When it comes to making a quick, healthy, and cheap dinner, you can’t beat a stir fry. This Chicken Spinach and Garlic Almond dinner took less than 30 minutes to make – which is faster, more nutritious, and to us tastes better than Hamburger Helper.
The even better part of this meal is I was able to stretch the two lone chicken breasts in my freezer to feed four people. Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!
3. Add the garlic almonds, oregano, basil to the mix. Saute until the chicken is fully cooked and the spinach wilts.
4. Add a few shakes of salt to marry the flavors. The goal is to bring the flavor the ingredients to forefront, not to have a dish that tastes primarily of salt.
5. Serve over whole wheat spaghetti.
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The even better part of this meal is I was able to stretch the two lone chicken breasts in my freezer to feed four people. Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!
How?
Easy! I diced the chicken instead of serving big hunk of meat. Dicing the meat stretches the meal and spreads the flavor thought out the dish. I added more chopped vegetables to my meal too. Vegtables are a great meat stretcher that ensures you get enough vegetables (and fiber!) in your diet.
To make sure my meal had enough protein for four, I chopped and added garlic almonds (learn more about them here) to the dish because nuts are an excellent source of protein. The garlic and spices in the almonds add an extra hint of garlic, cayenne and black pepper to my meal without extra work. I like that because opening extra spice jars is hard, people J
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Make it:
1. Drizzle olive oil to a cover the bottom of a pan.
2. Add the chicken, onion, bell peppers, and spinach to the pan. Saute over medium heat.
To make sure my meal had enough protein for four, I chopped and added garlic almonds (learn more about them here) to the dish because nuts are an excellent source of protein. The garlic and spices in the almonds add an extra hint of garlic, cayenne and black pepper to my meal without extra work. I like that because opening extra spice jars is hard, people J
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Quick and Easy Chicken with Spinach and Garlic Almonds Recipe
Ingredients
2 diced chicken breasts
1 bag of fresh spinach (defrosted frozen spinach works too)
1 chopped onion
2 chopped red/yellow/orange bell peppers (green pepper also works if you didn’t hit a sale like I did)
Make it:
1. Drizzle olive oil to a cover the bottom of a pan.
2. Add the chicken, onion, bell peppers, and spinach to the pan. Saute over medium heat.
3. Add the garlic almonds, oregano, basil to the mix. Saute until the chicken is fully cooked and the spinach wilts.
4. Add a few shakes of salt to marry the flavors. The goal is to bring the flavor the ingredients to forefront, not to have a dish that tastes primarily of salt.
5. Serve over whole wheat spaghetti.
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