A Healthy Family-Friendly Menu

For this quick and easy fall dinner, we've taken comfort food classics and made them healthier -- chicken is baked instead of fried, green beans are garnished with crispy, heart-healthy almonds instead of fried onions and a creamy sauce and instead of regular sodas, we're serving fresh fruit spritzers. For dessert: a little taste of a not-too-sweet apple tart.

Cornmeal Crusted Chicken
By baking instead frying this classic buttermilk "fried" chicken recipe you save both calories and fat. Choosing lean breast meat also adds to that calorie-saving equation. Serve with a big green salad and lemon green beans with almonds for a healthy Southern-inspired feast.
Per serving: 400 calories, 14g fat (2g sat fat, 0g trans fat), 73mg chol, 1252mg sodium, 33g carbohydrates (3g fiber, 6g sugars), 34g protein

Lemon Green Beans
Pair this simple side dish with our cornmeal crusted oven fried chicken for a healthy and delicious weeknight meal.
Per Serving: 110 calories, 10g fat (1g sat fat, 0g trans), 0mg chol, 4mg sodium, 5g CHO (3g fiber, 1g sugars), 2g protein

Fresh Fruit Soda
Per Serving: With no added sugar, this refreshing homemade soda makes a great substitute for bottled beverages.
56 calories, 0g fat, 0mg chol, 1mg sodium, 13g CHO (0g fiber, 10g sugars), 0g protein

Apple Tart
Per Serving: An elegant (and easy!) take on the classic French tarte tatin, the slivered almonds and fresh apples add a healthy dose of fat-fighting fiber.
241 calories, 16g fat (3g sat fat, 0 trans fat), 26 mg chol, 97mg sodium, 22g CHO (2g fiber,6g sugars), 5g protein