This is what I made for dinner on Sunday. It is a perfect balance of protein, veggies (3 servings!), fat and healthy carbs. This is the magic formula for a fat burning dinner. It will fill you up and fuel you (thank you olive oil, chicken and veggies) without giving you any sugar/insulin rush (thank you butternut squash). It made enough for 4 servings, so after my husband and I had our fair share, I still had enough for two lunches this week. Works out GREAT for my kind of menu planning!
I have to give a little credit here. This recipe is adapted from meals FHMs Ashley and Taryn recently posted on Facebook. Their dinners looked so wintery, warm and yummy I had to try my own. Here’s what I did:
Salad:
1 butternut squash
1 small sweet onion
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon organic pure maple syrup
dash of sea salt
fresh ground pepper to taste
2 large handfuls organic spinach per person
Dressing:
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup or honey
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Chicken:
½ Sara’s Savory Chicken Breast per person
Start with preparing butternut squash/onion mix. Preheat oven to 350. Peel squash, cut in half, scoop out seeds and cube entire squash. Add cubes to a Zip Loc bag. Cut up a small sweet onion and add to bag. Add olive oil, maple syrup, salt and pepper to bag. Shake until squash and onion is coated. Pour into Pyrex pan and roast uncovered for about 60 minutes or until squash is tender when poked with fork.
Prepare chicken according to recipe above.
Make dressing by combining all ingredients in a small bowl and mixing well.
When squash and chicken are done, place a layer of (optionally warmed) spinach on plate. Add couple scoops of squash mix on top of spinach. Pour 2 tablespoons of dressing over salad. Serve chicken on the side.
Because of the bake time for the chicken and squash, I recommend making this on the weekend and eating as leftovers throughout the week. A decent sized squash will give you a lot of leftovers.
If you have other healthy squash recipes, share below. This is the perfect time of year for winter squash recipes!
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