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Title: Spinach-Chicken Salad with Tangy Orange Dressing
Categories: Chicken, Salads, Weight watc
Yield: 4 servings

2 tb Fresh lemon juice
4 ts Olive oil
4 ts Prepared mustard; yellow
1 tb Chopped fresh rosemary;
-leaves only, or 1/2
-teaspoon dried
2 Garlic cloves; minced
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
10 oz Skinless boneless chicken
-breast; one whole,
-butterflied and pounded
-thin
2 tb Orange juice
1 tb Red wine vinegar
Granulated sugar substitute
-to equal 1-tablespoon sugar
1 ts Balsamic vinegar
8 c Spinach leaves: packed; well
-rinsed & dried and torn
-into bite-size pieces
2 c Sliced mushrooms
1 md Red onion; thinly sliced

1. Preheat broiler. Spray broiler pan with nonstick cooking spray. In
shallow bowl, with wire whisk, combine lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of the oil,
the mustard, rosemary, garlic, 1/8 teaspoon of the salt and 1/8 teaspoon of
the pepper. Add chicken; turn to coat.

2. Transfer chicken to prepared broiler pan, reserving remaining lemon
juice mixture; broil 4" from heat 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Turn
chicken; top with reserved lemon juice mixture. Broil 3-4 minutes longer,
until golden brown and cooked through.

3. Meanwhile, to prepare dressing, in small bowl, combine the remaining 1
tablespoon oil, the orange juice, wine vinegar, sugar substitute, balsamic
vinegar, remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

4. Divide spinach, mushrooms and onion evenly among 4 plates, arranging
vegetables in a circle.

5. Cut chicken into 1/4" slices; place one-fourth of the chicken slices in
center of each salad. Drizzle each salad with one-fourth of the dressing.

Makes 4 servings . EACH SERVING (4 CUPS) PROVIDES: 1 Fat, 5 1/4 Vegetables,
2 Proteins, 5 Optional Calories. PER SERVING: 182 Calories, 6 g Total Fat,
1 g Saturated Fat, 41 mg Cholesterol, 361 mg Sodium, 11 g Total
Carbohydrate, 4 g Dietary Fiber, 22 g Protein, 166 mg Calcium

Recipe from Weight Watchers Quick Meals ~ Weight Watchers Staff (1998). MC
and email from Pat Hanneman 01/99

Recipe by: Weight Watchers Quick Meals

Posted to EAT-LF Digest by Pat Hanneman on Jan 10,
1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.