I placed the chicken breasts in a casserole dish-thusly:

Then I made a sauce (looks gross, huh?)

Its made up of these things

• 1 can cream of chicken soup (98% fat free)
• 1/4 cup chopped up sun dried tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped portabello mushrooms
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 3 slices cooked bacon-chopped
• 1/2 tsp sage
• 1/2 tsp oregeno
• 1/2 tsp roasted garlic red pepper spice (To be had at the soulard farmers market if you are in St. Louis)
• 1/2 tsp basil
• 3/4 cup water

Then pour the sauce over the chicken and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes

I served it with whole wheat buttered egg noodles

I think next time I will actually make on the stovetop so that I can brown the chicken and mushrooms and onions then simmer it with the sauce.

A co-worker and I had been talking about Swedish meatballs but I didn’t have all of the ingredients for that, so I made this instead.

Meatballs in Mushroom Gravy

Ingredients

1. 1lb ground beef (lean)
2. 1/2 medium onion chopped
3. 1/4 cup egg substitute
4. 1/4 cup bread crumbs
5. 1 tsp salt
6. 1/2 tsp black pepper
7. 1 tsp paprika
8. 1 tsp garlic powder
9. 1/2 tsp ground cumin
10. 1 can cream of mushroom soup
11. 1 cup chicken stock

Directions

Mix the first 9  ingredients together in a bowl

Tip: you can use whatever spices you want, I used what came handy that night.

Then either using a tablespoon or a small disher, make them into meatballs and put them in a pan sprayed with non-stick spray

Cook until they are browned all over (turning once or twice during the process to get a good crust all the way around), should take about 15 minutes.

Mix the mushroom soup and chicken broth together and pour over the meatballs

Simmer for about 10 minutes while you boil some egg noodles

Serve over egg noodles.

Pork Cube Steak

Ingredients

• 1/2 to 3/4 pound pork cube steak
• 2/3 cup milk or butter milk
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp paprika

Directions

Marinate the pork in the milk or buttermilk overnight (I am not counting this time in the 30 minutes obviously)

Mix the flour and seasonings together on a plate

Dredge the cube steaks in the flour mixture and put them in a HOT pan

Turn once at about 7 or 8 minutes

Serve with mashed potatoes and some canned low fat pork gravy (I like the Heinz brand)