10 Minute Healthy Dinner!

austindperry

Here is a quick and easy meal idea for those on the run. This is great serving sizes for two people and can be adjusted for one.

At the beginning of the week I buy 5 chicken breasts around 5oz each. At the beginning of each day I take one out of the freezer and let it thaw in the fridge. When I get home from work I take it out and put it in a plastic baggie. In this plastic baggie I marinade the chicken with my favorite Lawrie's marinades (Hawaiian, teriyaki, etc.) This only takes 30 minutes while you get your afternoon workout session in (hopefully ).

After the chicken has marinaded (I don't count this in the recipe time because I do other things) I pan fry the breast on the stove. The chicken breast takes about 10 minutes until it is done.

During this 10 minutes, I microwave 1 package of Uncle Ben's 90 second rice. I usually go for the brown rice as a healthy option. These pouches only take 90 seconds and make delicious rice! After this is done microwaving I put in either a can of green beans, lima beans, or peas. I usually use canned veggies but frozen or fresh work as well. All of this is easy to manage and extremely easy. Within 10 minutes I have teriyaki chicken, brown rice, green beans, possibly a piece of fruit and a glass of water. I never get tired of this meal just by mixing up the marinade flavors, rice types, and veggies.

Please post any other quick meal ideas your have. I am especially looking for more healthy sides to eat with my chicken and veggies!

Keep up the good work MFP friends!

Dawn_2013

Thanks for the great idea! My quickie recipe is grilled chicken and veggie shishkebobs. Fire up the BBQ and they are done in 20 minutes! I marinate the chicken too, but in a herb de provence and olive oil mix. I usually avoid carbs in the evening as I have them for breakfast and lunch :bigsmile: also, 'bread' is my weakness whether in the form of a fresh baguette or chocolate cake :noway:

Since my resolve is less powerful in the evenings...I try to load up on veggies. I love brown rice and brown with wild rice though....Costco has a wild rice blend...you would it!!

ppennington

Gonna try this tomorrow. Thanks for the post. Now try this...............take a low carb, whole wheat tortilla (Mission Brand) and pan brown it. Then add a tablespoon or two of pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce and add what ever toppings you like ( I used turkey Itaian sausage, oregano, onions and cherry tomatoes from my garden) and add low fat motzorella cheese and bake it for about 8 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Really good, fast and HEALTHY.

austindperry

I don't have a grill but the veggie shishkabobs sound great! I think I may need to focus on getting more raw veggies at night instead of the carb heavy rice every night of the week. I have never heard of herb de provence with the olive oil but it sounds like a better option than the marinades I use. Thanks

The tortilla idea sounds great! Easy and affordable I can definitely handle it as a guy (limited kitchen skills lol). I'm thinking it would be really good with barbeque chicken (can you tell I love chicken? haha). I'm thinking the low fat cheese is the hardest part to limit because I love cheese but I can't stop eating it completely.

Thanks for the idea!

auntiebabs

Love this idea...
I've got one twist on it though, before I put the chicken into the freezer...

1) I separate single serving portions into small plastic containers,

2) then I pour my marinate on it then pop it in the freezer.
It marinates while freezing and while defrosting.

3) the plastic containers are a little more earth friendly because
I pop them in the dishwasher top rack and use them over and over

4) the plastic containers stack more neatly in the freezer
and less likely to leak than bags.

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freemanamy22

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