tortillas
  • Recipe: Warm your black beans and serve in tortillas. Top it with some greek yogurt as a sub for sour cream if you have it, Shred some fresh spinach (you should have some to spare from Day four), some hot sauce and a sprinkle of cheese (go really light if you want it to be an E, too much and you will XO)
  • Tips: This is such a quick meal. It is probably our go to “it is 6:30 and we have no dinner plan” meal. We love it.

Day Three: Whole Baked Chicken, Steamed Vegetables, Sweet Potato (E)

  • Ingredients: Whole Chicken, bag of mixed vegetables, sweet potatoes
  • Recipe: Season and roast your chicken (I use a Rotisserie similar to this but you can do it in the oven or even buy one already cooked from the grocery), Steam the veggies in microwave and cook your sweet potato.
  • Tips: This can be an “emergency” meal if you pick up an already cooked chicken at the store and do your sweet potatoes in the microwave to prevent a drive thru run.

Day Four: Smoked Sausage with Grilled Vegetables, Cheesy Spinach (S)

  • Ingredients: Smoked Sausage, onion, Red, green and yellow Bell peppers, Fresh Spinach, portion of heavy whipping cream, Portion of cheese
  • Recipe: You can find the recipe for the sausage and veggies here. For the spinach, wilt the spinach and cheese it up with the HWC and cheese
  • Tips: I really prefer this with Chicken sausage but Walmart doesn’t have one that fits the plan that I can find (I get it from Aldi). The meal itself is pretty light so make sure you bulk it up with all the veggies. Adding in a zucchini or yellow squash would be good too.

Day Five: Ground Pork and Vegetable Stir Fry (S)

  • Ingredients: Ground Pork, Stir Fry Vegetables
  • Recipe: Just brown your pork, drain any fat and combine with vegetables. Cook until veggies are softened. Add in a tablespoon or so of liquid aminos and some ground ginger (tsp) if you have it.
  • Tips: Very quick meal. You could add in some cauliflower rice if you wanted to bulk this meal up.

Day Six: Grilled Chicken Tenderloins, Fried Radishes, Cheesy Zucchini (S)

  • Ingredients: Remaining 1/2 bag frozen chicken tenders, Radishes, Zucchini, Small portion Heavy whipping cream, portion of shredded cheese
  • Recipe: Just season your tenderloins with what you have on hand, fry radishes in olive oil (save some bacon grease from breakfast for extra flavor) and make the cheesy zucchini
  • Tips: the cheesy zucchini makes it to our plate at least once a week. It took a little convincing to get my girl to try it but it tastes a little like mac n cheese so she gobbled it up.

Day Seven: Turkey Ham & Beans (E)

  • Ingredients: 1/4 – 1/2 of turkey ham, white (Northern) beans
  • Recipe: Easy 15 minute recipe here
  • Tips: Top it off with a little parsley if you have it. This is so easy and my kids always eat it. If you can find sprouted rolls, those are yummy as a side.

More Cheap And Easy THM Meals:

THM S No Tortilla Cheese & Onion Enchiladas

THM S Instant Pot Taco Meat (With Secret Nutritious Ingredient)

THM S Tortilla Pizza

THM E The Best Crockpot Taco Soup 

THM S Mama’s Italian Salad

THM E – White Chicken Chili (A Pantry Meal)

Walmart Grocery List

A low grocery bill is great. But I also need my THM grocery list to be easy to get. Going to three different grocery stores is not something I have time to do on a weekly basis.

I do shop at Aldi often, but I know not everyone has access to this store. So I chose to show this meal plan with a Walmart grocery order since I think most people have access to a Walmart. And because I love their free grocery pickup! It saves me so much time and sanity to just pull up to a parking spot and get my food. No getting the kids out of carseats!

Here is exactly what I put in my cart to make the 7 frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners. This list does assume that you have a few basics like olive oil, seasonings and liquid aminos (I just use regular soy sauce but that is not on plan, you can read how I make the plan work for my budget here).

Also, your family, your meals. These are ideas for basic meals. Add additional veggies or fruit as you see fit. If you buy fruit or veggies in season, you can usually get a serving of 4 for around $1. Also, frozen veggies are almost always available for around $1 a bag.

Walmart Grocery Online Order THM Meal Plan

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Cost Per Meal

Using this 7 Frugal Trim Healthy Mama Dinners meal plan, the average cost of dinner is $8.15 per meal. That works out to $2.03 per person.

These meals easily feed our family of four which consists of my husband, a 5 year old, a 1 year old and myself. My husband is a pretty big eater and most meals we still have some type of leftovers.

At the end of this meal plan, you should also have about half of the turkey ham leftover, most of the heavy whipping cream, some shredded cheese and some fresh spinach leftover. You could make some yummy omelettes or 2 minute microwave eggs with those ingredients.

More THM Help

If you found these 7 frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners helpful, here are some other things that may make your THM life easier! As a working mama, easy lunches are a must. Here are 6 THM lunches for work and 5 things to do with leftover chicken for lunch.

Another easy and fairly low cost dinner option is a twist on my popular cheesy salsa verde chicken and cauliflower rice. These Salsa verde chicken enchiladas require just a handful of ingredients and 20 minutes in the oven.

If you want something totally different, try my Granny’s low carb cajun shrimp casserole. She always made it with white rice but I THM’d it by using cauliflower rice. So good!

You can find two other meal plans here & here if this 7 frugal Trim Healthy Mama dinners guide was more your style.

What are your THM goals this year?

Healthy Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal – THM E

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If you are looking for delicious way to add some seasonal pumpkin spice to your breakfast plate, you are in the right spot! This healthy pumpkin baked oatmeal has no sugar added and is a Trim Healthy Mama E recipe. 

THM E Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal

I woke up a couple of days ago before the rest of my household and two cups of my favorite fall coffee later, I was up searching my pantry for something to make for breakfast. And I was craving warm fall spices and something pumpkin.

Baked oatmeal is a favorite of mine for a number of reasons! When oatmeal is baked it doesn’t get that mush effect that you have had before with the microwave kind.

It is also a nice make ahead breakfast that warms up quickly throughout the week and you can even freeze it for later. So you cook once and eat for days. 

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Healthy Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal – THM E

Baked Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal

This healthy and sugar free baked pumpkin oatmeal is packed with pumpkin pie spice, maple extract and of course real pumpkin. It is a nice warm breakfast that will give you those healthy carbs you need to get through the morning. 

It is a great breakfast to make on Saturday or Sunday and then warm up throughout the week for quick and easy workday meals. 

What You Need For Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal 

  • Almond Milk
  • Egg Whites
  • Maple Extract (Can sub vanilla)
  • Canned Pumpkin (Just pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling)
  • Very Ripe Banana 
  • Swerve Brown Sugar
  • Salt
  • Oats
  • Baking Powder
  • Pumpkin Pie Spice 
  • Bake Believe or Lily’s Chocolate Chips (The picture shows how many I wanted to use – but follow the recipe to keep it an E meal)  

THM E Healthy Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal Ingredients (1)

How to Make the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bake 

In a medium bowl, mash the overripe banana really well with a fork. You don’t want to have a bunch of banana chunks.

Next, add the almond milk, egg whites, maple extract, pumpkin and brown sugar. Mix well. 

In a separate medium bowl, combine the oats, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt. 

Slowly add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. 

Add in the chocolate chips and combine with the oatmeal mixture. 

Baking the Pumpkin Oatmeal

Place the pumpkin spice oatmeal into a greased 8×8 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 23-25 minutes or until the middle is set. 

Toppings for the Baked Oatmeal 

Pumpkin Oatmeal with No Sugar

This afternoon, I ate this healthy pumpkin baked oatmeal plain. It is good just as it is but toppings always make meals a little more fun and extravagant without a lot of effort. 

Here are some ideas to top your baked oatmeal with that are on plan for a Trim Healthy Mama E meal: 

  • Two Good Vanilla Yogurt
  • On Plan Maple Syrup (TJ’s Taste has one that looks pretty easy)
  • Fat Free Reddi Whip 
  • Warm Almond Milk 

Try this THM E Sugar Free Peach Baked Oatmeal

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This healthy pumpkin spice baked oatmeal with sugar free chocolate chips brings tons of seasonal flavors like pumpkin and maple to your breakfast table. A Trim Healthy Mama E meal.
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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place the peeled banana in a medium bowl and mash it well with a fork.
  3. Add the remaining wet ingredients (milk, egg whites, extract, pumpkin) and the brown sugar. Mix well.
  4. Add the dry ingredients into a separate bowl and mix together.
  5. Slowly add the wet ingredient bowl's contents into the dry ingredient bowl. Mix until completely incorporated.
  6. Add the chocolate chips and gently fold in.
  7. Spread into a greased 8x8 or 9x9 pan.
  8. Bake for 23-25 minutes or until set.
  9. Serve with Two Good Brand Vanilla Greek Yogurt, No Sugar maple syrup or fat free Reddi Whip.

Homemade THM Taco Seasoning With Nutritional Yeast

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If you are wanting a healthier option than the store bought taco seasoning packets you will want to try this homemade THM taco seasoning with nutritional yeast. It is so easy & contains no ingredients that you can’t pronounce!

Keto & THM FP Homemade Taco Seasoning (1)

Some Trim Healthy Mama’s are purists. And some are not. I’m in that latter category. Don’t get me wrong, I want to make healthier choices for myself and my family but some things just don’t bother me (you can see those things here in the 5 things I don’t do on THM). 

And on busy days I sometimes have to choose between getting dinner on the table with one or two less than desirable ingredients or ordering pizza. And I opt for the mostly healthy vs. the pizza. 

Taco seasoning packs are one of those things that I used to use because they are “mostly ok.” But if you really drill down, lots of those store bought packages are filled with gross ingredients and things that I don’t want to consume. 

So making my own seemed like the only option. But I have to have easy for busy week day suppers so a big batch that I can use for a while was a must. So this Homemade THM taco seasoning with nutritional yeast will yield about the same seasoning as 6 pre-made packs.

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Homemade THM Taco Seasoning With Nutritional Yeast

Healthy Homemade Mexican Taco Seasoning with Nutritional Yeast (1)

If you have a batch of this Mexican seasoning blend in your pantry, you will be able to make tacos and fajitas quickly during the week.  

I’m A Drive Thru Sue – Are the Pre-made Packets that Bad? 

Well, I guess that depends on who you ask! I’m not promising that I will never use one again. (I hear all the purists  gasping from everywhere!)

But what I am committing to is trying to do better. I know it is easier to rip open a packet and dump it into your ground beef but with just 5 minutes of prep, you can have the same level of easy for six dinners.

And you will feel better knowing that this homemade THM taco seasoning with nutritional yeast is only filled with things that are good for you. 

No weird ingredients or fillers. Just spices and Nutritional Yeast! 

What is Nutritional Yeast? 

Nutritional yeast comes in the form of flakes that are yellow in color. It is a low fat, high protein food that can be used to season. It gives off a nutty or even a slightly cheesy flavor (which makes it nice for E meals, though on it’s own it is a FP).

You can check out all the benefits in this article by Medical News Today. 

Making THM Taco Seasoning Packets

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Making the homemade THM taco seasoning with nutritional yeast is quick and easy. Just combine all ingredients in a container with a lid or even a ziplock bag. 

I prefer these containers. 

It will keep in your pantry for an indefinite period! Just waiting on you for a busy night when you need a quick meal for dinner & tacos are welcome at my house any day of the week! 

THM Taco Seasoning 2 Tablespoons per Packet (1)

How To Use The Seasoning

After you brown the meat of your choice, add 2 tablespoons of the homemade THM taco seasoning with nutritional yeast to your skillet with 1/2 a cup of water. Allow the seasoning to simmer with the meat for about 15 minutes until most of the liquid is absorbed. 

More THM Mexican Recipes:

30 Minute Skillet Chicken with Salsa Verde Queso Cauli Rice – THM S

NSI Cheese & Onion Enchiladas – THM S

Instant Pot Mexican Shredded Pork (A great taco or enchilada filler) – THM FP 

Best Instant Pot Taco Meat Using this Homemade Taco Seasoning! THM FP or S

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This homemade THM taco seasoning is filled with your favorite Mexican flavors and nutritional yeast to add some benefits plus a slight cheesy flavor. The recipe makes about 5 packets worth of seasoning if you were to use the packets from the store. Use 2 Tablespoons of mix per 1 lb of ground meat.
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  1. Combine all the seasonings in a zip bag or plastic container. *I don't add salt because I use a salty beef base when cooking this in an Instant Pot Taco Meat recipe.
  2. When you are ready to use the THM taco seasoning, add 2 tablespoons of seasoning to 1 lb of browned and drained ground beef.

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THM White Chicken Chili – A Pantry Meal

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 This THM white chicken chili is a quick and shelf stable meal that you can keep on hand in your pantry for a busy night. 

Easy THM E WHite Chicken Chili

A couple of months ago, my husband and I both recommitted to staying on plan with Trim Healthy Mama and it has been going great. He of course lost a ridiculous amount of weight in a tiny amount of time – I’m not bitter! I swear. But I’ve also lost the Quarantine 15 that I gained during the craziness of COVID-19!

(No we didn’t have the virus but my day job has been crazy busy plus just the added stress of learning to live through the changes that the pandemic forced on us like virtual school and being stuck at home caused me to make bad choices for many weeks – lots of wine and takeout)

So now that we are 100% back on plan, I have been cooking a lot. And one of the things that I love to preach about THM is that it doesn’t have to be time consuming or expensive. But what have I been doing lately? Making it super time consuming and expensive. It’s like I have lost my THM morals! 

In an effort to cut back spending and even more importantly make life easier, I’ve been trying to find recipes that meet my “I forgot about dinner” criteria. To meet that the recipe needs to be:

  • One that I typically have all items needed on hand (Pantry/Freezer preferably)
  • Quick to make (Less than 30 minutes all in) 
  • Inexpensive
  • Family Friendly 

This THM white chicken chili recipe fits all of these criteria and it is a tasty way to get in an E meal that seems to be a struggle for many fellow Trim Mama’s. 

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Other Simple & Quick THM Pantry/Freezer Staple Meals

Turkey Ham & White Beans – THM E

Black Bean Tacos – THM E 

BBQ Kielbasa and Cauli Rice Skillet – THM S

Rotisserie Chicken & Quinoa Southwest Freezer Bowls – THM E

Rotisserie Chicken Lunch Ideas – THM E & S options

THM White Chicken Chili – A Pantry Meal

The THM white chicken chili is filled with healthy carbs, it’s low in fat and full of flavor. Best of all? You just dump everything in! No chopping vegetables or cooking really? Just dump and warm. BAM! Dinner is ready! 

What is a THM Pantry Meal?

A pantry meal is something that all or most of the ingredients are shelf stable items that you can keep in your pantry for emergency meals when you are out of options. It is a lot easier to resist grabbing fast food or ordering pizza if you know that you have some incredibly easy meal options at your fingertips. 

Organizing Your THM Pantry Meals

THM White Chicken Chili Ingredients

To make THM pantry meals work even better, I like to organize a few meals separate from my other pantry items. 

Grab a few clear bins (I like these), some chalkboard labels (I wish I could find the ones I just bought ugh!) & create an area in your pantry for pantry meals. 

The next step is to create a THM Pantry Meal Pinterest board. You can check mine out here. 

Add all the canned/pantry items that you need for a meal and write the recipe name on your reusable chalkboard label. When you get into a dinnertime pinch, grab a pantry meal box, pull up your Pinterest board for the recipe and whip up a quick and easy meal.

Then pat yourself on the back for eating on plan & saving some money in the process by avoiding takeout. 

Pantry Meals – What Are They Good For? 

Pantry meals can be a great way to add convenience to your Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle. Here are a few times that they might come in handy!

  • When you forgot to thaw anything for dinner 
  • Hurricane/Natural Disaster/COVID – Quarantine Disaster Preparedness 
  •  Sick Days (prepping easy things to have on hand when you or a family member are sick is key to success)
  • Busy Days when you get home late & need dinner quickly 

What You Need for Easy Low Fat Chicken Chili 

You only need a few ingredients to make this THM white chicken chili pantry meal recipe. 

  • Canned Chicken (You can sub fresh chicken breast if you want but I like to have the canned to make this completely pantry ready)
  • Jar of Salsa
  • 2 Cans White Beans 
  • 1 Can Corn 
  • Cumin

Take all of these ingredients and put them in your clear bin, label it THM White Chicken Chili and save this recipe to your Pinterest THM Pantry board here.

*I don’t usually put Cumin in my box and just grab it from my spice rack when I make the chili. You could put the amount needed in a small ziplock bag if you wanted it all in your bin but didn’t want your cumin jar held hostage until you decide to make this Trim Healthy Mama chicken chili recipe.

Cooking The THM Chicken Chili 

Trim Healthy Mama E Chicken Chili soup

Remember that comment about no chopping and no real cooking from above? I wasn’t kidding. Anyone can make this recipe. Drive Thru Sue’s, I’m talking to you! You can do it. 

Here are your super simple, incredibly easy instructions. 

Grab your colander & stick it in your clean sink. Open both the cans of beans and dump them in the colander. Rinse the beans and let drain. 

Open your can of chicken. Dump it right on top of the beans and let that water drain off. Do the same with the can of corn.

Dump the beans/chicken/corn into your pot. Add the jar of salsa and sprinkle in the cumin. 

Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer with lid on for 15 minutes. Stir once or twice. 

Toppings for your Trim Healthy Mama White Chicken Chili 

THM E Easy White Chicken Chili - Pantry Meal

I have been thinking about adding a couple of Light Laughing Cow cheese wedges to the soup in order to make it a little creamier. If you try it, leave me a comment and let me know how it went! 

As far as toppings, just remember that since this is a Trim Healthy Mama E recipe, your toppings need to stay low in fat so that you don’t go into a XO zone. (Confused by S, E & XO? Check out this post that explains it all)f

Topping Ideas:

  • Plain Non-Fat Greek Yogurt (Sour cream Sub)
  • A Small Amount of Reduced Fat Cheddar 
  • Sliced Green Onions 
  • Crushed Baked Tortilla Chips 

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  1. Dump the 2 cans of white Northern beans into a colander and rinse.
  2. Add the canned chicken and corn to the beans and let liquid drain.
  3. Place the beans, corn and chicken in a medium pot.
  4. Add the jar of salsa and cumin.
  5. Bring to a boil.
  6. Cover, lower temp to medium-low and allow to simmer for 15 minutes stirring 1-2 times.
  7. *This chili doesn't have a lot of liquid. If you run low or need additional liquid, you can always add a little chicken broth or water as needed.

Shelf Stable White Chicken Chili