Abs Diet: Healthy Chicken Dinner  

Rotisserie chicken is an amazing thing. Not only does it look impressive, but it's an incredibly smart buy, both for the diet- and budget-conscious. First, always purchase a plain one; you're going to pick the skin off anyway, since that's where most of the fat hides. A breast and a leg will make a fine meal (check out the nutrition numbers below). Use the meat that's left to make a chicken salad or stuff it into a quesadilla. And then, toss the entire carcass into a stockpot full of water with chopped vegetables and spices of your choice, simmer for a couple of hours, and you’ll wind up with the best chicken soup you've ever eaten. (Just fish out the bones before digging in.)

 

3 ounces breast meat (without skin)

120 calories, 1.5 g fat (0.5 g saturated), 65 mg sodium

 

3 ounces dark meat (without skin)

130 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated), 80 mg sodium

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