Whole Wheat Garlic, Herb, and Chicken Penne

I am horrible with pictures these days!!!!!!!!!
So sorry!!!!

And so here is a new recipe that is loaded with healthy pasta

and chicken and sure to please.

Recipe:

2-4 Boneless/skinless chicken breast cut into bite size pieces

1 lb of whole wheat penne

1 small onion diced

2 gloves garlic minced

3 cups of spinach diced

2 teaspoons oregano

1 teaspoon parsley

1 teaspoon olive or canola oil

1 teaspoon lemon zest

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 grated Parmesan cheese

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese or Italian blend cheese

In a large skillet or pan, heat oil and add in onion and

garlic, until tender and frequent.In the meantime cook pasta according to

package directions. Add chicken and all other spices (except lemon zest) and cook until

cooked through and tender. Stir in lemon juice and cook until mostly absorbed.

Once pasta is done reserve 2 cups of cooking water and drain pasta.

Add pasta and spinach to pan with chicken and cheese's, and lemon zest. 

Add enough of the reserved pasta water

to make a smooth and creamy sauce.

To add some extra health benefits to this you could add in

bite size veggies, broccoli or carrots.

Whole Wheat Chicken and Dumplings

This was really good and with the wheat dumplings

it still tastes the same and has the same texture as

the originals!

For stew part:
3-4 boneless/skinless chicken breast
2 chicken bouillon cubes
4 cups of h20
1-2 carrots chopped
1 teaspoon black pepper

For Dumplings
2 Cups whole wheat flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1-1/2 cups of water
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon butter

In crock pot or on a large pot on the stove combine chicken,water,bouillon cubes,carrots and pepper and cook until chicken is falling apart. About 6 hours in crock pot on high.

Once chicken is done you want to make sure that the chicken is covered in broth if not you may need to add more...bring to a boil. then mix up dumplings.
TO mix dumpling combine all ingredients in mixing bowl and then drop on top of stew by teaspoons, steam for about 12-20 minutes on the stove or for 1 hour in the crock pot.

Whole Wheat Pizza

Who doesn't LOVE pizza?

                                                       So why not make it healthier right?
                                             
                                                Whole wheat crust with turkey pepperoni and

sausage and low fat cheese make it extra

                                                                             healthy.

Yummy!!!

All it needs is 20 minutes in the oven until

    pure pizza heaven!!

Recipe:

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup of all purpose flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2-2 cups of water
1 package rapid rise yeast
1-2 cups of pizza sauce
1/2 lb of turkey sausage browned and drained
20 turkey pepperoni
1- 1/2 cups of low fat mozzarella cheese
1- 1 1/2 cups any misc veggies


Combine-yeast,flour,salt,sugar in the bowl of your mixer with a dough hook attached. Start mixer on low and slowly add in oil and water. Mix until dough is soft and stretchy about-5 minutes or so. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 10-20 minutes.


Roll pizza dough out on a floured surface transfer to a pizza pan or stone and top with the toppings. I always make mine early in the day and then leave in the refrigerator for the evening.


Bake at 425 for 20-25 minutes until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly.