So as you may have seen in my third meal plan I had a little help from DinnerTime out here in the UAE. And for those of you who haven’t seen yet pop back over and look as I am running a fantastic giveaway in conjunction with them!
With the review, I am also able to share the four recipes that I had tried and tasted, with my own pictures to show how I fared…..
The recipes will be appear over the course of the coming weeks, interspaced with a few baking adventures I’ve had with the toddler along the way.
First up is what we ate the first night, pan grilled chicken with basil cream sauce.
The Recipe
Serves 2
Ingredients
450g potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges
Salt and Pepper
125g cherry tomatoes
Olive oil
400g Chicken Breasts
1/2 bunch Kale, chopped
1/2 Lemon, juiced
200ml fresh cream
2 tbsp butter (optional)
1 handful fresh basil, torn
nb. all items that are bolded are provided as part of the DinnerTime food box
How to do it:
- Pre-heat oven to 200
- Peel and cut the potatoes into wedges, boil until cooked, drain and crush. Season to taste
- Meanwhile, place tomatoes on a tray, drizzle with oil and bake for 10 minutes (or so) until soft. Remove from oven
- Heat a grill pan on high heat until hot, rub chicken with oil and season. Place in the pan serving side down and cook for 3-4 minutes until side is deep golden.
- Flip chicken, reduce heat and cook another 10 minutes until cooked through OR simply flip chicken and transfer pan to the oven for the remaining 10 minutes.
- Chop the kale, squeeze over the lemon juice, and massage/knead until kale releases water. Discard water and put kale to one side
- Make the sauce, heat the cream to boiling then reduce the heat. Simmer for 5 minutes until sauce thickens then remove from heat whisk the butter in if using, squeeze in the lemon juice
- Tear the basil and add it to the cream
- Serve the chicken with the sauce, potatoes and kale as your “crunch”
Verdict
I loved this! And so did the husband. I am always wary of creamy sauces as I don’t think they ever seem to work for me but this one did and it was really simple! Again, basil not an ingredient I would normally use but I am loving my little plant pot of basil by the side of my cooker and I am considering attempting to grow some. Without DinnerTime I would have overlooked this completely.
Oh and yes, I am a sauce fiend……mopped up with a slice of crusty bread. Delicious!
