Chicken Marsala Casserole

One of my Favorite Italian dishes made a little lighter and a little easier!

-Ingredients-

2 Tablespoons olive oil

1 small onion diced

2 teaspoons minced garlic

16 ounces fresh sliced mushrooms

1 1/2 tablespoons flour
1/2 a cup Marsala wine
1/2 a cup fat free half and half
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup brown rice uncooked
2 packed cups coarsely chopped cooked chicken
1/4 cup parsley


-Directions-

Preheat oven to 375

In a large skillet heat oil over medium high heat

Add onions and mushrooms to the skillet and cook stirring occasionally for 5 -7 mins

add garlic and cook 2 more mins

sprinkle the flour on top and stir in for 1 min

stir in the Marsala and half and half slowly and shimmer until slightly thickened

stir in chicken broth

spray a casserole dish with cooking spray and spread the rice in a even layer

add the chicken to the casserole dish

Pour the mushroom gravy on top

Wrap tightly with aluminum foil and bake about 45 mins

Remove from oven and enjoy.

Each serving is 245 calories!

I love JM

Fitness and Sickness

I have been down with a cold for the last few days and it has made me ask a lot of questions that may be considered dumb to think about while your sick.

Like...

How many calories are in this cough drop?

Should I drink ginger ale or stick to water?

Can I still work out?

Will DayQuil/NyQuil make me fat?

What should I eat?

My fiancee laughed at me so hard when I asked these things.
Maybe I am a Little to focused on weight loss but I can't help it. Plus its never a bad time to think about your health right? lol

This is my guide to surviving a cold.

Cough drops may seem like a silly thing to worry about but they can actually have as many as 80 calories in a single drop. Even the ones with only 15 calories add up. My suggestion is using store brand sugar free drops as they are cheaper work better and have 0 - 5 calories.

Drinking lots of fluids when your sick is key. I have always been told to drink ginger ale which on a good day is 160 calories per glass. No thanks! Stay away guys. I know ginger settles the stomach but their isn't enough in ginger ale to actually make a difference. Instead drink Lot's of water and a few glasses of orange juice a day. The vitamin c really helps but try to find one with less sugar. I like the simply orange kind because it has tons of vitamin c and is only 100 calories.

Technically as long as your symptoms are neck up you can pretty exercise any way you want but holding back a little and doing less may help you in the long run. Do some easy sitting exercises or laying ones maybe even just walk in place for 30 mins and call it a day. If you ache through out your body or have a fever please go sit your happy butt down you will not be working out today.

Your medicine will not make you fat... In fact most of the time those liquid meds are calorie free and even if their not just take your damn medicines and get better lol

We have heard it all our lives IF YOUR SICK EAT CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!
Well they are right guys It's low cal, yummy, and the hot broth will make you feel human again. Even if chicken noodle isn't your thing any soup with a clear broth will help. I am a die hard progresso girl! None of that starve a cold crap here. When you eat right you feel right!