Chicken Wings and Fries.

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a couple days, but we have had leftover chili and then enjoyed my monthly night out to dinner. So there weren't any recipes to share. But tonight I have a good one!!!

One thing I love about cooking at home, is that we don't have to sacrifice any types of food, I can just make them healthier than most restaurants. Like Chicken Wings and Fries.... nothing fried, but it still has all the flavor that a restaurant would have, with like half the fat.

I bake my chicken wings and they are always crispy and delicious!! It is the perfect end to a week, and beginning of a fun weekend!!!

Baked Buffalo Chicken Wings (makes 2 servings)

WW pts: 8 pts.

7 total wings (wing and drumette looking ones)

1/2 cup plain Vinegar

1/4 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 Frank's Wing Sauce

1 Tbsp pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. If you need to cut the wing and drumette apart. Place in a single layer on a greased cookie sheet. Place in the oven and let bake 2o minutes then flip and cook another 20 minutes. In a small saucepan combine remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then reduce and simmer for 20 minutes or until sauce has reduced and is thicker. After both sides of the chicken have cooked, drizzle the wing sauce over the wings, or you can dump the wings into the sauce to mix. Then replace on the cookie sheet and let cook for another 15 minutes or until the sauce has baked onto the wings.

We served this with french fries, that I sliced into shoestring type strips then baked in the 400 degree oven along with the wings!!

Chicken Melt.

Eat at Home Cooks brought us another good dinner. I say good b/c I think next time (and there will be a next time) there are a few things I would do different. Overall they Garlic/Basil Mayo was pretty tasty. The only downside is it called for Mozzarella cheese, and I will probably do something with a little bit of heat, maybe a jalapeno pepperjack.

We had it with a side of sweet potato fries. Which was a really good compliment to the sandwich. We also used an Arnold Sandwich Thin b/c it cut out some extra points and was good.

I also had another recipe from Eat at Home Cooks but it smelled so good, that we had eaten half of our dinner before I realized I didn't take a picture, but I have leftovers, so tomorrow when I have it for lunch, you will get to see what it is!!

Chicken Melt (makes 2 sandwiches)

WW pts: 5 pts per sandwich

1 Chicken breast cooked and shredded

1/2 cup low fat/fat free mozzarella, shredded

4 tbsp light mayo (I used Kraft)

1 tsp minced garlic

pepper to taste

1/4 tsp dried basil

Lettuce and Tomato to garnish

Toast the roll or bun you plan on using. Top with chicken and cheese. Place under broiler to toast the cheese. While that is toasting, mix the mayo, garlic, basil and pepper. When the sandwich are nice and bubbly. Place a Tbsp of mayo mixture on each sandwich. It made extra just in case someone wanted more on their sandwich. Top with lettuce and tomato.

I have posted the Sweet Potato Fry recipe before. But just in case you haven't tried them. They are a must. I can even get my picky little eater to ask for them!!!