Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice

This dinner whipped up so easy, and it tasted great!   Everyone loved it!

Sweet and Sour Chicken

2 lbs chicken breast, cubed
2 c mixed bell peppers
1 c chopped onion
1 can pineapple  tidbits in juice, drained
1 bottle Kikkoman Sweet & Sour sauce

Quickly saute chicken over high heat, when almost done, add peppers and onion.  Cook until veggies are tender, add pineapple and sauce.  Simmer until everything is thickened and bubbly.

serves 8

calories 232
fat 2.5
carbs 28.3
fiber 1
sugars 25.4
protein 24.5

WW points 6

Fried Rice with Veggies

2-1/2 cups cooked brown rice
1 egg
1 bag frozen stir fry veggies
1 c sliced mushrooms
6T Yoshida's Sauce

Stir fry in a big pan on high heat, add egg and mix well, then add sauce.  Heat until hot and bubbly.

Serves 5

calories 80
fat 0
carbs 15.8
fiber 2.3
protein 2

WW points  2

Cheesy Taco Rolls

This was a quick, easy dinner that everyone loved.  These are great to grab and go, as a snack, or serve for dinner with a salad, fruit, or beans and rice if you wanted.  They are great with sour cream, guacamole and/or salsa.

Cheesy Taco Rolls

1 lb ground beef, crumbled, cooked, drained and rinsed.

6 oz grated cheddar cheese

13 Egg Roll wrappers

Taco seasoning

Minced onions

After ground beef is cooked, drained and rinsed, add taco seasoning and minced onions.  Put a little (Serving spoon full) beef mixture and cheese on egg roll wrapper, roll and bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

Nutrition info per roll

Calories 114
Fat  2.1
Carbs 13
Fiber 0
Protein  10.6

Weight Watchers Plus Points  3

BBQ Chicken Pizza Bake

We tried this for the first time tonight.  It was okay, but I have to say, not my favorite.  Mostly because I'm not a big Bisquick fan.  The crust was kind of dry and much too thick, but I'm not sure how I could have made it thinner.  Other than that, a serving is 1/4 of a 9x9 pan, so  it's plenty filling and satisfying.

BBQ Chicken Pizza Bake
Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1 1/3 c Heart Smart Bisquick
1 egg
2/3 cup spaghetti sauce
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
12 oz chicken
1 c chopped red onion
1 c chopped bell pepper
1/2 c pineapple tidbits
1 c part skim mozzarella

Mix Bisquick, egg, and water 1 tbs at a time until dough reaches desired consistency.  Spread dough in 9 x 9 pan sprayed with nonstick spray.  Mix spaghetti sauce and 1/4 c bbq sauce, then spread onto dough.  Top with chicken and remaining bbq sauce, onions, peppers, pineapple and cheese.  Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.  Serves 4

343 calories
5.5 fat
48.3 carbs
1.8 fiber
26.9 protein

WW points plus 9

Turkey Enchilada Casserole

This was so yummy!  Everyone loved it, Even Miss Picky Pants!  I did think it was a little bit on the spicy side, hubby thought it was ok though.

Ingredients
20 oz extra lean ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1/2 t garlic
1 t chili powder
1/2 t cumin
15 oz can black beans, drained
10 oz can Rotel
1 can tomato sauce
1 c reduced fat sour cream
1 cup yellow corn
1/2 c low fat cottage cheese
4- 9" Low carb, high fiber tortillas
10 oz can red enchilada sauce
1 cup shredded cheese  ( I used regular cheese, you could use reduced fat for less fat and calories)

Instructions
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
coat 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray
In a large nonstick pan, cook the turkey, onions, garlic, chili powder and cumin over medium high heat until turkey is no longer pink.
Add beans and rotel and tomato sauce, mix well.
In medium bowl, mix cottage cheese, sour cream and corn.
Place 2 tortillas on the bottom of the pan, I tore them into smaller pieces for easier serving
Top with half the meat, half the sour cream, and half the enchilada sauce, repeat layers
Bake for 30-35 minutes until hot and bubbly, add cheese to the top and let cook until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and let sit about 10 minutes before serving.

Serves 8
Calories 321
Fat 10.2
Carbs 29.1
Fiber 6.1
Protein 27.6
Sugars 4.9

Weight Watchers Points Plus 8

I served it with a tossed salad and green beans.  Very filling and satisfying!

Fajitas, Not as Healthy as I Thought.....

 

 

I thought I was making a good choice tonight, doesn't it look delicious??  It was!  I guess when you don't figure things out first, you end up making mistakes. However, I did have a protein (pf) from this afternoon, so maybe it wasn't too bad.  I probably will only have one instead of two next time.

 

 

These are the tortillas I used, I liked them better than the 80 calorie La Tortilla  ones even though they are smaller.  They have more of a tortilla texture and flavor.

 



Steak and Shrimp Fajitas

I don't have a real recipe for this, but here is what I did.  I used a pre-packaged mix from the butcher, it was the skirt steak (really lean) and veggies.  I added shrimp and mushrooms to the mix.

I measured out 4 oz of meat for me (a mix of steak and shrimp), then loaded on the veggies.  I had 1/4 cup of ff shredded cheese, 2 T ff sour cream and 2 T wholly guacamole and a bit of salsa.

Because I didn't measure the steak and shrimp separately, the calorie count may be off some. 

Calories 484
Fat 20.4 ( I find this hard to believe, the steak was super lean)
Carb 31.8
Fiber 5
Protein 41.5

WW points  12

Obviously, one fajita would be half of everything, and again, I could be wrong, but I really don't think there was that much fat involved. 

Live and learn, and the take away is figure things out BEFORE eating them!!

Make it a great day everyone!

Cheesecake Factory Style Chicken Madeira

 
 This is what I always order at Cheesecake Factory, so of course I had to figure out how to make it at home.

 

 

I was happy with how this turned out, it was pretty tasty!

 

Chicken Madeira

 

48 oz chicken breasts, I use the Costco ones and cut them in half, that made them about 6 oz each, pound until flattened.

 

1 T olive oil

24 oz sliced mushrooms

2 t butter

14.5 oz can reduced sodium beef broth

3 1/4 cups Madeira wine

1 1/3 c part skim mozzarella cheese, shredded

 

Brown chicken on both sides in olive oil, about 5 minutes each side.  Remove from pan and cover to keep warm.  Add butter and sauté mushrooms.  Add broth and wine.  Bring to a boil and simmer until the sauce thickens (about 20 minutes), I usually add some sure gel to thicken it more because I like thick sauces.  Return chicken to pan to re-heat, basting with sauce.  Serve with asparagus.

 

serves 8

 

Calories 222

Fat 11 g

Carbs 2 g

Fiber 0

Protein 11

 

WW points 4

 

The restaurant serves this with garlic cheese mashed potatoes, but I made this creamy noodle dish instead.

 

Creamy Garlic Noodles

12 oz Smart Taste Egg noodles

8 oz fat free cream cheese

1 T horseradish

1 t garlic

 

Cook noodles according to package directions.  Drain, add rest of ingredients.  Cover and allow cream cheese to melt, stir well. 

 

Serves 12

 

Calories 110

Fat .3

Carbs 23

Fiber 3.5

Protein 6.2

 

Weight Watchers points  3

 

I counted this as a dinner entrée plus veggies.

 

 

 



 

 

Chocolate Eclair Dessert

For Father's Day I decided to make this delicious dessert.  I altered it a little to make it more NS friendly, and it came out great!  I thought about subbing egg whites for the whole eggs, but I didn't want to re-do the whole thing if it didn't work, so maybe another time.

Chocolate Éclair Dessert

1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1/4 t salt
1 c water
4 eggs
4 small packages Jell-O fat-free, sugar free vanilla pudding
3 cups skim milk
2 cups fat free half and half
8 oz fat free cream cheese

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.  Bring the water, butter and salt to boil until butter is melted.  Dump in all of the flour, remove from heat and mix until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan and forms a ball.  Add one egg at a time, mixing well after each one until batter is completely smooth.  Spread into 10 x 15 inch pan.  Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes.  Crust will puff up while baking.  Remove from oven and let cool.

Beat pudding, milk, half and half, and cream cheese until well blended and slightly thickened.  Pour and smooth over crust.  Serve with desired toppings, I used strawberries, chocolate syrup and cool whip.  Not included in nutrition information.

24 servings

138 calories
5.2 g fat
12 g carb
.2 fiber
4.7 protein

Weight Watchers Points Plus:  3