Family Dinner - Lemony Chicken and Kale Salad

5:17 PM Remy Maguire - Manifest the Best 0 Comments

Most Sundays you'll find us sitting around the dinner table with whatever friends and family are able to gather. This weeks meal followed a delightfully brutal 10 mile run in Forest Park. Quick and easy is the name of the game when preparing for a hungry crowd. Thanks, ML for being the hostess with the mostess yet again, you are amazing!


Lemony Grilled Chicken

This marinade covers about 3-4 lbs of chicken. Feel free to modify as you need. You can actually freeze the chicken in the marinade and defrost 24 hours in the fridge before cooking for a super fast weekend dinner.

1/3 cup lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
4 cloves garlic, grated
2 tsp salt
lots of fresh ground pepper
1/3 c olive oil, more or less depending on cut of chicken, dark meat needs less, breasts need more.
1-2 Tbsp fresh minced rosemary
1 Tbsp fresh thyme

Combine everything and mix well, pour with chicken into a ziplock bag (or two). Squeeze the air out and seal bags to marinade overnight or atleast four hours.

Grill or bake at 375 degrees until juice run clear. Sprinkle with a little more salt and pepper just before serving.

You can use this delicious marinade for pork chops too!

The Best Kale Salad

Like I said last week, once you massage your kale salad, you'll never stop. I had always heard that kale should be rubbed and squeezed to cut the bitterness and tenderize the leaves, I just never bothered. Until my friend and bike teammate brought this revelation to a dinner party.

Wash and chop a bunch of fresh curly kale
Drizzle with about 1/2 Tbsp of seasame oil
Add about 1/2 - 1 Tbsp of your favorite flavored vinegar, I use the expresso vin I got as a Christmas gift
1-2 slices or Tbsp of ripe avocado
1 tsp tamari (optional)
 Put it all in a big bowl and go to it!  Get your hands in there! Squeeze, rub, moosh it all up for about 2 mins. Kale will turn bright and shiny.

Then add 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds for healthy fat and a little protein.
Cherry tomatoes, dried cranberries, all add a pop of color and flavor.

We enjoyed these two dishes with roasted sweet potato and cauliflower.

Perfection!

There may have been dessert(s) but that's another blog.

Photos coming!

Enjoy.