Friday, April 27, 2012

Day 8...Baked Flauta Recipe

Day 8:
Weight- 183...standing and not gaining, feeling great
Treadmill- 22 minutes, 1 mile, 80 calories burned
BF- 55 minutes, alot of work...

Today was a really good day!  All day yesterday I felt horrible because I didn't go to the gym, so I drug myself today and felt great!  This BF class is a killer but I am definitely not as sore today as I was on Wednesday so I am looking froward to getting stronger and stronger!!

Today was a very busy, crazy kind of day...Manuel got off work early and we went to grab a bite to eat at our favorite little Mexican place, La Casona.  I was not looking forward to this because 1) I am a sucker for chips and 2) cheese, grease and creamy, yummy goodness aren't usually words that fit into DIETS!!!  To my surprise, I found a very delicious, healthy meal that was only $8...

This Blackened Tilapia with steamed veggies and refried beans was so good!!
 It felt really great to find a good alternative at a typically unhealthy restaurant! With that being said, I have a great recipe I want to share!  These are the crispiest, tastiest, healthiest flautas ever!!!  I was skeptical at first but now I don't know why I ever fried these before!! And it takes me only about 10 minutes to put them together compared to the hour it used to take!!

Baked Chicken Flautas 



Ingredients:
1/2 cup Homemade Chipotle Salsa ( I made earlier this week)
1 cup water
3 chicken cutlets, or 1 whole chicken breast
Quesadilla Cheese or whatever kind of cheese you like
10 Corn Tortillas
Cooking Spray (PAM)

In a medium skillet, place chicken, water and salsa and simmer until chicken is completely cooked and sauce has cooked down some.  Approx 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Chop Chicken into small pieces, small enough to fit into rolled flauta.
Preheat oven to 420 degrees F and spray a baking sheet with Pam.  Slice cheese if needed now.  Place 3-5 tortillas in microwave and heat for 30 seconds to soften for rolling.  If the tortillas are tearing, like mine did a little bit, heat them longer in the microwave..Scoop 1 tbsp chicken and cheese into tortilla and roll up, place the tortilla seam side down onto baking sheet.  Continue with the rest of the tortillas.  Spray the tops of the flautas with Pam and place in the oven.  Bake for 15 minutes and flip the flautas over and bake for another 15 minutes or until brown enough for your liking...ENJOY!!!


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