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Omega's Honey Glazed Chicken and Veggies

Ingredients:

1 sweet potato, peeled
1 quarter large yellow onion
2 Roma red tomatoes
2 thin sliced chicken breast fillets
olive oil (in a spritzer)
honey
lemon pepper

Directions:

1. Cut the onion in half, then half the half. You should now have a piece that's roughly 1/4 of the onion. Proceed to cut this piece in half, then in quarters and cut these down into 3 more sections for easier bites to eat. Also cut your tomatoes into eighths. Peel and cut your sweet potato into slices, cutting the larger slices in half so that they're easier to eat.

*Do NOT use the aerosol type oils on your nonstick cookware, as the aerosol propellant WILL damage the surface!

2. Spritz a nonstick grill pan with the olive oil.* Preheat the oiled pan and add in the sweet potato bits. Let them cook for a bit before adding in the tomatoes and onions so that they have a chance to soften. Adding in the onions and tomatoes first will give too much opportunity for the lighter veggies to overcook.

3. After about 2 or 3 minutes, add in the onions and tomatoes and let them coook a little along with the sweet potato. Sprinkle on the lemon pepper to your preference. Stir the veggies a bit so they have a good chance to soften.

4. Place in both chicken breast filets and sprinkle lemon pepper over the filets. You may choose to sprinkle it over the veggies again, as stirring can cause the pepper to get mixed with the oil in the pan.

5. Flip the chicken once, then squeeze (or pour, depending on your honey) the honey generously over the chicken and the veggies. As the honey heats, it becomes liquified and will eventually glaze. If using a searing grill pan, allow the chicken filets to show the grill marks before pulling it off the pan to ensure it's fully cooked. Just say no to Salmonella. =|

Omega's "What's in the Garden?" salad

1. Grab a deep bowl and fill it with a 50/50 mix green salad. If you have your own lettuces, this mix is made with baby spinach, green romaine lettuce, green leaf lettuce and a crap ton of other lettuces that may not even be in the box I bought. =| It's a spring mix plus baby spinach. Thar. Simple.

2. Top the salad with a few pitted medium black olives (I prefer California olives cos Greek olives are…meh to me), roasted and salted sunflower nuts (you can buy these in the salad section of your grocery store and they come in unsalted variety), fresh raspberries, and sliced baby bella crimini mushrooms.

3. Favor a light dressing such as an olive oil and balsamic vinegar mixture. You don't want to detract from the good flavors mixed in with super flavors like ranch or 1000 island dressings. It would also not work very well with the already sweet flavor of the main dish.