Cheesy Chicken Parmesan

Last night for dinner we had chicken parmesan! Grilled of course =D

To make it. I dredged chicken tenderloins in egg whites, then a mixture of onion powder, garlic powder and italian seasonings. I heated an iron skillet and sprayed it with zero calorie spray. I then cooked the chicken in the skillet until done. I then poured marinara sauce on the chicken (homemade) and topped it with plenty of fat free shredded mozzarella. Put a lid on it and cook until sauce is heated and cheese is melted. YUM! I served it with a side of broccoli and corn on the cob.

For 3 servings:

1 Pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 cup marinara sauce

3/4 cup shredded fat free mozzarella cheese

Calories per serving : 272

Calories of Olive Garden chicken parmesan: 1090 (per the OG website)

Chicken Cordon Bleu for One

Tonight I was feeling very under the weather so I wanted something comforting and easy for dinner. I decided to make easy chicken cordon bleu. Sounds so fancy! So fancy it only took 3 ingredients =D I used:

1 4oz piece of chicken breast, pounded like a cutlet

1 serving fat free honey ham

1 Laughing Cow Light wedge cheese

I pounded the chicken breast into a cutlet, heated a skillet, and cooked it in the skillet until done. I then added the ham and cheese on top and put a lid on until it was all heated and melted.

As you can tell from the picture, I got a little impatient and ate it before the cheese melted. I have to say this simple chicken creation was so delicious! By far one of the best ways to make chicken. I am really craving this again tonight it was so good =D

Calories for 1 serving (4oz chicken, 1 serving fat free ham, LC light cheese): 190!!!!

Pizza-licious Chicken

Here is how I made this easy pizza chicken recipe:

I took one pound of chicken breasts, put them in a gallon ziplock bag, and pounded them into cutlets. I then heated a skillet, wiped it with EVOO, and added the chicken. I sprinkled onion powder, garlic powder, and salt on the chicken and cooked it until done. When it was done, I smothered each piece of chicken with pizza sauce from jar and topped them with light string cheese. I put a lid on top, turned the heat down to low, and let them simmer until the pizza sauce was heated and the cheese melted. Delish!!!

I had mine with a side of broccoli and Jody had his with a side salad =D

For one chicken:

5oz chicken

1/2 cup pizza sauce

1 light string cheese

296 Calories!!!

Easter Sunday Dinner

I decided to pass up the fried chicken, fried okra, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, cornbread, pinto beans, etc, etc, etc and made my healthy food. Boy that was not easy! But I did it. For dinner I had teriyaki chicken, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and a sweet potato! yum

Dinner on the Fly

This is a hectic week so meals need to be light and quick! Tonight I threw together a salad with a sweet potato. My salad consisted of: lettuce, cheese, strip steak, and honey mustard dressing. I cooked my sweet potato and had it with a wedge of light cheese. Voila! Dinner in under 10 minutes =D

Easy Crock Pot Pork Chops and Apples

Tonight for dinner we had pork chops, cinnamon apples, and roasted veggies.

To begin, I put pork chops and cut up apples in a crock pot with a small amount of water. I added splenda, cinnamon, and unsweetened applesauce to the crockpot. Mixed it all together and cooked it on high for 4 hours. Turned out great!!! Pork chops tend to get a little dry so cooking them in the crockpot with juicy apples helped keep them nice and juicy.

To make the roasted veggies, I simply took: brussel sprouts, green beans, carrots, and cauliflower; added a small amount of EVOO and kosher salt, and roasted them on a cookie sheet in a 450 degree oven for about 25 minutes.

Cheesy Shrimp Pasta

One of my all time favorite dishes is Shrimp Pasta from Red Lobster. And I had a craving for it tonight. So I tried to re-create it as close as possible but a little healthier. I used these ingredients to make 1 serving:

3oz Shrimp, pre-cooked without tails

1oz Healthy Harvest whole grain spaghetti

10oz bag of frozen steamfresh broccoli florets

1 Laughing Cow Light Cheese

1 tbsp Fat Free Cream Cheese

.25 cup Italian Shredded Cheese

To assemble: I cooked the steamfresh broccoli in the microwave. Then I boiled water on the stove. I added the spaghetti to the boiling water. The last 5 minutes of the spaghetti cooking time, I added the shrimp to the pot. When it as done, I drained the spaghetti and shrimp. I put the spaghetti, shrimp, broccoli, laughing cow cheese and cream cheese in an oven safe bowl. Mixed it together until the cheese melted. Then I sprinkled the shredded cheese on top. I put the bowl in the oven and heated it until the cheese as melted and the whole dish was piping hot!!

It was delicious! I was very satisfied!!!! The whole bowl came to 412 calories!!!

In comparison an order of Shrimp Linguini from Red Lobster is 1100 calories! (Per the R.L. website) WOW!!

Herb Stuffed Chicken

Tonight for dinner I had Herb Stuffed Chicken. Sounds fancy-shmancy huh? Well not really. All I did was put a little garlic powder on a chicken breast and bake it in the oven. When it was done I split it open and put a piece of light Laughing Cow Cheese inside. Then I sprinkled a little parsley on top. Voila! Herb stuffed chicken. It was really yummy.

With the chicken I enjoyed 5 Monterey Spinach Ricotta raviolis and roasted vegetables.

To make the vegetables I sliced carrots and brussel sprouts, laid them on a baking sheet, sprinkled a little EVOO and salt on top and baked in the oven until done.

Mexican Pizza

Tonight was mexican night and I decided to turn mine into a pizza. Of course!!! My pizza consisted of:

1 Joseph Lavash

1/2 cup fat free refried beans

3 oz ground beef, browned, seasoned

1/4 cup salsa

1 Laughing cow light cheese, crumbled

4 Roma Tomatoes

1 cup lettuce

1/4 cup black olives

I crisped the lavash for 5 minutes in the oven. Then layered the refried beans, ground beef, salsa, and cheese on top. I put that back into the oven till it was hot and the cheese melted. I topped it off with lettuce, tomato and black olives.

Calories for the whole pizza: 424!! In comparison a Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell has 540 calories!

Pasta Bowl

For a quick dinner tonight I made a pasta bowl for myself. It included:

3oz chicken breast

1 cup broccoli

5 Monterey Raviolis

1/2 cup Marinara Sauce

"Dusting" of Parmesan Cheese

YUM!! I LOVE pasta.

Freshwater Dinner 3/4

Dinner tonight was really yummy! I had some boiled broccoli and brussel sprouts, half a sweet potato with a pinch of parmesan cheese, and a piece of freshwater tilapia.

To cook the tilapia I sprayed it with no calorie vegetable spray and tossed it with kosher salt, black pepper and lemon pepper. I heated up a griddle to 350 degrees and cooked the tilapia for 5 minutes on each side.

Pizza Buffet!!!

BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA:

1 Joseph Lavash Bread

1 cup BBQ Sauce

2 shredded chicken breasts

1/2 cup fat free cheddar cheese

The entire pizza has 627 calories

PEPPERONI PIZZA:

1 Joseph Lavash Bread

1/2 cup marinara sauce

10 Pepperoni slices

1/2 cup italian blend shredded cheese

This entire pizza has 420 calories

Veggie Pizza:

1 Joseph Lavash Bread

1/2 cup marinara sauce

broccoli

carrots

brussel sprouts

snap peas

1/2 cup italian blend shredded cheese

This entire pizza has 426 calories

PizZA BurGER!!!!!

This is one of my favorite meals right now!! A pizza burger with broccoli. I browned 96% lean ground beef and added homemade marinara sauce. I ate it on a whole wheat bread bun that I scooped the middle out of with italian cheese on top. Here is the recipe for the marinara sauce (courtesy of the Biggest Loser recipe book):

1 cup minced yellow or white onion
1 28oz can crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp tomato paste
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Spray a medium nonstick saucepan and place over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until just becoming tender. Reduce the heat to low and stir in tomatoes, water, tomato paste, honey, oregano, and pepper flakes. Cover and cook for at least 1 hour.

Makes 7 (1/2 cup) servings, about 3 1/2 cups sauce

Each serving has 43 calories!

BBQ Crockpot Chicken

I love BBQ chicken!! And cooking it in the crock pot is one of the easiest ways. This morning I put three chicken breasts in the crock pot and covered them with low sodium chicken broth to cook on low all day. Then I drained all the broth out and used a fork to shred the chicken. It shreds so easily when cooked all day in broth. Then I added some BBQ sauce and put the lid on to finish cooking.

While the chicken was heating back up, I sliced some brussel sprouts and a small sweet potato. I sprayed them with calorie free vegetable spray and added a little kosher salt. I baked them in the oven for 15 minutes, turned them over and baked them for another 10 minutes. I like my sprouts on the blackened side =) Turned out to be a great dinner!!

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BBQ Chicken Pizza!!!

I had planned on having Tilapia for dinner tonight but couldn't get pizza out of my head so I decided to make me a nice BBQ Chicken pizza. I started with a Joseph Lavash bread that I crisped in the oven for 5 minutes. I boiled a chicken breast until it was done enough to shred. I shredded it and added bbq sauce. I topped the lavash with the bbq chicken and sprinkled a little cheese on top. Popped it into the oven just enough to melt the cheese. It was so tasty!!! Best part is, the ENTIRE pizza had 420 calories. According to Papa John's website, one SLICE of their bbq chicken pizza has 440 calories! Holy cow! =D

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Pasta Love in My Tummy

I had MAJOR pasta cravings today!! This morning I put chicken breasts in the Crockpot with some fat free Italian dressing to cook all day. The house smelled AMAZING when I got home from work today. I steamed a bag of Birds Eye frozen vegetables (broccoli, carrots, water chestnuts, and sugar snap peas) in the microwave. To satisfy my pasta craving, I boiled just 1/2 cup of cheese tortellini pasta. Put it all in a bowl with a little parmesan cheese and called it dinner!!! So yummy and I satisfied my pasta craving with only 100 calories of pasta =D

Veggie Pizza

This veggie pizza was oh so good and after not having pizza in 8 weeks it tasted like heaven!!! I used Joseph Lavash bread for the crust. I baked the bread in the oven for about 5 minutes to get it crispy. Roasted brussel sprouts, broccoli, and green peppers in EVOO, salt, and pepper for about 30 minutes. To assemble the pizza I smeared 1/2 cup marinara sauce on the bread, topped it with all the veggies and added 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese on top. Put it all back in the oven to melt the cheese and heat the sauce up! The whole pizza weighs in at 364 calories!!! A Pizza Hut veggie pizza is 230 calories A SLICE!!!

Dinner 2/19

Don't let the crummy picture fool ya, dinner was awesome tonight! My sweet hubby brought home a pound of bison meat from the Earthfare store. I mixed it up with some mozzarella cheese, turkey bacon, and BBQ Seasoning and fried it up. Very good! I also roasted some sweet potatoes, tomatoes and brussel sprouts to go along side it. I had forgotten how good brussel sprouts were!

My Favorite Dinner

Okay I have to admit, my favorite food EVER is BBQ Chicken. Simple right? I could eat it every single night!! I heart BBQ Sauce and Chicken. But BBQ Sauce is very high in sugar and HFCS so I try not to eat it very often. I came across a KC Masterpiece BBQ Rub today at the grocery store. I boiled a chicken breast, shredded it, then cooked it with some of the BBQ Rub. It was a winner!!! I piled it onto a Natures Own Select Thin Sandwich, spread some Laughing Cow Light Cheese on it and called it a BBQ Chicken Sandwich. It was like a party in my mouth. I also, of course, ate a big serving of veggies with it. I sprayed some Salad Spritzers Ranch Dressing on the veggies, hence, the white color. This is so good, I made an extra for lunch tomorrow =)