Sunday, November 9, 2014

Italian baked chicken

I found a good (easy) recipe for baked Italian chicken. It has a very refreshing taste to it because it uses fresh herbs. It sure beats chicken marinated in Italian dressing! I served it with bacon brussel sprouts (and some white cheddar- not paleo). 

Recipe: http://cleanfoodcrush.com/fresh-italian-herb-chicken-breasts/

Essentially you blend these things in your blender:
1/2 cup Olive Oil
2-4 garlic gloves (I did 4, and it was delicious)
One package of fresh basil (the package was the size of a dollar bill... that's the size you want)
1/2 package of Oregano
1/4 package of Thyme
1 tsp salt (or less if you're not into salt)
1/2 tsp pepper

Blend...

Then smother on top of 6 chicken breasts that you've washed and dried. 

Bake in the oven at 350 for 30-45 minutes (until the chicken is cooked--ie: clear juices come out of it, or use a thermometer). I used a foil lined dish for easy clean up.

I used it for a couple meals (served like this... cold on top of salad... I feel like you could even make a chicken salad out of it with tomatoes, mozz, and olive oil).


I found this cute little lunch container at the grocery store and it was the perfect size for my lunch! I packed my bacon brussel sprouts and chicken in one part (so they could be microwaved together... because who has time to microwave two things separately!), then I put grapes and a packet of almond butter in the other side.


All packaged up and ready for Monday!


... Plus I found this creepy grape. Something tells me these "organic" grapes are maybe not so organic. Oh well! It was delicious :-)