Cooking for Dummies

I LOVE food!  Really love food.  I have always tried to be a healthy eater, but trust me when I say I will never turn down a piece of pizza, a good cocktail, or my latest crave - a hot dog!  YUMM.  But when it comes to the kitchen, I have NO idea what the hell I am doing.  The kitchen has always been a foreign land to me. I have never ever enjoyed cooking, in fact I have always found cooking to be annoying and whenever I did attempt to "cook" anything, the smoke detector ALWAYS ends up alarming.  Or worse food got left in the oven to long and got burned to a crisp. Just ask Kyle about the night I attempted to make my own sweet potato fries (epic fail!)  Or the night I attempted to marinate my hamburgers only to find out from my dad, the master grill chef, that you never marinade hamburgers.  Way to go Christen.  To say the least, I threw in the towel long ago.

But after ten months (yes, peeps, pregnancy really is 10 months) of eating anything and everything I could literally get my hands on, something needed to change.  I either had to start cooking and make better eating choices or check myself into a Ukrops Bakery Anonymous program to help break my addiction to birthday cake!

So in hopes for a healthier lifestyle and to help shed my baby weight, I joined Weight Watchers online.  In order to really keep track of your WW points, cooking and microwavable meals are really the most accurate way to do it.  So after some hesitation, I gave it a go and started cooking up a storm!  I have to say their recipes are pretty damn good and super easy.  So here is my new fave dinnertime meal.

WW Vinaigrette dressing:  This is literally the most addicting salad dressing EVER.

5 Tbsp water
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
Hand full of cherry tomatoes halved
Fresh parsley to your liking
1 garlic clove (I add two:)
3/4 tsp sugar
Salt and pepper to taste

Add all ingredients into a blender until blended and pour! Pour over some mixed greens.  It's to die.

WW Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas:

8 oz Velveeta Light Reduced-fat cheese
1/2 cup of fat free sour cream
1/4 cup of fat-free evaporated milk
Hand full of scallions minced
Red pepper flakes to liking (the more the better!)
3 cups of roasted chicken breast without skin chopped
6 medium whole wheat tortillas
1/4 cup of low-fat shredded cheese sharp OR I use the WW Mexican cheese
6 medium olives pitted and sliced (I hate olives so have never used)
1/4 cup of salsa

Its amazeballs!

This dinner right here is so so yummy :)  Check out their website for this and other great recipes ideas :)
http://www.weightwatchers.com/food/index.aspx

Trust me if I can cook something - ANYone can cook!