Combining chicken, broccoli, noodles and just a dash of olive oil can make a nutritious dish with several health benefits. Learning the facts behind this combination of ingredients will allow you to see how simple it is to obtain good nutrition without a complex recipe.
Chicken
Chop up a 6-ounce grilled chicken breast to add to this nutritious dish and you add 281 calories, 3 grams of fat, 3 grams of carbohydrate and 35 grams of protein to your meal. Unfortunately, unless your chicken is straight from the local farmers market, a high amount of sodium is added for processing and preservation between the farmer and grocery store. Just 6 ounces contains 750 milligrams of sodium.
Broccoli
Adding 2 cups of steamed broccoli to this dish will provide 50 calories, 0 fat, 9 grams of carbohydrates and only 3 grams of protein. You do not have to worry about any contribution from sodium or sugar, but you will get the added benefit of 6 grams of dietary fiber. Not to mention, steamed broccoli is rich in sulforaphane, a compound notorious for its cancer-fighting properties.
Noodles
Improve your intake of whole grains by choosing whole wheat penne pasta for your recipe. One ¾-cup serving contributes 210 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, 41 grams of carbohydrates and 7 grams of protein to your meal. Fortunately, this pasta adds no sodium and contributes 5 grams of dietary fiber to this dish.
Chicken Broccoli Noodle DIsh
Combine these ingredients with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and you will have nutritious and balanced meal to serve yourself, friends or family. All together this dish provides 661 calories, 18 grams of fat, 53 grams of carbohydrates and 45 grams of protein. The health benefits of this dish are numerous, from the cancer-fighting benefits of steamed broccoli to the cholesterol-lowering benefits of dietary fiber and the heart healthy properties of olive oil.
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