Chicken Piccata

I received a free cookbook in the mail from Kitchen Basics.  I found this recipe and thought I would give it a try.  It was wonderful and very easy as well.  It has a great lemon taste, but not over powering though. 

Serving Size: 8

Ingredients
½ cup flour
3 Tbsp. olive oil
½ cup dry white wine
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup drained capers
1 cup Kitchen Basics® Unsalted or Original Chicken Stock (I used a different brand)
4 boneless skinless chicken breast, butterflied & pounded thin
1 Tbsp. softened butter
1 Tbsp. flour
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley

Directions

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Dip chicken into flour to coat; shake off excess. Heat 3 Tbsp. oil in heavy large skillet. Add 2 chicken breasts and cook until golden and cooked through, about 3-5 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to platter and keep warm. Repeat with remaining chicken, adding more butter and oil as needed.

Add chicken stock, wine, lemon juice to skillet and boil for 5 minutes. Mix 1 Tbsp. butter and 1 Tbsp. flour in small bowl until smooth. Whisk in butter-flour mixture and boil until sauce thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. Stir in capers and parsley. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

Note:

I did increase the sauce since I wanted to use it over my pasta as well as the chicken.  My family loved this recipe.  They asked when I was going to make it again.  I served it with a spinach, garlic and basil pasta (my daughter sold pasta with her cheer squad, the pasta was a 100 calorie serving).  This was a great compliment to the chicken piccata.

Nutritional Information - click here for nutritional key.

One serving of Chicken Piccata provides:
Calories:	234
Fat:	14 (g)
Saturated Fat:	3 (g)
Protein:	16 (g)
Carbohydrates:	8 (g)
Dietary Fiber:	1 (g)
Sodium:	193 (mg)
Potassium:	185 (mg)
Selenium:	15 (mcg)
Folate:	24 (mcg)
Phosphorus:	133 (mg)

from: Kitchen Basics (if you want the free recipe booklet, you can fill this out. Free Cookbook)

Nutella Brownies

I haven't tried these yet, but they look really good. 

Ingredients:

1 cup of butter
2 cups of sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cocoa
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup Nutella
1/4 chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.

Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.  Set aside.

On a low heat, melt the butter and add in the sugar and vanilla while stirring to combine.  Remove from heat and cool completely.  Add the eggs one at a time and mix well to combine after each addition.

Add the flour mixture, a bit at a time, to the egg mixture until completely mixed in.

Heat the nutella in the microwave for a little bit until you get it to a runny consistency.  Add the nutella to the batter and mix well.  Now add the chocolate chips and mix to combine.

Pour into a square baking pan and bake for 30 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting.  Enjoy!