What you will need:
2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breast or 3-4 lb. full chicken1/4 C. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 lemons or 1/2 lemon juice
3 tsp. minces garlic
1 tsp. ground black pepper
Salt
Direction
Preheat grill to 500 degreesIn a large mixing bowl, whisk together the EVOO, lemon, garlic and black peper.
Season the chicken well with salt and toss into a bowl. Marinate the chicken for 15 minutes.
Grill chicken until marked and cooked through, 8-10 minutes per side.
Squeeze the juice of the reaming lemon over the cooked chicken
ENJOY!
You can also roast the chicken and here are those directions:
Preheat oven to 450ºF
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the EVOO, lemon, garlic and black peper.
Season the chicken well with salt and toss into a bowl. Marinate the chicken for 15 minutes.
Put chicken in a large, cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat with 2 turns of the pan of EVOO, about 2 tablespoons. Sear the chicken, meat side-down until golden brown, about 5 minutes, then turn over and transfer the pan to the oven. Roast until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
You can also roast the chicken and here are those directions:
Preheat oven to 450ºF
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the EVOO, lemon, garlic and black peper.
Season the chicken well with salt and toss into a bowl. Marinate the chicken for 15 minutes.
Put chicken in a large, cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat with 2 turns of the pan of EVOO, about 2 tablespoons. Sear the chicken, meat side-down until golden brown, about 5 minutes, then turn over and transfer the pan to the oven. Roast until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Potatoes
What you will need:
2-3 large potatoes, washed, peeled and chopped-I didn't peel them because we like the skinWhat you will need:
1/2 an onion, chopped
Butter, margarine (or Earth Balance if you're dairy free) to taste-I used 2 tablespoons and it seems to be perfect
Baby carrots, chopped and steamed
Direction
Put the potatoes, onion and butter in pan and fry
Put the potatoes, onion and butter in pan and fry
Carrots
Baby carrots, chopped and steamed-we boiled the carrots for 10 minutes and they were perfect
Baby carrots, chopped and steamed-we boiled the carrots for 10 minutes and they were perfect
Stars
Jessie: 5 out of 5
Jason: 3.87 out of 5
Thoughts:
Jason and I split the cooking with this meal; he made the chicken and I did the potatoes and carrots. It took us right at an hour from start to ready to serve. Jason said he gave this meal a 3.87 because it is not quite a four (hopefully that was helpful to someone!). I loved this meal! This is actually a meal we have eaten before minus the carrots so it seemed like a "normal" meal to me. We used frozen chicken breast since that is what we had on hand but in the future I would use fresh and I don't think it would have been quite as dry. Overall a very easy meal and very flavorful.
2012 Summer Transformation
Weight: gained 1/2 pound
Water: 118 ounces
Breakfast: 2 pieces white Goldfish bread with peanut butter and a banana-I ran out of my Skippy reduced fat peanut butter so I borrowed some Sunflower butter from my co-worker. It was pretty good but very oily/watery so I think I will go back to my regular stuff tomorrow!
Lunch: leftovers Cheeseless Pasta Bake and 1 cup low fat cottage cheese
Snack: am-no snack
pm-slice of banana chocolate chip bread
Dinner: Lemon Pepper Chicken, fried potatoes and cooked carrots
Exercise: none- I missed my first workout class, Hydro-fit, because I left my bag at home! Tomorrow starts Total Sculpt and Tone
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