Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
Nicole Pillow with Weight Watchers joined us Friday with tips on keeping your New Year's resolutions.
Along with the tips, she shared some delicious healthy recipes:
Maple Muesli with Apples and Pecans:
Ingredients:
1 cup rolled oats
2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
2 tablespoons golden raisins
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 small apples or pears, or a combination, cored and chopped
2 tablespoons toasted chopped pecans
Instructions:
1. Stir together the oats, yogurt, raisins, maple syrup, and cinnamon in small bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
2. Divide oat mixture evenly among 4 bowls. Top evenly with apples and pecans.
Per serving (1 bowl): 244 Cal, 6 g Total Fat, 2 g Sat Fat, 88 mg Sod, 40 g Total Carb, 22 g Sugar, 5 g Fib, 10 g Prot
Moroccan Chicken with Oranges:
Ingredients:
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons olive oil
4 (5-ounce) thin-sliced skinless boneless chicken cutlets
2 large navel oranges
1 tablespoon water
1 ½ teaspoons honey
Minced fresh parsley
Instructions:
1. Stir together paprika, cumin, turmeric, salt and pepper in a small cup.
2. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle chicken with half of spice mixture. Add chicken to skillet and cook, turning once, until chicken is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Transfer chicken to plate.
3. Meanwhile grate 1 teaspoon of zest from one orange and set aside. With sharp knife, cut off slice from top and bottom of oranges. Stand fruit upright. Cut off peel and white pith, cutting from top to bottom, turning fruit as you go. Cut oranges crosswise into rounds about 3/8 inch thick; cut rounds in half.
4. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to skillet. Add orange slices, orange zest, the water, remaining spice mixture, and honey to skillet and cook, stirring constantly, just until heated through, about 1 minute. Spoon orange mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with mint.
Per serving (1 chicken cutlet and about ¼ cup orange mixture): 242 Cal, 6 g Total Fat, 1 g Sat Fat, 354 mg Sod, 13 g Total Carb, 11 g Sugar, 2 g Fib, 32 g Prot.