5 Convenient Chicken Casseroles Under 350 Calories

I really liked the meal planning booklet I got included with my Dining on a Dime cookbook.
We made Spanish rice and yellow rice this week it didn’t get eaten up..instead of tossing it I’m cooking some Chicken and mixing with the rice and rolling a bunch of chicken and rice burritos to freeze.

I usually drink close to a gallon of water. The medicine I take causes me to have a very dry mouth. Should I just drink other things and not water?

This was by and large the most eye opening episode. I went to My plate.com and figured out the portion size for each member of my family some needed more calories and some less than what I was serving. We’re on our way!

New subcriber here keep up the good content. Will be making some of your meals soon cause I’m tired of the same food everyweek thanks for these dinner ideas ��������

I made this today and it was good, however it wasn’t thick after baking. It was too runny. Next time I will either use one cup of broth or more flour.

Buying at 99 store big mackerel at 99 remember you will save buy medical bandaids I try to see if average stores have cheaper than here it’s shoprite so if grocery is cheaper I buy it there. Portion control eating less of protein that’s the expensive part.

I’ve been making a chicken casserole for years. However, this evening I used your recipe absent cheese, as I am not a big fan of cheese. This casserole tasted wonderful and will be using it from now on. Thanks so much.

I don’t wash my chicken �� either. It should be patted dry with paper towels to get that nice browning on the meat. So dry n season it first. Nice recipes. I’m new to your channel. Just subbed ��

I never comment on videos but i had to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing this recipe. My family and i loved it! and i made it exactly as you suggested with the caramelized onions =)

Ground beef in our area is never cheaper than three to four dollars a pound at any market or Walmart. Would hate to just totally give it up!��

An E-Course sounds great! I’m in! Keep us informed of when / where / cost, etc. Keep up the great job! We’re listening and watching!

Very pretty eyes! I wish you had made one before so i could see it cooked with the onions on top,but thats cool Thanks for sharing

I only make popcorn on the stove in my cast iron pot. It is so much better. My husband fusses because I don’t by microwave popcorn any more.

I had my nephews over yesterday and for lunch we had grilled cheese. My 12-year-old nephew wanted tomato soup with it, but we didn’t have any canned soup in my pantry. He did see some tomato sauce and some tomatoes my mom had canned and given to me and asked if we could make it. He also asked if there was a recipe for it in your cookbook (sitting on my table). We found a recipe, pureed the tomatoes, and made a delicious tomato soup! Dining on a Dime win!!

Then I had a Dining on a Dime fail. For dinner, I made baked chicken and I DIDN’T follow Jill and Tawra’s advice. I made TWO pieces of chicken per person and I had SO MUCH left over. I’m going out of town this weekend, so I’m going to be eating chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner the next couple of days. I think I’ve learned my lesson…

Thank you for taking the time to write Ingredients and instructions right here with the video, it eliminates the need to go back and forth in the video when cooking. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

yummy I just love ur recipes..I like ur weight loss concept a lot…Ive been meaning to tell u this ‘i think u have very pretty eyes do u ware contacts? ill have to try this one thumbs up..

I repurpose club sized animal cracker containers (we have a large family-10 kids, so those are a good deal for us), pour our cereal into those containers and put a 1/2 cup measuring cup into it. The kids know one scoop is a serving. If they are still hungry when they have finished then they may ask for another bowl and they may also have a half a banana. And, I know this isn’t good manners, but they drink the milk from the bowl when they’ve eaten the cereal from it (they only do this when it’s just us at home). This helps cut back on the waste. It kills me to see milk poured down the sink!!!

I have been following you for years. I now only eat clean food as the Bible says. I want to go to heaven and will not risk anything. Love I sure wish you would help or make meals for this.

Some people never learned so to them it is rocket science. Many children grew up with their parents going to fast food restraunts. Sorry I know I’m miss spelling everything, but yes I do agree do a meal plan. Have them follow you day to day, your being a spiritual adviser if you think about it. God Bless

This looked enough to feed a small crowd. Are there any of the ingredients/step which remain the same after proportioning the main ones?

i know this is all about cooking and being frugal but you are damn gorgeous! And i love your chicken and rice recipe it is awesome!!

Tawra, do you list your acne soap as “acne soap”? If so would you reach out to me and explain the “legalities” (FDA aspect) of doing this, please?

Thank you! I was just wondering what I would have for dinner today…you just solved that for me. It’s quick and easy. Thanks so much.

How about a meal plan for a single woman. All my kids are out of the home, it has been very hard to cook small. I end up eating a pot of food for a week and the few that get left behind in the freezer… will they are still there ��

Tawra, you could make a video on that chart of what calories you’re eating.  Not as a “you should all do this” but to show us that idea.  I like your gnome sheet.  I could use that.

I’m gonna tell you right now….All these fancy cooking shows out there are responsible for the washing of chicken! I watch ALOT of them, and they rinse the chicken, and then pat dry with paper towels….this is probably why this has become more popular over the years. I rinse mine, but I am a germ freak. I feel I have to rinse it!!!! ���� Guess I’m looking at it backwards, but it’s not like I turn my faucet full blast!!! Washing things down, and being careful is the way you do it….If you understand how chicken works. ������…..But then like ALWAYS: To each their own! ����

you dont need to wash the chicken with water but you can cleanse that grossness off it (smell and slime) with vinegar! Just saying. not being a hater

Giid morning, they have on keepmeclub, brand new high key breakfast biscuit soft baked in banana flavor for $2.99! Just thought I would let you know;) if you post again today I will leave another comment��

Being Single, I make 3 meals a week, I eat leftovers, and one breakfast for dinner meal, Breakfast: Scrambled Egg Sandwich, cup of v-8 juice, oatmeal Raisins rice dream, cold cereal and rice dream, lunch homemade veggie pizza no dairy, egg salad sandwich in a lettuce leaf, fake tuna salad on bread, salad with mom’s homemade dressing,, Snacks: fruit and one cookie, dinner: Spaghetti, Vegetarian sausage onions and peppers, Oatmeal, pecan meatloaf, eggs filled with veggies, homemade eggplant bacon. I don’t eat meat, or daily i’m allergic. another snack is white round tortilla chips with homemade salsa, many times before my fridge is empty it might be 10-12 days, I drink water and caffeine free fruit teas. One a month i make cookies and freeze them, I am spending about $90 a month that’s 1 dollar a meal.

These meals look so pretty
If you are reading this just know that you are blessed. Amazing and beautiful don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. I wish all your dreams would come true just as I want all my youtube dreams to come true thank you

I make the rice the night before i make fried rice. Its better that way in my opinion. I also add sesame oil. But that preference.

I love this! You do keep me on track. I spend £ 50-60 a week on food shopping and that is for 4 of us. Used your tips and they work x

I’m an American living in Canada and when we visit my family in the States, I often stock up different items because they are so inexpensive. We may have “free healthcare ” here, but in my province we pay 13% tax. We still spend a few hundred dollars a month on groceries for a family of four. We also do a monthly Costco trip because for us, and the foods we eat, it does save us money. I have kept a price book and done extensive comparison so I know where I get the most bang for our buck. We ditched a good majority of processed and packaged foods for homemade. That alone has saved us a lot. We also eat as little sugar as possible and only use it in the occasional homemade treats. We work our budget well to get the best quality with what we can afford. I’d love it if you did a grocery haul the next time you go shopping. That would be great to see and would give folks a visual if you shared what you plan to use your ingredients for. Love seeing Jill!

@gwashington1961 Hmm not sure what happened to the sound. I played it and it’s very low now where as it was not before. Maybe it will get fixed soon as it’s probably got something to do with youtube.

Jill, Michael and Tawra, the best video i have watched in a long time. Portion control is the best advice for health and finances. Thank you

Buy a big bag of mixed frozen vegetables than take 2 cups of frozen veggies like cauliflower broccoli �� microwave high 1 to 2 minutes than dry with paper towel chopped them find. Than put them in a big bowl add egg, bread crumbs Flaxseed oatmeal whatever breading or pumpkin cheese Parmesan cheddar whatever seasoning you want. Make it into small balls I add coconut amino acid because I cannot have soy you could add meat or tuna.Than put in refrigerator 30 minutes than I use silicone bake sheet ( saves money on parchmount) spray nonstick put on 425 20 minutes really great extremely cheap,than Ziplock bag freezer. Microwave it guess what instant piazza, or throw in scramble eggs or omelette or put sauce pasta or taco filling cheap but filling cost pennies!

I have kidney issues and I am on the Dash diet and it is so much like what you are promoting,, nuts and eggs 3 times a week, the only difference is no white bread or rice,, I have brown rice and wheat bread but it is so much like what you are suggesting:) I have lost 35 lbs so far and when you eat the right portions and nutrients you are so right, you get full and you stay full. I eat very slow now and I pay attention to that voice that says “I am getting full” it has been hard to transition because I do have a food addiction but it does get better if people would just realize they can do it!

Some folks call them scallions, some call them green onions. Chives are a lot smaller, but similar in taste. Definitely going to try this today for the family dinner tonight!!!

Has anyone read the article in the NYtimes years ago about the slaughter houses? It was a comprehensive long artcle about 2 full pages. It basically said how unsanitary meat was processed. Fecal and urine, all mixed into the meat. I haven’t eaten red meat since, and absolutely wash my chicken.

I only purchase things as they go on sale and rarely plan menus. I cook by what’s in my large pantry and garden. I would like to eat the same meals weekly. I use Sunday afternoons for eating leftovers and cleaning the fridge.
I hit the meat managers specials for the first time this week and was proud of myself. I loved the video you did on that Tawra��

I listen to my body, NOT what the government guidelines tell us. I fill 3/4 of my plate with healthy veggies. The other 1/4 is made up of protein and a small amount of carbs. I am at my healthiest when I do this. I have more energy, my skin glows and my blood work ALWAYS comes back GREAT, when I eat this way. That is just what works for me. I am in NO way telling anyone to do what I do! It’s just what works for me. Blessings to all. ����

I’m surprised that you don’t cook your chicken in your IP. It saves electricity and saves you from being too hot from your oven being on so long…

Could you do a video on the fried rice cooked on the stove, cause I don’t have a instant pot. Where do you get the uncle Chris seasoning?

Some times my dad washes the meat (usually that’s when he adds seasoning.) Other times he doesn’t wash it because the people that at the butchery are required by law to clean meat before packaging it.

* Great Recipes….!!!
But…
Watching Baby’s reflection in the Oven Door is Priceless!! lol…
Bouncing up and down while Mommy Cooks!! lol..
Adorable!! ��

Your thicken batter is called gravy. what i have found helpful, is to boil a whole pack of leg/thigh, with a lot of water, onion and garlic, one carrot.one stalk of celery or celery powder. cook till done. shred the chicken and put in zip bags, you can get a least 4. put those in the freezer for other meals. take the broth and put in mason jars and put in frig. there good for maybe 2 weeks. use the broth to make rice or to mix with vegie to tasty good. you still have the chicken in the freezer. just through a bag in the fridge the night before. it is already cooked and add to what ever your making good for chicken salad on the week end. just add mayo boiled eggs and pickles serve with crackers or on bread.

I don’t wash meat either for the same reason. But I agree with Jacques Pepin when he said after the meat cooks at a high temperature, if the bacteria is still alive, it deserves to live.

We wash all of our meatchicken, beef, pork. Wash in lemon juice or vinegar. It is a preference. Always use bleach solution to clean up after.

So I did your chicken and rice meal. But I substituted with 2 boxes rice-aroni ( long grain& wild rice flavor box) I use the powder seasoning from the rice a roni boxes on the chicken. And I added 1 bag of frozen peas and carrots ( mixed bag) from walmart. ��

What is in the tall plastic bottle, I missed it. Also I’d like to see your second pair of hands. You must have more than two to watch babies and cook and blog. More power to you!

Have been watching your Mom’s “story”. It is riveting! What an amazing woman. Not surprisingly, her children (and their spouses) are exactly what I would expect. She can be very proud, and vice versa. Thank you for your inspiring videos.

I sure hope people are not giving you a thumbs down based off the chicken prep method you use because your video is great. I wash mine but you do you girl, I give your video a thumbs up definitely ����❤️

Watching you two is so entertaining!!!! When I am over weight I tell everyone I am temporarily swollen. LOL Love you guys. XOXO

Will be trying the chicken pot pie. Thank you. Love easy cheap meals. Feeding two 12 year old boys gets more and more expensive lol

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were reading my mind��. I was thinking about making a chicken noodle casserole. Thanks for sharing your recipe

Growing up in an Asian household, instead of having a steak each, one steak cut up in a stir Fry with veggies fed a family of Five!

Hi Maria, thanks for this recipe =) I tried it tonight and its very yummy indeed. I am now thinking about altering/adding to it. I quite fancy using leek and broccoli, nom nom. Thanks for sharing as its hard to find *new* tasty recipes for veggies…

Have a great week =)

Obesity is an increasing problem and the US is really bad but the UK is quickly catching up. It is mainly down to convenience foods (all that hidden and sometimes not hidden sugar), portion control and also more sedentary life style. Also a big problem with children is snacking and fizzy drinks. Crisps (you call them chips in the US) are one of the most common snacks and far too much is eaten daily by children here. Generally here though still compared to the US portions are not as big meal times. Snacking though can mount up to a lot of calories a day

I havent visited the US but my sister has and that was many years back. She was rather shocked at the large portions that Americans eat. She stayed for a short while with a family and even with not being able to eat all that was put on her plate she put on a lot of weight. Not just in the home but at restaurants she was shocked at portion sizes. However from what I have learned since it does seem to vary from state to state. So yes increase your activity and reduce those portions and even if you still eat those rubbish convenience foods with all that sugar you will still make a big difference.

So whether you eat extremely healthily or not so healthy reduce your portions less calories going in and also very importantly increase your activity, more calories burned. Reduce the snacking and get those children out from behind those video games or the tv (the lazy babysitter) and go outside more.

Just made this, left it in the oven a little too long and it actually toasted the cheeses to give it a nice flaky crispy crust. With all the spices and quinoa, so effing good.

Regarding making popcorn as an inexpensive snackI use a hot air popper (under $20.00 at Walmart but it has lasted for 20 plus years and bushels of popcorn!) My children loved making popcorn for our Friday TV and snuggle time. The popper is a little noisy and rowdy with little escapees flying out!!!! My kids thought it was hilarious! ��Sweet memory

I’m lazy as hell. When I make my pot pies I get frozen veggies, little bit of chicken, cream of chicken soup, into a cast iron and roll out some of that dough stuff in a tube onto the top of it and into the oven lol ��

Where did Jill get her information about the serving sizes and calories compared to 20 years ago? I would love to be able to compare foods myself and go back to the ‘old way’. Sometimes the ‘older ways’ are better than the new.

Oh man when I got done traveling my goal is to get out of my food rut by cooking recipes. Lol you cut it up like I do. If I am making bite sized pieces I break off the small flowerets. Primal kitchen has great ingredients! I love Thrive Market!

@latinagrl72 Glad you enjoyed it! I made it for Christmas too without the onions though because I know a lot of people don’t like onions but man I was craving those onions on it! lol

It looks like you could save some time by cooking up enough chicken for several nights. You cooked the chicken in the oven and cut it up for a few recipes. If you want to speed up the chicken shredding/chopping you can throw them in a bowl and use a hand blender. I seen it on another food prep video, but I haven’t tried it yet. I hope this helps you��

how refreshing:) I need all the help I can get. Love your blog and channel. Just out of curiosity does your Mom have her own channel? If not she should!!! Love when she talks about the “old” days with portion control and not having coffee etc….. we never eat out cause I have food allergies but we still have a huge food bill. Just for 2 ppl:(

I don’t know how to cut cauliflower properly, either. I usually take the core out and then break off the florets. Where did you get the cooling rack you used for your steaks? That looks like a fantastic piece of equipment. I hated the G Hughes steak sauce….how would you compare the Primal Kitchen with A1? Are they similar at all? (I love tomato paste, lol…we have such opposite preferences, don’t we?) I like the looks of that taco casserole. Yum.