Skinny Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Well we have made it another day of "cleaner eating" (I did have a Freezer Egg McMuffin this morning for breakfast- but what ever, clean enough- oh and they really do freeze and microwave amazingly! I'm even surprised!).  But its actually pretty hard to find recipes that aren't just like plain baked chicken and plain brown rice... which I just cannot do every single day... so we are off to try this new recipe! 

Skinny Chicken Broccoli Casserole

1 cup of brown rice

1 cup cold water

2 chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch chunks

4 cups of kale- finely chopped

4 cups broccoli- cut into small florets

1 cup milk 

2 T corn starch

1/2 T garlic salt

1 t Thyme, dried

1 t salt

1/2 t black pepper

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese- shredded

2/3 cup Colby jack cheese- shredded

In a large pot ( mine was not nearly large enough, so go big or go home) spray the bottom, add chicken and cook for about 5 minutes, or until it starts to get cooked.  add rice and water. reduce heat to low. 

cook for about 10 minutes. 

remove from heat and add broccoli and kale. 

in a small bowl whisk milk, corn starch, garlic salt, thyme, salt and pepper.

Add to pot along with  mozzarella cheese, and combine.  transfer into a baking dish and sprinkle with the Colby jack cheese.  cover with foil and bake at 375 for 25 minutes.

* this works great as a freezer meal as well* 

This is right before it went into the oven!

Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 8 (bull shit, Eric and I almost Ate the whole pan) 

Amount Per Serving = 1 + 2/3 cups:

Calories: 280.0

Total Fat: 5.0 g

Cholesterol: 47.5 mg

Sodium: 492.3 mg

Total Carbs: 31.8 g

Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g

Protein: 29.3 g

WW Points+: 7