WOW. It has been almost two years since my last post! To be honest 2021 brought some hard hits that it took a little while to find my balance from. My son Bronson was diagnosed with Chrons disease in May 2021 and it was like everything I knew about food and healthy eating went out the window. I spiraled a bit and I lost all joy in cooking and discovering and sharing new recipes. I DID find my footing again and he is doing MUCH BETTER but life has been a little nuts and any spare time I seem to have seems to go to cleaning my house and allllll the dreaded laundry. But… every time I try out a new recipe I think to myself, ok, I will blog about THIS! and than I don’t and than I forget the dang recipe and never make it again :-/.
One thing I’ve learned since starting this blog is that one of the major benefits is that it has become almost like an online recipe book for my favorite recipes :). I refer back to it almost weekly to remind myself of steps or ingredients to something I make all the time. I’m going to post a weekly reminder to myself to post more…. wish me luck 😉

Chicken Marbella is my focus for today and it is a Mediterranean dish loaded with good, healthy fats and SO much flavor. Its a little bit salty, sweet and EASY to make. It also seems really impressive so would be fun to make for a dinner party ;). I make this with Greek potatoes which I’ll also share the recipe for but its probably also good with mashed potatoes or cauliflower.

What you will need:

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 cup pitted prunes
• 1/4 cup pitted green olives
• 1/4 cup capers with brine
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• zest from one lemon
• 3 bay leaves
• 5 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 T dried oregano
• 1 T dried rosemary
• 1/4 t course sea salt
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 4 chicken breasts
• 1 cup dry white wine

In a large bowl mix together all ingredients except chicken and wine. Mix well and add chicken. Cover the bowl in fridge and let sit for 6 hours.

Preheat oven to 350. Put all ingredients into a large casserole dish making sure chicken is in a single layer. Add wine. Make uncovered 45 minutes.

Greek potatoes:

• peeled golden potatoes – 10 to 15 sliced in wedges or medallions
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup broth
• juice from one lemon
• 1 T sea salt
• 2 T dried oregano

Place all ingredients in casserole dish and bake at 350 for one hour.