Chicken Curry

This recipe comes from my best friend's Mom. It is a HUGE favorite of mine. To be honest I could eat this without the chicken and just have the curried tomatoes and onions over some rice. It is that good.

Edna's Chicken Curry

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces
• 2 large cans of diced tomatoes
• 2 large onions (I sometimes add three)
• 3 tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp. paprika
• 1 tbsp. unpacked brown sugar
• 2 heaping tbsp of curry paste. I use Patkas brand paste in Madras flavor.
• salt and pepper to taste

Cut the chicken into chunks and add to a roasting pot. Cut onions into strips and add to pot along with tomatoes. In a separate bowl mix remaining ingredients then add to pot. Bake at 350 for an hour and a half. You want to make sure the chicken doesn't cook to pieces but long enough for all the juices to soak into the chicken. 

Yield: 6 servings

PP: 4 Points Plus

For a few extra points you can have rice with it. Or not, your choice :)

Product Review!!!

Today (and hopefully every Sunday from here on in) I'm going to do a product review of something I love. A healthy (ish) low PP product that I find helpful in my weight loss and lifestyle change journey. 

Today it's Fresca brand Turkey Bacon. I usually get a box of three packs (12 strips per package) at my Costco for around $10CDN. I personally love bacon. I would eat it every morning if I didn't like to sleep in so much and therefore not cook anything, lol. Today I'm anxious to try this bacon out in a muffin recipe found on Laaloosh's website. You should check it out if you have a minute. 

Here's a picture of the package:

And here's a picture of the nutritional information:

3 Strips of bacon is only 1 PP. 

Weight Watchers Week Three

I haven't been updating this blog very often even though I've been doing WWs now for a little over three weeks. So far? Down 7lbs. Yay! I'm going to start updating more often with recipes and such.

Key Info:

This is not a registered WW recipe. I make them up all on my own by adapting some of my old favorites and just tossing ingredients in the recipe builder to see what happens. There are lots of successes and some failures. I'll share the success stories with you all.

PP = Points Plus WW= Weight Watchers

I use a Recipe Calculator online for the Nutrition Info at the bottom of each recipe and the PP Recipe Builder to figure out the PP value of each recipe. It's as accurate as I can make it.

Weight Watcher's Recipe of the Day

Chocolate Cake Squares
This is a recipe I developed totally on my own. I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out but it is GOOD. I usually top it with a tablespoon of fat free cool whip (0 PP for only one tbsp.) for a delicious chocolate-y 2PP dessert.

You will need:
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (you can use whole wheat but it doesn't change the PP value so I used regular)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 eggs
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup of non-fat Greek Yogurt
1 1/2 cups blueberries (optional or substitute for another type of berry, I think strawberries would be AWESOME)

Preheat oven to 350F, spray a 7X11" baking pan with non-stick spray. Sift dry ingredients together. I add the blueberries to the dry ingredients so they're coated with flour and won't sink to the bottom of the dish. In a separate bowl whisk the wet ingredients. Mix together, pour into pan and bake for approx 30 minutes depending on your oven. Let cool COMPLETELY (these don't taste that great when they're hot) and cut into 24 (approx 45 grams each) equal squares.

I hope you enjoy! I will attempt to add pictures to future recipes so you can see the finished product. I know that I personally enjoy seeing how something should look before I attempt to make it.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 45 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 74 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 1.0g 2%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 24mg 8%

Sodium 52mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 14.4g 5%

Dietary Fiber 1.4g 6%

Sugars 6.3g

Protein 3.1g

Vitamin A 1% • Vitamin C 2% Calcium 3% • Iron 5%