Learning How To Balance

What a yummy dinner we had last night. This one is certainly a KEEPER! This was such a yummy, comforting dish... it would be good with chicken breast too! Pork Chops with Button Mushrooms, Broccoli and Long Grain Rice 4 pork chop Salt, pepper and garlic powder 1 can 98% Fat Free cream of mushroom soup 2 cups water/chicken stock 1½ cup long grain rice, uncooked 2-2½ cups fresh broccoli florets 10 button mushrooms, sliced Preheat oven to 350⁰F. Season pork chops with salt, pepper and garlic powder and grill until brown and almost done. In a large bowl mix together soup, water/stock, rice, broccoli and mushrooms. In a 9x13 inch baking dish place browned pork chops in the bottom then top with rice mixture and cover with foil; bake 1 hour or until rice has absorbed all the liquid. Modified from this recipe: stefaniescookingspot.blogspot.com/2010/01/pork-chop-and-rice-bake.html

So we totally shot from the hip on this one... Not sure where it will go but for this dinner we just used : 2 Chicken Breasts - pounded out to about 1/4" thick 1 pkg Frozen Spinach - thawed and drained 4 slices of Baby Swiss cheese Pound out the chicken, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread half the spinach on one breast, half on the other breast. Lay down 2 slices end to end of swiss cheese on each breast. Roll the breast up and reinforce with toothpicks. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes, depending on you oven. Next time we talked about adding one or a few of the following to the middle: 2 Tb Light Ranch dressing to each 2 Tb Caesar Dressing on each 2 Tb Miracle Whip on each a sprinkle of cranberries 2 slices Deli Ham 2 slices Bacon Not sure what else but when we fix it next time we'll be posting....

Cheddar Tuna Noodle Casserole - (doubled) 1 cup - chopped onion ( 64 calories ) 1 Tbsp. - light butter ( 50 calories ) 2 can (10-3/4 oz.) - 98% cream of celery soup ( 300 calories ) 2/3 cup - 2 % milk ( 80 calories ) 3 ½ cups - egg noodles, dry pasta ( 525 calories ) 2 cans - tuna in water, drained ( 200 calories ) 3 cup - Reduced Fat Sharp/Co-Jack Cheddar Cheese, divided ( 80 calories per serving; 720 total ) ½ cup - Homegrown Banana Peppers, Red Peppers, etc.– (?? Calories; optional) REHEAT oven to 350°F. Cook and stir onion in butter in large saucepan on medium heat until tender. Add soup, milk, noodles, tuna, 1/2 of the cheese, the Banana/Red peppers; mix well. SPOON into 13x9 casserole dish. BAKE 30 minutes; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Servings: 6 servings Calories: 326 per serving Modified from Kraft Foods recipe: Cheddar Tuna Casserole