Spinach Artichoke Stuffed Chicken

Spinach Artichoke Stuffed Chicken

 

Ahh, what an unexpected gift to have time to kitchen-craft,
AND if I hurry...blog about it!

 

 

 

Trim and butterfly 4 boneless chicken breasts. Set aside.

 

 

In a large pan:

     drizzle olive oil (or coconut oil)

     Lemon or lime zest

     diced onion (about half a large onion)

     chopped mushrooms

     several cloves of garlic-crushed

Sautee until it starts to turn transparent.

Then add:

     1bag baby spinach

     squeeze about half a lime over

Sautee until wilted and let cool.

 

 

In bowl combine:

     1 cup lactose-free cottage cheese

     about 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

     fresh ground black pepper

Use immersion blender to mix and smooth consistency (like ricotta cheese)

Stir in:

     fresh chives (or dried)

     fresh parsley (or dried)

     1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

     chopped artichokes (not marinated)

     cooled spinach mixture

 

lightly spray (or rub) outsides of chicken with olive oil

dust lightly with flour (optional)

and quickly sear in a hot pan (use the same well flavored pan you cooked the spinach in)

 

Spread a thin layer of spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a baking dish.  Place the chicken (bottom half) in the dish, and spoon the filling over them, put the top pieces of chicken on, add some slivered mushrooms and cover with sauce.  Top with some cheese if you want.  I used a little bit of finely shredded raw milk cheddar cheese.

 

Bake at 350 about 45 min or until your chicken is completely cooked. (Might be longer if your chicken breasts were thicker.)

 

Another version...in a similar dinner a while back, I opted for lemon oil, lemon zest, cilantro and more garlic combined and brushed over chicken (just brown them a little longer) then wrap with prosciutto and bake in a baking dish at 350, about 30 minutes.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Chicken Soup

 

It all started last week with a roasted organic chicken...

 

Delicious with carrots, red potatoes, onion, roasted garlic and sweet potatoes.

 

Then I took the bones, and some vegetables and

slow simmered some delicious bone broth.

 

Now...

 

Chicken Soup!

 

 

Add chicken meat removed from the bone to the broth

 (I added some roasted breast meat since we ate most of the meat from the whole chicken I had done earlier! Roasted boneless breasts in some of the broth along with fresh basil, chives, cilantro, black pepper and lime juice.)

Chopped Organic carrots,

One large diced leek

One medium peeled and diced turnip

several stalks of celery with leaves

Crimini mushrooms-sliced

chopped chives

chopped baby spinach (about half a bag)

season with sea salt and ground pepper, a bay leaf, 

cayenne pepper, lime zest

 

Planning to top with a squeeze of lime juice, a dollup of plain, greek, whole milk yogurt and some slivers of avocado

 

Is it dinner time yet, because it smells wonderful!!