Ah Valentine’s Day, such a fickle hallmark holiday. While some of us are basking in the glory of love and ready to shower their significant other in chocolate galore, others are planning to loose themselves to the bottom of the ice cream pint. Either way, we at THICKthin say halt! Here is a quick easy way to to delight your taste buds and fall in love with healthy food all over again! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Chocolate Covered Clementines
Calories: 60 per two sqares of melted chocolate (about 5 pieces)
Ingredients:
2 clementines
Melting Chocolate
Directions:
Melt the chocolate and dip about half of a clementine slice in the chocolate. Repeat. Let cool on parchment or wax paper for about 1 hour.
Chicken Florentine
Serving Size: 2
Bake Time: 40 minutes
Oven Temp: 350
Calories: 200 per stuffed chicken
Ingredients:
2 Pieces Chicken, pounded thin
1 Bag Fresh Spinach
½ Cup Fat-Free Ricotta
½ tablespoon Garlic (minced)
1 tablespoon Shallots (minced)
Dash Spices (oregano, basil, parsley)
Dash Pepper
Directions:
Pound the chicken until very thin, using a metal meat pound (or a hammer if you don’t have one, but be careful not to tear the chicken). Next, cook the spinach until wilted, not overdone. Mix ½ cup ricotta with the garlic, shallots, spices, and pepper. In a medium sized bowl, combine the ricotta mixture with the spinach. Place about half of the mixture on each chicken breast. Roll the chicken breast up and secure with toothpicks. Take out the toothpicks and serve!
White sauce:
Serving Size: 2
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Calories: 50 per 1/4 of the sauce
Ingredients:
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup chicken broth (add more as needed)
3 tablespoons Wondra
Directions:
Make a rue by whisking wondra into the chicken broth slowly. Add in the can of cream of mushroom soup very slowly. Continually whisk until all of the soup is added and the mixture is smooth. You will have extra sauce.
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