Since I have been trying to eat healthier (I didn't last night cause we had our Anniversary dinner at Red Lobster) I have found a new love for cooking! Side Dishes are the hardest sometimes because we usually have the same Ol' sides- Potatoes/Rice and a Veggie/Salad. Well, I found a blog where she was doing a "Show us your side dishes" blog, and found this awesome recipe for:
Green Beans wrapped in Bacon
(we used Turkey Bacon)
We had them tonight and it was fantastic plus I loved the presentation!
Ingredients:
2 or 3 cans of whole green beans
Bacon or Turkey slices
1 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
tsp of garlic salt
Wrap a handful of green beans in half a slice of bacon. That makes one bundle - keep going for as many bundles as you would like to have. Melt a stick of butter and stir in one cup of brown sugar (more or less depending on how sweet you would like it). Add a teaspoon of garlic salt. Pour over bundles. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Then put under the broiler for 4-5 minutes at the end. DELICIOUS!
Recipe Taken from: kellyskornerblog.com
Weight Watchers: Grilled Peaches
Ingredients
| 1 spray(s) cooking spray | |
| 1/4 cup(s) low fat cream cheese, at room temperature | |
| 2 Tbsp reduced-fat sour cream | |
| 1 Tbsp honey | |
| 3 large peach(es), pitted and halved | |
Instructions
- Preheat grill. Off heat, coat grill rack with cooking spray.
- Mash cream cheese and sour cream in a bowl with a fork; stir in honey until smooth.
- When grill is hot, grill peaches cut-side down until marked, about 1 minute.
- Place peaches cut-side up on a platter; top each with 1 tablespoon sweetened cheese mixture. Yields 1 peach half per serving.
Notes
- Use peaches that smell sweet but are still a little firm so they hold up over the heat. Garnish with ground cinnamon or grated nutmeg.We had these tonight and they were so so yummy!Baked Chicken:
Ingredients
| 1 spray(s) cooking spray | |||||||
| 1 pound(s) Chicken, breast, raw, without skin & bone, four 4 oz halves | |||||||
| 1/2 tsp table salt | |||||||
| 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground | |||||||
| 1 tsp olive oil | |||||||
| 2 tsp fresh lemon juice, or more to taste | |||||||
| 2 tsp rosemary, fresh, chopped | |||||||
| 2 tsp parsley, fresh, chopped | |||||||
| 1/4 cup(s) canned chicken broth | |||||||
| 1/2 medium lemon(s), quartered (for garnish) Instructions
On a side note: Today is our official Anniversary and Stephen bought me the cutest Liz Claiborne purse and really surprised me with it. Of course he did true Stephen style and got it for an awesome deal!
 
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