Healthy Recipes

Whole Wheat Pasta with Sesame Peanut Sauce

Ingredients
2 medium green onions, sliced thin
1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth, low sodium
2 tbsp natural peanut butter, creamy
1 tbsp plus 1 tsp cider vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil
1/4 tsp cayenne, more if you like it hot
4 cups cooked whole wheat spaghetti

Directions
Combine all ingredients except spaghetti.  Stir the hot spaghetti into the sauce.  Serve
right away for a hot meal or refrigerate for a cold meal.

Serves 4


Weight Watchers Baked Chicken

Ingredients
1 spray cooking spray
1 lb uncooked, boneless chicken breasts, 4 4oz pieces
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp dried thyme
2 tsp no-salt lemon pepper seasoning or similar product

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a shallow roasting pan with cooking spray.  Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper.  Transfer chicken to prepared pan and drizzle with oil; sprinkle with thyme and lemon pepper seasoning.  Bake until chicken is cooked through; about 30-40 minutes.

Serves 4


Lemon Garlic Cod

Ingredients
1 pound of cod (cut into 4 pieces)
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1/2 tbsp I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
1 tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place fish in a baking dish large enough to hold fish in one layer.  Season fish with a little salt and black pepper.

Place margarine and olive oil in a small nonstick skillet and saute garlic for 1 minute.  Add lemon juice and parsley and pour over top of fish.  Bake until fish flakes easily with a fork; about 12-14 minutes.

Serves 4