How To Prepare
1. Preheat oven to 450°. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
2. In food processor, blend crushed tomatoes and juice, chicken broth, and garlic. Pour into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir in uncooked pasta, 3 tablespoons olive oil, oregano, and pepper.
3. Line bottom and sides of the baking dish with one-half to two-thirds of the tomato slices; pour in pasta mixture. Arrange remaining tomatoes on top. Drizzle with remaining olive oil.
4. Put dish on a rimmed baking sheet; bake 30 minutes, or until tomatoes are slightly crispy and pasta is cooked. Cool 5 minutes. Add Chicken Breasts and serve
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Pollo y Pasta alla Formiana
How To Prepare
1. Place green beans into a large saucepan of boiling water; cook 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water; drain well. Place beans in a large bowl; set aside.
2. Coat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat with cooking spray. Add onions; sauté 3 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring frequently. Add broth, vinegar, and Splenda; bring to a boil. Simmer 3 minutes or until syrupy. Add beans and pepper; toss to coat. Cook for 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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Balsamic-Glazed Green Beans and Pearl Onions
How To Prepare
Pat chicken pieces dry with paper towels and season with 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Heat oil in a large heavy casserole or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and sprinkle with Splenda. Cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are very soft and light brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
Stir in bell peppers, tomato paste, paprika and crushed red pepper. Add the chicken and stir it gently into the onion mixture. Sprinkle with marjoram and add broth. Cover the pot with a tight-fitting lid and simmer over medium-low heat until the chicken is very tender, about 50 minutes.
When the chicken is done, remove it to a plate. Stir potato flour into the sauce; return to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the sauce coats the spoon. Reduce heat to low, return the chicken to the sauce and reheat, about 1 minute. Serve garnished with parsley, dill and/or chives, if desired.
TIPS & NOTES
Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 3, cool to room temperature and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Finish with Steps 4-5 before serving.
Tip: Cut each chicken breast in half crosswise to make pieces about the size of a thigh. When the pieces are about the same size, they’ll cook at about the same rate.
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Braised Paprika Chicken
How To Prepare
Heat oil in a Dutch oven or soup pot over high heat. Add beef and cook, stirring often, until just cooked, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate using tongs, leaving the juices in the pot.
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Add bok choy to the pot and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add broth and water, cover and bring to a boil. Add noodles and teriyaki; simmer until the noodles are soft, about 4 minutes. Return the beef to the pot and cook until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes more. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with bean sprouts and basil. Serve hot.
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Vietnamese-Style Beef Noodle Broth
How To Prepare
Prepare instant brown rice according to package directions.
Pour broth into a heavy medium saucepan, along with Splenda, Teriyaki and mirin. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low.
Stir egg whites in a small bowl until just mixed. Add chicken to the simmering broth. Gently pour in the egg mixture, without stirring. Sprinkle scallions on top. When the egg starts to firm up, after about 3 minutes, stir it with chopsticks or a knife. (The chicken will be cooked by now.) Divide the rice among deep soup bowls according to your menu portion size and top with the chicken mixture.
TIPS & NOTES
Ingredient Note: Mirin is a low-alcohol rice wine essential to Japanese cooking. Look for it in your supermarket with the Asian or gourmet ingredients. An equal portion of sherry or white wine with a pinch of Splenda may be substituted for mirin.
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Japanese Chicken-Scallion Rice Bowl
How To Prepare
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Combine broth, water, pasta, chickpeas, scallion whites and nutmeg in a Dutch oven; cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Uncover and boil for half as long as directed by the pasta package, 3 to 5 minutes.
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Stir in arugula and cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low. While stirring the soup constantly, slowly add egg whites; cook for 2 minutes. (The cooked egg whites will look like feathery strands.) Season with pepper and stir in the scallion greens and lemon juice.
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Italian Egg-Drop Soup
How To Prepare
1. Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl. Add lamb and next ingredients (through red pepper); sauté 4 minutes, stirring to crumble. Add onion, carrot, and jalapeño; sauté 4 minutes or until lamb is browned. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in tomato paste; sauté 30 seconds.
2. Add lentils; sauté 30 seconds. Stir in broth and next 3 ingredients (through tomatoes); bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 40 minutes or until lentils are tender. Ladle your portion size lentil mixture into each of the bowls; top each serving with 1 tablespoon cilantro.
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Indian-Spiced Lentils and Lamb
How To Prepare
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly spray a broiler pan and rack with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, using your hands or a spoon, combine the beef, egg white, potato flour, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Shape into your suggested serving size meatballs, each about 1 inch in diameter. Arrange them in a single layer on the broiler rack.
Bake on one side for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center. Drain on paper towels.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat, swirling to coat the bottom. Cook the onion, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes, or until the onion is soft, stirring frequently.
Stir in the broth, tomatoes with liquid, tomato paste, remaining 1/2 teaspoon oregano, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil. Stir in the orzo. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
Stir in the zucchini. Cook for 3 minutes, or until the pasta is tender and the zucchini is tender-crisp.
Gently stir in the baked meatballs. Cook for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the lemon juice
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Greek Meatball and Pasta Soup
How To Prepare
Directions:
Season fish with pepper. Heat oven to 200°.
In a shallow bowl, beat the egg whites. Place the potato flour/salt free blend mix in another dish. Dip each fish filet in the egg whites, then seasoned potato flour.
Heat a large saute pan over medium to medium-low heat. Spray olive oil spray on one side of the fish, and lay it in the pan, oil side down. Spray the other side of the fish to coat and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until fish is opaque and cooked through. Set aside on a platter in a warm oven until you make the sauce.
Over medium heat in the same pan, add the lemon juice, wine, chicken broth, the reserved lemon halves, and pepper and bring to a boil. Boil over high heat until the liquid is reduced to half, about 3 – 4 minutes. Discard the lemon halves and spoon the sauce over the fish; place a slice of lemon on each filet and top with fresh parsley.
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Flounder Piccata
How To Prepare
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add rice; reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add turkey and ginger; cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until the turkey is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Stir in the cooked rice, bell pepper, water chestnuts, broth, and five-spice powder; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.
To serve, divide lettuce leaves among plates, spoon some of the turkey mixture into each leaf, top with herbs and roll into wraps.
TIPS & NOTES
Make Ahead Tip: Prepare the filling (through Step 2), cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Serve cold or reheat in the microwave.
Often a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise and Szechuan peppercorns, five-spice powder was originally considered a cure-all miracle blend encompassing the five elements (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, salty). Look for it in the supermarket spice section.
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Five-Spice Turkey Lettuce Wraps
