Roasted Wine Infused Lemon Chicken

This is an easy way to roast a chicken and give it several different flavours. You end up with a chicken that is crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and sweet and smokey all over!

Roasted Wine Infused Lemon Chicken

Ingredients: 

-1 whole chicken, 3-5 lb

-1 TBSP onion powder

-1 TBSP salt

-1 TBSP smoked paprika

-1 tsp black pepper

-1 tsp dried oregano

-2 tsp brown sugar

-Olive oil, as needed

- 2 lemons, 1 sliced and 1 cut in half

-8 oz dry white wine

Instructions: 

1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2.) Combine spices and brown sugar in a bowl

3-) Lay the chicken down on a foil lined roast pan and cut under the skin of the chicken, on both sides. Apply olive oil to your hands and slide your hand under the skin on both sides, greasing the chicken well (this will make the skin very crispy) and then grease the outside of the chicken as well.

4.) Use the spice and sugar blend to season the chicken, under the skin and on the surface of the bird.

5.) Put a few slices of lemon under the skin of the chicken.

6.) Use half of a lemon as a plug for the chicken's bottom (I know, I know).

7.) Stand the chicken up and pour the wine into the chicken's top cavity. Plug with the other half a lemon

8.) Gently lay the chicken back down in the pan and bake for roughly 1 1/2- 2 hours, or until the juices run clear.

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Asian Chicken Wonton Tacos (Skinny Recipe!)

You know those delicious pork filled wonton tacos from the casual dining establishment that shall not be named? Well these are those, but with a third of the calories and none of the guilt. Lean chicken is substituted for the pork and the taco "shells" are baked rather than being dunked in hot grease. This recipe looks fussy but it's actually very easy!

Asian Chicken Wonton Tacos

Ingredient List:

- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, grilled or boiled and shredded (or you can use 2 cupsof leftover   rotisserie chicken, shredded.

- 20 wonton wrappers

- 2 cups dry coleslaw

- 1/2 cup ginger sesame dressing (I made my own but the Newman's Own brand is very good too!)

- 2 TBSP BBQ sauce, preferably low sugar and sodium

Instructions:

1.) Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease the edges and rims of a 9x13 baking dish and fold wonton wrappers over the edge of the baking dish diagonally. Bake for 5 minutes, until wrappers are crispy.

2.) Meanwhile, combine the dressing and coleslaw in a small bowl and microwave for 30 seconds.

3.) Combine chicken and BBQ sauce in another small bowl.

4.) Fill wonton "shells" with coleslaw and dressing mixture, and then with chicken mixture.

5.) Grease a baking sheet lightly, lay tacos on one side on the sheet, and mist the side of the tacos facing up with cooking spray. 

6.) Bake the tacos for another 5 minutes, until they are sizzling.

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Easy Marinara Sauce

This is my recipe for marinara sauce. I use it quite often, for pastas, eggplant parmigiana and even as a dip for baked mozzarella sticks. The best thing about this recipe is its simplicity! You only need 6 ingredients and it takes only an hour and a half to make (most of which is spent out of the kitchen).

This recipe will make a small batch of sauce, equivalent to one jar of storebought pasta sauce.

Basic marinara sauce

Ingredient List:

8 Roma tomatoes, quartered

A small handful of grape or cherry tomatoes

1 small onion, sliced

1 head of garlic, cloves separated, but not peeled

1 TBSP Italian seasoning

Drizzle of olive oil

Instructions:

1.) Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit 

2.) Line a large baking sheet with aluminium foil

3.) Place tomatoes, onion and garlic on the baking sheet. Drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the Italian seasoning.

4.) Cook in the oven for 25 minutes. Flip everything around and cook for another 20 minutes.

5.) Pour contents of baking sheet into a food processor and pulse until smooth.

6.) Put sauce in a saucepan and bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes or until sauce has thickened a little bit.

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