finger lickin' good, healthy Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe

Before we begin, if you look up lickin' on wikipedia....here is the definition: Licking is the action of passing the tongue over a surface, typically either to deposit saliva onto the surface, or to collect liquid onto the tongue for ingestion, or to provide pleasure. (just food for thought, nourishing your brain and body in this blog)

This is courtesy of Lea Anne! I am so happy to have her contribute this amazing recipe!

Who doesn't love Sweet and Sour Chicken. I DO! I have a cravin' for yummy Chinese food all the time.

Lea Anne....took a "bad" for you recipe and made it good...and into Lea Anne's Fit Foods!

Check it. I am going to try this Sunday.....make Cam's Lea Anne Fit Foods. YUM, totally drooling over this far out recipe.

I bet this would taste amazing with shrimp or lean pork too!!!

If you guys have taken a recipe and made it healthier, let me know. I will post it!

Sweet and Sour Chicken with Brown Rice (4 servings) About 1 cup

• 1 TBSP olive oil
• 1 TBSP minced garlic
• 1 TBSP fresh ginger
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 (15 1/4-ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice, undrained (make sure its just pineapple and no sugar added to them)
• 1/3 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce or other amino acids
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 TBSP honey
• 1/4 cup dry-roasted chopped cashews or peanuts
• 1 cup matchstick carrots

Prep

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, red pepper,onion and chicken to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until chicken is done. Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup juice. Add 1 cup pineapple chunks to pan; cook 5 min. Combine the reserved 1/2 cup juice, soy sauce, vinegar, cornstarch, and honey in a bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth.

Stir in juice mixture; bring to boil. Cook 5 minute. Add carrots and heat through. Sprinkle with cashews!

Brown Rice

2 cups water

1 cup brown rice

1 tsp olive oil (optional, I don't use olive oil in mine)

1 tsp salt

Bring water to boil and add rice. Bring back to a boil, cover reduce to a simmer for 45 min until rice is cooked. Cook rice uncovered for about 5 min if there is liquid left in the pot.

ENJOY.....only eat .5 a cup of the rice........and portion out the rest for the week in your Fit Foods!