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Retro Herb Chicken Revisited

Growing up we always got to choose the dinner menu for our birthday. My Dad’s favorite birthday dinner was Herbed Chicken, served over white rice with a side of creamed spinach. While we didn’t count calories much then, I looked it all up and found this meal was 1215 calories – the chicken with sauce was 715 calories on its own and we hadn’t added in bread/butter and the birthday cake! Now I am eating around 1200 calories in a day, so I changed-out the chicken as this was the biggest offender in terms of fat and calories – made it lighter but still tasty! The cream of chicken soup had to go, as did the sour cream, and the heavy cream that were all used to create the gravy. I substituted Greek Yogurt instead so the gravy still stayed creamy. I still serve cream of spinach with the chicken, but eliminated the white rice totally from this menu. This chicken dish is still delicious but now it’s also much healthier. Original Herb Chicken is 715 …

Caramelized Onion Dip with Cottage Fried Chips

Published by Canapes and Chocolate

Onion dip is readily available at any grocery store silently sitting beside the ranch dip, like an old married couple. But if you look closely to the ingredient list on the bottom of the tub, you might think twice on taking it home to serve family and friends. Why? Just check out some of the ingredients found on the label: trio calcium phosphate, guar gum, xanthan gum, vegetable gum (really needs 3 GUMS?), corn starch, distilled vinegar, sugar, caramel color, onion flavoring, dried onion flakes, dried parsley, malteddexrin, and a whole lot of other things that don’t look either nutritious nor appetizing. With homemade caramelized onion dip you know exactly what you are eating, and will enjoy pungent flavors of robust onion and garlic with a touch of lemon zest that provides a delightful freshness to this dip.