Garlic & thyme chicken

Name: Garlic & thyme chicken
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; olive oil; 4 cloves of garlic; ½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g); 2 bunches of fine asparagus (350g); 350g ripe mixed-colour cherry tomatoes, on the vine; 4 x 120g skinless free-range chicken breasts; 4 large slices of wholemeal bread (75g each); 4 medium mushrooms; 100g cream cheese

Mushrooms, cherry toms & asparagus

30 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Trading up to wholemeal bread here means we can double our fibre intake, plus both wholemeal bread and chicken give us B vitamins, which are good for our metabolic systems.

Super Food Family Classics, p160

nutrition per serving

Calories

24%

Fat

22%

Saturates

21%

Sugars

11%

Salt

25%

Protein

90%

Carbs

15%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

olive oil

4 cloves of garlic

½ a bunch of fresh thyme (15g)

2 bunches of fine asparagus (350g)

350g ripe mixed-colour cherry tomatoes, on the vine

4 x 120g skinless free-range chicken breasts

4 large slices of wholemeal bread (75g each)

4 medium mushrooms

100g cream cheese

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 160 of Jamie's cookbook, Super Food Family Classics.

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