To eat or not to eat with the grilled chicken breast

I for one have not eaten a chicken breast for a year, and that was only because I was at this place that supposedly made great fried chicken, but only had breasts. And really, that's the only way to eat white meat. Well, I guess it's ok cured in fish sauce, sugar and sriacha, but then it's more like ham...

Anyway, if you insist on eating the tofu of the meat world, try a stir fry. That way you can use less chicken and more vegetables. Yum!

Salad or limited carbs. Like 40g rice or 5 baby potaotes. Or you could have a small baked potato?
Other than that you can always try cauliflour rice.

I LOVE yellow squash and onions. I spray the bottom of a baking dish with Pam and then slice the onions and squash, salt and pepper them any seasoning you like could be added. Bake until done but still a bit crunchy.

I'd probably give it a tablespoon of salad dressing for flavor and go hog wild on the veggies. I haven't put chicken anything on the log yet but when I do it's gonna be dark meat, which means it can pair with stuff with fat-soluble goodies and no help beyond maybe some salt and spices

I don't think I've had boneless, skinless chicken breast more than 3 or 4 times in 2 years. If I did, it would be chopped and added to a giant spinach and greens salad with bacon, feta, walnuts, dried cherries, olive oil and lots of spices. Need to do something to give it fat and flavor.

I prefer bone-in, skin-on chicken but use the boneless/skinless for certain things. I like to make fajitas with them with onions, red/yellow/green/orange peppers, mushrooms and zucchini. I make my own "fajita seasoning" using spices from my cabinet. (The seasoning envelopes in the store are full of MSG and other undesirables, so I avoid them personally.) I serve fajitas with black beans, tortillas and guacamole. If you're watching sodium I definitely recommend cooking beans from scratch. If you have a crock pot this can be done very easily. I also like boneless/skinless for curries. Last night I made chicken tikka masala and served it with cumin rice. I'm not sure what your cuisine preferences are but...

I love baked sweet potatoes with a little butter and cinnamon to balance out a very spicy chicken meal. Salads are another favorite side. The dressing and toppings depend on how I season the chicken. If I'm smothering the chicken in homemade buffalo sauce then I make blue cheese dressing for my salad. If I'm doing a Greek rub then I might do a balsamic or red wine vinaigrette. If I'm doing a lemon/herb chicken then I like roasted asparagus as a side. When I make chicken with homemade BBQ sauce I like to do steamed broccoli with some cheese melted on top for a side. It really depends, but you can't go wrong with veggies, and they're good for you.

Boneless skinless does not have to be flavorless. For tonight's dinner I made an "alfredo" sauce and separately sauteed chunks of boneless/skinless thighs (seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and dried herbs) in a little olive oil. I served this on top of fettucine. Tomorrow we're having crock pot tacos. I made some tomatillo salsa and tomorrow morning I will throw some boneless/skinless breasts into the crock pot with the salsa and let it go til evening. It falls apart and makes great taco meat. I'm going to serve it in mini corn tortillas with shredded cabbage and crema with a side of black beans. I cook my black beans with chopped onions, minced garlic, a little salt and ground cumin.

steamed veggies, spaghetti squash, baby potatoes, salad, corn with edamame, stuffed with spinach and goat cheese, thrown in a baking dish with onions, bell peppers and fajita spice

Sweet potatoes glazed with coconut oil, sprinkled with rosemary and cooked with a full clove of garlic. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and then cook. Delish.

That sounds so delicious! I will definitely be doing that one!

So many great ideas on here!

Thought I would bring up that some people actually grill avocado (haven't tried it yet, want to). Just slice in have, grill with the skin left on, start with the open side down and after a few minutes, flip. I don't think it cooks longer than 10 minutes total.

I have a veggie pan for the grill. What I like to do is marinate some veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, squash, peppers, onions...) for about 15 minutes in something like an italian vinaigrette. Grill them up.... so tasty!

Enjoy!

Garden salad or veggies. Have had salad and chicken for lunch the past 2 days. Still like it lol