Nutrition Information

Calories	414 cals
Total Fat	14 g
Cholesterol	149 mg
Dietary Fiber	1 g
Sodium	740 mg
Protein	61 g
Total Carbohydrate	8 g

Blue Cheese Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped fresh mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 cups chopped fresh spinach
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon minced shallots
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt plus extra for sprinkling
• 1/4 cup bacon crumbles
• 1 cup blue cheese
• 1 cup Daisy Brand 4% Cottage Cheese
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 12 split chicken breasts bone in with skin
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Chop mushrooms and sauté mushrooms in vegetable oil. Drain mushroom liquid, return to heat and add spinach, minced shallots and thyme leaves; sauté the vegetables for an additional 3 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons kosher salt, cooked crumbled bacon, blue cheese, drained cottage cheese and bread crumbs. Stir. Loosen chicken skin from breast meat but do not remove. Stuff the filling between skin and breast meat for each. Rub skin with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt and ground black pepper. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 1 hour or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.