Belly be gone!

If you haven’t seen Heather’s collection of (CORE) recipes, I recommend checking it out.

She has this HUGE collection of core recipes… http://www.freewebs.com/hwc1973/index.htm

 I made these last night, w/some modifications… YUMMY! And DH liked them, too!

Barley pilaf:

½ onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp olive oil
1 c pearlized barley
3 c FF chicken broth
½ tsp salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Sprinkle of fresh or dried rosemary and thyme
Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 375.

Saute onion and garlic in olive oil. Spread barley into 1.5 qt baking dish. Add the cooked onion and garlic. Bring broth to a boil, then immediately stir in seasonings and pour liquid over barley. Cover baking dish tightly with doubled layers of foil. Bake barley 1 to 1.25 hours, until tender. Remove dish from oven and uncover. Fluff barley with a dinner fork, and serve.

– From WW core board

Note on the pilaf — it seemed to take forever for the broth to get absorbed. I think the pilaf was in the oven for about 1.5 hours - then again, I was still waiting for DH to come home, so it was fine…

Honey dijon chicken with brown rice (core)

Honey is not core, but per serving, 1 TBS = 0 points.

3 cups cooked brown rice
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
3 cups chopped fresh broccoli
2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon tarragon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Heat large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook, stirring 3 - 5 minutes or until chicken is brown and partially cooked. Add broccoli, mushrooms, onion and garlic; cook 4 - 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in rice, mustard, honey, vinegar, tarragon, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring 3 - 5 minutes or until well blended. Serves 6

-Uncle Ben’s brand recipe (posted by DoraLisa2005)

Note on the chicken - since I was making the pilaf, I didn’t use the brown rice. And I didn’t have tarragon, so I threw in a little rosemary & marjoram. And…I only had canned mushrooms. One thing I noticed last night - not sure if this is always the case or not…but since the veggies were mixed in w/the chicken, it seemed like we both didn’t eat as much. Granted…we also had the barley pilaf, which can be filling. We get our chicken (breasts) from Costco & freeze it…and I take out 2 at a time…and we’ll normally have the chicken breast whole, with a veggie. And we’ll both eat our chicken + some veggie — usually no leftovers. But when I cut it up and added lots of veggies (this also happens when I stir fry), there are always leftovers!