A Healthy Dinner Option

Its Monday night and the Red Sox game is on!

Instead of gravitating towards the typical deep fried wings and beer option (so good but unhealthy) for dinner tonight try this simple and fast recipe for a better diet.

Ingredients:

2 Large chicken breasts (8 ounces each)
6 Ounces of chopped lettuce (or spring mix)
Sufficient Olive Oil

Dressing (optional):

1 Tbsp of avocado oil (or olive oil)
1 Tsp of balsamic vinegar
Dash of black pepper

Preparation:

Begin by marinating chicken in tupperware container or ziplock bag with a sufficient amount of olive oil (should cover chicken completely). Add additional seasonings such as spices etc. if desired. After chicken has been sufficiently marinated you can either choose to grill the chicken or bake the chicken. If baking preheat oven to 400 degrees and place marinated chicken in bake-able glassware pan. If grilling simply add the chicken to the grill. After approximately 8 minutes of grilling (meat should not be pink if sliced open) or 30 minutes of baking remove the chicken and slice into multiple pieces.

Wash the lettuce thoroughly. After lettuce has dried chop lettuce into pieces and place on a plate.

Simple and delicious!

At this point you can either make your own dressing or try my easy to make balsamic/ avocado oil vinaigrette. Simply mix 1 Tbsp of avocado oil with 1 Tsp. of balsamic vinaigrette (more or less depending on personal preference) and add a dash of black pepper.

Arrange the sliced chicken on top of the washed lettuce and sprinkle on the vinaigrette.

If desired add additional ingredients such as tomatoes, sliced almonds, sunflower seeds, cranberries.. really anything you prefer!