#MEwx very cold, clouds and Grilled Chicken with Italian Vegetables

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies with a chance of snow showers, mainly during morning hours. Highs will reach around 20°F with northwest winds 15 to 20 mph gusting to 30 mph. Wind chill values as low as 5 below, so be careul outside.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies with lows around 5°F. Winds will be northwest 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Wind chill values will be as low as -8°F.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 10.8°F, the humidity is 47%, the Dew point is -5.6°F with a wind chill of -0.8°F.

The wind direction is Northwest between 9.8 MPH and 12.5 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.74, the Absolute pressure is 29.54 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

If you want to see real-time instrument readings from my personal weather station click Here. That will take you directly to my weather station.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with partly cloudy skies.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, The moon is  99.2% illuminated, the moon phase is a Waning Gibbous, Sunrise is 7:00 am↑ 114° Southeast, sunset is 4:44 pm↑ 246° West, Moonrise is 5:44 pm↑ 65° East, Moonset is 7:54 am↑ 297° Northwest and we'll have 9 hours 45 minutes of daylight today.

We didn't receive any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Another healthy meal for you today.

GRILLED CHICKEN WITH ITALIAN VEGETABLES

16 oz. skinned and boned uncooked chicken breasts, cut into 4 pieces

1¼ cup chopped unpeeled zucchini

½ cup chopped onion

1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms

1¼ cups chopped fresh tomatoes

1/3 cup sliced ripe olives

1 tsp. Italian seasonings

¼ tsp. dried minced garlic

1 tsp. dried parsley flakes

 

•           Dip chicken pieces in Italian dressing. 

•           In a large skillet sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray, brown chicken pieces about 4 minutes on each side.

•           Meanwhile, pour any remaining Italian dressing into another large skillet sprayed with olive oil-flavored cooking spray. 

•           Add 1¼ cup zucchini, ½ cup onion, 1 cup mushrooms, ¼ cup  tomatoes, 1/3 cup olives, 1 tsp. Italian seasonings, ¼ tsp. garlic and 1 tsp.  parsley flakes.  

•           Mix well to combine.  

•           Cook over medium heat until chicken is tender, stirring occasionally. 

•           When serving, spoon full ½ cup vegetable mixture over each piece of chicken.

 

Each serving equals: 178 calories; 2 g fat;  28 g protein;  12 g carbohydrate;  620 mg sodium;  35 mg calcium;   2 g fiber

Diabetic Exchanges:  3 meat, 2 vegetables, ½ fat