Chicken & Turkey

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs with Beer & Herbes de Provence

May 11, 2012

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Cooked in Beer and Herbes de Provence

I’ve made these easy slow cooker chicken thighs several times and they’re always a a big hit. I think I found the recipe in Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Cookbook, but I can’t be sure and have no way to check because the book is in Wisconsin and I’m here in Phoenix. It’s the kind [...]

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Mixed Greens & Strawberry Salad with Chicken, Goat Cheese & Avocado

April 3, 2012

Mixed Greens with Strawberries, Chicken, Goat Cheese and Avocado

Mixed greens tossed with sliced strawberries, chopped cooked chicken, crumbled goat cheese, chopped avocado and sliced almonds, in a simple honey & citrus vinaigrette dressing. Yum. Yum. Yum. I had this delicious salad for lunch yesterday and just thinking about it still makes me smile. I was able to concoct it by combining ingredients I [...]

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Skinny Greek Salad with Grilled Chicken

March 8, 2012

I’m in love with Greek Salad. I can’t seem to help myself. There’s something about the crisp romaine, crunchy vegetables, salty olives, and pungent feta tossed with tangy lemon dressing that make my taste buds smile. Greek salad with grilled chicken is one of my favorite lunch options. It’s loaded with good-for-you ingredients: crunchy romaine [...]

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Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Osso Buco

March 6, 2012

This is the first recipe I’ve tried from my new Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook and it’s a grand slam outta the park winner. Easy. Healthy. Delectable. The recipe name – Chicken Thighs Osso Buco – is a little misleading since according to Wikipedia, Osso Buco is Italian for “bone with a hole” (osso bone, buco hole) and refers to [...]

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Skinny Pasta with Broccoli & Chicken

February 29, 2012

Pasta, and chicken in a simple olive oil, garlic and broccoli sauce. This is one of my favorite quick and easy pasta recipes. I’ve been making it for years, ever since a work friend shared it with me over lunch one day decades ago. I used to make it with penne or rigatoni, but now [...]

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Healthy Chicken Salad with Apples & Cranberries – 5 Points+

February 7, 2012

Chicken Salad with Celery Apples and Cranberries

Leftover rotisserie chicken, apples, celery, and dried cranberries in a light creamy Greek yogurt based dressing – creates a luscious combination of flavors and textures – similar to the classic waldorf salad. I served this for lunch on a bed of mixed greens and baby arugula garnished with a little shredded carrot and chopped cucumber. [...]

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Skinny Lemon Pepper chicken Breasts Recipe

January 26, 2012

Some recipes are so quick, easy, healthy, and delicious they become staples you turn to again and again. This recipe for lemon pepper chicken breasts is a perfect example. It’s from Ellie Krieger’s book, Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life. In it, she explains how she got the recipe [...]

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Skinny & Delicious Southwestern Slow Cooker Chicken

January 20, 2012

Are you looking for easy healthy chicken recipes for the slow cooker? Here’s one for your files. I made this Southwestern chicken with corn, black beans and salsa dish earlier this week for dinner and everyone loved it. I loved how easy it was to prepare. This light and healthy recipe jumped out at me, [...]

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Slim & Delicious Chicken Vegetable Rice Soup Recipe

January 17, 2012

I love soup. Steamy. Nourishing. Satisfying. Tasty. Low in calories. What’s not to love? And after days and weeks of over-indulging, your body is probably ready for some simple food. Mine sure is. Soup is a wonderful solution. A steamy bowl of soup for lunch or dinner is the perfect way to lighten up after holidays and [...]

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Skinny Chicken Broccoli Casserole (Chicken Divan) Recipe – 9 Points+

January 13, 2012

This skinny chicken broccoli casserole is a lightened up version of my Mom’s yummy creamy cheesy chicken broccoli casserole from childhood. It was one of her favorite recipes for leftover turkey and chicken. And what’s not to like? It’s quick, tasty and economical. She always called it chicken and broccoli casserole or turkey broccoli casserole. But [...]

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Slow Cooker Lentil & Chicken Sausage Stew Recipe – 5 Points+

December 28, 2011

If you’re put off by the title of this soup because it has “lentils” and “chicken sausage” in it or think it sounds too healthy to be good, I hope you decide to give this deliciously easy soup recipe a try anyway. This is a hearty and healthy soup for sure. It’s also simple and [...]

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Skinny Maple Glazed Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts Recipe – 5 Points+

December 17, 2011

Looking for a new way to serve up boneless skinless chicken breasts? Here’s a tasty recipe for maple-glazed chicken I made for dinner this week. I modified a recipe from a fun little cookbook called, Not Just Beans: 50 Years of Frugal Family Favorites, by Tawra Jean Kellam, to make it a little lighter and [...]