Gourmet Family Meal
Ingredients
- 2 large boneless chicken breasts
Marinade
- ½ cup hoisin sauce
- 1½ cups low-fat Italian dressing
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp wine (Chardonnay or rice wine vinegar)
Couscous
- 1 pkg couscous
- raisins
- pine nuts
- goat cheese (optional)
- sun-dried tomatoes
Sautéed Spinach
- 1 bag pre-washed spinach
- flavored olive oil
- garlic
- sun-dried tomatoes
- raisins
- juice of ½ lemon
- crumbled goat cheese
How-to
Prepare the Marinade
- Combine hoisin sauce (Tip -- tell the kids it's barbecue sauce - they'll love it!), Italian dressing, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and wine
- Stir all ingredients
- Place chicken in bowl
- Marinate if possible for a few hours in a ziplock bag or overnight in refrigerator
Make the Barbecue Chicken
- Rinse and pat dry 2 large boneless chicken breasts
- Cut each breast in half
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Remove chicken from marinade and place in baking dish
- Pour extra marinade on top
- Bake for 25 minutes or until done inside, then broil for a few minutes at the end to make it crispy
Prepare the Couscous
- Make couscous according to package directions
- When done, add favorite ingredients (yellow or brown raisins, pine nuts that have been toasted at 350 degrees for 3-4 minutes, sun-dried tomatoes)
Sauté the Spinach
- Use a pan large enough to hold one bag of pre-washed spinach (a wok is recommended)
- Add flavored olive oil
- Add 1 tsp of minced garlic and handful of sun-dried tomatoes
- When garlic starts to sizzle, add spinach
- Drizzle olive oil for extra flavor as spinach cooks
- Add optional ingredients (raisins, sun-dried tomatoes)
- Add juice of 1/2 fresh lemon
- Stir in crumbled cheese of your choice (Denise recommends goat cheese)
- Cook until spinach is wilted
Finish the Gourmet Family Meal
- Assemble barbecue chicken, couscous and spinach
- Add cilantro on top of chicken before serving