maple dijon chicken, herb roasted potatoes, and broccoli rabe.

dinner last night was so unbelievably amazing and so wonderfully easy to cook that i just have to share it.  if you love food but you're a lazy cooker, this meal is for you.

looks awesome, yes?  well it was.  and it was deliciously healthy as well.  score.

as most of you know, when i see something that looks appetizing, i immediately look at the ingredient list.  too many items?  not happening.  it's one of the reasons i only bake out of a box.  i'm lazy.  i want good meals made easy.  last nights dinner fit the bill perfectly.

Total Cooking Time: 40 minutes (with little to no prep time before hand)

Maple Dijon Chicken

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tbsp vinegar (i used a wine vinegar)
• Salt and pepper
• chicken thighs (i used 4)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Mix the dijon mustard, maple syrup, and vinegar
3. Coat the bottom of an oven-safe baking dish with the mixture
4. Place chicken thighs in pan and coat with mixture (i left some on the side so i could completely cover the chicken thighs as well as re-coat halfway through cooking)
5. Sprinkle some salt and pepper to taste on top of chicken.
6. Cook for 20 minutes, re-coat chicken thighs with mixture, cook for another 20 minutes.

Herb Roasted Potatoes

(Prep during the first 20 minutes that the chicken is cooking)

Ingredients:

• 1 red potato
• olive oil
• herbs or italian seasoning (i used italian seasoning)

Steps:

1. Cut potato into cubes and place in a bowl
2. Coat with olive oil (just enough to cover the potato)
3. Sprinkle with seasoning and toss in bowl 
4. Place on tinfoil on a baking tray
5. Cook for 20 minutes at 450 degrees (be sure to toss potatoes about 10 minutes through so that they don't stick to the foil) *NOTE: Just put the potatoes in for the final 20 minutes of the chicken cooking so that they can cook simultaneously!

Broccoli Rabe

(Prep and cook during the 20 minutes the chicken and potatoes are cooking)

Ingredients

• Broccoli Rabe (i dont know what it's called- a head of broccoli rabe?  One bunch of broccoli rabe?)
• Garlic cloves
• Olive Oil
• Salt
• Water

Steps:

1. Pour enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom of a shallow pot
2. Put a few garlic cloves into the olive oil 
3. Cut off the bottom ends of the broccoli rabe (they're too hard to chew!)
4. Put the heat on medium and place broccoli rabe in pot (it'll seem like a lot but it'll soak down, i promise!)
5. Take some water in a cup and pour into the pot to help steam 
6. Place a cover over the pot
7. When broccoli rabe has gone down, sprinkle with salt to taste
8. Cover the broccoli rabe again.  Cook broccoli rabe for a total of 10-15 minutes, depending on how big the broccoli rabe is.  Last night, mine was ready in about 10 minutes.

My entire meal consisted of 2 out of the 4 chicken thighs cooked, one red roasted potato, and half of the broccoli rabe i made.

Great tasting, healthy meal WITH leftovers!

do you have great tasting recipes that are also really easy to make?  any elaborate bakers want me to taste-test their creations?