Healthy Oven Fried Chicken Recipe and Week 4 Meal Plan for ChaLEAN Extreme

I'm finishing up this week's meal plan and grocery list to give myself the best chance of success with my nutrition goals this week.  Each week I also share my meal plan with each of my accountability groups.  I do this to help give them ideas for their own meal plans and new recipes to try.  When I meal plan each week, I'm following the nutrition guidelines from the 21 Day Fix program.  This is a simple, ingenious way to keep track of proper portions and to ensure that I'm eating enough of each type of food.

My newest group starts prep-week tomorrow.  It's not too late to be a part of this accountability group!  My email is below!  Let's get started!

One meal will be Chicken Parmesan from the Fixate cookbook.  The chicken for this dish is a healthier version and is oven "fried".  So I wanted to share with all of you.

This cookbook has helped to add new recipes and choices into our meal plan each week.  You might be able to tell that I'm a creature of habit and can eat the same foods sometimes daily!  Breakfast is always Shakeology & snacks are generally the same each week.  This makes part of meal planning easy to decide each week.

Here is the recipe for the healthy Oven Fried Chicken

Ingredients:
2 tbsp pine nuts
1 tbsp corn meal
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne powder
1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
2 tbsp grated parmigiano cheese
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 large egg white
4 pieces raw chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
1 tbsp olive oil

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. Place pine nuts & cornmeal in food processor (or blender).  Pulse until finely ground.
3. Combine pine nut mixture, onion powder, paprika, garlic powder, pepper, cayenne pepper, oregano, thyme, salt, baking powder, almond flour & cheese in shallow dish; mix well.  Set aside
4. Combine buttermilk & egg white in shallow dish, whisk to blend
5. Dip each chicken breast into buttermilk mixture then dredge in pine nut mixture until evenly coated.
6. Heat oil in large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat
7. Add chicken breasts, cook for 3-4 minutes.  Turn chicken
8. Place skillet in oven; bake for 10-12 minutes, or until thermometer inserted into thickest part reads 165 degrees.

This chicken will be used in chicken parmesan, but will also be good by itself. 

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