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Chicken and New Potato Bake August 11, 2010

Filed under: Chicken,Healthy Eating,Potatoes,Weight Watchers Recipes — delishuss @ 9:31 pm
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5 ½ points per serving

Serves 4

Ingredients

½ lemon, cut into quarters

2 cloves of chopped garlic

2 tbsp runny honey

1 tbsp tomato puree

50ml white wine

1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

8 small bone-in skinless chicken thighs or 4 chicken breasts

500g baby new potatoes

1 red onion halved and sliced

Low fat cooking spray

50g of pitted olives in brine

Salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190 degrees Celsius.
  2. Squeeze the juice from the lemon pieces into a large bowl and add the squeezed out lemon. Stir in the honey, wine, tomato puree and half the parsley.
  3. Season well and add the chicken, stirring to coat. Set aside to marinate.
  4. Meanwhile, place the whole new potatoes in a pan of water, bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender. Drain and cool under running water.
  5. Slice thickly, and then place them in a large shallow casserole dish. Scatter the onions, garlic and olives on top, season well and mist with low fat spray.
  6. Place the chicken on top of the potatoes and drizzle with the marinade.
  7. Roast for 1 hour or until cooked through, turning the chicken over every now and then.
  8. Stir the remaining parsley into the cooked chicken and serve with a salad.
 

Baked Sweet Potato with Sweetcorn and Crispy Bacon

Filed under: Healthy Eating,Potatoes,Uncategorized,Weight Watchers Recipes — delishuss @ 9:09 pm
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Yet another Weight Watchers recipe for you 🙂 I promise I don’t have shares.

5 ½ points per serving

Serves 4

 

Ingredients

4 x 250g sweet potatoes

110g low fat soft cheese with garlic and herbs

4 spring onions, chopped

125g drained canned sweet corn

Low fat cooking spray

4 rashers lean back bacon

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 6/200 degrees Celsius/. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet and cook for 30-40 minutes until soft inside (insert a skewer to test). Remove from the oven, leaving it on.
  2. Halve the potatoes and scoop the flesh into a bowl. Mash the flesh, then stir in the soft cheese, spring onions and sweet corn. Season, then spoon the flesh back into the skins and return to the oven for 5 minutes to warm through.
  3. Meanwhile, mist a small frying pan with low fat spray and heat. Add the bacon and cook over a high heat for 2-3 minutes, turning regularly until the bacon is crisp. Remove the bacon and chop into small pieces.
  4. Serve 2 halves of baked potato each topped with the bacon, with some green salad on the side.