A few nights ago we tried a new recipe, Kate's request for the monthly menu:
Cajun Chicken Stuffed with Pepper Jack Cheese & Spinach
Ingredients:
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Flatten the chicken to 1/4-inch thickness.
In a medium bowl, combine the pepper jack cheese, spinach, cream cheese, salt and pepper.
Combine the Cajun seasoning and ground flax seed together in a small bowl.
Spoon about 1/4 c of the spinach mixture onto each chicken breast. Roll each chicken breast tightly and fasten the seams with several toothpicks.
Brush each chicken breast with the olive oil. Sprinkle the Cajun seasoning mixture evenly over all. Sprinkle any remaining spinach and cheese on top of chicken (optional).
Place the chicken seam-side down onto a tin foil-lined baking sheet (for easy cleanup). Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 6 oz pepper jack cheese, shredded
- 1 c frozen spinach, thawed and drained (you can also use fresh cooked spinach)
- 1/2 cup cream cheese, soft
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- 2 tbsp ground flax seed
- salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Lots of toothpicks
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Flatten the chicken to 1/4-inch thickness.
In a medium bowl, combine the pepper jack cheese, spinach, cream cheese, salt and pepper.
Combine the Cajun seasoning and ground flax seed together in a small bowl.
Spoon about 1/4 c of the spinach mixture onto each chicken breast. Roll each chicken breast tightly and fasten the seams with several toothpicks.
Brush each chicken breast with the olive oil. Sprinkle the Cajun seasoning mixture evenly over all. Sprinkle any remaining spinach and cheese on top of chicken (optional).
Place the chicken seam-side down onto a tin foil-lined baking sheet (for easy cleanup). Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.
It was ok, the kids liked it, the husband ate it, I could take it or leave it.
Here is something I am much more excited about!
These thermoses are awesome! I heat the food at 7:00 am, I put it in the thermos, and set the thermos in a bowl of HOT water. the kids put them in their lunch bags around 7:45 and off they go. Guess what?! At lunch time, according to both kids the food is still just as hot as if it had just been heated up. Score! Not to mention they are user friendly (easy to open, close, clean, and no spills)! So I would definitely recommend looking into one if you send lunches off in the morning.
Speaking of lunches, I have been slacking on my pictures, sorry! I will try harder next week. Here are two that I remembered to take...
So my goal for months has been to be at my goal weight by the time we went to Tahoe (next week) to celebrate mine, Kelly's, and Katie's 30th birthdays. We all turn 30 within a few months of each other this year, so we planned this trip to celebrate together. At the end of Biggest loser I was 9 lbs away from my goal weight, and I have gone up and down between that and 13 lbs since. Yesterday morning I weighed in back at my biggest loser weight, that was a nice surprise.... But I doubt I will lose 9 lbs by next Thursday. But, that's ok. I set a goal, I tried, and I will just keep trying. However, I must say, my muscle definition in my arms has increased a lot in the passed month or so, so I attribute some of my weight fluctuation to muscle gain :)
And with that, I am off.... time to get back to home work. Yay. Posts my be a little scarce the next few weeks, bare with me, I'm in a transition of sorts, and will have plenty of posts for you once I get situated!
Happy Friday! Make some fun fit plans for your family this weekend and stay active!
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