Fast, Simple, Healthy and Delicious!

Are you looking for something to make for dinner that is simple and fast yet healthy and tastes great? Well sometimes that is hard to find when looking through healthy receipes. You get the amount of calories you were looking for but lack the taste you want. This recipe for lemon-herb chicken is the perfect blend of healthy yet delicious! And with two sides along with it for under 500 calories, what more could you ask for? So try out this great recipe for dinner tonight! Happy cooking!!

Lemon-Herb Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Easy Caesar Salad

Ingredients:

Chicken:

Juice of 2 lemons

2 tablespoons chopped basil or 2 teaspoons dried basil

1 tablespoon chopped oregano or 1 teaspoon dried orgeano

2 teaspoons chopped garlic

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil

Potatoes:

14 ounces small red potatoes, quartered

4 teaspoons olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary

Salad:

2 slices whole-wheat bread

3 teaspoons chopped garlic

1-2 anchovy fillets, sliced

Juice of 1/2 lemon

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/8 teaspoon salt

8 romaine lettuce leaves

freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Chicken:

Mix lemon juice, basil, oregano and garlic. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil over medium heat in large skillet. Cook chicken 8 minutes, turn and cook 5 minutes more. Add lemon juice mixture and stir up anything stuck to skillet. Reduce heat and cover, simmer until cook through, about 6 minutes

Potatoes:

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Toss all ingredients in a roasting pan and cover with foil. Cook 20 minutes. Remove foil, cook 20 minutes more, stirring once

Salad:

Toast bread until very crisp, then rub each slice with 1 teaspoon garlic. Beat remaining 1 teaspoon garlic with anchovies, lemon juice, oil and salt with a fork in a salad bowl until well emulsified. Add lettuce, toss to evenly coat leaves. Grind black pepper over salad. Dice garlic toast and add croutons to salad. Toss again to mix well.

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