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Chicken, lentil, cherry tomato and baby marrow Casserole

This is a super simple recipe that I thought up last night, just using what we had in the fridge and cupboardā€¦ It provides 2 out of your 3 veg servings and is very low in fat and high in protein!

Ingredients

  • 4 Skinless chicken breasts
  • Punnet of cherry tomatoes
  • Punnet of baby marrows
  • 1/2 cup dry brown lentils
  • tin of tomato and onion
  • 1/2 cup Homemade veg or chicken stock
  • 1 tsp Cumin, 1 tbsp coriander, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, salt and pepper to taste and about 1 tbsp Italian herbs
Method
  1. Chop the tomatoes and baby marrrows and toss into a roasting dish / casserole dish
  2. place the chicken breasts into the pan
  3. Toss in the lentils
  4. Sprinkle the spices, salt etc
  5. Pour over the tomato and onion and stock
  6. Cover with a lid or foil
  7. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 45minutes, turning the chicken and mixing the veg half way through the cooking
  8. Check that the chicken is cooked through
  9. Serve with rice or wraps
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