Greek Chicken with Sauteed Broccoli

Greek Chicken Courtesy of Pinterest - brendahealthydinnerrecipes.blogspot.com
Sauteed Broccoli Courtesy of Plated Perfection

Continuing with the healthy kick this week -- chicken! I'm a sucker for anything Greek, and I've been looking for a good marinade. I think I found it! This was delicious. I marinated the chicken for 4 hours, but it easily could've gone a bit longer...it was still extremely moist and yummy. This recipe makes a ton of chicken -- I actually plan to have leftovers this week for lunch, and it would be great on salads or pita bread! You could also freeze it! Definitely give this a go -- very tasty. I served it with some sauteed broccoli that I threw together -- super easy, but also lots of flavor!

Ingredients:
Greek Chicken
1 cup plain yogurt
2 Tbsp olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 Tbsp dried oregano
1 medium lemon zested
juice from 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp salt
freshly cracked pepper (to your liking)
1/4 bunch fresh parsley
3 1/2 to 4 lbs chicken pieces (I used a mix of thighs and breasts)
Sauteed Broccoli
4 heads of fresh broccoli, cut into pieces
1-2 tb olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
dash of salt and pepper (or red pepper if you want) 
dash of Worcestershire sauce
dash of water

Directions:
Chicken
Combine marinade. Place pieces in marinade in a gallon ziploc bag or container. Bake at 375 for 45-60 minutes.
Broccoli
While the chicken is cooking, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Saute the garlic for a couple of minutes. Toss in the broccoli with the rest of the ingredients. Saute for approximately 5-10 minutes, depending on how crisp/tender you'd like the broccoli. I cook them until they're bright green personally.

 

Honey-Mustard Salmon

Adapted from Cooking Light

Vegas in May = diet needs to start now. We generally cook and eat healthy, but this week we are really making it a point not go out to eat for dinner, so I stocked up at the store on Sunday! I was able to find fresh salmon which looked really good, so I gave this recipe a try. I love salmon with mustard and lemon -- so this caught my eye quickly! If you've ever had Trader Joe's marinated salmon, this actually tastes really similar. I definitely recommend!!! The only note I have is that the salmon steaks we bought were very thick, so broiling them did not cook them enough. I ended up having to bake them off for about 15 minutes as well -- and that was just to get them medium, so the cooking time may vary. If you do bake it, I put them in at 375 so they wouldn't cook too fast.

Ingredients:
2 tb dijon mustard
1 tb honey
1 tsp white wine vinegar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced and seeded
4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon fillets (mine were a bit larger)

Directions:
Preheat broiler with oven rack 6 inches away from heat. Stir together first 5 ingredients in a small bowl. Arrange salmon fillets on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Brush salmon with honey-mustard sauce. Broil for approximately 8 minutes, rotating halfway in the middle of cooking.  NOTE: I topped the salmon with thin lemon slices for the last few minutes of cooking. Personally, I needed to bake these at 375 for an additional 10-15 minutes to get them to medium.