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This turns out very moist, which is great since this is white meat. I do not like frozen spinach since it's stringy. I use fresh baby spinach uncooked but chopped in my food processor. Since I always have leftover cheese, I have sprinkled it on top of the breasts during the last 15 minutes of bakeing; made a great crust. One last thing, sometimes when I made this is substituted Asiago Cheese for the Swiss. Yummm...two thumbs up.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"10\/17\/2011 13:45","GUID":"da98bbed07a747b2bd073ea74c00e932","MemberId":6225701,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"savoie.luvgspointers","SubmittedDate":"10\/17\/2011 13:45"}]},"breadcrumb":[],"meta_data":{"enhanced_fields":{"enhanced_recipe_title":"Spinach-Mushroom Stuffed Chicken"}},"analytics":[],"yoast_head":"\n