Chicken with Wheat and Oat Bran Dumplings

Follow the price for Pennsyvania Dutch chicken pot pie. Instead of topping it with pasta for the last 20 minutes of cokking, top it with these luscious dumplings and enjoy a high-fiber alternative.

1 cup whole ehaet flour

¼ cup oat bran

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

2/3cup chicken broth

In a small bowl, combine the flour, oat bran, abking powder, and parsly. Gradually add the chicken broth, and stir to blend. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough into the simmering pot of soup or stew. Cover the pot and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until the dumplings are soft and mushy on the outside and breadlike on the inside.

Yield: About 8 large dumplings.

Each dumpling provides: 54 cal, 2 g pro, just a trace of fat, no cho,l, about 25 nmg sodium.