Chicken Calories

Chicken Calories

Chicken – who doesn’t love eating it?  With so many ways to prepare chicken, there’s a great taste for everyone. If you are worried about chicken calories – first look at how you are preparing it for cutting your caloric intake.

Plain cooked chicken calories isn’t exactly a dieter’s main worry.  A single cup contains about 200 calories, is high in niacin, vitamin B6 and protein. 

Compare that with barbecued chicken wings or fried chicken and you are going to double or triple the calories and increase …

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[29 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 8 views]
California Caviar

Preparation Time: 1 hour
Number of Servings: 8
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 0.50

Ingredients:
1-1/4 cups dry black-eyed peas
1 cup green bell pepper, diced
1/2 cup green onion, finely chopped

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[22 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 199 views]
California Fresh Fruit Kebobs with Lemon and Cayenne

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 12
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.00

Ingredients:
6 ripe pluots, halved and pitted
6 ripe peaches, halved and pitted
6 ripe nectarines, halved and pitted

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[15 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 203 views]
Okra with Rice and Beans

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Number of Servings: 2
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.50

Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 cups chopped tomatoes
1 tsp sesame oil

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[8 Jul 2010 | No Comment | 230 views]
Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Preparation Time: 9 hours, 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 6
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 0.50

Ingredients:
Salad
1-1/2 cup water
1 medium onion, cut in half
1/2 tsp salt

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[2 Jul 2010 | One Comment | 307 views]
Another squash recipe…

If you live in squash country you know when to start locking your car doors every summer. You pop out to go get the dry cleaning and hit the bank then you come back to your car to find a paper bag full of zucchini sitting there. And you don’t know which well meaning gardener left them for you.
I found the recipe below at squashrecipes.net while looking for new ways to eat zucchini.