Healthy Diet

Hi Family! Well here is my my first post to our blog. I am super excited about this and hope to post something new every week. This year I have really started to get healthy again. I think I was in denial about my weight, but finally decided to try to do something about it. Since the beginning of the year I have been counting my calories and I have lost a little over 20 lbs so far.

So now that I feel I have a healthier body it's time to get a healthier life. I hope this blog will help me document what I am doing. This week to ease into things I thought I would post a healthy recipe. It's from Ellie Krieger and can be found on the food network website...

Chicken Cacciatore or Chicken CatchaSchipper

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts (about 2 pounds)
• salt and pepper
• 2 teaspoons of olive oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1/2 pound white mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1/2 cup dry white wine ( I used chicken stock )
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Directions:

Rinse the chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a saute pan over moderately- high heat. Brown the chicken on both sides. Remove chicken and put to the side.

Reduce the heat to medium. Add the onion and pepper, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until all the veggies are soft. Add mushrooms and brown. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the wine and cook until reduced by half. I used chicken stock because Rob doesn't like the taste of wine in foods. Add the tomatoes and juice, oregano, red pepper flakes and 1/4 teaspoon and simmer the mixture covered for 10 minutes.

Return the chicken to the pan and continue to simmer until the chicken is done about 2o minutes.

This recipe only has 293 calories and 5 grams of fat. We added some whole wheat couscous. Rob thought it was delicious, but didn't think it was so healthy since he ate 3 servings!! I hope everyone gets a chance to try this. It was a 5 star recipe in my book. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. Miss you!

Love Mrs. Schipper