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Stoplight Chicken
If you're looking for a tasty dish that's eye-catching, too, look no more, because you can have our Stoplight Chicken on your table in just minutes . . . honest!
Serves: 6
Cooking Time: 15 min
What You'll Need:
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat Italian dressing, divided
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 6 bell peppers (2 red, 2 green, 2 yellow), cut into thin strips
- 1 (10-ounce) package fresh spinach, washed and trimmed
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Pour 1/2 cup of Italian dressing into a large resealable plastic bag. Add chicken, seal and mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour to marinate.
- Heat a large grill pan over high heat until hot. Place chicken in pan, discarding marinade, and cook or 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until no pink remains. Remove chicken from pan; set aside. Add peppers, garlic powder, and black pepper to pan and cook 4 to 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Return chicken to pan and coo****il heated through.
- Place spinach in a large bowl and add chicken mixture, and remaining 1/4 cup Italian dressing; toss well. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, if desired, and serve immediately.
Nutritional InformationServings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
- Calories 135
- Calories from Fat 38
- Total Fat 4.2g 6 %
- Saturated Fat 0.6g 3 %
- Trans Fat 0.0g 0 %
- Protein 18g 36 %
- Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
- Cholesterol 50mg 17 %
- Sodium 450mg 19 %
- Total Carbohydrates 6.8g 2 %
- Dietary Fiber 2.3g 9 %
- Sugars 3.4g 0 %
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
The following ingredients or measurements are not included:
- shredded Parmesan cheese (optional)
Read more at http://www.everydaydiabeticrecipes.com/Chicken/Stoplight-Chi cken#m4Ua7Z7UhPKZ3bsH.99
Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Just bumping this post back into the mainstream.
I saw these made on a Foodnetwork show a few days ago, and made them today. I am not a cook, although skilled enough to put a dinner on the table. They were really easy to make, and the family really enjoyed them. First time using wonton wraps, and I can think of a million use of these terrific little thingys!
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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Dear Donna,
Happy Surgiversary!! I am so glad to have met you in this journey. You have been a good friend to me and I truly appreciate that! I wish you nothing but the best!
Maybe we can get together sometime this summer?? PM me on here...
Congrats,
Beth
Congratulations, and Happy Surgiversary, Donna. I know the gratitude you speak of. I feel that way every Summer. My first consult with Dr. Marymor was on June 1st seven years ago. My surgery was August 28th. I am extremely grateful for all I have because of my surgery, not just the weight loss.
Keep up the great work.
Hugs,
Trish
Albert Schweitzer
Donna,
You have made an amazing transformation, and your WLS journey was just part of the transformation. You are a wonderful person and I am glad to call you a friend and I wish you well on Monday, I will call when I return from vacation, I might even make to Barix for First Saturday after all. . . as I think my daughters are leaving on Friday or very early on Saturday. . . be well and enjoy the next phase of your journey!!!!
Much love, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Hello out there to all of my PA peeps,
I have been down Cape May and was unable to post on my surgiversary (6/24). This past week has been one of deep filled gratitude and chief on that list is my WLS. If it wasn't for this momentous event of 4 years ago I would never gotten to the point of actually liking myself. What a freeing experience to be able to look in the mirror and actually like the person that I see. It is like an albatross has been removed from my neck.
I am very thankful to all the people on the OH board both past and present who have walked this journey with me. I hope to continue to be active on the board even as I begin my new job on 7/1. This experience is way more than I hoped for and I am so, so thankful to my God and to all of you.
With much live and gratitude,
Donna
Hi. I am from the Pittsburgh area. I am scheduled for VSG on July 26th at Magee. It is good to see so folks from the Burgh on here.
HW: 269 | GW: 135 | CW: 149.5 (Dealing with regain 3+ yrs out) M1: -21.8 M2: -16.2 M3: -13.6 M4: -10.4 M5: -11.2 M6: -11.9 M7: -9 M8: -10.2 M9: -4.4 M10: -5.4 (reached goal)
While this is not necessarily WLS related, I think if you read it through and get to the questions part of it, you will see the value. . . we start out this journey with hope and expectation that we will be better somehow because we've become "healthier and more socially acceptable in appearance", time goes by and perhaps some things change, mostly focus and if we don't change our perceptions of self, therein lies the Dis-ease. . . Just think this article I copied from a Daily email I receive (DailyOm), is a good one, most especially as we "age" post-WLS. Best wishes to all. . .
Find the Healing Message in Dis-ease
From Find the Healing Message in Dis-ease On-Line Course
by Steffany Barton, RN
The following is an excerpt from the "Find the Healing Message in Dis-ease'" on-line course. If you would like to enroll in the course, click here.
Regardless of the severity, intensity, frequency, or duration of any condition that would cause you dis-ease, Spirit can and will inspire you to the most perfect cure: self-acceptance and unconditional Love.
Although wonderful and beneficial on many levels, our medical system, from a spiritual vantage point, greatly separates us from our nature and encourages us to form an identity around what is wrong. Whatever is off balance receives recognition, the perpetual pursuit for “what’s wrong” becomes all right.
This point was driven home to me at a Christmas dinner I attended. On my right hand side was an older couple, the man wore jeans and a white, oxford shirt. He sat forward in his chair, frequently imbibing his alcoholic beverage.
Next to him, back erect, donned in a red jacket and blinking earrings, sat his wife. Her lips pursed, she stared at him.
Desiring to engage in friendly conversation, I asked the man, “What kind of work do you do?”
No sooner had the words left my mouth than the wife jumped in, “He can’t work. He’s got a bad knee.”
Instantly, he looked deflated, then replied, “I’ve got a good one, too. And all my other parts work.”
“Well, the doctors and I know about your bad knee. It’s stopping you. If you’ll get the knee fixed, maybe you can work,” she replied.
“Yes, but I’ve got a good knee!” he insisted.
“Yes, but you’ve got a bad one!” she reiterated.
Both sat speechless. I quietly munched my salad. The silence was golden.
What struck me most about the revealing conversation was that this woman had reduced her husband to a bad knee. Despite his full life, decades in which I am sure he had acquired many experiences, memories, materials, and moments to share, she recognized that he had a bad knee!
You are not your knees, your nose, your knuckles, or your nervous habits.
YOU are a spirit, and you are more that you believe yourself to be!
“I am Spirit, whole and free. I now allow my physical, emotional, and mental health to reflect this perfection in every way! I am healed!”
Let’s talk about your body.
TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
1. What are your beliefs about your body? Are you willing to let go of the old in exchange for a spiritual belief about your body? Do you believe you can heal?
2. Write a list of physical and emotional illnesses and how you think these may be connected to your underlying thoughts or fears.
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Congratulations!!! You most definitely are successing!!!
Blessings, Jill
WLS 5/31/07. Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!
We are so looking forward to you coming as well. It's July 1st at Uniontown Hospital from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm in the Thelma Sandy Conference Room right next to the Gift Shop. Call me with any problems or concerns... Patricia 724-880-8050
