Today is my brother's 16th birthday! (I'm getting old, I know.) I told him that he could decide what we had for dinner. His original thought was poppyseed chicken and biscuits. I asked him what kind of vegetable, and he said, "cheesy potatoes." Needless to say, I didn't exactly make that. The poppyseed chicken was a done deal. He decided green beans and mushrooms would suffice instead of cheesy potatoes. And we topped it off with chocolate pudding cake.
Poppyseed chicken is a very easy and simple dish to make. (Also delicious!) You basically cook about 6 chicken breasts and chop them into cubes and place in the bottom of a baking dish, cover with a mixture of sour cream (I use light), cream of chicken, and cream of celery, and top with a sleeve of crushed Ritz crackers (I used reduced fat), poppyseeds, and melted butter. I do take the extra time to shred the chicken instead of just chopping it. For some reason, cubes/chunks of chicken really gross me out.
I modified the recipe for the chocolate pudding cake. It's inherently low fat, but full of sugar. I didn't totally replace the sugar with fake stuff. Instead, I used half "real" sugar and half Ideal sugar substitute. I don't think anyone noticed a difference...and I haven't told them. We topped it with light vanilla ice cream. Yum!
