#Recipe

Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken with Potatoes & Spinach

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Sheet Pan Lemon Chicken with Potatoes & Spinach

  • Servings: ”4-5”
  • Difficulty: easy
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Our family loves this easy and delicious supper recipe!

Adapted from Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 6 medium red potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp olive or avocado oil
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 tsp salt, divided
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary, crushed, divided
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper, divided
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • 6-8 bone in chicken thighs, skin removed (or remove yourself)
  • 8 cups fresh spinach
  • Juice of 1/4 – 1/2 a lemon (to taste)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425˚F
  2. Mix potatoes, onion, oil, garlic, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp rosemary, ½ tsp pepper in a bowl until nicely coated. Transfer to a greased sheet pan (cookie sheet) Option: cover in foil for easy cleanup.
  3. In another small bowl, mix together paprika, and the rest of the salt, rosemary and pepper. Sprinkle over chicken and then place chicken in between potatoes on the pan. Roast for ~35min or until chicken is no longer pink.
  4. Remove chicken from pan and stir in spinach with the potatoes. Roast for another ~10min until spinach is wilted and potatoes are tender.
  5. Return chicken to pan and sprinkle lemon juice over entire pan. Serve and enjoy!

 

Apple Pecan Bacon Salad

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Salads are so delicious in the summer!

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Use any assortment of lettuce and/or other greens.  Add chopped up apple, real bacon bits (or leftover bacon cut up) and candied pecans (you can make or buy them). Combine the following for the salad dressing:

Freshly ground pepper to taste

1.5 tsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp minced garlic

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1/3 cup avocado or olive oil

1/3 cup white balsamic vinegar

 

Greek Chicken Skewers

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Our family has been making this recipe for years! It’s still one of my favourite recipes served with Greek salad, Tzatziki sauce and warm pita!

Ingredients:

4-5 large chicken breasts cut into 1 inch cubes

Marinade:

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 Tbsp liquid honey

1 Tbsp avocado or canola oil

1 Tbsp dry oregano (or 2 Tbsp fresh oregano minced)

2 tsp balsamic vinegar

1 Tbsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp black pepper (freshly ground is better)

Directions:

  1. Combine marinade ingredients in a glass bowl. Add chicken, stir and marinate in fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  2. Thread chicken onto skewers and discard marinade. (Metal skewers are easiest because they do not burn.) Spray or grease a large piece of tinfoil and lay out on BBQ.  Cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center (turn occasionally).  OR broil on high on greased foil-lined cookie sheet in oven for approximately 4 minutes on each side (when broiling watch carefully because the chicken can burn fast).  Be careful not to overcook or chicken will be dry.

 

 

 

Cilantro Lime Chicken Bowls

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An easy family-friendly recipe that won’t disappoint!  Either dish out bowls or take a “build-your-own” approach and place all the ingredients out for your family to decide!  (FYI: If you are looking for a different homemade salad dressing – try this dressing recipe – it’s my favourite!)

Ingredients for Marinade and Dressing:

1/2 cup                             Lime juice

4 tsp                                  Balsamic vinegar

2/3 cup                             Olive or avocado oil

2 cloves                            Garlic, minced

2 Tbsp                               Honey

1/2 cup                             Cilantro leaves (stems removed, finely chopped)

Ingredients for Bowl:

~4                                      Chicken breasts

1 cup                                 Grape tomatoes, halved

1 (341 mL) can                Corn, kernels (or frozen corn heated)

1 (540 mL) can                Black beans, rinsed

1                                         Avocado, sliced

2 cups                               Uncooked brown rice (cook as per bag directions)

Optional                           Shredded cheddar cheese (as a topping)

 

Directions:

  1. Mix marinade/dressing ingredients by hand. *Use ½ for chicken marinade and save the other ½ for the dressing.
  2. Cut chicken breast into 1” cubes. Place in a glass dish or Ziploc bag with ½ of the marinade mixture. Marinate for at least 1 hour in the fridge.
  3. Meanwhile cook rice and prepare all your other bowl ingredients.
  4. Sauté chicken in a large pan on the stove over medium high heat. Cook until no longer pink.
  5. Layer rice, chicken and then other ingredients. Drizzle desired dressing on top!