Okay, so there's this fried chicken chain restaurant that honestly I couldn't tell you the last time I ate at. They have these horribly amazing 'famous bowls' that I used to get back in “the day”.

Fast-forward to today and I don't think that I could stomach sitting in that restaurants parking lot, much less eating anything that came out of it. Never mind that particular 'famous bowl' is nearly a whopping 800 calories and full of who-knows-what.

Even so, I decided to take on the task of re-creating that chicken bowl into one that I could eat and be proud of without feeling guilty.

To lighten this bowl up, one of the first things that I did was swap out the mashed potatoes on the bottom for my Cauliflower & Hominy Smash - which is one of my most favorite sides. I also added in more vegetables than just corn. Eat the rainbow, you know?

For the chicken, I was going to make my own Chicken Nuggets, but decided to go with some gluten-free all natural and organic frozen ones instead. Why? Mostly to save time with this dish. I wanted it to be something quick to toss together on a busy weeknight. The gluten-free part was merely because they were less in calories than the original non-gluten-free ones.

To top it all off I made my own super easy and super delicious brown gravy!

Did I mention that with all of my swaps and by cooking things myself (for the most part) I shaved off about 400 calories? In fact, I cut out more calories from this recipe than it ended up being!

Plus, I can't tell you how amazing and easy that brown gravy there is to make. Surely it can't be that simple. It is! It really and truly is. Of course, I used a natural beef base for mine to keep away from 'junking' it up with unneeded ingredients that I can't pronounce, but feel free to use bullion or base you feel comfortable with.

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