Jackpot Daddy: Lemon Grilled Chicken Breasts

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Lemon Grilled Chicken Breasts

We had a beautiful day here in San Jose, California, so I decided to do some grilling for tonight's dinner. I used the Cooking Light marinade recipe for Lemon Grilled Chicken Breasts. This recipe had very positive reviews on myrecipes.com. The chicken turned out great and I will probably never grill plain chicken breasts again after tonight's dinner. Well, except for the chicken I grill for my 9 year old daughter. She does not like her food to be "seasoned." My wife really liked the chicken marinated this way as well. The photo below from myrecipes.com shows the chicken prepared with couscous and grilled asparagus. My wife made plain rice to go along with the chicken and I steamed some asparagus which didn't really turn out that great. All said and done an easy meal to prepare.

I did the shopping at Whole Foods earlier in the day and it took me about an hour to prepare the dinner starting with the chicken and marinade.

Here is my shopping list:

Organic Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (1.2lb @ 8.99/lb)... $10.78
Asparagus (.57lb @ 4.99/lb)... $2.84
Rice (didn't need to buy any, I made a cup of rice)... $0.50
Lemon... $0.30

Total $14.42 for 4 servings or $3.60 per serving.

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Welcome to my cooking blog! :)

I didn't start this blog because I am a great cook... I am not.

I do "ok" in the kitchen. I can follow recipes. I have a sense of when things seem to be turning out or not. I can make adjustments on the fly sometimes to save a dish from turning into a bad meal. I do derive satisfaction from cooking a meal that turns out well and for me, a meal turns out well when its healthy and we enjoy eating the food and want more of it and it doesn't take me 3 hours to prepare.

I seem to be pretty lucky in picking dishes to make and having them turn out well and in being able to come up with things my 9 year old daughter will eat. That's how I earned the nickname, "Jackpot Daddy."

I started this blog because family dinners are important to me and making sure we have good food to eat and that we all sit down together for dinner at least four times per week is high on my list of priorities. This blog is a way to share that part of my life with people who know me and to help me keep track of what I have prepared for dinners in the past... very helpful when I am trying to think about what to make and when I made enchiladas last.

Family dinners were a part of my childhood. I think the family dinner is an important and valuable tradition. Its a regularly scheduled event in which we can be with each other as a family.

I generally cook 4 meals per week on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday meals are designed to have leftovers for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Sometimes we go out to dinner on Friday or Saturday but not often.