Simple Chicken with Winter Vegetables Recipe

As the season's change, so does the selection of vegetables. We gradually move away from the delicate tomatoes and young zucchinis fresh from the summer sun, as we enter the world of hardy winter vegetables and pumpkin soups with warming curry spices.

It is a beautiful time of year when we have time to decelerate, relax, reflect and spend more time in the kitchen, cooking up potfuls of soups and stews.

Winter is a time to explore forgotten vegetables, such as the mighty, and humble, rutabaga. It can be slow-cooked with beef, served as a sweet potato and rutabaga mash with your holiday meals, or simply added to your pot roast for flavorful bites of well-seasoned goodness.

Rutabagas are not turnips, though those are lovely vegetables too, not to be confused by the fact that they both belong to the cabbage family. Rutabagas are larger, sweeter, and more yellowish, rather than having shades of purple.

If you can get them from the market with the leaves still attached, those can be lightly steamed as well, for a nutrient-dense side dish. Let us suggest sprinkling on a hint of marjoram...

For starters, a thick carrot soup with leftover vegetable stock and herbs de Provence will do nicely. Chances are good that you will have extra to reheat the following day so that you can spend more time in life doing what you love - staying healthy with home-cooked meals all the while.

Simple Chicken With Winter Vegetables Recipe

Serves: 4 Prep: 20 min Cook: 45 min

Ingredients

• 1 lb. chicken breast, boneless, skinless, and cut into cubes
• 2 cups broccoli, cut into florets
• 1 sweet potato, cut into cubes
• 1 rutabaga, cut into cubes
• 1 red onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp. dried cranberries
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. Season the chicken to taste with salt, pepper, and half of the Italian seasoning.
3. Place the chicken on a lightly greased baking sheet or pan.
4. In a bowl, combine all the vegetables and dried cranberries, drizzle with the olive oil, season to taste, and sprinkle the remaining Italian seasoning. Toss until well coated.
5. Add the vegetables around the chicken and place in the oven.
6. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.

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Simple Chicken with Winter Vegetables Recipe

Neither a winter soup nor a warming stew, this dish of simple chicken with winter vegetables is baked in the oven and perfectly presented as a one-pan meal.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Calories 391 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb. chicken breast boneless, skinless, and cut into cubes
• 2 cups broccoli cut into florets
• 1 sweet potato cut into cubes
• 1 rutabaga cut into cubes
• 1 red onion chopped
• 2 tbsp. dried cranberries
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375 F.
• Season the chicken to taste with salt, pepper, and half of the Italian seasoning.
  1 lb. chicken breast, 2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Place the chicken on a lightly greased baking sheet or pan.
• In a bowl, combine all the vegetables and dried cranberries, drizzle with the olive oil, season to taste, and sprinkle the remaining Italian seasoning. Toss until well coated.
  2 cups broccoli, 1 sweet potato, 1 rutabaga, 1 red onion, 2 tbsp. dried cranberries, ¼ cup olive oil, 2 garlic cloves
• Add the vegetables around the chicken and place in the oven.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.

Nutrition

Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 28gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 73mgSodium: 192mgPotassium: 1129mgFiber: 7gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 8378IUVitamin C: 70mgCalcium: 135mgIron: 3mg

Keyword chicken, paleo, recipe, winter vegetables

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