Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken

Ingredients

• 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, (or 8 breasts if this your first year on Swank diet--saturated fat value will be lower)

• Kosher or sea salt to taste
• ¾ teaspoon pepper, divided
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 1 cup chicken broth (fat free, low sodium)
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ cup flour, optional corn starch
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ¾ cup pitted green olives

   Directions

1. Sprinkle chicken thighs evenly with salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add half of chicken. Cook about 3 minutes per side, or until browned. Transfer to a slow cooker. Add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to skillet, and repeat procedure with remaining chicken. Transfer to slow cooker, and add lemon slices.
3. Combine broth, juice, flour and cumin, stirring with a whisk. Pour broth mixture over chicken.
4. Top with olives and remaining ¼ teaspoon pepper. Cover and cook on low heat for 6 hours.

Nutrition

Yields: 8 servings | Serving Size: 1-1/2 chicken thighs | Calories: 524 | Previous Points: 12 | Points Plus: 8 | Total Fat: 15 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 252 mg | Sodium: 264 mg | Carbohydrates: 5 g | Dietary Fiber: 1 g | Sugars: 0 g | Protein: 35 g

Original Recipe at   SkinnyMs

Crockpot Pasta Fagioli (like Olive Garden)

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• Serves 10

Ingredients

• ·         1 lb extra lean ground turkey breast
  ·         1 onion, chopped
  ·         3 carrots, chopped
  ·         4 stalks celery, chopped
  ·         2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
  ·         1 (16 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  ·         1 (16 ounce) can white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  ·         3 (10 ounce) cans no fat chicken stock
  ·         2 tablespoons dried oregano
  ·         2 teaspoons pepper
  ·         5 teaspoons parsley
  ·         1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional)
  ·         1 (20 ounce) jar marinara sauce
  ·         8 ounces whole wheat pasta (macaroni, tubetti, rigatoni or penne)

·Directions:

• Brown turkey in a skillet, drain and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
  Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.
  During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.
  
  

• Nutrition Facts
  Servings 10.0
  Amount Per Serving
  calories 433
  % Daily Value *
  Total Fat 7 g	11 %
  Saturated Fat 2 g	9 %
  Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
  Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
  Trans Fat 0 g
  Cholesterol 60 mg	20 %

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