Boy is this recipe a keeper. I LOVED-LOVED-LOVED it.
Now, you don’t have to be a “single lady” to make this recipe. I simply decided that I’ll be posting a lot of single & double serving recipes now that I’m… independent… and I figured it would be a good way to separate them from the rest of my recipes.
There are a lot of people out there looking for smaller recipes.
Okay, before we get to that… I have some lunch and snack to share.
Lunch and Snack.
For lunch I made a Healthy Choice Café Steamer. I know… totally iffy. But it was surprisingly really really good. This is the Lemon Grass Chicken. I added some red pepper flakes but other than that it’s straight out of the microwave.
Then for snack I had some baby carrots dipped in some Best Foods: sandwich spread.
Seriously, buy the sandwich spread. So good! Really tasty for dipping veggies. ;-)
Sautéed Chicken and Apples
Makes 2 servings but at 255 calories, you can eat both. mhmm… just lookin’ out.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp evoo
- 1 chicken breast (halved), or 3 frozen chicken tenders from Costco
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1/2 fuji apple, sliced and corred
- 1/2 yellow onion, sliced
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- black pepper
- 1 clove garlic, minced
Directions
- If you need to, defrost your chicken. Heat 1 tbsp evoo over medium-high heat. Cook chicken until golden brown, about 3 minutes a side.
- Add the apples, thyme, garlic, onion, apple juice, salt and pepper to the chicken. Simmer covered on medium heat for 6-8 minutes. Basically until chicken is fork tender.
- Remove chicken, apples, and onion from the pan and plate. Return the sauce to the burner and boil for 5 minutes, or until sauce begins to thicken.
- Whisk mustard into the sauce and top the chicken and apples with it.
Enjoy. I served mine with some basic steamed broccoli and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.
I prepped all my ingredients before cooking. Just makes things easier.
You can totally use dried thyme, add about 1/2 tsp. I used fresh because I was out of dried and it was cheaper to buy the fresh stuff.
I found this recipe on Real Simple… I just halved it.
Steam means it’s extra tasty, right?
I think yes!
Who am I kidding… the apples are the best part.
I hope you like it!
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Looks delicious!! :)
Thanks brandi. It was!
This recipe sounds amazing! I love mixing sweet and savory and especially love fruit with my chicken! Perfect recipe for apple season!
MHMM it is. And it’s really good. This is just between you and me, but I licked my plate. lol
i havent gotten a chance to stop by in a while so im just catching up but wanted to give you a big *hug*!! i went through a really rough breakup with an ex-fiance a few years ago and i was pretty lost and confused in the aftermath. it does get a tiny bit easier, each and every day, but it was also a time for me to have my friends around, get into new things, and have some ME time. love you girlfriend!!
that being said, this recipe looks delicious :) how sad is it that i havent gotten to use anything with apples yet this season!? i need to bake an apple pie this weekend stat!
Oh sad. Apples are so delicious in the fall. You need to make something with them stat.
Thanks for the hug. I need it these days.
well this single lady will be trying that recipe. delicious!
HAHA. YES!
Single lady meals for the win! It’s so hard to cook for one person!
I know. especially when recipes are for like 8 people. Id never eat through 7 servings of leftovers. Gross!