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cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: mozzarella

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more affordable and still provides protein.

Boil chicken breasts with chicken bouillon and sassong for color for about 30 minutes.

Remove chicken breasts and shred them.

Use the chicken stock from boiling to cook rice; add it to boiled water with yellow rice, another packet of salsa for seasoning, and olive oil.

Add two cans of sweet peas to the rice while cooking.

Stir the rice to ensure all sweet peas are incorporated before removing from heat.

Pour the rice onto the shredded chicken in a pan, distributing evenly.

Mix the shredded chicken evenly throughout the rice and peas.

Add a thin layer of mayonnaise on top of the mixture.

Top with a heavy layer of mozzarella cheese.

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Set the broiler on high for 2 minutes to create a crust on the cheese.

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