This is an excellent healthy meal solution and one of my favourite quick and easy dinners. It’s so simple; it’s on my go-to list of last minute meals. It’s almost as convenient as takeout, but way better for you!
I am going to create this recipe (if you can even call it a recipe 
) in three variations the quick, quicker and quickest; this recipe is designed for two, but you can easily double or triple the portions.
Ingredients:
The makings of your favourite garden salad
Chicken (the equivalent to 2 chicken breasts)
Salad Dressing
Quick Directions:
1. Slice two boneless skinless chicken breasts into long strips
2. Make up a simple marinade of balsamic vinegar, 2 halved cloves of garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Toss chicken in marinade and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
4. While chicken is marinating prepare your vegetables for your salad (we like mixed greens, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers and broccoli), then top with your favourite salad toppings (our favs are sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, black olives croutons and feta cheese)
5. Preheat medium sized skillet with extra virgin olive oil over medium high heat
6. Remove chicken from marinade, and completely drain all the liquid, add chicken to skillet
7. Cook chicken (flipping it once) on both sides until no longer pink and slightly browned, usually around 6 minutes per side
8. Top Salad with chicken, make a quick salad dressing (1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar ¼ cup of extra virgin olive oil, and freshly ground pepper with some finely chopped parsley is perfect for this).
Quicker Directions:
1. Substitute the chicken breasts for a package of boneless/skinless chicken strips, usually found in the meat section of the grocery store, next to the chicken breasts
2. Preheat medium sized skillet with extra virgin olive oil and 2 cracked cloves of garlic, over medium high heat
3. Salt and pepper the chicken strips, add them to the skillet salt and pepper side down, add salt and pepper to the side now facing up
4. Cook chicken (flipping it once) on both sides until no longer pink and slightly browned, usually around 6 minutes per side
5. Forgo the salad ingredients, and instead purchase 2 meal sized pre-made packaged salads, add your favourite additions (some sunflower seeds and croutons are a great touch).
6. Remove chicken from skillet, toss out the garlic (you were looking to simply flavour the oil with the garlic, not to add garlic to the chicken), top salad with chicken, add your favourite salad dressing and serve.
Quickest Directions:
1. Substitute the a package of boneless/skinless chicken strips for, a fully cooked whole chicken found in the deli section at your grocery store
2. Slice chicken meat into strips
3. Toss pre-made packaged salads, tops salads with chicken, add your favourite salad dressing and serve.
There you go the perfect quick and easy meal for a Tuesday night!
What’s your favourite quick and easy meal?
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