Chicken tomato and basil Pasta

Ingredients:

2-3 Chicken breasts
1 to 1 1/2 bunches fresh basil (finely chopped)
2 tsp crushed garlic (you can add more it you like it a stronger taste)
2 vine ripened tomatoes ( seeded and dices into small pieces)
About 1/2 cup olive oil (it's 2 Tbs per person)
1 Box penne pasta ( I use multigrain with omega-3)
Parmesan cheese

In a frying pan put olive oil and heat on medium heat, add tomatoes, basil, and garlic and saute until all the flavors are infused. Pour over pasta, sprinkle with Parmesan.
Serve and enjoy!

Sugar Free no bake cookies

This recipe is so delicious!!! It is natural! You use honey!!

No Bake Cookies

Mix together and microwave or cook on stove top until boiling:
1 cup honey
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup cocoa
1/3 cup milk


Remove from heat and add:
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups oatmeal

Spoon onto wax paper let them sit for about 15 min and enjoy!!
I got this recipe from my friend Melissa who doesn't eat any refined sugar!

Oatmeal Pancakes

I got this recipe from the South Beach Diet cook book.

1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup low fat or fat free cottage cheese
4 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth. Cook in frying pan with cooking spray. Top with Smart balance or I can't believe it's not butter, or peanut butter(my favorite) and you can use sugar free or low sugar syrup. It is also delicious with fruit.

Slow cooked chicken with veggies.

I love this one we make it all the time.
What you will need:
2-3 chicken breasts(you can so more if you like just increase the olive oil)
1/2 green pepper cubed
1/2 red pepper cubed
1/2 zucchini sliced
1 carrot sliced
1/2 onion sliced (optional) I put the onion in for flavor, but I don not it them.
5-6 garlic cloves (optional) I only use garlic if I have it.

In a Pyrex baking dish put the chicken and the top with all the veggies sprinkle with Mrs. Dash and drizzle about 2-4 T olive oil all over. Cover with tin foil and Bake at 325 to 350 until done. If I have time I will cook it at 300 and so it is really moist.

Serve with Pasta I use the Barilla Plus it is on my diet and I love it, or with brown rice. After you serve top with about 1 T fresh Parmesan.
Enjoy!

Black Bean Salsa

I can have this one occasionally. It is so yummy you have to try it!!

2 cans black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can corn, drained
2 tomatoes diced
1 sm onion diced(optional)
2 avocados, diced (I like to use 3)

Dressing:
I don't do this I add about 1/2 T of olive oil and 1/4 tsp vinegar and 4-6 T lime juice and it is so delicious. If you want to try the dressing here it is:
4 tsp. dried cilantro
1 T Olive oil
1 T. Red wine vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
4-6 T lime juice
mix and serve with chips of your choice. I like Multi grain from Costo, because I can eat them on my diet.

My Diet Recipes

This recipe is not on my diet, but I made it on New Years and it was so good I had to share.

CARAMEL APPLE SALSA AND SWEET TORTILLIA CHIPS

What you need for the salsa:
1 Med. Granny Smith Apple
1 Red Apple
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 C. dried cranberries
1/4 C. caramel ice cream topping
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Core Slice and dice apples(leaving the skin on). Add lemon juice, cranberries, carame topping and cinnamon and mix well.

Chips:

8(7 inch) flour tortillias
about 2T cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 400. Cut into 6 pieces per tortillia. Spread on cookie sheet. Lightly spray with water or cooking spray and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake 8-10 min until the edges are golden brown.
Cool and enjoy with the yummy salsa.