Pesto Chicken and Noodles

This one is a big hit at my house and it's super easy!

Place chicken in a casserole dish. Place a dollup of pesto sauce on each piece of chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes (times vary, I usually put in frozen chicken and my oven cooks really hot).

Boil whole wheat penne (or your favorite noodle). Don't boil it too long, you want it to be en dente...a little bit firm. Drain. Place in bowl. Add pesto sauce and Parmesan.

Serve with salad or veggie of your choice.

Watch your portion sizes on this meal.  It's so good, you'll want to eat too much!

Sweet and Sour Chicken...adapted

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sweet-and-sour-chicken-recipe.html

That's the link for the recipe.

It isn't "clean" but I've learned that I can adapt most recipes. Instead of canned pineapple, which has lots of added sugar, I just used fresh pineapple that I had already cut up from the fruit salad the night before.

I use coconut oil for cooking the meat and peppers and honey instead of adding the sugar.

This was a good recipe. Hubby liked it and my five-year-old liked it. The three-year-old and one-year-old had cereal and rice and tried a bite of the pineapple. But I am sure that if keep making it, they will eventually try it and like it.

Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry

1/2 cup soy sauce (I use low sodium)

2 T lemon juice

1 T cornstartch

1 T dark brown sugar

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tsp black pepper (I leave this out, because I don't like it)

2 lb top sirloin, sliced 1/4 inch thick (I use pork or chicken or grass-fed beef)

1 medium onion, thinly sliced

2 medium heads broccoli

2 tsp grated fresh gingerroot

1. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, lemon juice, cornstarchh, dark brown sugar, garlic and pepper. Set aside. 

2. Cook meat in 1 T oil. Set aside. 

3. Stir fry onions in 1 T oil for 5 minutes, add broccoli with 1/2 c water. Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 3 minutes.

4. Return meat to skillet with soy sauce mixture; add ginger. Bring to a boila dn cook stirring constatly, until sauce thickens, about 2 minutes.
5. Serve hot over brown rice or whole wheat egg noodles.

Nutrional Information per serving:
calories 305, fat 10.4 g, carbs 15.4 g

recipe from 222.imponline.com/cook

Pork Chops

4 center cut pork chops
1 Tbsp mustard
1 Tbsp garlic salt
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
2 Tbl brown sugar
1/3 c water
4 shakes Worchestershire sauce

Brown chops on both sides. Pour ingredients mix over chops. Simmer on LOW for 1 hour.

I like to serve this with brown rice and green beans or asparagus.

Cottage Cheese Dip

1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp parsley flakes
1/2 tsp dill weed

Mix all ingredients together and chill. Serve with whole wheat crackers or fresh vegetables.
Yield: 8 servings