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Chicken Parmesan

Written By: Chris - Mar• 19•12

Chicken Parmesan was on the brain after seeing it prepared quickly on a segment of the NBC morning TODAY show!  So I thought I would prepare it for the other night for dinner for Bill.  Instead of serving it over spaghetti, I sauteed some fresh spinach and served it with that!  I do have to learn to cook in smaller portions since it’s usually just the two of us, but my office staff was pleased with the fact that I had enough leftovers’ to share for lunch the next day for all of us dateien von wetransfer herunterladen! (Michelle, Randy, Michele and myself!)

Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1/2 large Onion
3 Garlic cloves
2 Bay leaf
1 can of diced Tomatoes
1 can of Tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon of Xylitol sweetener (or sugar)
2 Tablespoons of Italian Seasoning
1/2 Cup fresh Basil
1/3 Cup Pesto

Egg beaters
Flour
Italian seasoned Bread crumbs

Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Salt & Pepper

1-2 Tablespoons Butter
4 Cups fresh Spinach

Saute the onions, garlic and bay leaf in olive oil over medium heat.  Cook while stirring for roughly 5 minutes until fragrant and soft.  Add garlic and cook another minute or so Download iphone ringtones for free.

In a sauce pan, add the onions and about half of the fresh basil to the tomatoes and sauce.  Stir until the liquid is cooked down and the sauce becomes thick, about 15 minutes; season with sweetener, Italian seasoning, pesto, salt and pepper navigation app herunterladen. Lower the heat.  Cover and keep warm.

 

Preheat the oven to 450 degree

Prepare the ingredients for the chicken (so you have a little assembly line) and have near your saute pan tomtom stem download. Using three dishes, place the flour (seasoned with salt and pepper) furthest to the left.  In the next bowl to the right pour in a shallow amount of eggs beaters and beat with a fork until frothy (you can add more if you need it)  Furthest on the right, place Italian seasoned bread crumbs sellercentral rechnungen herunterladen.

Place the chicken breasts (I used chicken tenderloins) side by side on a piece of parchment paper leaving half to fold over and cover the chicken so that you can pound them out.  Using a rolling-pin, or a flat meat mallet, pound the chicken breasts until they are about 1/2-inch thick Download lazarus for free.

   

Heat oil in saute pan over medium-high flame.  Using a tongs, lightly dredge both sides of the chicken in the seasoned flour, and then dip them in the egg to coat completely, letting the excess drip off.  Last dredge in the bread crumbs download codesys. When the oil is hot, add the cutlets a couple at a time into the pan and fry for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden and crusty.  Be sure to only turn once download star trek online.

   

Place in an oven safe dish, sprinkle with as much Mozzarella cheese as you prefer.  Retrieve bay leaf and discard.  Ladle the tomato-olive sauce over the chicken download youtube mac.

Sprinkle with the rest of your basil and fresh grated Parmesan herunterladen. Bake the Chicken Parmesan for 15 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly. Serve hot over spaghetti or cooked spinach if you are trying to cut back on calories.

 

To prepare the spinach:

It’s simple!  Melt butter in a saute pan over medium-high heat.  Add dry, clean fresh spinach.  Add salt and pepper.  Gently toss spinach and turn until completely wilted.  Done!

   

We enjoyed this meal with one of Mitch’s delightful wines!  It was a Sangiovese from PureCru… Couples & Co.

 

Delicious!  Cheers!
~Chris

 

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Ham (Yellow Split Pea) Soup

Written By: Chris - Mar• 15•12

So Bill and I were having the kids over recently for a Sunday visit and dinner… Some of my kids and their significant others are a little on the fussy side, so I was careful what I called the soup!  I had been craving split peas soup and all I had on hand were the yellow ones, not green.  Since I hadn’t made a ham recently, there was no bone to start with… Since I’m always being creative with what’s on hand, I decided to use some packaged ham from the fridge and created “Ham soup” (at least that is what I told the kids)

Bill’s folks also joined us and I knew Karen was about as cautious as the kids when it came to the “peas”!  We made it a point and were careful not to mention the peas as a key ingredient… reservekopie iphone apps downloaden niet. until AFTER everyone was enjoying their bowls and confirmed that they loved it!

Ingredients:
1.5 lb migros bank ebanking app. sliced Hickory Smoked Ham
3.5 quarts of Chicken Stock
1 1/2 large Onion
10 medium Carrots
6 stalks of Celery
2 Bay leaf
4 Tablespoons Butter
1 package dry Yellow Split Peas
Salt
Pepper
1 can Evaporated Skim Milk
Marjoram
Thyme

To prepare this easy and healthy soup, start by rinsing your dried peas.  I let them soak in Luke warm water at room temperature for about 3 hours while I prepared other ingredients and got some tasks done around the house scratch 2 free download chip.

 

Since I had a number of chicken carcass’ in the freezer, it was time to make home made chicken stock.  Every time I pick up a broasted chicken and have used the majority of the meat for another dish, I save the carcass, skin and any left over drippings from the take out containers and secure them in ziplock packages for the freezer herunterladen. In some cases, there may be two in a bag.  This batch looks to be about six of them.

To make your home made chicken stock:

Place chicken carcass in medium sized pot and just cover with water herunterladen.

 

After washing all of your vegetables, add all of the onion ends, celery scraps, carrot peelings, etc.  Add the bay leaf and continue to simmer for a couple of hours, stirring every so often pdf neu herunterladen.
While stock is cooking, chop ham (I used an entire package of healthy sliced boneless ham) as well as the vegetables herunterladen.
 
Saute onions in the butter until they begin to become translucent and begin to caramelized.  Add ham and cook over medium high heat to brown the meat before adding the other vegetables dragon age kostenlos downloaden vollversion.
 
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After stock has rendered down, run through a strainer discarding the scraps, bones and skin.  Only reserving the liquid.  Allow to cool slightly Download windows 10 as iso file.
 
After removing the fat from the broth, I yielded about 14 cups (or 3.5 quarts)
Mix in yellow peas and allow soup to simmer on low stirring occasionally until soup reduces and thickens.
(at least an hour or two)
 
To provide a creamier consistency, I added a can of evaporated skim milk.  Add salt & pepper and dry Marjoram and Thyme to taste!
Serve up with fresh dinner rolls.  We chose to make grilled three cheese (white and orange American, along with Provolone) sandwiches on sour dough bread lightly buttered and toasted until lightly browned.
Even the fussiest are still bragging about how much they loved my “HAM soup”!
Enjoy!
Cheers!
~Chris

18 Cup servings.  Roughly 2 to 3 Weight Watcher Points Plus per serving.

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Crab Cakes

Written By: Chris - Mar• 15•12

I like ordering Crab Cakes when we go out to dinner.  I find that so many people have different ideas about how they should taste and have also noticed the texture can be very different, depending on where you might find them on the menu Download live video from facebook! I watch the Food Network regularly and many of my favorite Chef’s have various recipes for assembling them.

I was inspired recently when I found a large lovely one pound can of refrigerated Crab Meat at Costco.  It was almost $30 for the can, but went for it anyways…  here is my version powerpoint foil sdesign for free!
I must say, we loved them!

I’m including Weight Watchers Points™

Ingredients:
1 pound of Crab meat
12 Club Crackers – crushed
2 large Green Onions (white & green parts chopped)
1/2 Cup of red, yellow and red or orange Peppers – chopped
1/2 Cup of Spinach (chopped fine)
2 Tablespoons of Mayo
2 Tablespoons of fat free Mayo
1/4 Cup of Egg Beaters
1 Tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 Garlic clove
1/2 Cup flour
1/2 Cup of Panko Crumbs
1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
fresh ground Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon of Creole Seasoning (Cajun flavor)

2 Tablespoons vegetable Oil
2 Tablespoons of Grapeseed Oil

Sauce Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons Greek Yogurt
3 Tablespoons of fat free Mayo
1/2 Cup of low fat Buttermilk
2 Tablespoons of Dill paste
2 Tablespoons of Lemon juice
1 Garlic clove
1 Tablespoon of Splenda
3 Tablespoons of Cocktail sauce
dash of Salt
Pepper

Start by chopping the green onions, peppers and spinach.  Mix chopped vegetables with Mayo, egg, Worcestershire, crushed garlic, Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper empire earth kostenlos downloaden vollversion.

 

Gently fold in Crab meat and crushed crackers.  This is the quality crab meat I was able to find in the Midwest Costco adobe photoshop elements 10 kostenlos!

Form six patties, which will be very moist.  To keep my weight watchers points low, I chose to dip the cakes in a flour and Panko crumb mixture rather than the traditional method of mixing in bread crumbs.  I fond that I used less carbohydrates this way monster legends herunterladen.

 

Place in fridge for at least a half an hour to let them firm up.  I chose a combination of vegetable and grape seed oil for frying.  Fry over medium heat in a large saute pan for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until browned.  Set on paper towels to absorb any access fat windows 10 herunterladen microsoft kostenlos.

 

You’ll notice that you can really identify and appreciate the individual ingredients within the inside of the crab cakes rollercoaster tycoon free full version chip.

To prepare the dip or sauce for topping the cakes:

Combine the yogurt, mayo and buttermilk until smooth.  Add dill paste, lemon, fresh garlic, cocktail sauce, salt and pepper whisking until blended evenly beautiful Tuesday pictures for free.

 

Top cakes with sauce

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Cheers ~Chris

Weight Watchers Points Plus: 6 servings: 6 Points each

 

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Couscous

Written By: Chris - Mar• 08•12

So what is Couscous one might ask? it s a coarsely ground pasta made from semolina, a type of wheat.

Thank goodness it is available in an instant form today, rather than the way it was made traditionally.  (from semolina flour; but rather than mixing the semolina with a prescribed amount of water and/or egg into a dough such as they do to make pasta, couscous is made by rubbing the semolina between moistened hands until the flour combines with just enough water to form hundreds of tiny grains herunterladen. This product has already been steamed and then dried again before it is packaged. It needs only to be soaked in boiling water until it swells, a process that takes about 10 minutes.)

Couscous doesn’t have a lot of flavor on its own, but it works well as a base for vegetable or meat dishes do not download whatsapp group media. It also mixes beautifully into salads and can be flavored with herbs like coriander, basil or mint, or even studded with fruit like raisins or apricots auslogics disk defrag deutsch herunterladen. It’s a very neutral and nutritious base for all sorts of dishes!

On with how to prepare my version of what I had on hand!

I prepared it with a simple Tilapia entrée farm frenzy kostenlosen vollversion deutsch.

Ingredients:
1 Cup Couscous
1 1/2 Cup of prepared Chicken Stock
1- 2 Tablespoons Butter (divided)
Zest of 1/2 Lemon
3 Tablespoon Capers
1 Cup Chicken Broth
2 Tablespoons Lemon Olive Oil
3 Garlic cloves
white wine (about 1// to 1/2 Cup)
4 Tomatoes (seeded & chopped)
Juice of 1/2 Lemon
Salt
1/4 C chopped Mint
1/4 Cup Greek Yogurt
1/2 Cup chopped Cilantro

Start by heating your Chicken Stock Download the electronic travel book for free. (Water can be used, but it’s not as flavorful).  Sweat your onions out in the butter.  As it get’s dry, add the lemon olive oil starting with one tablespoon.  It may be enough harry potter das spiel kostenlos downloaden.

   

Add the smashed garlic and saute for a minute or two before adding the white wine herunterladen.

 

Reduce over medium to low heat until the wine has evaporated.  Once completed, remove ingredients from hot pan and set aside apex legends herunterladen pc.

With the remaining lemon olive oil, and about an additional teaspoon of melted butter toast the couscous using the same pan for roughly two to three minutes until toasted

 

While it’s toasting, chop your fresh herbs, remove the seeds and chop the tomatoes quicktime player mac. setting all aside until the couscous is cooked.

   

Pour toasted couscous into chicken broth.  Stir and cover according to directions herunterladen bei amazon prime.

While couscous is cooking in stock, fry your fish!  Melt another teaspoon or so of butter and splash of the lemon oil in pan. Lightly season your Tilapia with Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Sear on both sides until cooked.

 

Rinse the capers quickly under cool water and fluff couscous with a fork.

 

Add in fresh chopped Cilantro and set aside.  In bowl, add lemon juice and peel and mix the yogurt with chopped veggies

   

Gently stir couscous into mixture, serve and enjoy!

 

We ate this hot, but it was also delicious cold the next day!

Enjoy!

Cheers!
~Chris

 

 

 

 

 

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Chicken & Fig FlatOut Pizza’s with Pecan

Written By: Chris - Mar• 08•12

Well if you have been following us, you know I’m a big fan of “FlatOut” products!  They are low in fat, good source of fiber and of course, perfect for super easy pizza, wraps or pinwheels.  I love the fact that they are low in calories and really enhance the distinct  flavors of what ever you are feeling music from youtube pc!

On this particular “girls night” for the Bachelor, I was heading out for the evening rather than host when Bill inquired whether or not I would let him go hungry… Of course that never happens, so I prepared enough to leave for him to enjoy download thalia ebook!  If you want to see how he rated it and paired it with his wine, see his blog kostenlos counter strike source downloaden!

On our ladies night I try to make a finger food if I’m transporting.  I also wanted to use what I had on hand as usual.  Who doesn’t love Chicken?  I was wanting the sweetness of Fig, so I combined it with sautéed Onions and Garlic, the richness of some terrific St safari browser. Andre Cheese (which is a triple Cream Cheese made in France), the buttery flavor of Gruyère and the punch of fresh Rosemary!

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Ingredients:
4 FlatOuts
Dalmatia Fig Spread
1 large Onion
2 Garlic cloves
1-2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Cooking spray
1/2 Pecans
1 Cup cooked, chopped Chicken
1/3 Cup Rosemary
1 Cup Gruyère Cheese
1/2 Cup St Download alarm for cobra 11 for free. Andre
1 Cup Mozzerella
Salt
Pepper

Start by sauteing your Onions in the Olive Oil until translucent.  Add your Garlic and cook until caramelized.  In another pan, dry toast your Pecans in a non stick pan herunterladen.

While you par-cook your FlatOuts in the oven (spray on either side with a little cooking spray and bake on stones at 400 for a couple of minutes per side until slightly toasted) chop your Chicken and Rosemary.  Shred your Gruyère.  Keep the St netflix serie wil niet downloaden. Andre in the freezer for several minutes while you’re preparing other ingredients so it will be easier to crumble onto the pizza.

I used store-bought shredded part-skim Mozzarella cheese and used a prepared Fig spread, which can be purchased in the specialty section of your local grocery store download letter fonts.

 

Warm the Fig spread slightly in the microwave so it is soft and easy to spread on the FlatOuts.  Sprinkle with about half of the Mozzarella cheese.  Add chunked Chicken, chopped Pecans, Rosemary, Onions & Garlic and spread crumbles of the Cream cheese throughout download whatsapp emojis.

  

Top with additional Mozzarella cheese and bake until cheese is melted and browned.

Let rest for a few minutes before cutting.

I enjoyed mine with a favorite Cosentino Syrah & Bill had his with a Williams Selyem Pinot.
Each were DELICIOUS!

Enjoy!

Cheers! ~ Chris

 

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