Showing posts with label mushrooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mushrooms. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms

Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms
Serves: 4
Points: 3

Ingredients
2 tsp vegetable oil
3 Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
2 tsp dijon mustard
1 large garlic clove, crushed
1 pound uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breast (4, 4 oz pieces)
2 cups mushrooms, small, halved
1/3 cup canned chicken broth
1/4 tsp dried thyme

Instructions
1) In a nonstick skillet, heat 1 tsp of oil

2) In a medium bowl, mix 2 Tbsp of vinegar, mustard and garlic. Add chicken and turn to coat.

3) Transfer chicken and marinade to skillet. Saute chicken until cooked thru, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer chicken to a platter and keep warm.

4) Heat remaining tsp of oil in skillet. Saute mushrooms for 1 minute. Add broth, thyme and remaining Tbsp of vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until musrooms are deep brown, about 2 minutes longer.

5) Serve chicken topped with mushrooms.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bubble-up Pizza Casserole

I found this on a message board so I don't have the nutritional information. However, I figured out the points for this and assuming you cut it into 6 (very large) servings, you are looking at about 9 points. I know, that seems kind of high but trust me, its very filling. Add some salad and you are done for the night. And remember, the higher the number of servings you split it into, the less points.

I will say that my husband was a little leary as it is not a traditional pizza. But boy oh boy did he love it! (and so did I). Its great for when you have that pizza craving but don't want a greasy slab of take-out pizza. Add some salad and you have a very filling meal.

Bubble-up Pizza Casserole
Serves (at least) 6
9 Points per serving (assuming 6 servings)

1 pound lean ground beef (I used 93%)
1 onion chopped
32 oz tomato sauce (I used a 29 oz can and that was enough for us)
1/2 tsp dried basil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp italian seasoning
17 slices turkey pepperoni (I cut them into quarters)
15 oz refrigerated buttermilk biscutis - each biscuit cut into quarters (I used 2 of the 7.5 oz cans)
1 1/4 c part skim milk mozzarella cheese, shredded
any veggies you want - (I just used a can of sliced olives and a can of sliced mushrooms but next time I am thinking of adding spinach to the mix.)

1) Preheat oven to 350
2) In a large skillet brown meat over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in onion, tomato sauce, basil, garlic & italian seasoning.
3) add veggies and pepperoni. Add quartered biscuits; stir gently until biscuits are covered with sauce
4) Spoon mixture into a 9x13 baking dish coated with cooking spray.
5) Bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and bake 10 more minutes or until biscuits are done
6) Let stand 5 minutes before serving