Chicken and Spinach with Creamy Dijon Sauce

Healthy and delish? How can you go wrong! Try this easy after-work dinner.

by Sari Greaves, RD CDN | FNC iMag

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The following recipe is part of iMag's new weight loss series, The 10 Pound Takedown. Click over to our blog to get started!

Ingredients:
6 ounce bag of baby spinach
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound skinless chicken breasts
Salt to taste, ground pepper
1 small onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup low sodium chicken broth
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh tarragon or sage

Directions:

1. Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Season the cutlets with salt and pepper and add them to a pan in a single layer. Saute the chicken on both sides until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a platter and keep warm.

2. Lower the heat to medium and add the onion to the saute pan. Cook until the onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute more.

3. Add the wine to the pan and cook until it is almost completely evaporated. Add the chicken broth and cook until it is reduced by half. Whisk in the mustard, sour cream, and half the tarragon or sage and stir until the sauce is smooth and creamy.

4. Add the chicken and the spinach to the sauce to heat them for a minute or two longer (until the spinach wilts). Transfer the chicken and spinach to a platter, sprinkle with remaining sage or tarragon and serve.

Calories: 273
Yields: 4 servings.
Cooking time: 15 minutes

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Sari Greaves works as a registered dietitian at Step Ahead Weight Loss Center in Central New Jersey where she provides nutrition counseling to a wide variety of patients seeking weight loss and healthy lifestyle modification. As a national spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, she appears regularly on television and has done interviews on ABC News, New York 1, MY9 News, NBC News, Fox News, CW11 News and Bloomberg News. She has been quoted in a variety of print and Internet publications including the Wall Street Journal, Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, Food & Fitness Advisor, Self Magazine, Shape Magazine, MSN News, Men's Health Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, Prevention Magazine, Consumer Reports on Health, Fitness Magazine, Health Magazine among many others. You can email her at sari@stepaheadnj.com