All this and she cooks too!

My wife surprised me after a long day of work with a special dinner. Jenny made ricotta and spinach stuffed chicken.

She had it in the oven so that we could go out and get some exercise and come home to a warm meal. We recycled some awesome veggies (made by my friend James for my bible study the night before) and bam, dinner. She even had angel food cake and strawberries for dessert!

Why am I featuring it here? To demonstrate:

1. My wife is an awesome cook, too. It tastes as good as it looks.
2. Even dinner on a Wednesday night should be special.
3. You can have something fresh and flavorful AND good for you.

She got the recipe from our weekly Weight Watchers meeting, so the stuffed chicken was only 6 points. For all you non-WW people, that's pretty light. The recipe keeps the calories and fat down by using a 6 oz. chicken breast and using low fat ricotta for the filling. The spinach adds a lot of flavor and great nutritional stuff. To my knowledge, the recipe doesn't add additional fat. The angel food cake is pretty light to begin with, and she frosted it with Cool Whip Free (or the like) and dropped some sliced strawberries on top.

So to sum up, Jenny kept the meal light by:

• Controlling portion size
• Using low or no-fat items in place of full fat alternatives
• Adding healthy veggies to give flavor and bulk without calories
• Adding seasoning instead of fat for flavor

Bravo, sweetheart!