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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Meal Prep Recipe: Asparagus and Carrots Wrapped in BBQ Chicken with Roasted Potates and Oranges & BBQ Chicken Drumsticks with "Campfire" Roasted Veggies

Meal prep for the week, and this time it was only ~ $36 for all the meals!  Which is exciting to me, save money and eat healthy!  Let's get to it

Ingredients Needed:
  • 1 bunch of asparagus (thick kind if you prefer)
  • 1 5lb bag of red potatoes
  • 1 bunch of green onion
  • 3-4 whole carrots
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 green peppers
  • 5 oranges
  • 1 package thin cut chicken breast (you could also buy 1 pack of chicken breast and butterfly them yourself, just depends on personal preference)
  • 1 package chicken drumsticks
  • 2 cans no salt added french cut green beans
  • 1 small bottle of your favorite barbeque sauce (just watch for sugars and sodium)
Asparagus and Carrots Wrapped in BBQ Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Oranges:
  •  Preheat oven to 405 F
  • Wash all of your vegetables (carrots, asparagus, green onion and 3-4 red potatoes)
  • Trim the bottom off of the asparagus and cut the carrots in half.  Cut the green onions into similar lengths as the others.
  • Wash potatoes thoroughly, and if you don't have a scrubber, you can peel them. and quarter each, or into equal size bites.  Place on a baking sheet (lined with foil and sprayed with oil)
  • Season potatoes with Mrs. Dash, or pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, etc.
  • Butterfly your chicken (if you bought whole breasts), and lay them out and flatten them with a pan, mallet, your fists, etc.
  • Place ~3 asparagus and .5 carrots with 1-2 green onions in the middle of the chicken and roll it up.
  • Add 1 tsp, of barbeque sauce and spread over chicken.
  • Place all of the chicken onto a baking sheet (lined with foil and sprayed with oil)
  • Put potatoes into oven.
  • After potatoes have been in the oven for ~ 5 minutes, add the chicken and cook for 15 minutes (always make sure that your chicken is cooked all the way through!).
Finishing the Dish:
  •  Split the potatoes evenly among the containers and place one chicken serving in each as well.
  • Add 1/2 orange to each, or cut fresh whenever you are ready eat
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks with "Campfire" Roasted Veggies:
  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Wash all the vegetables (Green pepper, red onion, remaining potatoes, etc.)
  • Slice the green pepper and red onion into strips.  Cut the red potatoes into thin slices.
  • Get a long piece of foil and place it on the counter.  Place 1-2 tspoon of coconut oil in the middle and spread.
  • Drain the 2 cans of green beans and place onto the foil with peppers, onion and potatoes, mix together.
  • Season with pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder and top with 4 tsp barbecue sauce.
  • Grab additional foil and make a large foil "tent", covering all the vegetables.
  • Place foil "tent" on a baking sheet (lined with foil in case of leaks).
  • Place chicken drumsticks on a separate baking sheet (lined and oiled) and season to your taste (may add ~1/2 tsp of BBQ per drumstick)
  • Place both chicken and vegetables in oven.
  • Cook for 30 minutes, and remove chicken, flip, season the other side and return to oven for an additional 30-35 minutes.
Finishing the Dish:
  • After everything has been taken out of the oven, open the foil "tent" (be careful will be hot!) and let cool for a few minutes.
  • With a large spoon split vegetables evenly among containers, and give each container 2 drumsticks.
And viola that is it! Stay healthy all and feel free to drop me a message/email with comments, suggestions, requests, etc.!

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