It’s difficult to juggle a career with a busy lifestyle and sometimes there is just not enough hours in a day to do everything we want to accomplish. That’s why I always look for easy ways to prepare a healthy dinner. Last week I found these two recipes that I combined together to make one delicious meal. The 1st one is a spinach/kale salad, inspired by the cafeteria at my work. My salads are usually plain & boring and I get tired of them easily. This salad however is different and it tastes really good. It’s also very simple to make, just add the following ingredients and shake well (yields 2 portions)
- Mixed baby spinach & baby kale (quantity depends on your liking)
- 1 avocado
- 10 cherry tomatoes
- Feta cheese or crumbled goat cheese (60g)
- 20 black olives
- 6 strawberries
- 4 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
The 2nd recipe I wanted to share with you ladies is a favorite of mine: Pretzel Chicken. I have found a recipe on Pinterest & modified it a little bit to my liking. Here is the link to the original recipe:
http://www.cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice.com/honey-mustard-pretzel-chicken/
And this is what I used (yields 2 portions):
- 4 chicken breast scaloppini (I like this better than the chicken breast b/c it’s thin & juicy instead of thick & dry)
- 1 cup of crushed pretzels – any pretzels will do, I used salty ones ( I literally used a Ziploc bag & a hammer to crush them, no joke lol)
- 1/2 cup of flour (I used organic flour)
- Salt & pepper
- Dijon honey sauce: 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup Dijon mustard, 50ml of water, 1 teaspoon of honey, salt & pepper
- I followed the recipe by dipping the scaloppini in the flower 1st, then in the Dijon honey sauce and finally in the crushed pretzels. I have baked the scaloppini in the oven at 400° F for 30 minutes. Delicious!
Together this made an amazing meal. Just add a piece of hot apple crumble with vanilla ice cream for dessert & you’re done ;)
Bon appetite ladies!