A quick and Easy Chicken Dish

Rustic Lemon Onion chicken with Spinach and 5 Minute Potato Gratin

Rustic Lemon Chicken
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut in half
1 tsp dried thyme, 1 small bunch fresh thyme
salt and fresh ground pepper
2 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup flour, i left it out by accident and it was good, not necessary
1 red onion, thinly sliced, we like onion so I did 2
1/4 cup white wine, optional
1 cup chicken stock (i used fat free low sodium)
3 lemons, juiced
1 tbsp butter

directions
season chicken with dried thyme, salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, dredge chicken in flour (step I skipped), add oil to skilled, on medium heat when oil is hot add chicken and brown on both sides, make sure chicken is cooked thru about 5-10 minutes and then remove from pan. Add onions and fresh thyme (removed from the stems) and let soften, then add all liquid and scrap bits off bottom of pan, let reduce and then take off the heat. add the butter and stir well. serve over the spinach.

Spinach
1 bag prewashed spinach
3 tsp water,
1 lemon juiced
1 tbsp butter.

Wilt the spinach in a pan with the water. once wilted add lemon juice and butter, stir til butter is melted

These 2 dishes are 7 points with flour, 6 without-serves 4

5 minute potato gratin
vegetable spray
2 large russet potatoes, thinly sliced
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
2 green onions, finely chopped
salt and fresh ground pepper
3/4 cup half and half

preheat oven to 375 degrees

spray 8 muffin tins with vegetable spray, layer potato slices, cheese and scallions in each cup. cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes, uncover and bake for another 20 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes then flip onto a plate and serve with chicken and spinach. they freeze well for later wrapped in plastic wrap.

2 points per serving,

can use other cheese, recipe called for Swiss I had Parmesan so that is what I used and it was good. I thin k this would be good with sweet potato too. Hope my StrollerFit moms enjoy these as much as we did.