This week I tried to find more healthy recipes to try, which meant no cookies, cake or pie. Pillsbury sends me emails with recipes with servings for a small family (Ryan counts as two). I picked a chicken recipe called Pecan-crusted Chicken. A couple of the ingredients were pecans and fat free Greek yogurt, which are healthy. But I was surprised when I started cooking the chicken. I dipped the chicken in the yogurt and pecan/parsley and slapped it in the skillet with oil. After a few minutes I flipped the chicken to the other side. But when I cut into the chicken to check if it was cooked, the middle was still very pink. I let it sit for another couple minutes, and by then the pecan crust started to burn and crumble off. Luckily, the chicken looked done when I cut it again. A word of advice, buy thinly cut chicken breasts and don’t skip step one. The crust will be better with a thin breast. Although it wasn’t exactly the healthiest recipe, it was very good and was a quick recipe. I guess you can’t judge a recipe by its ingredients. Someday, I want to be able to cook healthy dinners for my mini-Ryans and Toris, so I might as well start eating healthy myself.
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