Baked Chicken

Photo: Joseph De Leo

So yum!  This is Haylie Duff's Baked Chicken! It's from People Magazine, November 3, 2013.  If you can tolerate dairy and like goat cheese, try her recipe.  I made mine without the goat cheese.  Also, I didn't make the shallot cream sauce because I didn't have shallots but if I did, I would use 1/2 cup water and 1 cup bone broth.  Next time...

Ingredients:

• 6-10 organic, free-range chicken legs or thighs (or 4 boneless breasts), skinned - we use Rosie Organic Chicken we find at Sprouts.
• sea salt
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped
• 4oz package prosciutto, cut slices in 1/2 lengthwise

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350˚F.
2. Season chicken pieces with salt and thyme.
3. Wrap prosciutto slices evenly around chicken.
4. Bake in a lightly greased baking dish for about 20-30 min (depending on the size of your pieces) or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165˚ and juices run clear.

While you're checking out Haylie's recipe, check out her blog, The Real Girl's Kitchen - so great!! 

Bacon Glazed Chicken

We only eat chicken once in a while.  To learn why, see my previous post, Roast Chicken with Carmelized Shallots, delish, by the way.

Jan's Sushi Bar

When I came across this recipe from Jan's Sushi Bar, I couldn't resist.  We do love bacon!

Ingredients:

• 1 whole organic, free-range chicken, cut up or about 8 of your favorite pieces, we use Rosie Organic Chicken
• 1/4 cup melted, high-quality bacon fat, we use Applegate Sunday Bacon
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon cayenne
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F.
• Place rinsed, patted dry chicken pieces in a baking dish.  
• Mix together syrup, cayenne, salt, and pepper.  Sprinkle over all the chicken pieces.  
• Drizzle melted bacon fat over pieces and rub into skin.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165˚F.
• Allow to stand 5 minutes before serving.

Baked Onion Rings

I was craving onion rings!  My husband bought a giant sweet onion at our local farmer's market and I couldn't wait to use it.  Thanks to my friend, Heather, for the inspiration to start putting turmeric* in everything - almost!  These tasty bites are a delicious addition to our Friday burger night.  Here's my version of Delighted Momma's baked thyme onion rings.

Ingredients:

2 large sweet onions
1 1/2 cups almond meal
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon garlic powder
salt & pepper to taste
2 eggs, beaten

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400˚F.
• Slice onions 
• Mix together the dry ingredients
• Dip each onion ring into eggs then almond meal
• Bake on parchment paper lined baking sheets for about 20 minutes or until golden brown

*There are plenty of health benefits for using turmeric and putting it into everything possible.  I started using it for its anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties.

Baked Sweet Potatoes with Citrus

Photo: Bryan Gardner

We discovered this recipe before we were paleo or bulletproof.  A friend of ours challenged us to the Whole Living 2012 Action Plan, a 4-week detox.  We've kept a few of the delicious recipes as we've transitioned into our new healthy eating lifestyle.

This recipe is delicious anytime but we like it for breakfast.  Make a couple extra sweet potatoes and consider baking a pan of the Sweet Potato Bars from a previous post.

Ingredients

•  2 small sweet potatoes
• 1/4 cup chopped raw almonds
• dash of cinnamon
• dash of freshly grated nutmeg
• pinch of sea salt
• 2 orange wedges

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400˚.  Prick sweet potatoes with a fork.
2. Bake until tender, about 1 hour.  
3. Split the top with a knife and top with almonds and spices.
4. Squeeze  orange wedges over sweet potatoes and serve.

Serves 2