After an awesome weekend with friends, the girls and I got to talking about the overwhelmingness of entering the Super Market and how all ideas of making dinner get replaced by anxiety. Well, I had a few little tricks up my sleeve for healthy and easy meals that don't take much time and no need to get worked up because before you know it its already served on the table.
Feel free to mix and match protein, green & carb however you'd like...
Protein...
Rotisserie Chicken (whatever flavor you prefer pre-made from your fav. grocery store)
Cherry Tomatoes
Lemon Slices
Olive Oil
Salt/Pepper
Pre-heat your oven to 250 bake transfer your chicken to a baking pan and toss some cherry tomatoes around the pan with a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper. Slice the lemon and decorate your chicken with them and squeeze some juice on the chicken....let this heat up in the over for around 15-20 minutes.
Sole (preferably wild caught)
Shallot
Lemons
Salt/Pepper
Pre-heat oven to 350 bake place the sole filets in a baking dish lined in tin foil (to make clean up easier) salt and pepper on each side of the filets, squeeze juice of the lemons over the filets and finely chop half or a whole shallot whatever you prefer and sprinkle them on top. Lay some lemon slices on top of the filets and bake for about 8-10 minutes...monitor the oven some take a little longer some a little less because sole filets are usually very thin so does not take too much time.
Filet Mignon
Rosemary
Salt/Pepper
Butter (only if you need it)
For those with an inside grill (GF kind, Panini Grill, etc) pre-heat the grill to med-high. For those that don't get a pan put a cube of butter and get it med-high right before you decide to throw them on there. Salt and pepper each side of your filets and toss them on the grill/pan keep checking till you get it cooked the way you like. When you serve go ahead and put a sprig of rosemary for some fancy factor.
Greens...
*I say asparagus but, you can do this with any veggie or mix a few for example...zucchini, spinach, green beans, broccoli, etc.
Asparagus
Garlic
Olive Oil
Salt/Pepper
3 ways to do this.
1. Sauteed...medium heat...garlic, salt, pepper olive oil.
2. Roasted...broil them in the oven on 300 for 15-20 minutes on a baking sheet with garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil.
3. Steamed after steamed dust with salt/pepper for tasting.
Carb...
CousCous (NearEast Brand is the bomb.com)
Any flavor is great or if you want to be a bit more daring then feel free to jazz up a plain or whole wheat plain version like so....
1 Box of CousCous (plain or whole wheat)
Chicken/Veggie Stock
Cherry Tomatoes
Mint or Basil
Cucumber
Feta Cheese (optional)
Dressing...
Olive Oil
Lemon Juice
Salt/Pepper
Follow the directions on the box of CousCous to cook I prefer to use stock instead of water for the flavor factor. While its cooking cut the cherry tomatoes in half, cube the cucumbers and chop the herbs. When the CousCous is at the turn off the heat and fluff stage add the goodies, wait on the cheese till the very end. While this is heating and fluffing to make the dressing add olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste over the CousCous till you feel its to your liking and toss. Waa-Laaa.
Small Red Potatoes
Olive Oil
Salt/Pepper
Rosemary
Garlic
Pre-Heat broiler to 375. Cut up the small potatoes into 4's. On a baking sheet toss potatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper, sprigs of rosemary and garlic and put into over for 25-30 minutes.
Dessert...
Strawberries
Raspberries
Blueberries
Wash and cut how you like and put them in a serving bowl
Store bought angel food cake
As is...
Nutella
Heat it up a bit in the microwave and serve in a saucer.
Serve together. YUM, enjoy.
I hope these recipes will help out in a bind. At least it will help get you going in the right direction, hopefully.
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