352 Day Nutritional Challenge: Recipe #22 - Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken

 

As you cook every night for the Challenge, you may find your busy life makes it so you would rather just grab takeout food than worry about food preparation. I know the feeling, trust me. So, I wanted to create some dishes that still meet our criteria, but don't require as much effort to cook -- and Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken does the trick. 

A note to those folks who are already thin. It's especially important to make sure you add some kind of carbohydrate to meals where you don't have one on the plate. We do need carbs to maintain blood sugar. In the case of this dish, I added some bread to the meal. I tend to go low blood sugar, so I try to have some carbs no matter what. 

INGREDIENTS (2)

4 - 5 SMALL CHICKEN BREASTS

BLACK PEPPER

SALT 

1 GARLIC CLOVE

1 LEMON

1/2 CUP OLIVE OIL

ASPARAGUS

MUSHROOMS

1. Chop garlic cloves up into fine pieces and set aside. 

2. Take 1/2 cup of olive oil, pour into skillet, and put on medium heat. Add chicken breasts. 

3. Use black pepper to coat chicken breasts on each side as you cook them. Also, add to taste salt and garlic. Then take whole lemon, slice in half, and squeeze fresh lemon juice over the chicken breasts. 

4. Cook one side of the chicken breast and turn it over. When you can see the other side turning white, add the asparagus and cook for about 1 minute. Then add the mushrooms and cook all of it another 1-2 minutes. 

That's it! See ... easy, quick, and tasty!