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Cherry Balsamic chicken with almond rice and shaved carrots

1 serving prepared 

Here's what you get:

oops I forgot...

Carrots 
Garlic rice 
Balsamic vinegar 
Cherry Jam 
Scallions 
Almonds 
Chicken breast 
Chicken stock concentrate

Add on:
Brussel sprouts

The rice and Brussels sprouts:

I decided to add brussel sprouts, D's work at a small part with some vegetable broth until the most Polly finished and then left to steam.

The rice is precooked leftovers from yesterday's meal.  I toasted the almonds in butter per directions and then added garlic when reheating the rice.

The protein:

The chicken doesn't take long to complete it was cooked for a total of 14 minutes turning halfway through.

The carrots:

I didn't get to try the shaved carrots in another meal so I decided to do that here and it made a time for these a lot easier. There were thrown in the pan after the sauce was done and heated up until tender. 

The sauce:

The sauce was another quick finish because I'm used to making the vinegar style sausage inow.

The plate:



Because of the changes I made with prep and the use of already cooked rice the majority of the meal cook time went into the chicken and sauce.  This one was very filling, next time I try it i'll go all veggie and omit the rice.  

- Kris

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