Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Another great recipe! I fixed this last night for my sister and Jason. We all liked it! It does take awhile to prep it and get it ready to put in the stove.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=44701

1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thin bite-size strips
1/2 medium red bell pepper, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 can (18.5 oz) Progresso® Light Southwestern-style vegetable soup
1/4 cup uncooked instant brown rice
1 oz fat-free cream cheese, cut into cubes
3 tablespoons Old El Paso® fat-free refried beans (from 16-oz can)
4 corn tortillas (6 inch)
1/3 cup shredded reduced-fat mild Cheddar cheese

1. Heat oven to 350°F. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook chicken and bell pepper over medium-high heat 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until chicken begins to brown and bell pepper is crisp-tender. Sprinkle with cumin.

2. Stir in soup. Heat to boiling. Stir in rice; reduce heat to low. Cover; cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender.

3. Stir cream cheese into chicken mixture until well blended. Spread 1 tablespoon of the refried beans on 1 tortilla; place, beans side up, in bottom of ungreased 1-quart casserole. Top with 1 cup chicken mixture; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the cheese. Repeat 2 times. Top with remaining tortilla; sprinkle with remaining cheese.

4. Cover; bake 20 to 25 minutes or until mixture is hot and cheese is melted.

Nutrition Information
1 Serving: Calories 250 (Calories from Fat 35); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 30mg; Sodium 880mg; Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 6g, Sugars 4g); Protein 19g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 35%; Vitamin C 30%; Calcium 15%; Iron 10% Exchanges: 2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 Very Lean Meat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 *Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

POINTS® value of 4.

Do-Ahead
Make the casserole up to 24 hours ahead of baking, and store covered in the refrigerator. Since you'll be baking a cold casserole, expect the bake time to be a few minutes longer.

Weigh In

Today I weighed in a day early. I am going out of town for the weekend, and wanted to still get my weigh in done. I felt like I made some bad food decisions this week, but the scale didn't think so!! My stats:

Current weight: 139.6!!

I broke through another "decade"!

Also, I have set my goal, 130. So I am less then 10 lbs from my goal.

Lastly, I have done awesome working out this week. My week looked like this:
Saturday: Dancing with the Stars
Sunday: Walked 60 minutes
Monday: Yoga Booty Ballet
Tuesday: off
Wednesday: Firm DVD
Thursday: off
Friday: Yoga Booty Ballet (A different one).

Trader Joe's

I love Trader Joe's and buy a lot of their products. I have found them to be low in point values and very tasty. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Pasta Medley (add some shrimp and TJ Red Curry Sauce)
Edamame
Veggie Sticks (my daughter loves them too!)
Kids Yogurt
Ceasar Just Chicken
Pizza Sauce
Oatmeal
Everything crackers
Chicken and Beef Mini tacos

Also, in trying to figure out points values after I have already thrown away the packaging I found this website:
Trader Joe's Nutritional Values

It is very helpful in entering the information into the WW Online tools and figure out my points.

Great Workout!!

I love Dancing with the Stars and wish Jason and I could take a ballroom dancing class. So, when I saw this DVD I just had to pick it up! It was $14.99 at Target. You can get it for $9.99 at Amazon.com

It was a blast! Some parts I was a little uncoordinated, but over all I had a good time and it went by very fast! The next day I had some soreness, so I know it was doing something!!

OH MY!!

I don't know what else to title this post. I have had many titles run through my head, and this is what I typed!

Have you ever cried in a dressing room? I have, many times. Usually, it is because I couldn't find something to wear that looked good on me. The sizes I thought should fit, were too small and didn't look good. And the next size up was too big. And honestly, the next size up embarassed me.

Well, today I went to buy myself a few things. I need a swimsuit (going to do a river fitness class once a week at a pool by us that has a lazy river, the class uses the river as resistance). And, I need some workout clothes. I am going to start doing some DVDs at home, and plan to try the new Dancing with the Starts Cardio DVD, I will review it here after I try it.

So, the point of this post. I cried again today in a dressing room, because the size that I decided to try on for kicks, not knowing how it would fit, fit me well. And, I even had room, AND, it looked good! So, I bought a very cute, casual weekend outfit. And a workout take top with built in bra!

The size you ask?? Remember a few posts back when I said I wasn't going to buy much more until I hit size 8?? Well, I better go start spending!!! I have hit size 8 ladies and gentlemen! I haven't worn anything in a size 8 since college.