Kathy's Chicken Florentine

THE WICHITA EAGL; WICHITA, KS

Visitors to the Food Network Web site can't seem to get enough of Paula Deen's Chicken Florentine.

It's one of the most popular recipes there, but even though that meal contains a generous amount of spinach, it's far from healthy.

Just one serving of Deen's casserole packs in 660 calories and 50 grams of fat. If you ate a Chicken Club sandwich from Wendy's instead, you'd save 120 calories and 25 fat grams.

So I lightened up this dish while keeping the taste that people love by using reduced-fat versions of cream-based soups, mayonnaise, sour cream and Cheddar... Read more

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