quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Quick Almond Chicken, serves 2

You might want to serve this with a rice dish. See our risotto recipe from the archives or just get some Uncle Ben’s and follow the instructions on the box.

1 Garlic clove, chopped and squashed with the side of the knife blade
4-8 chicken tenders
1/4 tsp. Dill
1/2 Sweet red pepper
1 cup Green beans trimmed and cut up (optional)
1 plum Tomato
½ cup sliced almonds
1 Tbsp. Honey
½ cup good olive oil

Slice or chop all ingredients. Sauté the garlic in the olive oil, until just fragrant. Add the dill and the chicken, and sauté for about five minutes. Add the green beans and the red pepper; sauté for another couple of minutes. Add the tomato and the almonds; sauté another minute or two. Add the honey. Continue cooking just long enough to warm the honey.

SERVE IT UP!!! With crusty bread, a salad and some good wine!

quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Quick chicken, sweet potatoes and salad

We do this sometimes when we just want to have a really quick no brainer meal and use the saved time to just sit and visit a little. I stopped at the super market and got a roasted whole chicken, 2 sweet potatoes, salad stuff (spinach, zucchini, broccoli and carrots) and a loaf of good crusty bread.

Gammy made the salad while the sweet potatoes were in the microwave. When the potatoes were done we cut into them lengthwise and put about a tablespoon of butter in each one. Then ground some black pepper in them. We put everything out on the table and served ourselves. We had olive oil for dipping the bread and some red wine.

We put the extra chicken in the fridge. We’re thinking for quesadillas tomorrow.

It was simple and real good!!