Showing posts with label south beach diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south beach diet. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Green Chile & Cheddar Stuffed Chicken--Phase 1



Like most of my South Beach Diet Recipes I must give Kalynskitchen.blogspot the credit for this recipe and the picture!

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded as thin as you can get them
1 1/2 cups cheddar/jack low fat cheese (I used Krafts 2% Mexican blend)
1/4 cup light sour cream
1/2 of a 4 oz can of diced green chiles (you can find this in the Mexican aisle of your store)

Enough parmesan cheese to cover the chicken when rolled in it.

Preheat oven to 375 F. Spray a medium sized flat baking sheet with nonstick spray. Pound chicken breasts until they are very thin, about 1/4 inch.

In a bowl with a fork, mash together cheese, chiles with juice, and sour cream until barely combined.

Spread 1/4 of the cheese mixture over each chicken breast, avoiding the very edges. Roll up the chicken, starting with smallest end, and secure each chicken breast with 2 toothpicks. Put parmesan cheese on a plate. Roll chicken in parmesan cheese.

Place chicken on baking sheet and bake about 30 minutes or 160 degrees by meat thermometer, or until the chicken is firm, but not hard, to the touch. I did turn the broiler on high for about 5 minutes to get the top nice and brown.

These can be frozen, dethaw them in the fridge all day and reheat wrapped in foil in the oven or toaster oven. If you're only making four, freeze the extra green chiles for another time. And you will want another time, these are Excellent!

South Beach Diet

Okay I started this on Jan 1st and so far I am loving it!

A sample day: Breakfast I have a V8, 2 pieces of canadian bacon, 2 egg beaters
Snack is some celery with Laughing Cow Cheese (the best stuff in the world in my book)! 1 small cup of coffee with plain dry creamer.
Lunch is a salad with crab or tuna meat, avocado, cucumbers and peppers diced up and a Sugar Free Jello
Another Snack is a cheese stick
Dinner is some Green Chile Cheddar Chicken with steamed cauliflower and cherry tomatos
Dessert is a sugar free fudgsicle

I'm eating more and better food a day than every before! I'm never hungry, I'm having to go to the bathroom more because I have up'd my water intake, but so far I am loving it! Watch as my ticker goes down!

I will be updating my recipes. Most of them will probably be stolen off of Kalynskitchen.blogspot.com--she has the most amazing recipes over there!