Somehow I think I spend more on Groceries...

I LOVE the grocery store.  But I always always walk out of there spending $30-50 and really it only is one meal and maybe a few snacks worth of food.  On top of that, I also LOVE going out to eat, so all my money goes to food. 

Here was tonight's recipe with a couple substitutions because I'm still living out of Kevin's kitchen rather than mine!  I had some time at Stella's vet appointment to flip through my new Healthy Cooking April/May 2011 magazine.  I found at the end a chicken recipe that looked pretty good because the cherries caught my eye.  It was incredibly tasty and took about 15 minutes to make.  I was shocked at how quick and delicious it was! 

Chicken with Cherry Pineapple Sauce

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 oz. each)
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 2 tsp canola oil
• 1 can (8oz) unsweetened pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup sweet-and-sour sauce
• 1/4 cup dried cherries
• 2 green onions, sliced

1. Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and ginger.  In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken in oil. 
2. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/4 cup juice.  In a small bowl, combine the sauce, cherries and reserved juice; pour over chicken.  Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until a meat thermometer reads 170 degrees, turning chicken once.  Stir in pineapple and onions; heat through.

Nutrition: 1 chicken breast half with about 1/4 cup sauce equals 238 calories, 5g fat (1g unsaturated), 63mg cholesterol, 473 mg sodium, 24g carbs, 1g fiber, 24g protein

I had a couple subsititutions because I shopped at Trader Joe's and couldn't find sweet and sour sauce there.  Instead the ingredients I used were the following: chicken breasts, olive oil, fresh cut pineapple, dried cherries (forgot the green onion, oops!) and TJ's General Tso's sauce which was sweet and spicy (so not the same as sour, but very good) and it included garlic and ginger.  All set in my book and it turned out great!  Probably not the same nutrition facts, but oh well!