Chicken is one of the most popular meats in the world and for good reason. Not only is it delicious, but it also offers numerous health benefits. I want to break down the benefits of eating chicken for your health and maintaining a healthy diet. 1. High in Protein Chicken is an excellent source of high-quality protein, which is essential for building and repairing tissues in the body. Protein is also necessary for the production of enzymes, hormones, and other important molecules. ... VIEW POST
Eating Chicken to Improve Health
BBQ chicken Stir Fry
Everyone loves a good BBQ chicken, right? I love BBQ everything because it just tastes like summer! An easy weeknight meal to make is stir fry. Another weeknight meal is BBQ chicken. But, have you ever combined these two popular dishes to make BBQ chicken stir-fry? If not, add this to your weeknight meal plan and make this dish for your family! An Accidental Recipe! I had planned to make a stir-fry for dinner because I had a busy week in my research lab, had papers to write, and had a ... VIEW POST
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Recipe
A chicken recipe is usually an easy meal to cook during the week. You have endless possibilities of spices and flavours because the flavour of chicken itself isn’t that strong. But sometimes, if you don’t have a plan for meals and different meats during the week, chicken, while nutritious, can seem bland, redundant, and a bit boring. I love chicken because I can get creative with the meals. There are days that we come home and just don’t have the energy or the mental capacity to come up with ... VIEW POST
Grilled Chicken Kabob
What screams summer, even in the middle of winter, takes only 20 minutes to prep and cook and has all your nutritional needs in a nicely packaged dish? Grilled Chicken kabob. Every time I think about summer foods, I always think about summer cookouts, BBQs, all the pool parties we had and the food my dad made. Now, he had a signature chicken dish everyone demanded, but we also had these simple but oh so flavourful chicken kabob. They are fun to make, especially for kids, take about 5-10 ... VIEW POST
Mediterranean Baked Chicken Recipe
Now, if you are like me and love Greek restaurants, you know that a lot of the Greek foods are often slow roasted over long hours in the kitchen. That’s all well and good, but not all of us have time to slow roast delicious lamb legs, cook rich beef cheeks, or herb baked chicken hours every day. At least not during the week. Just because you can’t spend hours in the kitchen each day, doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the Mediterranean style of food. Bring the Mediterranean to ... VIEW POST
Red Meat – benefits and sources!
Do you have a well-balanced, nutritional, natural, and wholesome diet? If you are like me, that type of lifestyle means a balance and moderation of red meat, white meat, fruits and vegetables. Moderation makes it easier to maintain a balanced and healthy lifestyle versus a lifestyle full of highly processed and packaged foods. Red meat especially, is a key feature in my diet with a red meat meal a couple times each week. The reason I eat high quality red meat is because of the multitude of ... VIEW POST