Hiatus

Well, the holiday season has proved to be very difficult in keeping up with a regular meal plan. I also think the CSA we've been using for the past six weeks has also made it challenging. We usually use Full Circle and the deliveries are on Fridays, which is perfect for a start of the week and meal planning. However, the CSA we've been using lately, is delivered on Wednesdays and the contents of the delivery are pre-determined...and we don't necessarily like/use everything in it...so I usually just wing it for dinner.

Full Circle resumes next Friday, December 16, so I'll see if that makes it easier for me to continue meal planning. For sure, I'll start regular posts again after the new year as schedules will become more routine. In the meantime, I plan to post some of my original recipes that I make up...last night, we had Paleo Chicken Parmesan. Yum! So, to start that off, here is my recipe for chicken parmesan:

2-4 thinly cut, boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/3 c potato flour
1/4 c almond meal/flour
1-2 T Italian seasoning
1 t salt
1/4 c grated raw cheese (any kind really)
1-2 eggs
olive oil
1 jar sugar free marinara (I buy the Costco Kirkland signature brand--it's perfect and sugar free)

Mix all ingredients from potato flour through cheese and put in a shallow dish. Whisk the eggs and put in a shallow dish. Pre-heat oven to 350. Bread the chicken by dipping in the egg, then flour, then egg and flour again. Heat the olive oil over medium high heat and brown the chicken--no need to cook through. Put the browned chicken on a cookie sheet that has a cookie rack on it (so that the chicken doesn't get soggy). Make sure to brown the chicken in batches to avoid crowding. Once the chicken is done, pop it in th oven for about 10 minutes. For really simple sauce, just heat the marinara in a saucepan while the chicken is in the oven then pour over chicken. If you want to add more veg to the sauce, make sure you quickly saute the veg while the chicken is browning, then add the marinara to the sauted veg.

Yum! It was so good and made great lunch the next day.