It’s how you show your family and friends that you care. Someone is ill, you make soup; someone is having a celebration, you make something sweet; your friend had a hard week at work, you invite him or her over for dinner!
Cooking healthy with all natural food is one of the greatest gifts you can give!
That’s why I’m so passionate about SimplyFineGourmet.com. It’s the world’s best all natural hormone free and antibiotic free meat, seafood and chicken!
Thought I’d share three of my favor
ite super quick dinner recipes …
GARLIC SAGE CHICKEN
4 Pieces SimplyFineGourmet antibiotic free chicken breasts
1 ½ tsps of dried sage leaves
6 garlic cloves unpeeled
A few pinches of Kosher salt and pepper
1 cup of boiling water to quickly blanch garlic cloves
2-3 tbsp of olive oil
1/3 cup white wine
Defrost 4 pieces of chicken breast in cool water (about 10-15 minutes)
While chicken is defrosting, boil one cup of water
Once the water has boiled, throw in the garlic for 45 seconds only
Take out and immediately run them under cold water, then peel off skin
Lightly salt and pepper the chicken and sprinkle ½ tsp of sage over all 4 pieces
Saute on medium flame in olive oil for 1 minute per side
Take out of pan and set aside on plate
Lower heat under pan and put all 6 garlic cloves in pan
Smash them with a fork and pour in the 1/3 cup wine
(Have a sipper yourself, if you desire)
Scrape up the brown bits and let alcohol evaporate for 1 minute
Place chicken back in pan and cook for 1 more minute on low flame
Serve with asparagus and roasted red potatoes
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CHICKEN ASIAN STIR FRY
Sauce For Chicken:
Teriyaki Sauce or Soy Vey (which ever is your preference)
Sauce for Vegetables:
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup Mirin rice cooking wine
1 tsp. powdered ginger or ½ tsp grated fresh ginger
1 heaping tbsp chili garlic sauce (Asian section of grocery market)
2-3 tbsps olive oil or grapeseed oil
1 package of Asian chopped vegetables (in fresh produce section)
You can also add (optional)
1/2 fresh white onion sliced
Fresh sugar snap peas
Defrost 4 pieces of chicken in cool water and slice chicken in long pieces
Put them in a medium size bowl with the Teriyaki or Soy Vey for 15-30 minutes, then combine all ingredients for vegetable sauce and put aside
Get a large wok or fry pan and put in olive oil and raise the heat to high
If you’ve added onions put those in first for 3-5 minutes until transparent
Add your vegetables and your sauce and stir-fry for another 5-6 minutes until
fragrant and the vegetables are not soggy
Put cooked veggies in a clean bowl cover with foil and put aside
Use same pan and stir-fry chicken for 2 minutes (do not overcook)
Combine or serve chicken on top of veggies
Serve with ‘heat-and-serve’ brown or white rice (both are available in the frozen section from Trader Joes)
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LOW FAT CHICKEN PARMESAN
1 ball of lite mozzarella cheese (can also use buffalo mozzarella)
2 Cups of Panko breadcrumbs
1 cup of Cornflake Crumbs (usually in the baking aisle of grocery store)
½ cup of grated Parmesan cheese
1 ½- 2 cups of Marinara
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place the flash frozen chicken in a bowl of cool water for 5-10 minutes to thaw.
While the chicken is thawing, mix the Panko breadcrumbs, cornflake crumbs and the Parmesan Cheese together in a large bowl
Remove the chicken from packaging and dredge it in the breadcrumb mixture
Place chicken on a cookie sheet in preheated oven and cook for 15-20 minutes (depending on how hot your oven runs)
While the chicken is baking, pour marinara in a saucepan to heat up and slice your mozzarella cheese in 1/8-1/4 inch slices
Once the chicken is done, take a large tablespoon and put approximately 2-3 tablespoons of marinara on each piece of chicken. Next lay a piece of mozzarella cheese on top of each piece and put back in oven for about 1 minute until cheese melts (watch closely-you do not want to overcook the chicken)
Serve with steamed broccoli and baked potato
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Hope you enjoy these recipes and that they make it easier for you to prepare simple, delicious and healthy food for your family!
I promise to keep them coming!
In the mean time, here’s to your good health!
Beth
