It Pays!


Saturday I bought a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store. Sometimes it is on sale for $4.99 (but not Saturday). However,  it is always a treat to bring the chicken home DONE! My husband took the meat off the bones and we discarded the skin. Then we enjoyed a serving each on a reduced-price Greek salad from the deli ("sell by today"). It was delicious. We still have at least two (maybe three) more meals to enjoy from Saturday's chicken! I might try one of the following:
  •  Add to frozen mixed vegetables and some chicken broth or bouillon for soup (or to canned vegetable soup).
  •  Season with taco seasoning for tacos or fajitas.
  •  Use in a stir fry with fresh vegetables and a helping of rice.
  • Add to marinara sauce and enjoy on a serving of whole wheat pasta.
  •  "White" pizza on whole wheat crust.
  •  Serve in a whole wheat wrap for lunch.
  •  Chicken salad. I'm still looking for a good, low fat recipe. Any suggestions? (I HAVE used 1/2 plain yogurt and 1/2 mayo. (I'm not too fond of "light" mayo")
  •  A breakfast burrito or in an omelet.
The calories in a single serving of chicken (about 3 oz.) range from 140-170.  It's important to remember portion sizes and NOT eat the skin to enjoy the benefits of this low fat menu item!

Do you have any OTHER ideas for left-over chicken?

9 comments:

  1. I think you have covered all the ideas of how to serve chicken Rebecca and they all sound really good.......:-) Hugs

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  2. Hi Rebecca! Rotisserie chicken is a dinner saver!
    Since summer, our local grocery story (Hannaford) cooks up what they call "Nature's Place" chickens. I believe they are free-range...and so, so lean! They either cost the same or a dollar more... (depending on sales).
    We are also saving $ on electricity... imagine, about 2 hours of oven time!
    Blessings every day!
    ~Maria

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  3. Hi Rebecca,
    Funny that you had rotisserie chicken last night. We did too - and with some deli pasta salad! If we lived closer, we could have shared a meal and not had leftovers...

    I thank you for your kind wishes to me.

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  4. We eat it with broccoli slaw, mandarin orange slices, sunflower seeds and Marzetti's cold slaw dressing (cut with some of the mandarin orange juice)- salt and pepper to taste.
    Enjoy!

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  5. I buy a rotisserie chicken almost every week in the warm months to make a Chicken Caesar Salad for a light summer dinner. Taking the skin off is key. For some of the other dishes, I have also had good luck with Perdue Short Cuts.

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  6. Try using low fat, low carb pitas and make chicken-veggie pizzas.
    I can't resist those rotisserie chickens when they are $4.99!

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  7. Jacquelyn, that sounds wonderful! I forget about pita sometimes. We always have some whole wheat tortillas & I use those a lot... (We just got done eating some chicen I'd put in crock pot with rice, some leftover onions, mushrooms & tomatoes. It made a fine crock-casserole!)

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  8. Jess - that sounds wonderful. I'll try it next time!

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