If Bianca is not up to preparing the recipe posted below, tonight's dinner can follow the menu from last night, except instead of chicken, heat up a veggie burger and put it on top of a salad much like the one from yesterday. You should have this with the "thousand island" dressing, the recipe for which I posted yesterday. No Walden Farms tonight.
If Bianca is up to making the recipe below, then skip the "thousand island" dressing, because the marinade is also the dressing in this recipe.
Balsamic - Strawberry Marinated Chicken (copyright: me!) :-)
Ingredients needed to make the marinade:
-1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
-8 sliced strawberries
-1/4 cup lemon juice
-1/4 cup water
-5 packets of Splenda
-dash of parsley
-pepper
-basil
-1/2 chicken breast (already grilled)
-salad (see recipe from last night but add green and red peppers)
1. Mix up all the ingredients above in a small(ish) bowl (you're going to want the chicken to sit in it so make sure the bowl isn't too shallow)
2. Taste and make sure you have enough of everything -- you might have to balance out the tangy punch of the lemon juice with a little more Splenda, or balsamic vinegar, or a tiny bit more water. The flavor should be sweet/tangy but not too sour.
3. Leave 1/2 chicken breast (already grilled) in the marinade for about ten minutes (let it sit in the bowl in the fridge).
4. Cut chicken into small pieces and put on top of salad, and spoon 4 tablespoons of the marinade on top of salad for dressing.
5. Add 8 walnuts/almonds
Stick to it dad! I know you can do it. Don't be discouraged by what the scale says -- do the right thing because you know it's good for your body in the long run, and the weight will come off.
I got delayed at client home (had ice tea with splenda ) got home 8 :30 pm ..no one home ...very hungry ...made a kashi box dinner like the other nite..had a small portion of plain mixed veggies from freezer..with italian seasonin...cup of decaf and its 10pm and going to bed
ReplyDeleteyou are awesome dad!! great job!!! i'm sorry i missed your call if you tried calling me!! i'm so proud of you!!!
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