Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms

{This week’s menu is posted.}

Hopefully everyone had a great weekend!  We had hoped to get down to St. Simons Island {our FAVORITE vacation spot}, but the weather there was horrible.  Then we thought we’d go to the lake, but the weather there was horrible too!  Instead we ended up running errands on Saturday after we spent most of the day lounging around.  On Sunday Nathan took Samuel duty after I fed him around 8:00 AM, and I slept until 10:00!  It was glorious.

I love weekends where we do next to nothing.  Sometimes everyone just needs a weekend where they decompress especially after we’ve had company almost every weekend since Samuel was born!

This recipe is from a Weight Watchers magazine that got passed to me about a year ago.  I never got the whole magazine, but one of my girlfriends ripped out a few recipes for me.  The only reason I know this has to be from Weight Watchers is because there is a POINTS value at the bottom of the recipe.

Balsamic Chicken with Mushrooms {from Weight Watchers; POINTS value – 3}

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbs balsamic vinegar
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 4 4 oz pieces of chicken breast
• 2 cups halved mushrooms
• 1/3 cup fat-free reduced sodium chicken broth

Directions:

1. In a nonstick skillet, heat 1 tbs of the oil.
2. In a medium bowl, mix 2 tbs of vinegar and the mustard.
3. Add the chicken to the vinegar mixture and coat.
4. Transfer the chicken and extra marinade to the skillet.  Cover and saute the chicken until it is cooked straight through.
5. When the chicken is done, place it on a platter and cover to keep warm.
6. In the same skillet, heat the remaining oil.  Saute the mushrooms for 1 minute.
7. Add the broth and remaining vinegar.  Stir occasionally until the mushrooms are brown {about 2 minutes longer}.
8. Serve the chicken topped with the mushrooms.

Grade: B

Comments: This was good, but it needed more spice.  The recipe did call for garlic, but as I’ve said before we’re avoiding garlic in this house right now.  Unfortunately that means some delicious recipes can come out a little dull.  This is one of those cases.  I think being able to add the garlic would have made a world of difference.  It was still good, and I’d make it again for sure.

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