Recipe #4

Brandon's Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Uncooked Spaghetti
• 1/2 cup Pasta Sauce
• 1 4oz Chicken Breast (Boneless/Skinless)
• 2 Tbsp Croutons (finely crumbled)
• 1/8 cup Fat-Free Mozzarella Cheese
  
  

Directions:

Place chicken breast, nice side down, in between two pieces of plastic wrap.  With a meat mallet, pound chicken breast until thin.  In a food processor, use the blade attachment to finely crumble 2 Tbsp worth of croutons (I did two whole bags so I can have some ready for future uses).  Coat the flattened chicken breast with the crouton crumbs.  (I chose croutons instead of regular bread crumbs because they already have a nice Italian seasoning to them.)  Sear chicken breast in hot skillet with non-stick cooking spray briefly on both sides just to get a nice golden brown color.  Finish chicken in the oven at 350°F for 15 minutes.

While chicken is in the oven, boil the 2oz of uncooked spaghetti until done (approximately 7 minutes).  Heat up 1/2 cup of your favorite pasta sauce (I used Hunts Four Cheese Sauce, which is 60 calories per 1/2 cup).  To plate, lay down your finished spaghetti, use 3/4 of the sauce to top your spaghetti.  Next lay the chicken breast on top of the pasta and sauce.  Place the remaining 1/4 of the sauce on top of the chicken breast and finish with the 1/8 cup of fat-free mozzarella cheese.  (Yes, I know I didn't actually put Parmesan cheese in the crumb mixture, i'm trying to keep the calorie count as low as possible.  TRUST ME, it tastes AMAZING even with it not in there!!!)

I hope y'all enjoy this delicious dish of comfort food as much as I did!  This is going to become one of my frequented go-to recipes for eating healthy.  My favorite dish I've made thus far.

Serving Size = Entire Recipe     Calories per serving = 432

Happy dieting everyone!