Yummy Healthy Recipes

This is AMAZING. My whole family of picky eaters loves it!

Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

6 chicken breast halves
12 pieces Canadian Bacon
6 oz. Gruyere cheese sliced into 8 thin slices - I get Applewood Smoked Gruyere
(Don't substitute, the taste of the Gruyere makes this dish!)
1/4 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup half and half
1 T olive oil, for browning chicken
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning

Preheat oven to 350. Pound chicken breasts until fairly thin, then rub each one with a pinch of poultry seasoning. Saute chicken in olive oil until nicely browned. Spray glass or crockery baking dish with non-stick spray or olive oil. Place chicken breasts in baking dish in single layer. Top each with two pieces of Canadian bacon and then a piece of Gruyere.


Deglaze pan that chicken breasts were browned in with chicken stock, scraping off any browned bits, and let stalk cook until slightly reduced. Add half and half and warm over low heat about 2 minutes. While it warms, cut rest of cheese into tiny pieces. Add cheese and stir until melted and smooth. Pour a little sauce over each chicken breast. (There will not be a lot of sauce.)

Bake about 20-25 minutes, until cheese is melted and mixture is hot and bubbly. Serve hot.

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One of my favorite, that my husband also really enjoys (he kinda sorta does the healthy thing, when it suits him), is

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Wraps

12 oz chicken breast, cut into cubes or strips
1 c chunky salsa
1 T honey
1 t cayenne pepper
1 1/2 t olive oil
1/2 c light mayo (or 1/4 c light mayo and 1/4 c non fat greek yogurt, or all yogurt)
1/4 c cucumber, finely diced
ground black pepper, to taste
4 tortillas
spinach


Directions

Mix together the mayonnaise, cucumber, 1/2 T of honey, 1/2 t of cayenne pepper, and black pepper in a bowl until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until needed.

Heat the olive oil in a skillet on medium-high heat, and cook and stir the chicken breast strips until they are beginning to turn golden and are no longer pink in the middle, about 8 minutes. Stir in the salsa, 1/2 T of honey, and 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have blended, about 5 minutes.

Stack the tortilla in a microwave oven and heat until warm and pliable, 20 to 30 seconds per batch.

Spread each tortilla with mayonnaise-cucumber mixture, top with a layer of baby spinach leaves, and arrange about 1/2 cup of chicken mixture on the spinach leaves.

Wrap and enjoy

Cal 325 Fat 10 Carbs 28 Protein 20

you can sub low carb tortillas and yogurt for the mayo to bring down fat and carbs some more

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Muffin in a Mug- revised by me..
I took the Atkins low carb muffin and made it not sweet.. i cook it in the microwave for 90 sec.in a small corning square dish,not a mug. When it cools I slice it laterally and have two pieces of " bread" - It is less than 5 net carbs about 200 calories..
I liked it as bread for a sandwich or cheese toast.

Here goes -
1/4 Cup- Flaxseed meal
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1 tsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning or greek seasoning- this is added if you want this flavor in your bread. I used a pinch of each..

Mix the liquid and then add your dry ingredients and stir well- bake in microwave- i have a 1200 watt and it takes 90 sec.

You got any allergies or diet preferences?