- Use things from the organic veggie box before they go bad (thus A and B).
- Find a recipe for easy chicken with ingredients I have, preferably including basil because my basil plant may or may not be on his last legs (thus C).
I basically followed a recipe from Martha, but I spiced it up with 1/2 tsp. cumin (I finally got some!) AND 1/2 tsp. Spicy Seasonal-All. I mixed all the ingredients in a bowl with the potato slices (instead of doing the tossing on the baking sheet). They needed quite a bit of time in the oven -- maybe 40 minutes? -- but they were DELICIOUS.
B. Roasted Zucchini and Onions with Herbs
I guess I kinda followed this All Recipes recipe, but I didn't have all the other vegetables. Per Reuel's instruction, I made sure to cut larger pieces of zucchini and smaller pieces of onion, then I mixed 'em up with olive oil, salt, pepper, thyme, and basil. I did these at the same time as the potatoes. They were in for about 30 minutes (stirred a couple of times). SUPER!
C. Honey Orange Basil Chicken
This All Recipes recipe says to marinate overnight, which I did not do. Two or three hours worked just fine. We did it in a pan (well, a wok actually) on the stove and just poured in all of the extra marinade with it. They ended up very moist and flavorful (despite what some of the reviews said). FANTASTIC!
The meal ended up being one of our best and it couldn't have been any easier. SUCCESS!
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