The first comes from Gina at Skinnytaste.com. {If you haven't checked her page out she has TONS of mouth-watering/health conscious recipes and tips.} She also allows provides Weight Watchers numbers for each recipe, so if you're watching your figure this is the lady to go to. Last night I made her Cream of Zucchini Soup and my taste buds are still craving more.
Here's how you make it:
Chop up all vegetables. (I prefer to do all the chopping first)
Combine 1/2 small onion chopped, 2 cloves of garlic, 3 small zucchini (I like mine quartered), and 32 oz. of chicken stock in a large pot and set to medium heat.
Gradually bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
Then add 2 tablespoons of reduced fat sour cream (I used fat free) to your mixture and pour in a blender. Puree until smooth. Then add salt and pepper to taste.
And voila! A perfect delicious winter warm up, and healthy too!
The second recipe is partly my own. I love to cook chicken breast for my family. It's lean, it's inexpensive, and there are so many ways to cook it. I prefer to cook my chicken in a pan.
I add 1-2 tsp of olive oil. Add my chicken breasts and lightly sprinkle each side with dry mustard, garlic salt, oregano, basil, and parsley and cook chicken until done. [To me the dry mustard really makes the chicken flavor pop, but if you prefer you can leave it out.]
This is the part of the recipe that's NOT mine. I love this quick and simple marinara, again from skinnytaste.com. I followed her recipe exactly.
Next, I ladled the marinara on top of my chicken breasts and added chopped zucchini. Check this dish out!
I think it would also be divine with some freshly grated mozzarella on top!
This entire meal for 2 (and a half), the soup and the zucchini dish, only cost me $7! Who says you can't eat healthy on the cheap?
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