Creamy Chicken Enchiladas

Can you belive these are LOW FAT???  They are so yummy too!

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded into bite-sized pieces

4 cups torn fresh spinach leaves
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 (8 oz) carton of nonfat sour cream
1/4 cup plain, nonfat yogurt
2 tablespoons whole grain flour
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup 1% milk
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
6 whole wheat tortillas, 6-8 inches in diameter
1 1/2 low-fat shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:
1. In a medium sized saucepan, cook fresh spinach with a small amount of water, covered, for 5 minutes on medium-high heat.

2. In a large bowl, combine cooked chicken, spinach and green onions. Mix well and set aside.
3. Make the sauce: In a medium sized bowl, combine sour cream, yogurt, flour, cumin and salt. Add milk and jalapeo pepper and mix well.
4. Pour half the sauce into the chicken and spinach mixture and mix well. Divide the filling among the tortillas. Fold opposite ends of a tortilla up about 1 inch over filling then fold the left and right sides over the folded end, overlapping.
5. Place filled tortillas, seam sides down on an (ungreased) rectangular baking dish.
6. Spoon remaining sauce over the tortillas and bake, uncovered, in a 350 degrees F oven for about 20 minutes or until heated through.
7. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese and let stand for 5 minutes.
8. Top with salsa and chopped green onions as desired and serve

Recipe from Babyfit.com
Enjoy~
Mommy of 6 <3

Healthy Breakfast

So in case you haven't noticed, I LOVE BREAKFAST!!!  The best meal of the day!  But being from the south, I would love to sit down to a bowl of grits and a huge plateful of biscuits and sausage gravy, with eggs on the side!  However, My hips would NEVER forgive me!  So I try to eat a healthy breakfast, so that I start my day off right.  I found this awesome article the other day with some breakfasts on it.  The author of Eat This, Not That, also has a website, and guess where I found that article....  You got it, on that website!  Here are a few I liked!!!

Quick and Healthy Oatmeal
Ingredients:
1 cup Vanilla Soy milk
1/2 sup Old Fashioned Oats
1/4 cup Blueberries or Raspberries
1 Tablespoon Maple Syrup

Directions:
1.Combine milk and oats in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.  Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Serve topped with berries and maple syrup.
Only 360.7 calories, 7.4 g fat, 0.6 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 57.9 g Carbs, 17.8 g sugars, 8.1 g dietary fibers, and 18.3g of protein to each serving!

Easy Cheesy Mushroom Scramble
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1/2 cup pre-sliced fresh mushrooms
1 ounce 2% shredded Mozzarella
1 teaspoon pam cooking spray

1. Crack eggs into bowl, and whisk to break yolks.
2. Add mushrooms and cheese
3. Spray pam on hot pan
4. Add eggs and cook until firm sirring and flipping often.
5. and in my case, I end sharing with at least three of my six kids!  LOL!

293.1 calories, 19.1g fat, 7.2 g saturated fat, 649.7mg cholesterol, sodium 414.2 mg sodium, 3.3 g carbs, 1.7 g sugars, 0.4 g dietary fiber, 28.1 g protein

Hope that helps add to your healthy breakfast recipes!!!
~Mommy of 6 &lt;3

Simmering Chicken Strawberry Kabobs

An awesome grill item that is a must next grilling night out! 

Ingredients:

1 cup lemon juice

2 (8 ounce) cans pineapple chunks, juice reserved

salt and pepper to taste

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

3 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cubed

1 cup butter, melted

2 tablespoons brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

24 large strawberries

Directions:

1. In a shallow glass bowl combine lemon juice, juice from pineapple can, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix together. Add cubed chicken and marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
2. Preheat grill to medium heat.
3. In a small bowl combine the melted butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, brown sugar and nutmeg.
4. Lightly oil grate. Using metal or soaked wooden skewers arrange chicken, pineapple chunks and strawberries on each stick (approximately 4 to 6 pieces of each item per skewer). Brush kabobs with butter or margarine mixture place on grill and cook, turning on all sides, until chicken is cooked through and strawberries are sizzling. Approximately 8 to 10 minutes.

Recipe and Picture from Allrecipes.com
Relax and Enjoy,
Mommy of 6 <3

Breakfast Burrito

Ingredients:
2 tbsp salsa
1/4 C shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
1/4 C fresh cilantro
1 large egg plus 4 large egg whites, beaten
1/2 C diced lean ham
1 large (8'') whole-wheat tortilla

Directions

1. In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, saute the diced ham over medium-high heat, just until the surface starts to brown. Place the cooked ham in the tortilla, then add more cooking spray to the skillet and scramble the eggs together with the cilantro. Add the eggs to the tortilla, top with the cheese and salsa, and fold.
Mommy of 6 <3