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Fitness & Health

12th Dec 2014

Tasty and easy to make protein recipes: Chicken with sweet potato and green bean salad

Homer Simpson once said, "You don't win friends with salad," but he obviously wasn't talking about this one.

JOE

Homer Simpson once said, “You don’t win friends with salad,” but he obviously wasn’t talking about this one.

Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 2 sweet potatoes
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • 100g green beans
  • 1 red onion
  • ½ a head of lettuce
  • Pepper

Dressing Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1tbsp olive oil
  • Pepper

Instructions:

  • Grill the chicken breasts, and when cooked set aside.
  • Chop the sweet potatoes into a number of small cubes.
  • Heat up a tbsp of coconut oil and drizzle over a baking tray, then place the cubes of sweet potatoes on it.
  • Cover the sweet potatoes with a drizzle of coconut oil, rosemary and season with pepper. Place the baking tray into the oven and cook for 20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes.
  • Place the green beans in a saucepan of boiling water and cook until ‘al dente’, not too firm or not too soft. Drain the saucepan when ready.
  • To make the lemon dressing mix the lemon juice, olive oil and some pepper in a bowl.
  • Chop up the red onion and the half a head of lettuce and toss them together in a bowl along with the lemon dressing.
  • Add the chicken, sweet potatoes and green beans, and your dish is ready to serve.

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