What's For Dinner?

In my quest for losing weight I have been searching for some new healthy recipes that I think my family might also enjoy. It's not always easy introducing new things to young children so it has been somewhat of a challenge. Fortunately I have been able to find a few that I think will be successful. I thought it would be fun to share some of those recipes with you. I will only post them after we have tried them that way I can give you our reviews.

First up is Baked Chicken Parmesan and Spaghetti.
I found this recipe at Skinny Weight Watcher Recipes. I changed it up a little bit so here is my version.

Ingredients:
4 boneless skinless chicken breast sliced in half
3/4 cup bran flakes (crushed into a breadcrumb like consistency)
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 oz. fat free milk
1 cup spaghetti sauce
1/4 cup fat free shredded mozzerella cheese

Preheat oven to 450*. Spray large baking sheet lightly with cooking spray. Combine bran flakes and parmesan cheese in one dish. In a second dish place flour, and in third dish place milk. Dip chicken in flour, then milk, then bran flake crumbs. Place coated chicken on baking sheet and spray with a light coating of cooking spray. Bake about 15-20 (until no longer pink) flipping once. Remove from oven, spoon sauce over chicken and top with shredded cheese. Bake 5 more minutes until cheese is melted.

For spaghetti: I used whole grain spaghetti noodles (about 6oz. to feed our family) along with the remaining spaghetti sauce.

Entire recipe makes 8 servings.
Serving size equals one chicken breast half and a small scoop of spaghetti (about 2 oz.)
Point Total = 4

Our Review: This recipe originally called for breadcrumbs and fiber one cereal, but I decided to use the bran in replacement to save some calories (and because that's what I had). Although it was fairly good the flavor of the bran didn't really go well with the sauce. Next time I just wouldn't coat the chicken and I think it would be delicious. The kids seemed to eat it pretty well once they realized it was just chicken!