Skinny Chicken Parmesan

Keeping a healthy diet doesn’t have to mean letting go of all your favorite foods.  Eating healthy meals simply looks like modifying a few of your classic favorites.  Remember to look for recipes that make enough food to keep you full for long.  You don’t want to be snacking or grazing for a midnight snack when you could’ve been satisfied by a good dinner.

With the help of SkinnyTaste, we’ve edited one of the best loved Italian recipes to make it health-approved.  Follow this recipe for a meal with 250 calories that will help curb your 10pm search through the refrigerator.

Ingredients: 

• Chicken breasts, cut in half and trimmed
• 3/4 cup whole wheat or Italian breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
• 2 tbsp. olive oil
• 3/4 cup reduced fat mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup marinara sauce (Buy it from the store or make your own!)

Instructions: 

• Preheat oven to 450.
• Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• In one bowl, combine Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs. In a separate bowl, pour olive oil.
• Dip each piece of chicken first in the olive oil and then coat it in the cheese and breadcrumb mixture, using a spoon to scoop and pour.  Shake off the excess.  Place on baking sheet.
• Spray more cooking spray on top of each piece of chicken.
• Bake for 20 minutes.  Remove. Flip over each piece of chicken. Bake for 5 more minutes.
• Pour approx. 1 tbsp. sauce atop each piece of chicken. Add a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese on top of the sauce.
• Bake for 5 more minutes.
• Serve with whole wheat spaghetti or linguine and a green salad.

Eating healthy doesn’t mean leaving flavor in the past.  It means looking for low fat and low calorie options and substitutes.  Enjoy this healthy alternative with your family this week!