Chipotle Chicken

Even the best cooks mess up a creation. I have been craving italian for 3 weeks. So I thought I would do some sautéed chicken tenders with veggies and a homemade sauce. All was going awesome in the creation. I decided to add a dash of chipotle pepper powder. Ya the freaking lid fell off and well you can guess a lot went in. I refused to waste the food so I finished it up. It was freaking awesome!!! Hot hot hot!!!  It really hit the spot!!! This one is so easy.  This tasted fresh spicy and yummy to me.

A note on sodium. You will notice I used no salt tomato sauce from Hunts. As I am changing my lifestyle I am also trying to cut my sodium down as well. Adding sea salt towards the end of cooking is a good way to season your food but also cut back on sodium. At first lower sodium food taste different. But after a few weeks you do not notice anymore. I use only sea salt now as well. Sea salt is produced through evaporation of seawater, usually with little processing, which leaves behind some trace minerals and elements depending on its water source. These insignificant amounts of minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a variety of coarseness levels. By weight, sea salt and table salt contain about the same amount of sodium chloride. Your body needs only a couple hundred milligrams (mg) a day to stay healthy, but most people get far too much — mostly from sodium in processed foods. So regardless of which type of salt you prefer, keep sodium consumption between 1,500 and 2,300 mg of sodium a day if you're a healthy adult. People with high blood pressure and anyone middle-aged or older should aim for the low end of that range. 
A article in the "New England Journal of Medicine" looked at the potential impact of reducing salt intake. The report found that if Americans cut their salt intake by 3 grams a day, new cases of heart disease, stroke and heart attack would significantly drop — as would the number of deaths. The authors estimate that these changes could save between $10 billion and $24 billion in health care costs annually. In light of this, many experts are calling on food manufacturers and restaurants to lower the amount of salt in the foods they sell.

Chipotle Chicken

6 ounces Chicken tenders. Cut in bite size pieces
2 cloves garlic. Fine chop
2 green onions. Fine slice
1 baby zucchini. Sliced
2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder. Or more like I did!!
4 basil leaves fine slice
3 tablespoons salt free Hunts tomato sauce
salt
pepper
1 tsp olive oil

Heat pan. Add oil. Saute chicken for a few minites. Add onion and garlic. Cook 2 minutes then add chipotle powder. Add zucchini and let cook about 5 min or until its a tender as you like. Salt and pepper to taste. Add Basil and tomato sauce. Let simmer 2 or 3 minutes.