Showing posts with label eating healthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eating healthy. Show all posts

7.24.2009

Eating Healthy.

One thing I've got going for me are my eating habits. I always cook healthy dishes for my family and try to eat as healthy as I can when we eat out. OK, scratch that. In-N-Out once a week is not exactly a healthy choice for lunch, but c'mon, it's In-N-Out and we can't totally deny ourselves. Maybe once a week is a little excessive, but anyway...

I made this dish last week from one of my fave cookbooks, The All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookbook, and it turned out really good. It was nice because I happend to have all the ingredients on hand. So I'd say this is a really good, go-to, healthy meal...

CHICKEN WITH OLIVES AND LEMON

1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1 tbsp ground cumin
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground tumeric
1 tsp ground red pepper
1/4 tsp salt
4 garlic cloves, minced
8 chicken thighs (about 2 1/4 pounds), skinned
Cooking spray
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
24 pimiento-stuffed olives, chopped
8 lemon wedges

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well. Add chicken; toss to coat. Arrange in a single layer in a 13 x 9 inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
3 Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, juice, and broth, stiring with a whisk until smooth. Sprinkly flour mixture over chicken, tossing to coat. TOp chicken with olives and lemon. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until a thermometer registers 180 degrees.

Yield: 4 servings

Easy, right? I served it with brown rice and it was de-lish. And each serving only has 287 calories! Not bad. Try it, you'll like it. Enjoy!