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Chicken Fried Rice

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Ingredients

  • 3 – 4 green onions, sliced
  • 2 Tablespoons canola oil
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 ½ cups pre-cooked chicken or 1 10-ounce can or pouch of chicken
  • 3 cups cooked brown rice
  • 2 Tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. If rice is not cooked, follow directions on package and cook it first.
  3. In a skillet or electric skillet, cook green onions in oil until tender. Add egg and cook to a scrambled egg consistency. Remove eggs from pan.
  4. Increase heat to high. Add rice, chicken, and soy sauce. Stir constantly until rice is heated through.

Variation
Add Veggies- In step 4, add 1 ½ cups of canned vegetables or a 10-ounce bag of frozen vegetables.

Makes 6 servings

 
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Chicken Spaghetti

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound chicken breast, cooked and shredded
  • 3 cups or 1 jar of canned spaghetti sauce
  • 3 cups spaghetti pasta
  • Pepper or red pepper flakes (optional)
  • Parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. Cook spaghetti following package directions. Drain.
  3. In a saucepan or electric skillet, heat chicken in sauce.
  4. Heat through and serve over hot spaghetti noodles. Serve topped with pepper, red pepper flakes, or Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Makes 6 servings

 
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Chicken Salad

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Ingredients

  • 2 5-ounce cans of chicken
  • 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
  • 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
  • 1 Tablespoon finely chopped onion
  • 2 Tablespoons finely chopped celery
  • 1 Tablespoon dill pickle relish or chopped dill pickle (optional)

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. Combine all ingredients except chicken and mix until well blended.
  3. Drain chicken and flake apart with a fork. 
  4. Add chicken to other ingredients and mix well. 
  5. Serve on whole-grain bread, tortilla, lettuce leaf, or in a tomato. 

Makes 6 servings

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Chicken Shepherd’s Pie

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Ingredients

  • 1½ cups CNP Magic Mix
  • 3 cups water or low-sodium broth
  • 1½-2 cups cooked or canned chicken
    2 cups fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables (green beans, peas, carrots, corn, etc.)
  • 2-3 cups mashed potatoes
  • Nonstick spray

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water.
  2. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  3. Spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
  4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix together CN Magic Mix and water or broth. Cook until smooth and thick, then remove from heat.
  5. Add turkey and vegetables.
  6. Spread in the baking pan.
  7. Top with mashed potatoes.
  8. Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

Makes 12 servings

Twisted Mac & Cheese 3 Ways

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Base Mac & Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 box pre-packaged mac n cheese
  • ½ pack cheese packet
  • ¼ cup low-fat or fat-free milk
  • 2 Tablespoons tub margarine

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds. 
  2. Cook noodles as directed on package.
  3. After draining noodles, return to heat, stir in milk, margarine, and cheese packet.
  4. Twist it up! 
Tuna and peas mac and cheese in a white bowl

Tuna & Peas Mac & Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Base Mac & Cheese
  • 2/3 cup cooked peas
  • 1 5-ounce can tuna, drained

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds. 
  2. Prepare Base Mac & Cheese. 
  3. Stir in peas and tuna.

Broccoli & Chicken Mac & Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Base Mac & Cheese
  • 1 cup cooked broccoli
  • 1 cup cooked chicken or 1 can chicken, drained

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds. 
  2. Prepare Base Mac & Cheese. 
  3. Stir in broccoli and chicken.
Broccoli and chicken mac and cheese in a white bowl
Taco mac and cheese in a white bowl

Taco Mac & Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Base Mac & Cheese
  • ½ pound lean ground meat (turkey, lean beef, game meat)
  • ½ 10-ounce can tomatoes and green chilies
  • ½ 15-ounce can black beans
  • ½ Tablespoon taco seasoning or CNP Mexican Seasoning

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds. 
  2. Brown meat. Add tomatoes and green chilies, beans, and seasoning. Simmer for 10 minutes.
  3. Add meat mixture to mac n cheese and stir well.

Picnic Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 pounds raw chicken pieces
  • 2 1/2 cups corn flakes or bran flakes cereal, finely crushed
  • 20 whole-grain crackers, finely crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped (1 teaspoon minced or 1/2 teaspoon powder)
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt
  • 1 Tablespoon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • Nonstick spray

Directions

  1. Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds.
  2. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  3. Spray a baking sheet (any size) with nonstick spray.
  4. Remove skin and visible fat from chicken. Cut chicken into strips or chunks.
  5. In a bowl, combine egg whites, yogurt, mustard, and salt.
  6. In a shallow bowl, combine cereal and cracker crumbs, cayenne, and garlic.
  7. Dip chicken pieces into the yogurt mixture to coat. Then dip into the cracker mixture and pack crumbs onto each piece of chicken.
  8. Arrange pieces on baking sheet coated with nonstick spray.
  9. Bake at 375°F for 50 minutes until the internal temperature of chicken reaches 165°. Larger pieces make take longer.

Makes 14 servings

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