Give Your Knees a Break

I don’t know if you noticed the message board in our office this last week, but we wrote down the  Quote of the Week
that said,

  ”  This diet totally averted total knee replacement for me.”  Graduate 7/28/12

She also stated that her Ortho surgeon told her, ”  For every 5 lbs of weight loss is 80 lbs of pressure off the knees.”

For example:

If a person loses 30 lbs.  30 lbs / 5 lbs = 6 ……….

6 lbs  X  80 lbs of pressure  =  480 lbs of pressure off the knees

While you get excited as you continue to  give your knees a break ….. and go figure your lbs of pressure off your knees…..here is a Healthy Recipe to  try this week

Sauted Chicken with Taragon and Mushrooms

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• sea salt and pepper
• 1 1/2  Tbl Olive Oil
• 8 oz of Mushrooms – cut in half if too large
• 2-3 oz of Low Fat Chicken Broth
• 2 tsp of Taragon
• 1 tsp of Cidar Vinegar
• chopped green onion
• Directions – 
• Salt and Pepper each Chicken breast
• In a heated skillet – add 1  Tbl of Olive Oil to a Hot Skillet.  Sear chicken until lightly brown on both sides
• 5-7 min total.  Remove Chicken from pan and keep warm
• Add:
• 1/2 tsp of remaining Olive Oil to skillet –  Add Mushrooms and saute until mushrooms begin to brown.   For 2 – 3 min.
• Add:  2 – 3 oz of Chicken Broth to the Skillet with Mushrooms  –  REDUCE HEAT and add Chicken back into the Skillet.
• Simmer for 8 -10  min.
• Add:  Taragon and cidar vinegar and stir for 1 min.
• Top:  Chicken with chopped green onions and serve.

Serve Chicken with Steamed or Sauted Green Beans or…Roasted Broccoli =

• Heat oven to 400* F.
• Seperate Broccoli heads and place in a baggie
• Add 1 – 2 tsp of Olive Oil to the Baggie of Broccoli – – – Shake well
• Place Broccoli in a casserole dish or jelly roll pan and season with Sea Salt and Pepper
• Cook in oven for 5 min.
•  Take out and stir – return to oven for 3 more min.

Done!