Chicken Sloppy Joes

This week, as part of my whole "Finally Catching Up to My New Year's Resolutions" thing, I started the Special K Challenge.  You know, lose 6 pounds in 2 weeks eating cereal!  I also picked up a new-to-me cookbook at the thrift shop - Healthy Homestyle Cooking.  I'm not crazy about all the recipes...that is, I still think some of them have room for improvement, but I think it's going to give me a good baseline on healthier, tastier cooking.  Soooo....the first recipe out of the bag is as follows!

You'll need:

• 8 oz ground chicken
• 1/2 medium red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 large onion, chopped
• 1 small tomato, diced
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• 1/2 clove garlic
• 4 oz tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tbsp flour
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1. Lightly spray a large, unheated skillet with no-stick spray.  Add the chicken.  Cook until no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the pepper, onion, tomato, carrot, and garlic.  Cook over medium heat until tender, stirring occasionally.
3. Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, flour, and Worcestershire sauce.  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat.  Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, again, stirring occasionally.
4. Serve on bread or buns.

This makes up about 3 servings, 4 if you're not feeling very generous! The following nutrition data is based on the above recipe being split 3 ways!

Calories:  179
Total Fat:  8.3g
Cholesterol:  63.3mg
Sodium:  387.5mg
Potassium:  330.6mg
Total Carbohydrate:  12.1g
Protein:  15.7g

As you can see, it's quite healthy!  And sooooo tasty!I was skeptical that it would come as well as it did, but it surprised me pleasantly.