Recipe - Stealthy Healthy Chicken Parmesan

My husband does not like healthy food.  The last time he had a leaf of lettuce was in 1999 right after we got engaged.

Eleven
Years
Ago

He eats: bananas, canned peaches, applesauce, potatoes, and corn.  Oh- and some veggies in Chinese stir fry/Japanese hibachi, and occasionally in soups and stews.

That's it.

So, I am always looking for ways to help him eat more healthy food.  In stealth.  I have ninja skills, you know.

Enter the Stealthy Healthy Chicken Parmesan. The healthy is stealthy - they'll never know what hit 'em!

I have a favorite healthy additive - Flax meal.  I sneak this stuff in any chance I get.  Banana bread, brownies, cookies.... whatever I can.  It works great here too!

Now, I don't measure when I cook, so you may like a little more or a little less of the ingredients in yours. 

Stealthy Healthy Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients:

• 4 thawed boneless chicken breasts (or equivalent chicken tenders)
• 1 box spaghetti or angel hair pasta (use whole wheat for more flavor and nutrition)
• 1 jar spaghetti sauce
• 1 cup mozzerella cheese  (low fat if you choose)
• Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2/3 cup bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup flax meal
• salt (I prefer Kosher salt)
• Italian seasoning
• 2-3 Tbs oil
• optional - 1 small jar baby food carrots

Preheat oven to 350.   Boil water for pasta and follow box directions to cook (I make my pasta while chicken bakes).

In one bowl, wisk egg and milk with a pinch of salt.  In another bowl, mix bread crumbs, flax meal, 1tsp salt, 1tsp Italian seasoning, and 2-3 Tbs Parmesan cheese.

Take each chicken breast and dredge once in the egg mixture, once in crumb mixture then back in egg mixture and finish with crumb mixture. This double dipping will help breading stay on chicken.

Heat oil in skillet and cook chicken 3-4 minutes on each side until a nice crispy breading is formed.  Transfer chicken to a baking dish.  Sprinkle with mozzerella cheese.  Pour spaghetti sauce over the top (if you are using the carrots, mix with the spaghetti sauce before pouring).  Sprinkle with remaining mozzerella cheese.  Bake for 20 - 30 minutes until chicken is done.

Serve on top of pasta with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.

Yummy!  You will never taste the flax meal or the carrots.  Low fat cheese tastes just as delicious as regular cheese.  The breading is so flavorful that you won't miss the fried-in-lots-of-oil taste,

Now HUSH!  Don't tell my hubby that this meal is healthy!!!

This post is linked up at Finer Things Friday since yummy and healthy food is certainly a Finer Thing!