A Recipe For Healthy Chicken Casserole And Dumplings
With the weather getting colder, we are looking to eat food that warms us up and nothing does that quite like a stew. You may think that stews are heavy, full of fat and calories. This is not the case you can have a healthy stew and not pile on the pounds.
Serves: 5
Nutritional information:
340 calories
7.4g fat
45g carbs
Ingredients:
2tsp Olive Oil
3 Sliced Chicken Fillets
1 Chopped Onion
1 Sliced Pepper
1 Crushed clove garlic
2tbs Plain Flour
2tbs Paprika
400g Tin of tomatoes
2tbs Tomato puree
2tbs Balsamic Vinegar
2tsp Brown sugar
1 pint Vegetable stock
1 Bay leaf
1tsp Dried Mixed Herbs
3 Medium parsnips
4 Carrots
Pepper to Season
300g Frozen green beans
Dumplings
100g Plain flour
Pinch of Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2tsp Mustard powder
50g Reduced fat Cheddar or Edam
75ml Skimmed milk
2tsp Mixed herbs
Pepper to Season
Method
1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and gently brown chicken fillets.
2. Add the onion, pepper and garlic and cook until softened. Sprinkle over plain flour and paprika and cook briefly.
3. Stir in the tin of tomatoes, tomato puree, balsamic vinegar, brown sugar, vegetable stock, bay leaf and dried mixed herbs.
4. Add parsnips, carrots, season with pepper, cover and simmer for around 35 minutes. Add a little more water or stock if necessary.
5. For the dumplings, sieve the flour, Add a pinch of salt, baking powder and mustard powder into a large bowl.
6. Then stir in cheese and season with black pepper and mixed herbs. Pour in 75ml of skimmed milk and combine all the ingredients with a fork to form a soft dough. Transfer this to a lightly floured surface and knead lightly for a few minutes.
7. Divide into 10 and roll each portion into a round dumpling.
8. Add 300g frozen green beans to the casserole, top with the dumplings and continue to cook for 15 minutes or until the dumplings have risen.
9. Finally serve topped with a spoonful of low fat natural yoghurt.
No Weight Gain Over Christmas – Thank You Proactol!!
January 6, 2009 by Ros1e
Filed under My Proactol Diary
Yes, Yes, Yes!
New Year and no need to go on a diet! What a relief. Why? Quite simply Proactol.
Before Christmas as you will know from early posts on My Proactol Diary I lost over a stone in weight. Took a month or so off from taking Proactol then decided to take Proactol again over Christmas. I really wanted to enjoy Christmas and New Year without putting on any weight, and even with a bit of luck losing a few pounds.
As you have read I have not put on any weight over Christmas and am absolutely made up, in fact I lost a couple of pounds. Having to start yet another New Year diet is the last thing on my mind. Instead, I am concentrating on eating sensibly and exercising to make sure my weight stays as it is. I know that I can’t consume lots of calories without putting on weight, and whilst I don’t mind taking a weight loss supplement for a while I don’t want to be taking them forever.
Proactol has proved to be an extremely effective weight loss pill for me. Would I take it again? I would, after all for times like Christmas I really don’t want the worry of putting on any extra weight.
Caralluma Burn Versus Hoodia Balance
December 14, 2008 by Ros1e
Filed under Dieting and Weight Loss
If you are looking to suppress your appetite in order to lose weight. Then two of the most effective ways to do this are Hoodia Balance and the new kid on the block Caralluma Burn.
Here at Dietreviewzone we take a look at what these two weight loss supplements can do to help you lose weight.
If this year you are making a New Years resolution to lose weight then Hoodia Balance or Caralluma Burn may be just what you are looking for.
Click here to read our Review: Caralluma Burn Versus Hoodia Balance.