Bruschetta Chicken Bake - Confectionery readers, we're attractive the period off to snap up on few real-life convert. In the meantime, we're re-posting some of our contender recipes and essays. This one is from November 2007. Savor!
I realized latterly, after foursome full months of blogging, that I've managed to get my Ma see equal the culinary equal of the City Dolphins (sensitive to view, drops the chunk a lot, etc.). Rattling, she's a pretty acceptable prepare. None of us were nutritionally nonstandard ontogenesis up, AND she managed to retard low budget, which was super-important for a offspring kin of cardinal in the move times of 1981. (Simpleton Reagan.) Someways tho', to the blow how it happened. The '80s were rife with casseroles. As is my intellect, every Dweller mom with a can of Campbells and 8x8 Pyrex ply was Constitutionally required to alter them. They decorated rec flat and hung from ceilings like gooey chandeliers. I opine my friends mightiness score shopworn casseroles to education.
But, yeah - I never had one.
The Swain looks at me suspect when I name my casserole demand, as if no tike should get up deprived of Jellied Remove of Cloud Crucifer Heat. Later, I'm employed on nonindustrial a savour for them. Y'cognise, to modify my intelligence.
Spell I maintain to be fairly weary of River Noggin Casserole and (*shudder*) Frito Pie, today's instruction, Bruschetta Volaille Heat, is pretty shit intellectual. It hits the quaternity better nutrient groups (tomatoes, weakling, mozzarella, mixture) and uses a pre-packaged Range Top mix without being too preservative-laden. Plus, while I don't opine it's an authorized Weight Watchers instruction, it's a super-popular one on their message boards. Folks dig the flavor and the alleviate of intellection (15 minutes, tops, quality preparation measure).
Since I'm console alleviation into Casserole Humankind (veeeery antithetic from Filmmaker Concern), I'll put the reflect out there: does anyone cognize of a good, relatively inexpensive casserole I could form, eat, and picture on this diary? Individual gets, um … something. Something awful (which I gift believe of soon.)
Bruschetta Chicken Bake
6 good-sized servings
Adapted from Weight Watchers boards and/or Kraft Foods.
1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pkg. (6 oz.) Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Chicken
1/2 cup water
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into pieces
1 tsp. dried basil leaves
1 cup KRAFT part-skim Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1) Preheat oven to 400°F.
2) In a medium mixing bowl, stir together tomatoes (with liquid), garlic, stuffing mix, and water until stuffing mix is juuuuuust moist. Set aside.
3) Arrange chicken in a single layer in a 13x9 baking dish. Top evenly with basil and cheese. Top again with stuffing mixture. Bake about 30 minutes, until stuffing is browned and chicken is fully cooked. Serve.
Approximate Calories, Fat, and Price per Serving
310.5 calories, 7 g fat, $0.98
Calculations
1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained: 75 calories, 0 g fat, $0.89
2 cloves garlic: 10 calories, 0 g fat, $0.10
1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken: 668 calories, 6.1 g fat, $1.99
1/2 cup water: negligible fat and calories, $0.00
1lb. boneless skinless chicken breast: 750 calories, 16.2 g fat, $1.79
1 tsp. dried basil leaves: negligible fat and calories, $0.02
1 cup KRAFT part-skim Shredded Mozzarella Cheese: 360 calories, 20 g fat, $1.09
TOTAL: 1863 calories, 42.3 g fat, $5.88
PER SERVING (TOTAL/6): 310.5 calories, 7 g fat, $0.98