Harvest Grain Blend with Chicken and Shrimp
Posted on April 25th, 2013 by admin
Slimming Eats Recipe
Extra Easy – syn free per serving
| Harvest Grain Blend with Chicken and Shrimp |
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Author: Slimming Eats
Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup of Trader Joes Harvest Grain Blend (if you can’t get this, you can use ½ cup of orzo and ½ cup of Israeli couscous)
- 1 chicken thigh, chopped into small pieces (or if you prefer use ½ large chicken breast)
- 150g of raw large shrimp (prawns)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 small carrots, finely chopped
- 1 small zucchini (courgette), finely chopped
- 3 ripe vine tomatoes, chopped
- couple of handfuls of spinach
- 2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 teaspoons of Italian mixed herbs
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- pinch of salt and black pepper
- low calorie spray
Instructions
- Heat the stock in a saucepan, add the harvest grain mix and bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until stock is almost absorbed. Then turn off heat, but leave lid on and set aside.
- Spray a large frying pan over a medium high heat with some low calorie spray.
- Add the chicken and fry until lightly golden, then add the onion, garllc, carrots, and zucchini and fry till softened.
- Add the tomatoes, herbs and paprika and stir to evenly coat. Turn heat down, add shrimp and place lid over the top just to steam for a few mins until prawns are cooked through.
- Stir in the cooked harvest grain blend and a few handfuls of spinach.
- Enjoy!!
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information:
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Approx. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
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per serving |
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Calories |
361 |
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Fat |
6.7g |
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Saturated Fat |
1.3g |
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Total Carbohydrate |
38.7g |
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Dietary Fibre |
7.2g |
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Sugars |
10.7g |
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Protein |
38.0g |
Filed under: chicken, fish and seafood, grains, beans or pulses, lunch, main course, syn free, vegetables
