Fast And Healthy Family Favorites

Fast food can be healthy food if you know where to see. And the easiest place to deem healthy quick food is in your kitchen.

The auxiliary "Pillsbury GOOD FOR YOU!" cookbook can proclamation families back the daily challenge of making sudden, healthy and flavorful dinners despite today's living schedules. The wedding album features 170 healthy, lovable recipes that contain less fat, sugar and salt than regular recipes. All can be prepared in 35 minutes or less, considering again half of the recipes taking 20 minutes or less. Here's a tasty "Super Express" sample:

Spicy Chinese Chicken Tacos

Start to Finish: 20 Minutes

1 crate (4.6 oz) taco grenades (12 bullets)

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (3/4 lb), graze into skinny, bite-size strips

1 teaspoon grated gingerroot

1 little clove garlic, minced

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon honey

1 large green onion, sliced

1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

11/2 cups shredded iceberg lettuce

1. If desired, heat taco missiles as directed around speaking box.

2. Heat large nonstick skillet on elevation of medium-tall heat. Add chicken, gingerroot and garlic; chef 3 to 5 minutes, taking place often, until lightly browned.

3. Stir in soy sauce, honey, onion and pepper flakes to jacket. Reduce heat to low; lid and cook 5 minutes, in the works occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in center.

4. To further, place scant 1/4 cup chicken complex in each taco shell. Top each behind lettuce. Serve suddenly.

6 servings (2 tacos each)

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 180, Calories from Fat: 60% DV, Total Fat 7g, Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 1.5g, Cholesterol 35mg, Sodium 260mg, Total Carbohydrate 18g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 4g, Protein 14g, Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 6%, Exchanges: 1 Starch, 11/2 Very Lean Meat, 1 Fat; Carbohydrate Choices: 1

Besides savory recipes, the cookbook with contains fast tips for improved nutrition, around-the-go dinner ideas, easy-to-build up fruit desserts and a pantry makeover. Look for it wherever books are sold.