Baked Garlic Parmesan Chicken - Recipe - first time trial

As we embark on the whole trying to eat healthy lifestyle, we try to make it fun by finding recipes that can change the way we cook chicken breasts. This weekend, i found the baked garlic parmesan chicken recipe. You can find the recipe here at this link: 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baked-garlic-parmesan-chicken/ ( photo below taken from the link..) 

So the recipe gives the portions for 6 chicken breasts, but we were only cooking for 2 - so we just sorta divided everything into 3 and just played it by ear. 

The taste was great - the bread crumbs give it a great texture while the parmesan flavour is strong and tasty. However, the chicken breast didnt have a nice beautiful brown when it came out of the oven, and unfortunately we overcooked the chicken which rarely happens but it did on this one occasion. 

that's how the chicken breast looked like ...... and i had mushrooms to accompany the chicken breast... definitely a healthy meal overall. 

Asian Turkey Meatballs With Lime Sesame Dipping Sauce

My boyfriend introduced (and cooked) this dish and I'm in love with it. !

Recipe was from this link: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/01/asian-turkey-meatballs-with-lime-sesame.html ( image from this link )

Ingredients you need:

• 1/4 cup panko crumbs
• 1-1/4 lbs 93% lean ground turkey
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp ginger, minced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 3 scallions, chopped
• 1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 2 tsp sesame oil

Dipping Sauce

• 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh scallion

Preheat oven to 500°F.

Mix ground turkey, panko, egg, salt, scallions, ginger, cilantro, 1 tbsp soy sauce, and 2 tsp oil and mix with your hands until combined well. Shape 1/4 cup meat mixture into a ball and transfer to a baking dish. Repeat with remaining mixture. Bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

For the dipping sauce mix together lime juice, water, soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons of oil in a bowl. Add scallions.

Transfer meatballs to a serving dish. Stir sauce, then drizzle meatballs with 1 tablespoon sauce.

Serve meatballs with remaining sauce, about 1 tbsp per person. Chances are you won't use all the dipping sauce.

Makes 12 meatballs.

here you go - these were how our final meat balls looked like! Doesn't it look delicious? 

It's a very healthy meal and we paired it with some brown rice. And do follow the recipe and try out the dipping sauce - it works very well with the dish. 

Enjoy the recipe! 

Random Rant  : Being in Singapore, trying to find turkey meat is really hard! But for those of you keen, look for it at the butcher in chip bee gardens. 

Baked Herb Lemon Chicken - Weekend Cooking

The boyfriend and I have been pigging out over our trips - and dragging ourselves to the gym is always difficult, so in line with trying to lose weight, we decided we shall try and eat healthy and of course trying different recipes are a must! 

I do have to admit that I play a very small role in the cooking. I am extremely lucky to have a boy that cooks very well, and I am happy to assist with the cleaning and that makes us very productive in the kitchen! 

Anyways, this weekend, we tried our hands at the Baked Herb and Lemon Chicken recipe we found online here. 

http://www.andicakes.com/2011/01/07/baked-herb-lemon-chicken

Visit the link for the full recipe, basically we did everything we were told to do, however we had skinless chicken breast which meant the colour post cooking didn't turn as brown as the recipe had intended. However, the recipe was a success, the chicken was moist, the flavor was strong, yet not overpowering and it was just delicious. I shall let the photos do the talking. We left out the Thyme on the recipe because we didn't have it on hand.

Prepping the chicken before we added the wine sauce.

Bought a bottle of the cheapest wine :) 

Extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice and dried oregano.

Before it goes into the oven! 

TADAH! 

End result! 

Absolutely delicious- top plate belonged to the boyfriend who had it with some cheese risotto, and bottom plate belonged to me with sauteed mushrooms and bak-choy! 

Truly an enjoyable meal!