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Low-Fat oven baked Chicken with delicious Rosemary Potatoes

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What are making this weekend??? A nice home cooked meal is always the best if you are not going out to restaurant. Here is an idea….You can accompany this dish with a nice salad or roast vegetables.

Rosemary, being one of my favorite ingredients to use when baking, simply because the aroma it gives your dish is so wonderful and subtle and of course it makes the whole house smell delicious and warm. It’s such a simple and wonderful ingredient to use; I especially love to use it along with potatoes and chicken. In this recipe I don’t peel my potatoes because I quite enjoy the flavor, also the skin of the potatoes has lots of vitamins so in my defense why remove it. But you can peel if you like it will taste just as good.

I have to admit there is something that I just love about oven-baked chicken.

Of course, I love the whole chicken baked in the oven; but sometimes I just don’t have the time for that or sometimes all the fat that the skin of the chicken lets out and the skin itself (although flavorful) is just not that good for you. So when having little time to cook or being healthy I can say that I omit the chicken skin; (I don’t really eat it anyways) and still have the taste of this delicious traditional dish that I can say most people love; this is what I do.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

2 thick chicken Breast (or 4 thin breasts)

4 small Potatoes (or 2 large ones)

3 tbsp. Olive oil

3 fresh Rosemary sprigs (stem removed)

Salt and Pepper to taste

 

Preheat your oven at 320 degrees.

In the meantime wash and slice your potatoes in half and then long ways (about 1/4 inch thick), kind of like fries. Put in a bowl and add 1 ½ tbsp. of olive oil, 2 sprigs of rosemary, salt and pepper to taste, mix until all the potatoes are covered with the dressing.

With your chicken add the rest of the olive oil and rosemary and then salt and pepper to taste.

Get a large baking pan, place your chicken down first, and then pour in your potatoes, try to get your potatoes on the sides of the chicken not on top.

Place in the oven and allow to bake for 20 minutes, then turning chicken over, mixing your potatoes and cooking for another 15 minutes. It should be ready.

Of course all ovens cook differently so if yours cooks faster you may remove before or if it cooks slower leave in there a bit more.

 

Grilled Chicken with Romaine

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This dish is one of my favorites. I especially love to make it in the summer and I do like to use Shrimp with it. I personally like to grill, I feel that it is a healthier and tastier way to cook, the flavor it gives the food is fantastic and it can be low-fat if you don’t use all those marinades, I use a little olive oil and then any type of spice or herb that goes along with the dish. You can literally grill anything you want, veggies, fish, poultry, meat, fruit, etc.

This dish is simple and fast. I hope you enjoy making this dish!

Ingredients:

Serves 2

2 heads of Romaine

2 skinless Chicken breasts

2 tbsp. Olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Pour 1 tbsp. of olive oil and some salt and pepper on the boneless skinless chicken breast, put on the grill and allow to cook for 10 min. before turning over. In the meantime cut your romaine lettuce in half longwise, pour the rest of the olive oil evenly over the romaine and put some salt and pepper. Put on the grill cut side down first and allow to cook about 5 minutes on each side (be careful because it can bun easily depending on how high the flame is).

Your chicken and romaine should be cooked. Put 2 halves of romaine on a plate and cut your chicken diagonally and lay on top and serve.

 

Chicken with Spinach in Ginger Broth

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This recipe is perfect to cure the winter blues. I always tend to get a little run down and no matter how careful I am; I always end up having some sniffles. I try as much as can to not take medicine because I much prefer a holistic method if possible. So when doing some research a couple of years back I had read that with its warming and soothing properties Ginger aids respiratory conditions such as colds and coughs amongst other things.
I also read that Spinach is beneficial for respiratory purposes, and then that Mushrooms boost your immune system.

This is how this recipe came about, it’s delicious and a great pick me up. It’s low in fat and calories and very healthy. Easy to make, so don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of time.

I hope that you can enjoy this as much as I did and do. Have a warm winter.

Ingredients:

5 cups of water

2 Chicken bullion cubes

1 cup finely sliced scallions

1 (2 inch) piece of fresh ginger finely chopped

2 chiles finely sliced (optional)

1 bunch fresh parsley

6 ounces of mixed mushrooms*

1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast sliced thin

3 bunches of fresh baby spinach washed and separated

salt to taste

In a medium pot add your water, bullion, chiles, ginger, scallions and parsley. Bring to a boil. Add your chicken and allow to cook for 15 minutes.

Add your mushrooms and spinach allow to simmer for another 15 minutes and serve.

*Shitake, porcini, portobello, etc.. or just use whatever you can find

 

What is your top 5 ……

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So my husband and I were having this conversation the other day and decided to start talking about what were our favorite top 5 ethnic foods. Now this one seems a little tough because I honestly have a favorite in pretty much every country out there; so to narrow it down to 5 was tough but in the end I came up with my top 5.

1) Italian – Pasta, Pizza, Risotto, Prosciutto, Salame, Cheese (parmiggiano, asiago, pecorino, mozzarella di bufala, squacerone, stracchino, ricotta, etc..), Fiorentina steak, Pandoro and Panettone, Crostacei (crustaceans), Prosecco, Wine (Amorone, Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Pinot Nero, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Gavi, Pinot Girgio, etc), Etc…

2) Japanese – Sushi. Honestly one of my favorite foods ever! I could literally eat this everyday. I could die at Samurai Blue in Tampa, FL eating the following: Spicy Tuna Sashimi, Tuna Tataki, Emperor’s roll, Spicy Tuna roll, Tuna Summer of Love roll, Volcano roll, and possibly Devil’s roll.

3) Peruvian – Ceviche, Choros, Choclo, Papa a la Huancaina, Tallarines verdes, Lomo saltado, Anticuchos, Arroz con Pollo, Canchita, Pisco Sour, and more!

4) Thai – Tum Yum soup, Pad Thai noodles, Rat Na Noodles, Spicy thai chiles.

5) Indian – Naan Bread, Chapatis, Chicken Tikka Masala, Chicken Tandoori, Chicken Curry, Chicken Vindaloo, Raita, Etc….

So these are just a few of the dishes that I can name off the top of my head. But then came the curiosity of knowing what is in your top 5??!! I am curious so post and lets see which one is the most popular.