WeightWatchers Creamy Chicken Bake

This is a weightwatchers recipe taken from a book of family meals, WeightWatchers Cook Smart Family Food. I picked this up for £2.50 in Tesco at the end of December.

It has some delicious looking recipe’s in and they are all really balanced and can’t wait to try most of them. Sometimes I struggle to make really balanced healthy meals when cooking for one person, but I think for most of the recipe’s in this book my family will eat them too.

This was a really simple recipe, but it turned out to be really filling and tasty. I wish I had taken some pictures or recorded some while I was cooking but it just slipped my mind.

You need:

low fat cooking spray

300g diced chicken

2 courgettes,

175g fusilli pasta

600g passata with herbs (couldn't find this so I just added a few sprinkles of mixed herbs to the passata)

200g low fat soft cheese with garlic and herbs

100ml water

• The first thing I did for this recipe was chop the courgettes into slices and cook it in some fri-light cooking spray with the diced chicken. This should be cooked until the chicken browns (about 5 mins).
• Whilst this is happen the pasta should be cooked for 2 mins, and then drain.
• Add the passata and water to the chicken and courgette mix, and bring to the boil. Then remove from the heat.
• The soft cheese should then be mixed in along with the pasta.
• You can then place the mixture in an oven proof dish. Cover the dish and place it in the oven for about 45mins.

picture taken from the book

Such a simple dish, but so tasty. I do wish the tomato flavour had been a little stronger, and so next time I might add a little tomato puree.

I was a little worried about cooking this after setting fire to my crumpets earlier in the week but I am pleased to say this recipe turned out to be fire free.

So that was my recipe of the week (w/e 17/01/09). There will definitely be more from this Weightwatchers cook book.

Did you try anything new this week?

K x