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Easy Healthy 3 Ingredient Dinner

easy healthy dinner with a gourmet flare

  • This post was sponsored by Eat Smart as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I received product samples to facilitate my review.

It is no secret how much I love autumn. The only thing that I don’t look forward to is hockey season. Tim is a hockey referee.   If that doesn’t keep him at the rink enough, he also serves as a supervisor of on-ice officials for our provincial hockey association. Add to that our full time jobs and my love of blogging and you end up with two very busy people!  

easy healthy dinner with a gourmet flare

 Take this weekend for example.  There is a hockey tournament and I have several blog projects on the go including one that I really need Tim’s help on.  We both worked all day and had exactly 1 hour before he had to leave for the rink.  Tomorrow it’s up at the crack of dawn so we can work together to finish my project before he is off to the rink by 11 AM.  He skates 4 games, home for an hour for dinner and then back to the rink for another two.

Don’t even get me started on our Sunday schedule!

easy healthy dinners with a gourmet flare

While I do want to slow down a bit, I know that staying active is one of those things that keep us young as we age!  

The worst part of a busy schedule? Whether you are chauffeuring around your kids, working, volunteering or just staying active, it is easy to just give in to the temptation of picking up fast food and forego a healthy dinner.

In a quest to eat better as we age, we have started to make it a priority to take the time to eat better. Since it doesn’t appear that we will be slowing down anytime soon I started searching for ways to make easy healthy dinners.  

Enter Eat Smart Gourmet Vegetable Salad Kits!  There were far too many nights where, despite our best efforts to stick to our meal plan, we were just too rushed to fit in a healthy dinner.  Having a few of these gourmet vegetable salad kits in the fridge makes meal planning and sticking to it a snap.

easy healthy dinners with a gourmet flare

Living well really does start with eating well, and Eat Smart Gourmet Vegetable Salad kits make it deliciously easy to enjoy a healthy meal every day.  Especially when we are stretched for time.

They have become a key addition to making an easy healthy dinner that is ready in about 30 minutes. Not only do they make great side dishes, I have created some delicious mains as well.  Stir fries, vegetable tacos and this easy 3 ingredient chicken vegetable rice recipe I am sharing today!  

easy healthy dinners

 

easy healthy dinners

The Strawberry Harvest Vegetable Salad contains kale, beet greens, broccoli stalk, carrots and red cabbage. The powerful blend of 7 superfoods also includes crispy quinoa, almonds and feta cheese to provide even more healthy, guilt-free flavour.  Oh, did I mention it is gluten-free too!

Easy Healthy Dinners

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easy healthy dinners

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Until next time…..

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Chicken over Vegetable Rice
2016-09-16 18:20:18
Serves 4
3 ingredients is all you need to make easy health dinners for families on the go!
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
30 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
30 min
Total Time
30 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts
  2. brown rice
  3. 1 Eat Smart Strawberry Harvest Vegetable Salad Kit
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Open salad kit and divide vegetables in half.
  2. Prepare brown rice according to package directions for 6 servings.
  3. Brush the chicken breasts with approximately 1/3 of the light strawberry vinegarette; bake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
  4. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and drizzle in half of the remaining strawberry vinegarette. Add half of the salad vegetables and cook over medium low heat until wilted. Turn heat to low, add quinoa and slivered almonds and stir fry for a minute. Remove from heat and add the rice. Stir to combine well and leave over low heat, stirring occasionally to keep warm while chicken finishes.
  5. When chicken is thoroughly cooked, cut into thin slices lengthwise.
  6. Plate dinner by filling half of each plate with the remaining salad greens and drizzle with remaining dressing. Spoon rice/vegetable mixture onto plate, top with a few chicken slices and sprinkle with feta
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  1. Leilani says

    September 18, 2016 at 9:49 am

    I hear you about fall being a fabulous but crazy-busy time. I’ve been struggling to find my new craving since I plan meals around them. That rice is speaking to me. Yum!

    Reply
  2. Jeanie says

    September 18, 2016 at 10:27 am

    With our busy schedules, anything that can help me get a healthy & tasty meal on the table faster is a no-brainer – thanks for letting me know about this. Looks like my local grocery store carries Eat Smarts – yay!

    Reply
  3. sabina Edwards says

    September 18, 2016 at 11:56 am

    I actually use the broccoli salad kits for making Cheddar Broccoli soup !! Its already cut up nicely for me, I cook it, toss it into the blender and then will add a few heads of Broccoli to the finished product!!!

    Reply
    • sabina Edwards says

      September 18, 2016 at 12:25 pm

      I can’t get the entry form to accept my second entry where you go to the web site? thanks

      Reply
      • Maureen says

        September 19, 2016 at 12:06 pm

        Thanks for the heads up! I will let the facilitators of the contents know right away!

        Reply
  4. Debrashoppeno5 says

    September 19, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    I love the ready to eat salads like this. I like the variety and the fact I don’t buy a lot of veggies that may go bad if I don’t eat it right up. The size is perfect.

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 21, 2016 at 5:09 pm

      The ready to eat salads are such a time saver!

      Reply
  5. Toni | Small Home Soul says

    September 21, 2016 at 12:00 pm

    I just love easy dinners, especially when they are healthy and balanced! Thanks so much for the tips, and the contest, I hope I win

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 21, 2016 at 5:08 pm

      Thank you Toni!

      Reply
  6. Susanne McCarthy says

    September 23, 2016 at 9:53 am

    I would like to try the Ginger Bok Choy salad kit!

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  7. Susanne McCarthy says

    September 23, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Not able to get the entry for visiting the website to work!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 23, 2016 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks for the heads up Susanne! I have brought to the attention of the contest facilitators. So sorry for the inconvenience. I will let you know when I get a response!

      Reply

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