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. Combine 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, oregano, 1 teaspoon olive oil, and garlic in a zip-top plastic bag. Add pork to bag, and seal. Marinate for 20 minutes at room temperature, turning after 10 minutes. Combine remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar, remaining 1 teaspoon oil, rice milk, and 1 tablespoon dill, stirring well with a whisk. Cover and chill. Combine tomatoes, cucumber, and onion.
2. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove pork from bag, and discard marinade. Sprinkle both sides of pork evenly with Greek Seasoning. Add pork to pan, and cook for 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Remove pork from pan, and let stand for 2 minutes. Place 3/4 cup tomato mixture on each of 4 plates, and top each serving with 1 pork chop and about 3 tablespoons rice milk mixture
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Greek-Style Pork Chops
How To Prepare
Zest or grate the lemon rind; chop and reserve. Squeeze juice from lemon. In medium bowl, combine lemon juice with cilantro, onion, 1 tablespoon oil, Splenda, and reserved zest.
Lightly sprinkle turkey with pepper. In large non-stick skillet, over medium heat, saute medallions in 2 teaspoons oil for 4 minutes per side or until golden brown and food thermometer, inserted in thickest portion of medallion, reaches 170ºF. Remove turkey from pan and stir into the cilantro mixture.
Over medium heat, sauté zucchini 1 minute. Fold into turkey mixture, mixing well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Serve cold over butter lettuce leaves.
Tips:
Of Spanish origin, tapas are little dishes, served on small plates, similar to the Chinese dim sum or the Middle Eastern meze. Although tapas may look similar to traditional appetizers, what differentiates them is their more pronounced and/or spicier flavors.
For a dining out experience or a trendy tapas party, select from a variety of tapas and enjoy several little dishes.
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Lemon Cilantro Turkey Tapas
How To Prepare
1. Cook rice according to package directions except you don’t need to add oil or salt to the water while cooking.
2. In the meantime, coat the bottom of a nonstick pan with cooking spray. Heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, red pepper flakes, and chicken to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove chicken mixture from pan; set aside.
3. Coat pan again with cooking spray and heat remaining 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Add onions, celery and red bell pepper to pan. Sauté 3-4 minutes until crisp-tender. Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Add 1½ cups pineapple chunks to pan; cook 30 seconds (Reserve remaining pineapple for another use). Combine the reserved ¾ cup pineapple juice, teriyaki, vinegar, flour, syrup and sugar substitute in a bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
4. Return chicken mixture to pan. Stir in juice mixture; bring to boil. Cook 1-2 minute until sauce thickens a bit.
5. To serve: Spread ½ cup rice over each plate. Top each with about 1 cup sweet and sour chicken.
6. This dish freezes great. Mix together the chicken and rice and freeze in individual servings.
Makes 6 servings (1 cup sweet and sour chicken plus ½ cup rice)
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Super Skinny Sweet and Sour Chicken
How To Prepare
Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of pork with jerk seasoning, and red pepper. Add pork to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Remove pork from pan; cover and keep warm.
Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to skillet. Add pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons juice. Add onion; cook 2 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring frequently. Stir in lime juice, jalapeño, and reserved pineapple juice. Serve warm salsa over pork.
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Skillet Pork and Warm Pineapple Salsa
How To Prepare
1. Combine 1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 teaspoons lime juice, cumin, paprika, and red pepper in a small bowl. Combine shrimp and spice mixture in a zip-top plastic bag, and seal. Let stand 15 minutes.
2. Combine 1 1/2 teaspoons oil, 2 teaspoons juice, onions, rind, apple, and jalapeño; toss.
3. Remove shrimp from bag; discard marinade. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Arrange half of shrimp in pan; grill 2 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan; keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining shrimp. Place 2 butter lettuce leaves on each of 4 plates, and divide shrimp evenly among leaves. Divide salsa evenly among tacos.
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Shrimp Wraps with Green Apple Salsa
How To Prepare
1. Preheat oven to 450° with racks in upper and lower thirds. Line 2 large (4-sided) baking pans with foil.
2. Arrange cauliflower on baking pans and drizzle with 2 tablespoons oil and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Roast, switching position of pans after 15 minutes, until golden in spots and just tender (30 minutes total).
3. While cauliflower roasts, mince and mash garlic to a paste and place in a small bowl; whisk in remaining 2 tablespoons oil, lemon zest and juice, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Arrange cauliflower on a platter.
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Roasted Cauliflower
How To Prepare
1. Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Combine fennel seeds, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, garlic powder, and oregano. Brush chicken with 1 1/2 teaspoons oil; sprinkle spice rub over chicken. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons oil to pan. Add chicken; cook 3 minutes or until browned. Turn chicken over; cook 1 minute. Arrange chicken in an 11 x 7–inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes or until done.
3. Heat remaining olive oil over medium-high heat. Add bell peppers, shallots, and rosemary; sauté 3 minutes. Stir in broth, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high. Stir in vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Serve bell pepper mixture over chicken.
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Roast Chicken with Balsamic Bell Peppers
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
