Chicken Naan Pizza

            The husband absolutely LOVES tzatziki sauce. He puts it on just about everything (seriously - we go through about 2-3 containers per week). So when I saw a pizza recipe that used tzatziki instead of regular sauce, I knew that I had to make it.

            The pizza turned out fabulously - the husband was begging me to make more immediately (seriously? Do I look like a Stepford wife?) I refused, but this will definitely be a staple in our house from now on. The following recipe is dinner for 2, but you can adapt it however you’d like. I served it with this Greek Salad.

Ingredients:

2 medium naan bread (or pita bread, if you can’t find naan)

2-4 tbsp tzatziki sauce

1/3 cup chicken, cooked (I used leftovers from this)

¼ cup red pepper, thinly sliced

green onion

mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Spread 1-2 tbsp tzatziki over each naan.
3. Top with mozzarella cheese as desired.
4. Top with chicken and red pepper.
5. Bake for about 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and crust is crispy.
6. Remove from oven, garnish with green onion and serve.

Nutritional Information per pizza: About 400 calories, depending on how much cheese you use. Weight Watchers: 8 points

Adapted from Martha Stewart Everyday food.

Grilled Chicken & Vegetables

As the summer comes to a close, the husband and I are frantically trying to keep it alive as long as possible. I think we might have used the barbeque more this past week than the entire summer! One of my favourite things to grill is actually vegetables (the husband says the grill cries every time I say this). So to please us both, I did the whole dinner on the grill last night - meat AND vegetables. And of course I’m biased, but it was fantastic. And simple. Barbequed chicken & vegetable skewers - if that doesn’t say summer, I don’t know what does!

Ingredients:
Chicken:
4 chicken breasts, bone-in and skin-on
4 tbsp Italian or Greek salad dressing, low fat
Fresh ground pepper.


Vegetable Skewers:
1 each red, green, yellow pepper (large)
1 zucchini
red onion or carrot thinly sliced
2 tbsp Italian dressing
1 tsp balsamic vinaigrette
Greek seasoning, salt & pepper


Directions:
1. Marinate chicken up to 24 hours in dressing. Cut vegetables into large bite size pieces, and toss with dressing. Thread onto skewers (should make 4). This can be done just before chicken is ready to grill.
2. Preheat grill to 350F (or about medium).
3. Place chicken, breast side up, on grill, and close lid. Cook for 10 minutes then add skewers on top rack. Turn the chicken a total of 4 times, and the skewers about 4-6 times.
4. Cook until chicken is no longer pink and skewers are cooked but vegetables are still crispy. (about 25-30 minutes).
5. Serve with rice or bread and enjoy!


Nutritional Information:
Chicken Breast - about 250 calories
Vegetable Skewer - about 50 calories each


Weight Watchers Points - 5 before rice and bread.

Blueberry-Peach Parfait

         A few months ago, I decided to take up running. I thought it would be a great way to get into shape without spending a lot of money. I met another girl online (yes, I know that sounds creepy) and we started a running club together. So far, we are the only members. But the term "running club" sounds so much cooler than "this girl I run with"; so I go with club.
        We have been able to work up our distance pretty quickly - in about 6 weeks, we have gone from walking most of the 5km to running most of it - pretty awesome for a bunch of beginners. I was talking (okay, bragging) about it at work to a fellow runner, Janet. She looked a bit smug, but didn't say anything, until another girl asked her how far she had run the day before. 23 kilometres. She almost looked embarassed as she said it. Two-three!! Not 2.3 (which I would be impressed with), but 23! Turns out, she ran from her house all the way to St.Mary's. Even driving that far makes me sweat! 
         So, I have decided that I must ramp up my running. At this age, and in the good physical condition I am in, I have no excuses. So although my old goal was to be able to run 5km by mid-October, my new goal is 10km. I'm going to enroll in some type of race to hold me accountable. And, of course, I have posted this on my blog. So now I have all of you devoted(??) followers to make sure that I do this.


On the night that we go for our runs, I have a light dinner with protein, complex carbs & fruit. I have found that this blueberry-peach parfait is perfect for filling me up without dragging me down. It takes two minutes to make.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain yoghurt 
1/4 cup unsweetened granola 
1 small peach, sliced
1/4 cup blueberries
1 tsp flax seed, ground


Directions: Layer all ingredients as desired. Serve immediately :)