Scalloped Chicken and Vegetables

I have pulled out my crockpot to begin using it again. It's so much easier on a busy school day to throw some ingredients in and wait for a cooked dinner when we get home. This is especially important for us on Mondays since he gets home earliest at 5:30, and I have a class at 6:00. There is a very small window for us to be able to have dinner. So it only makes sense to have a hot dinner waiting on us so we can eat when it is convenient for our separate schedules.

Tonight I decided to make scalloped chicken and veggies. The original recipe calls for half-and-half and potatoes. Instead, I used cauliflower and unsweetened soy milk. Why soy milk? Check this post.

Scalloped Chicken and Vegetables
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 green bell pepper
1/2 cauliflower head
5 oz vidalia onion
1 can 98% fat free cream of celery soup
1 can soymilk
8 oz sharp cheddar cheese
1/8 cup potato starch

1. Layer chopped vegetables and cheese in crockpot.
2. Sear chicken breasts in pan.
3. Place chicken breasts in crockpot.
4. Mix soy milk, potato starch, and cream of celery soup together, then pour over chicken breasts.
5. Place lid on crockpot and turn on high for 1 hour.
6. Turn on low for 3-4 hours before serving.
7. If the cauliflower is not tender, cook for an additional hour.

Here are the per serving figures:

Milk vs Soy Milk

Looking at nutrition labels can always reveal something shocking, but it's better if you have a number to compare it to. However, when you are diabetic, the less sugar you consume, the better. So what do you think is in your milk?

Normally I wouldn't have thought twice about what was in milk, but I checked the label since it's a habit, and I hadn't drank real milk in years. I noticed a really high sugar content. It makes sense since milk is made from a cow, and it is for making a little cow, a big cow.

Regular milk has 10-12 grams of sugar per cup. Regular soy milk has 6 grams of sugar per cup. Unsweetened soy milk has 1 gram of sugar per cup. It's pretty obvious which one is better for you, but let's look at the stats.

Lunch!

Today I wanted a low-calorie, easy lunch. Especially since my dinner tonight will not be so low-calorie! I made a spinach and cottage cheese salad. Not to complicated which was the point, and it was quite filling and tasty!

Spinach Cottage Cheese Salad

1 oz spinach
4 oz cottage cheese
black pepper to taste

Put in a bowl and eat!

Here are the nutrition facts: