Friday, August 28, 2009

Random Recipes

Chicken Divan - healthier thanks to Marcy
1 chicken, boned and skinned (save broth) - about 2 cups of chicken, diced
1 bunch broccoli
1/2 c plain yogurt (instead of sour cream)
1/2 c mayo
1/4 t curry
1 t mustard
1/4 grated cheese
1/4 c margarine
1/4 c flour
3/4 c bread crumbs
Melt 1/4 c margarine in sauce pan. Add flour and mix, let bubble. Add 1 1/2 C chicken broth. Cook stirring constantly until thickened. Cut broccoli and cook until crisp-tender. Layer broccoli in 9x13 dish. Add to thickened cream mixture yogurt, mayo, curry, mustard and pinch of paprika. Layer diced chicken over broccoli. Pour sauce over chicken. Melt 1/4 c margarine and bread crumbs and 1 T parsly flakes. Sprinkle over top. Bake at 375 about 20min or until hot and bubbly.

Yummy Chicken Tortilla Soup - thanks to Kiersten (feel free to edit if you want, I actually never cooked this)
3 1/2 c chicken broth
32 oz can of salsa
1 lb chicken
1 can corn with juice
Cook chicken and add ingredients together in a pot. Cook until hot and then garnish with cheese, sour cream (or plain yogurt!) and tortilla chips.

Smoothies
1 c vanilla yogurt
1/2 c skim milk
6-7 ice cubes
fruit of your choice
Blend yogurt, milk and ice cubes together until smooth. Chop up fruit of your choice and place in blender with yogurt, milk, ice mixture and blend until the consistency you like. We've had berry smoothies, mango, peach, strawberry banana etc. If you was a low calorie sweetner, use a yummy 0 calorie sweetner called Stevia and enjoy!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Glad you liked the Chicken Tortilla Soup. It's a favorite at our house. I usually put some cheese in the soup and still offer some for people to add. Also you can make it with beef broth and browned hamburger or beef.
The smoothies sounds delicious!

Joel (Bob) and Dresden said...

I loved the chicken tortilla soup - my lunch for all week long!