Maria Menounos’ 5 Favorite Healthy Recipes: Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner-Dessert!

Directions

1.     In a large serving bowl, whisk the olive oil, vinegar, spice mixture, mustard, and salt and pepper to taste until blended.
2.     Fold in the chickpeas, kidney beans, green beans, scallions, celery, red peppers, and parsley.
3.     Refrigerate for at least 6 hours before serving.

Dinner: Crustless Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients

1 ¼ pounds boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

1 cup frozen peas

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter

1 onion, thinly sliced

3 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced

¼ cup all-purpose flour

1 cup nonfat milk

Salt and black pepper

1/3 cup bread crumbs

Directions

1.     Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2.     Lay the chicken breasts in a medium saucepan; cover with water by at least 1 inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chicken is just cooked through. (Reserve 1 ½ cups of the poaching liquid; discard the rest.)
3.     Dice the chicken. In a 2-quart casserole, combine the diced chicken and peas.
4.     Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Cook the onion and carrots for 10 minutes, stirring. Sprinkle in the flour and stir until a paste is formed.
5.     Very slowly pour in the milk and the warm poaching liquid, stirring the whole time, until a thick sauce forms. (This can take as long as 10 minutes)
6.     Fold the sauce into the chicken mixture in the casserole. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover the pan with foil; bake for 15 minutes.
7.     Uncover, sprinkle with the bread crumbs, and bake for 15 minutes, or until hot.

Dessert: Best Banana Bread:

Description

*You might think of banana bread as a breakfast treat, but it also hits the spot at the end of the evening meal, so don’t toss those black-peel bananas! Turn them into the moistest banana bread you will ever meet. The riper the bananas, the better the flavor.

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