Recipes used for the Healthy Choice Event on 5/18/09

Fruit Smoothie
½ cup vanilla yogurt
½ cup fruit (your choice)
2 oz. of fruit juice (your choice)

Blend all ingredients together. Makes 1 cup.
*Optional: Grate nutmeg, add granola, or nuts.

Chicken Salad
3 Chicken Breast (boneless & skinless)
1.5 cups Lite Miracle Whip
¼ cup Relish (Dill or Sweet)
1 stalk Celery (diced)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook chicken breasts with a little salt and pepper in oven for 25-30 minutes or until juices run clear. Let cool, then dice into bite size pieces. Add relish, celery and then add miracle whip. Stir ingredients and set in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
*Optional: Instead of using bread, use a lettuce leaf to wrap chicken salad. Make a fruit salad to go along with it (apples and red grapes or cantaloupe and honey dew melon)

Chicken Poppyseed Casserole
1 Whole Rotisserie Chicken
8 oz. Plain Yogurt
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup (98% Fat Free)
1 sleeve of Ritz Whole Wheat Crackers (crushed)
2 Tbs poppyseed
Butter (spray)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Debone rotisserie chicken and shred meat. Mix yogurt and cream of chicken soup. Add chicken to soup. Spread chicken mixture in a non-stick pan (9 by 11). Next sprinkle poppyseed on top. Then layer crushed crackers on top. Spray top of crackers with butter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust browns. Makes about 8 servings.
*Optional: Prepare a veggie to go along with casserole.