Well anyway, today I had a Martha moment. Some of you know that I have a fond taste for Indian food. Well, last week Melissa's nanny (who is Indian) made some Chicken Tikka Masala and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. Indian food is usually really high in points and since I'm in a dedicated frame of mind (to WW) I wanted to see if I could find a lower point alternative. So I scoured the good ol' interweb for a recipe and found one here.. I made some adjustments to the recipe, eliminating the salt, replacing the heavy cream with light cream and using Promise Fat Free butter instead of real butter... I also replaced the yogurt with nonfat yogurt and voila.. you have a Chicken Tikka dish with a little bit of a kick but less points but great taste. Oh, I also used one less chicken boob and kept the serving size to 4.
This is 7 pts per serving and with a half cup of brown rice.. you have a 9 point indulgence.
4 comments:
Holy CRAP, that's like a magazine picture! Was it delicious?? Can't wait to try it!! I had some MORE of the tikka masala for lunch today... and there's STILL a whole tupperware full in the fridge! I guess it was worth the $5 for spices, lol.
Wow, that's a big picture. :) I'm having a rough WW day. I want to EAT!! I've used a couple of flex points and I'm not getting full! I should just go to bed so I don't have to wrestle with this anymore!
Wow.. that picture belongs in Bon Appetite magazine.. I bet it tastes as good as it looks.. :)
Why ya gotta tease with the Tikka? We just had some last week and we split 1 order. I LOVE that stuff.
Here is another Indian recipe site that an Indian friend sent me. I haven't tried anything yet but if you have another "Martha moment" you may want to try some..
http://www.ivcooking.com/
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