I have had a few set backs in my weight loss journey - but it is back to business. Some of my trouble came from food burn out, meaning I couldn't come up up with meals to please my family or myself. The other side of it came from stress, and let's face it, I am an emotional eater. While I wish that I would just magically wake up one day being skinny, well thin, I know and have accepted that this is a journey that I have to commit to and it is about changing my habits. Cliché, I know.
That being said I am committing to trying 1 new healthy recipe each week. As I mentioned I recently purchased an iPhone. One of the first Apps I loaded was the Sparks Recipe App. There is also a website here. What a GREAT app. May be one of my favorites so far. Easy to use and navigate. I can pick recipes, healthy recipes based on ingredients and diet requirements and than save them to your favorites. The only draw back is that it does not build a shopping list. Not a big deal really but it would be a nice feature for a later release.
Here is my first recipe, Slow-cooker Salsa Chicken - yum, yum!!
Ingredients
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa
1 package reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 can reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (condensed)
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream
Directions
Add chicken to slow cooker.
Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.
Pour salsa and soup over chicken.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream.
Serve with rice.
*Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 157.2
Total Fat: 3.3 g
Cholesterol: 63.4 mg
Sodium: 654.2 mg
Total Carbs: 6.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
Protein: 24.3 g
*as published at Sparks Recipes
I do not think these numbers include the rice.
We made this dish on Sunday and I forgot to put it in the crock-pot before church so hubby put it together and put it in the oven. If it had been in the crock-pot all day it would have looked more like pulled chicken I assume. The flavor was great though. In the future I will also serve over brown rice. If you try it let me know what you think.
Also on Sparks if you search "crock-pot salsa chicken" you will see variations to this recipe that do not have the cream soup in it. Happy cooking!
You can do it! What has helped me is to eat less protein. I've been searching for recipes under Vegan and Vegetarian. Those are less fat which you know I have to watch now. This was a great post, I enjoyed reading it.
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