A healthy switch

So after binging on mini chocolate bars for the last week (I really have no self control over chocolate in the house-I just don't buy it, but when my kids bring home buckets full of candy from Halloween, I had to help them eat most of it), I decided I HAD to start eating healthier. I found a cookbook from the library from Zonya (a great nutritionist who has a healthy cooking show. I loved the looks of about every recipe in the book, and got excited about eating this new healthy way. She uses lots of veggies, and makes things that actually sound great, and are so easy to make. In the recipe book it calls for ground chicken a few times, and I have also seen Rachael Ray use this a lot but could never find it in the grocery store. I wondered if I could just grind chicken breast myself to make it. After searching on the internet, I found that you can just grind up chicken breast yourself and use it in place of hamburger. Albertsons has chicken breast for 1.29 this week, which is a way better price than hamburger, so I tried grinding it, and we all loved it. I made poor boy sandwiches with ground chicken breast, diced green peppers, onions, and mushrooms, and then threw in some spinach for a few minutes at the end. I seasoned it with seasoning salt, and didn't use any oil or butter at all-just cooking spray for the chicken. We put a little cheese on top, and ate them on those super thin wheat bun type things, and they were so yummy. The kids also loved the oven fries (half white/half sweet potatoes) I am going to try ground chicken in many new recipes. I also read that the butcher will grind it for you if you ask, which would make it so easy. I thought I'd share this new discovery with you all. I'm sure it would be good in meatloaf, and lasagna too. Give it a try! This recipe was not from Zonya's cookbook, but she has lots of good easy recipe's you can find on her website zonya.com if any one want to check it out.