Janette's Chicken Parmesan Vegetable Roll-Ups

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
• 1/2 medium zucchini
• diced
• 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
• blanched
• 1 red pepper
• seeded and diced
• 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
• 4 boneless
• skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat bread crumbs
• 2 egg whites
• beaten
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2/3 cup fat-free tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup grated part-skim mozzarella
• 1/2 cup diced tomatoes

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the ricotta, zucchini, broccoli, red pepper, and basil.
3. Set aside.
4. Put the chicken breasts in a large plastic bag and pound until very thin and of even thickness.
5. Remove chicken from bag.
6. Spoon a dollop of the ricotta mixture near the bottom edge of 1 piece of chicken and roll it into a cylinder, around the filling, like a jelly roll.
7. Repeat with remaining chicken.
8. Put the bread crumbs on a plate.
9. Season the egg whites with salt and pepper.
10. Heat the wine and olive oil in a large nonstick skillet.
11. Dip the chicken roll-ups in the egg whites and then coat with bread crumbs.
12. Place the roll-ups in the skillet and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 10 minutes.
13. Spread the tomato sauce in a shallow baking dish and place the chicken roll-ups over the sauce.
14. Sprinkle with mozzarella.
15. Bake for 30 minutes.
16. Divide the roll-ups among 4 plates, spooning some sauce over the top.
17. Sprinkle with diced tomato and serve immediately.