Greek Chicken with Rice

Earlier in the week I was umming and ahhing about what we should have for dinner. I had defrosted some chicken breasts, but didn’t really feel like making a stir fry. So I checked out one of my ‘Love Food’ cookbooks and stumbled across this recipe. Of course, it included garlic and onion, so I made changes accordingly. The recipe also included olives and fetta cheese, which I didn’t add because my hubby hates olives and I didn’t want to risk my body’s reaction to the fetta!

Ingredients – Serves 4

500g chicken breasts

200g long-grain rice

225g chicken stock

1 can chopped tomatoes

1/4 cup black olives, pitted and chopped

55g fetta cheese, crumbed (if you can handle fetta!)

2 cups mixed lettuce leaves

Italian herbs

Cayenne pepper

Vegetable oil

Method

1. Remove the fat from the chicken and cut into smaller pieces. Heat the vegetable oil in a large frypan and add the chicken, in batches if necessary, and cook over medium heat. Turn occasionally and cook for 8-10 minutes or until golden. Using tongs, carefully transfer to a plate lined with a paper towel.

2. Pour the chicken stock, rice, tomatoes and herbs into a saucepan (that comes with a lid).

3. Add the chicken to the saucepan, pushing them down into the rice. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and tender.

4. Stir in the olives and fetta cheese.

5. Serve with mixed lettuce leaves. Enjoy!

 

Low FODMAPs Potato Salad

I’ve made this potato salad once before from my mother’s recipe. Tonight I attempted to make it without the recipe (since it’s fairly straight forward) and it turned out great! I’ve tried using both mint and parsley in the recipe so far – both work really well. 🙂 But I’m sure there are many other herbs that would work too!

Try it out for yourself!

Ingredients

6 washed potatoes, peeled and chopped in half

4 eggs

1/4 cup fresh parsley or mint, finely chopped

3 tablespoons egg mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method

1. Place the potatoes in a  microwave dish, cover and heat in the microwave on High for 5 minutes to soften.

2. Fill 2 pots with water and boil on the stove. When they start to boil, add the potatoes to one pot and 4 eggs to the other pot. Boil for 10 minutes or until potatoes are soft and easy to cut through.

3. Empty the water from the pots into a colender. Run cold water over the potatoes and eggs.

4. Chop the potatoes into small squares and add to a salad bowl.

5. Remove shells from the eggs. Chop eggs into small pieces and add to the salad.

6. Add the parsley or mint, egg mayonnaise and lemon juice.

7. Toss the salad and serve.