Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tasty Tuesday: Healthy Chicken Parmesan

I told you yesterday I had a great recipe for you today, so here it is! Straight from Pinterest (seems to be the only place I find recipes these days). It is said to be a Weight Watcher's recipe and only has 300 calories per serving!! Woohoo!! This is so simple that I know you will all be wanting to make it too!

Healthy Chicken Parmesan



{recipe found here}

Ingredients:
2 lbs raw boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ t crushed red pepper flakes (or more to taste if you want it hot)
¼ cup fresh basil, finely chopped
2 cups marinara/pasta sauce (I used Wegmans Tomato Basil)
1 ½ cups 2% reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
2 oz Parmesan cheese, freshly grated (I used the smallest holed side of my box grater), divided
3.5 oz garlic croutons, roughly crushed, leaving some larger pieces (I used New York Texas Toast brand Garlic & Butter)

Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
  2. Spread the cubed pieces of chicken across the bottom of the baking dish in a single layer. Sprinkle the minced garlic, red pepper flakes and basil evenly over the chicken. Spread the sauce evenly across the top. On top of the sauce layer, sprinkle ¾ cup of the Mozzarella and one ounce of the Parmesan evenly across the dish. Sprinkle the crushed croutons across the top and follow with the remaining cheese.
  3. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. 
Yields 8 servings. WW P+: 8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Nutrition Information per serving from myfitnesspal.com: 303 calories, 15 g carbs, 11 g fat, 37 g protein, 1 g fiber

Enjoy friends!! 

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18 comments:

TheTinyHeart said...

I make this same recipe! I had no idea it was Weight Watchers! (I found it on Pinterest). It is sooo yummy :)

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Southern Belle Mama said...

That sounds so good! Pinterest is the best for recipe hunting.

Kim of Mo Betta said...

This looks delish. I've made a very similar dish before, but had a lot of "juice" in the dish, I guess where it rendered out of the chicken, so that kinda grossed me out. However, it didn't call for cubed chicken. Since the flavor was delish, I'm going to try this again! Thanks for posting! Visiting from 33 Shades of Green. Off to check out your other posts!

SMD @ lifeaccordingtosteph said...

This sounds delicious. Pinning it!

All of my recipes come from pinterest now.

Rebecca said...

I'm so looking forward to try this delish one this weekend....thanks for the inspo!!!

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Melissa said...

Mmm this look good!!!

Courtney said...

Looks yummy, I'll have to try it!!

Sarah Tucker said...

Omg Chris would love this! It is going on my "must make" list!

J and A said...

Yum! Chic parm is my hubby's fav! Will def try this!!

Amy Powell said...

Hmmm, the croutons on the top are an interesting addition. I make chicken parm the other day, but it was definitely not a "healthy" version!

have a great day :)

Laura said...

Pinterest is amazing for recipes! Love this one :)

Sara said...

Wow these looks seriously amazing, I’m drooling all over the screen here, I have to tray this receipt ASAP, I bet it taste as good at it looks, it doesn’t seem so complicated to prepare, I will give it a tray! Your have a lovely blog by the way and I am a new follower! Hope you will like my blog and follow back!

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Sarah said...

This looks fabulous and I love that its low cal!

Patrycja (photoopassion) said...

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Val said...

I love this. Chicken parm that is healthy is a win, win.

Brandy@MAKE+MODEL said...

Looks yum. What is 1 serving size? (ie 1 cup, 1/2 cup)? Brandy

Whitney Cypert said...

Hi Andrea! New follower! : ) This looks so delicious and easy! I need more dinner recipes, definitely adding this to my "to make" list!

Unknown said...

This looks yummy! Adding to my recipes! Thanks for sharing!!



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