Monday, August 12, 2013

Easy Peasy Chicken dinner- quinoa style.

If you liked my cheesy quinoa and cauliflower recipe, or if you liked my Easy Peasy chicken dinner this one sorta combines them. It was SO good  Seriously comfort food to the max and not bad health wise!

2 chicken breasts chopped into chunks
1 cup quinoa
2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
1 head broccoli chopped
1 package Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cooking Cream (i used herb and garlic but any would work)
1 tbsp olive oil 
1/4 cup water

Get your broth boiling in a pot and add your quinoa.  Simmer for 5 minutes then cover and set aside.
 
In a large non stick sauce pan/skillet add oil and chicken.  Cook until mostly done. Add broccoli, 1/4 cup water and turn down.  Cook for a couple minutes until broccoli is starting to soften and turn bright green.

Add the Philly Cream sauce, mix in the Quinoa.

Serve!
Serves four (large portions) 440 calories


Sunday, August 4, 2013

Chicken Salad wraps

OK these were worth running around for the almond butter.  Although I almost tried this recipe with peanut butter and I do think it would turn out well with either one.  After cooking the chicken this took a whopping 5 minutes to put together so awesome recipe for left over cooked chicken.

This made 6 wraps for us- which fed as a complete small meal 3 of us
  • 2 cups chopped chicken (I did two large chicken breasts- keep in mind the larger your pieces the more of a cup it fills so if you get all inspired and chop it up small you won't need quite 2 cups)
  • 1/4 cup red grapes chopped
  • 1 apple (I did gala, original recipe states Fuji) chopped
  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • 4 tbsp Almond Butter
  • 6 large romaine lettuce leafs 

Cook your chicken, let cool (or use left overs). Chop, the finer the chop the better it tastes in my mind. Mix in all your ingredients together in a bowl.

Place on your lettuce, wrap (hint lay it along the spine of the leaf and curl the two sides in) and enjoy!  Kids loved this and we will for sure be making it again

Calories per serving (2 wraps) according to Myfitnesspal : 351
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