Healthy Black Bean and Chicken Chilaquiles

This will definitely be one of my fave Cooking Light recipes ever. I really enjoyed it. I will be eating it for breakfast all week. Yum. I love Mexican food and this is a winner. Spicy - definitely may need to drink some milk with it.

1 large onion, thinly sliced
3 large garlic cloves, chopped
2 cups chopped chicken (I used the balsamic roasted chicken from an earlier post)
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup chicken broth
1 7 oz can salsa de chili fresco (in the mexican aisle. I thought it was salsa till I found the named can)
15 6 inch corn tortillas (cut in strips)
1 cup 2% Mexican cheese

Spray skillet and brown the onions. Add garlic. Then chicken - cook for a minute. Take off heat and stir in black beans. Dump in another bowl. Put broth and salsa in pan and heat for 5 minutes, simmering.
11x7 pan - sprayed - layer tortilla strips then chicken mixture 2x. Then top with sauce. Then add cheese. Bake at 450 for 10 minutes until cheese is melted.

This is typically a breakfast dish - but it is great at any meal.
6 servings
293 calories, 5 fat, 5 fiber.

Spinach Casserole

Don't read the title of this and toss it out. There are tons of yummy things in this bake and it is very yummy! I'm going to eat my first serving of it for breakfast in the morning. It just seemed like breakfast when I tasted it!

1 bag fresh spinach (cooked down in 1 T of water)
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup 2% sharp cheddar grated cheese
1/4 cup skim milk
1 egg
2 egg whites
2 T sweet onion, chopped
couple splashed Worcestershire sauce
pepper to taste

Mix it all together. Cook in greased 8x8 pan at 325 for about 40 minutes. This makes 4 servings - 220 calories, 3 fat, 3 fiber in each serving. And with all the fiber of the spinach and brown rice - with the protein of the eggs and cheese - this should be filling!
I got this recipe from Cheap Healthy Good - changed just a bit of the seasoning. Loving things from this healthy eats blog!

Mexibean Bake (2009.28)

I love mexican food. I love healthy food. I love cheap food. I love spicy food. I love comfort food. This is all the above. While it isn't the best thing I've ever made - it fits into all the above categories.
This is out of the Betty Crocker's Healthy and Heary Cookbook. Tons of recipes, pictures, huge book. So far so good!

2 cups cooked brown rice
1/2 cup picante sauce
1 egg
1/2 cup shredded 2% colby jack cheese
2 cups cooked pinto beans
1 cup picante sauce
1/2 cup shreeded 2% colby jack cheese.

Mix rice, sauce, egg, and cheese. Put in a 8x8 greased pan. Pour beans and picante sauce over top. Cover with cheese. If you don't use a medium or hot picante sauce, you may want to add cumin and chili powder to your beans. I may add some onion and cilantro next time as well - to kick up the flavor. Bake at 350 uncovered for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. I am warming up some now for my lunch! Makes 6 servings. That is more than lunch for a week, a dollar a lunch or less. Wow!

Chicken and Rice Casserole - Family Favorite

I love family favorite recipes. I would say - that during my middle school and high school - we had this at least 2-3 times on Sundays per month. This casserole was definitely easy and great for after church because we could set the oven timer and have it hot when we got home. It is a recipe in the first Plant City Primitive Baptist Cookbook, my copy is all stained and everything - actually it is Mom's copy.
I made it this evening to take to a family, who just lost their mom. I'll head it over there tomorrow after church.

Chicken and Rice Casserole

1 1/2 cup cooked rice (I used regular rice)
3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
4 stalks celery, halved, sliced
2 cups diced chicken
1 can healthy request cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup light mayo
1/2 medium onion
pinch of sea salt
pepper to taste
fried onion rings

Mix all together. Let sit overnight covered. Bake at 325 for 30 minutes, uncover, bake 15 more minutes with fried onions on top. Enjoy!