Baked Honey Chicken

Serving: 2

Ingredients

3 tablespoons of Honey

1/3 cup of Italian Dressing (I used Wish-Bone's Light Italian Dressing)

1/3 cup of Breadcrumbs 

1 lb of boneless chicken thighs (Approximately 4 pieces)

Scallions - For garnish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F

2. Place chicken in a plastic bag. 

3. Pour the italian dressing into the plastic bag and seal. Shake the bag well and place in the fridge for 10 minutes so that the dressing absorbs into the chicken. 

3. Place chicken in a baking dish. Coat the top of the chicken with breadcrumbs. 

4. Drizzle honey over chicken making sure that the honey is evenly dispersed.

5. Bake for 40 minutes.

6. When ready to serve garnish the chicken with diced scallions. 

Goat Cheese Sweet Potato Salad

Serving: 5

Ingredients

1.  Three Medium Sweet Potatoes

2. Five ounces of Goat Cheese  

**I used Silver Goat, Garlic & Herbs - You can purchase this at Trader Joe's.

3. Six cups of Arugula

4. 1/3 cup of Olive Oil

5. 1/2 teaspoon of ground Cinnamon

6. 1/4 cup of Lemon Juice

7. 1/2 cup of Pistachios

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Peel and cut potatoes into 1 inch cubes

3. Place sweet potatoes into a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Mix well. Add one more tablespoon of olive oil and another 1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Continue to mix until the olive oil and ground cinnamon are evenly coated on the sweet potatoes.

4. Spray or lightly coat a 9" x 13" pan with olive oil. 

5. Evenly distribute the potatoes on the pan and place in the oven for 20 minutes. Take the potatoes out, flip them over and place back in the oven for 15 minutes. Allow potatoes to cool.

6. In a large serving bowl, add arugula, pistachios, sweet potatoes and crumble the goat cheese. 

7. Dressing: In a small bowl, pour 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Mix well.

8. Lightly dress your salad. (Tip: Do not pour the entire dressing mixture at once. It's easier to add dressing than take out!). 

Almond Chicken Poppers

Serving: 4

Ingredients:

1. Two Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts

2. 1 cup almond meal (Example: Trader Joe's Almond Meal)

3. 1 Egg

4. Red Chili Pepper Flakes to taste

5. Olive oil spray

6. All Purpose Seasoning to taste

Optional: Chives for garnish

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cut chicken into bite size pieces.

3. In z bowl, whisk the egg

4. In a larger bowl, pour almond meal. Add in Red Chili Pepper Flakes and All Purpose Seasoning. Mix.

5. Place chicken in the bowl with the whisked egg and to coat.

6. Line a 9x13 pan with olive oil spray.

7. Coat the chicken in the almond mixture.

8. Place in the pan, spray the top with olive oil spray. Bake for 25 minutes.

9. Flip chicken and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.