Rotisserie Chicken with Salad

No time to cook? No problem. Rotisserie chicken is the solution.
Saturday night is turkey or chicken and sunday for lunch is the same.
Just go and buy one, make a salad and the dinner is ready.
Do you have leftover chicken? That means you have lunch next day :-)

This is the hard part: REMOVE THE SKIN. Just close your eyes and do it. Serve it with salad. Enjoy it.

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Baked Chicken Spinach Rolls

Ingredients:


2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded to 1/2 inch thickness
Frozen chopped spinach
2 cloves garlic - crushed
shredded cheese
feta cheese
1 egg
salt
black pepper

Directions:


Preheat the oven to 350 F.


In a pan, saute garlic in oil on low heat. Add spinach and cook for a few minutes until there is no more liquid. Season with salt, black pepper and nutmeg. Turn off heat, add shredded cheese, feta cheese, one egg and mix well. Let it cool.


Lay the chicken breasts out on a clean surface and spoon some of the spinach mixture onto each one. Roll up chicken to enclose the spinach and secure with toothpicks.

Place aluminum foil in a shallow baking dish (for easy cleaning). Arrange the rolls in the baking dish.


Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken is browned and juices run clear.

For the potatoes: Lay a piece of aluminum foil on a baking tray. Cut the baby potatoes in half, put them on the tray, coat with a little olive oil, salt and pepper on top. Bake in the oven turning once, for about 25 minutes until golden brown and tender. You can add cracked cloves of garlic and rosemary.

(Put the chicken in the oven first, then prepare baby potatoes and place in oven).

Let the meat rest for a couple of minutes on a cutting board, slice and serve with hot baby potatoes.

NOTE:
I had some guests and this is the reason I had potatoes as a side dish (and I cannot imagine anything else).

 

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Baked Stuffed Chicken Breast

Recipe coming soon

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Baked Turkey Thigh

Saturday is Roast turkey or chicken with salad of tomatoes and lettuce; grapefruit or fruit in season; coffee/tea.

I had some turkey thigh today. Here is how I cooked it.

Combine minced garlic and fresh rosemary - make a paste.

Separate turkey thigh skin from flesh and smear mixture on meat after applying salt and pepper.

Fold skin back over meat.

Put more of mixture on skin.

Roast for 10 min in 425 F oven then lower to 350 till done.
Place the meat thermometer in the thickest part of thigh away from the bone of the turkey to check the internal temperature. The temperature must reach a minimum of 165F.
If you don't have a meat thermometer pierce the meat with a fork - the juices should be clear with no trace of pink.

Rest meat before serving - resting allows for the redistribution and re-absorption of the juices in the meat.

Remove skin. Serve with salad.

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Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans

How about Grilled chicken breast with roasted green beans today?

We sould skip the almonds (but it gives an extra crunch to this dish and they are soooo good).

Tags: scarsdale diet day 4 dinner, smd day 4 dinner, chicken breast with green beens smd dinner

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Chicken breast with Prosciutto and Sage

Servings 1

Ingredients:

1 piece chicken breast
2 fresh sage leaf - chopped
1 slice prosciutto
black pepper
flour



Directions:
Put flor in a shallow dish.
Season meat with black pepper.
Dredge seasoned chicken in flour; tap off excess.
Sprinkle chopped sage leaf on the meat, then lay a prosciutto slice on it, or wrap it with prosciutto.
Spray a large nonstick skillet with oil. Cook over medium-high heat until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
Serve with steamed broccoli or salad.

Note: Prosciutto is salty enough, you don't need to use salt to season chicken. The flour will help prosciutto stick to the meat. You can make this dish without using flour. Wrap each chicken breast with strip of prosciutto; secure with toothpick.

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Light and Easy Baked Cordon Bleu

Servings:  2

Ingredients:

2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - pounded to 1/2 inch thickness

2 slices of cheese

2 slices ham
salt, black pepper and paprika

2 tablespoon mustard

seasoned dry bread crumbs or panko

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Lay out the pounded chicken breasts on a clean surface.

Season with paprika, salt and black pepper

Place a slice of ham on each piece, then one slice of cheese.

Roll the chicken up, and secure with toothpicks or tie several loops of kitchen string around it.

Dip each roll in mustard and then roll in bread crumbs or panko.

Place aluminum foil in a shallow baking dish (for easy cleaning). Put the rolls on a rack in the baking dish. 

Bake for 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken is browned and juices run clear.



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Oven Baked Parmesan Chicken Breast - with sun dried tomato paste

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

1/2 cup dijon mustard
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
4 chicken breast (boneless and skinless)
1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs
4 teaspoon sun dried tomato paste (optional)


Directions:

Heat oven to 425F.
Combine mustard and garlic powder.
Mix bread curmbs with parmesan cheese.
Spread mustard mixture on chicken breasts, then coat with bread crumbs mixture.

Arrange chicken on baking sheet on a rack and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cooked through and lightly browned and tender.


Serve with salad.


Optional:  If you want more flavor put some sun dried tomato paste (1 teapoon / 1 chicken breasts) and top with more parmesanand then bake. (the one on the left side in the photo is with sun dried tomato paste and extra parmesan and on the right side is just with extra parmesan cheese).

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Chicken and Sausage Skewers with Tzatziki

Day 6. Nothing easier. Chicken or turkey, green peppers, onions and some turkey sausage on a skewer.
I made some tzatziki and I had a delicious dinner.

Preheat grill for high heat.
Thread the chicken, sausage, green bell pepper, onion pieces onto skewers alternately. Season with salt and black pepper.
Lightly oil the grill grate. Place kabobs on the prepared grill, and brush with italian dressing (you can marinade chicken in italian dressing for 1 hour). Cook, turning frequently, for 15 minutes, or until chicken juices run clear.

Ingredients for tzatziki:

1 cucumber

2 cloves crushed garlic
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup greek yogurt

Directions:
Peel the cucumber and cut in half lengthwise. Remove seeds using a spoon, then grate the cucumber into a collander and put a weight on it for about 1 hour to let the juice out.
Mix the yogurt, cucumber, garlic and salt.
Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving to develop the flavor.

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Chicken Stew with Green Beans

Recipe coming soon

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