Lemon Chicken with Capers

This is another story of a cooking experience gone bad/turned out good.

I started making this for dinner yesterday and when the chicken was just about halfway done......and the asparagus was already in the steamer cooking......the power went out. Yes, my stove is electric!!! And I 'freaked'!!! So I unplugged the steamer, put foil on the skillet and stuck it in the fridge, and we went out to eat. When we got home, the power was on so I continued cooking. We finally had it for dinner this afternoon......and it was really good!!!  Hope you like it as well!!!

LEMON CHICKEN WITH CAPERS

Makes 4 Servings

1 Serving = 6 PointsPlus™

4 boneless/skinless chicken breasts (4 oz. each)

1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 TBSP light butter
1 TBSP olive oil
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 TBSP capers (drained)
2 tsp fresh minced garlic OR 1 tsp prepared minced garlic
fresh ground black pepper to taste

Place each chicken breast between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and pound to @ 1/2” thickness.

Place flour in a shallow dish and dredge the chicken in the flour.

Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook for @3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove chicken from pan and keep warm.

Add wine, lemon juice, capers and garlic to pan, scraping the pan to loosen browned bits. Cook for @3 minutes or until slightly thick.

Plate the chicken, pour sauce over chicken; sprinkle with pepper to taste.

Enjoy!!

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!

Loving Life(time)!
Jan

Salisbury Steak

Soooo......what do you do with a pound of ground beef? Burgers? Meat loaf? Nah. Not this time! I really hate to admit this, but one of my favorite TV Dinners is Salisbury Steak. I just can't feed my husband a TV Dinner before going to work so after looking at a bunch of recipes, I came up with this one. Hope you like it. We did!

SALISBURY STEAK

Makes 4 Servings

1 Serving = 6 PointsPlus™

1/2 cup fat-free egg substitute
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 tsp minced onion
1 (.75 oz.) envelope mushroom or brown gravy mix
1 lb 93/7 lean ground beef

In a large bowl, whisk together the egg substitute and milk. Add bread crumbs, gravy mix and minced onion. Mix in the ground beef until well combined.

Shape into 4 patties @ 3/4” thick.

Broil 3 – 4” from heat for 6-7 minutes on each side.

That's it!

MY SPIN: We both love garlic, so the next time I make this I'm going to add some garlic......and perhaps even a little Worcestershire Sauce. I plated this with some brown gravy and fresh sauteed mushrooms which added 1 PointsPlus™.

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!

Loving Life(time)!

Jan

Sorghum Cake

This is a story of what happens when you don't pay attention....and then thank your lucky stars that your mistake comes out good!

I've had a recipe for Molasses Cake that I've been wanting to try.....and yesterday was the day to make it. I always lay out all the ingredients and read the recipe at least twice before making something. Well, having a bunch of junk on my mind, I get it all mixed up and realize that the batter is REALLY watery. Why you (didn't) ask? Because I put in a FULL CUP of hot water instead of half cup!!! So I scramble to pull all the ingredients out of the cabinets (I put things away when I'm done with them.....makes the final clean up so much easier) and start dumping.....and worrying that it won't come out right since everything is now out of sequence. And......I only have one 9" square baking pan so I ended up making 6 cupcakes/muffins along with the cake. And guess what?!?!  They came out good! And so, here's the recipe. PLEASE NOTE: This recipe makes the cake ONLY!!!

SORGHUM CAKE

Makes 9 Servings

1 Serving = 3 PointsPlus™

2 TBSP light butter, softened
1/4 cup Splenda granulated
1/4 cup fat-free egg substitute
1/2 cup sorghum
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup hot water

Preheat oven to 350º.

In a small bowl, beat butter and Splenda granulated until crumbly-ish. Beat in egg substitute. Beat in sorghum.

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with the hot water, mixing well after each addition.

Pour into sprayed 9” square baking pan.

Bake at 350º for 25 – 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool on wire rack.

Can be served with a dollop of fat-free whipped topping or as is.

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!

Loving Life(time)!
Jan

ChocoMallow Cake

Well, yesterday was truly a bad day for me! First I almost got run off the road/side swiped by a young 'lady' driving a mini-van chatting away on her cell phone. Then  I get home and Abe tells me my email account had been hacked. And a few other little things just piled up on top of each other......and I ranted and raved and did some Kitchen Therapy.....and this is what I came up with.

CHOCOMALLOW CAKE

Makes 12 Servings

1 Serving = 4 PointsPlus™



1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups Splenda granulated
1/2 cup light butter
1 cup diet root beer soda
2 TBSP cocoa powder
1/2 cup fat-free egg substitute
1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups mini marshmallows

Preheat oven to 350º. Spray 13x9x2 baking dish.

In a large bowl, stir together the flours and Splenda. Set aside.

In a medium saucepan, combine the light butter, diet root beer and cocoa powder. Cook & stir over medium heat until the butter melts. Pour over flour mixture. Add egg substitute, buttermilk, baking soda & vanilla. Mix well. Stir in marshmallows.

Pour into sprayed baking dish. Bake 30 – 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

What a fun cake! The marshmallows that are inside the cake melt into it and leave little holes! It's so chocolatey and moist. Really needs no frosting or icing. I think this cake is better the second day. I had a piece of it last night, but the piece I had for breakfast today (see the pic above with the cup of coffee) was even better.

Enjoy!!!

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!

Loving Life(time)!

Jan

Food Blog South 2012.....continued!

Well, after 'crashing' Food Blog South 2012 in January, I decided to get a tad more involved in this blog stuff. Remember me telling you about meeting Matthew Kaplan of  http://www.recipelion.com/? Well, I joined their list for bloggers and there was a contest to win the 'goodie bag' from FBS 2012 so, of course, I HAD to enter the contest. I said I would love to have the goodie bag since I didn't get one due to the fact that I 'crashed' the event.

Guess what! I won! It came in the mail today. Here's a picture of all the awesome stuff.

The white thing in front with the cute logo is an apron......all I need now is the chef hat! 

And I can't wait to try that little cake pan set.

Thank you Recipe Lion! You rock!!!

Later!
Loving Life(time)!
Jan

Valentine's Day

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. People will be going out to dinner with their sweethearts.....or getting flowers.......or getting candy. Personally, I would love a bouquet of broccoli!!!  But alas, I will be conducting a Weight Watchers meeting tomorrow evening.....and that's a good thing.  For those who come to the meeting, they'll get to sample these delectable little morsels:



These are the Minty Shortbread Bites with little hearts on them.....just for Valentine's Day. Cute, huh!

The recipe for these are on this blog.

Later!
Loving Life(time)!
Jan

Mushroom Chicken & Leeks

It's a cold, windy day......snow sprinkles on and off......so what should I do but have some Kitchen Therapy! This bit of yumminess is what we had for lunch/dinner today and it came out really good!

MUSHROOM CHICKEN & LEEKS

Makes 2 Servings

1 Serving = 5 PointsPlus™

2/3 cup fat-free reduced sodium chicken broth

1/3 cup tomato sauce
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp thyme
1/8 tsp black pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 TBSP Italian seasoned bread crumbs
2 boneless/skinless chicken breast halves (4 oz. each)
1 TBSP olive oil
1 cup thinly sliced leeks
1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms

Combine the first 6 ingredients in a bowl and set aside.

Place bread crumbs in a shallow dish and dredge the chicken in the crumbs.

Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and saute' for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Remove the chicken from the skillet; keep warm.

Add the leeks and mushrooms to the skillet and saute' about 2 or 3 minutes or until the mushrooms are lightly browned.

Return the chicken to the skillet and stir in the broth mixture. Cover and simmer @10 minutes or until the chicken is done. Remove cover and simmer a few more minutes until sauce is reduced.

Enjoy!!

MY SPIN: The next time I make this I will double the garlic.....personal preference.....we love garlic!

Now for the 'legal mumbo-jumbo' to keep me out of court!! *** The PointsPlus™ value for this recipe was calculated by me (Jan Gomes) and is not an endorsement or approval of this recipe by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus™ registered trademark. ***

Later!

Loving Life(time)!
Jan