Chicken with a pineapple-laced barbecue sauce served with a tropical salad are an attractive combination in this easy-to-serve dinner.
A barbecue sauce that contains sugar can burn and blacken the food. The secret is to use the sauce as a glaze, painting the food during the last few minutes of cooking.
Helpful Hints:
_ Fresh pineapple cubes can be found in the produce section of most supermarkets. Use the juice from the pineapple cubes to flavor the barbecue sauce.
_ If thin chicken cutlets are not available, use boneless, skinless chicken breasts and cut them in half horizontally to measure \-inch thick.
_ Walnuts or pecans can be used instead of macadamia nuts.
Countdown:
_ Prepare chicken.
_ Make salad.
Shopping List:
To buy: 2 6-ounce boneless, skinless chicken cutlets (thin sliced chicken), 1 small bottle low-fat, low-salt pasta sauce, 1 small container macadamia nuts, 2 whole wheat rolls (2 ounces each), 1 container fresh pineapple cubes, 1 package washed, ready-to-eat Romaine lettuce
Staples: olive oil spray, Dijon mustard, sugar, reduced-fat oil and vinegar dressing(ASTERISK)(ASTERISK), salt, black peppercorns
