Mediterranean Chicken with Salads by Jolanda

Let's have another try at posting recipes :-)

So I made some mediterranean chicken stuffed with feta, herbs and olives in a tomato sauce with couscous salad, oven potatoes and green leave salad.

And here are the recipes:

FETA AND OLIVE STUFFED CHICKEN:

Ingredients:

• Chicken breasts
• Feta
• Fresh basil
• Pitted olives
• Optional: sundried tomatoes
• Tomato sauce
• Dried herbs
• Fresh tomatoes
• Dried tarragon
• Wooden skewers
• Olive oil

In a bowl, mix crumbled feta with small pieces of olives, fresh basil, pepper and some olive oil (and some sundried tomatoes if you fancy). Cut open the uncooked chicken breasts, stuff them with this filling mix and pin them closed with the wodden skewers. In a large frying pan, heat some olive oil, sprinkle the chicken breasts with dried tarragon and fry carefully until cooked all the way through. Place the cooked stuffed chicken breasts in a baking tray, sprinkle with fresh diced tomatoes, herbs and a tomatoe sauce (any sauce in a jar, that has some taste ie tomatoe and chilli or tomatoe and basil etc.) and cook in the oven for about 30-45 min at 160°C. You can also add some parmesan cheese on top if you like.

COUSCOUS SALAD:
Ingredients:

• Couscous
• Sweet potatoe
• Chicken stock
• Fresh coriander
• Pumpkin seeds
• Green Pepper
• Lemon
• Salt
• Pepper

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into little pieces, the boil in water until tender. In a bowl, place uncooked couscous and add boiling hot chicken stock until the couscous is just covered. Cover the bowl with a plate ot tea towel and wait until the couscous has soaked up all the liquid and is ready. Cut green peppers into small pieces. When the couscous is ready, stir it with a fork so it becomes nice and fluffy, add the cooked sweet potatoe, green pepper pieces, some fresh coriander leaves and salt, pepper and lemon juice to taste.

OVEN POTATOES:
Parboil some potatoes. Cut into pieces, place on an oven tray, sprinkle with olive oil, fresh rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper and roast in the oven or under the grill until brown and crispy.

GREEN SALAD:
I don't think I need to tell you how to make green salad :-) But for those who are unsure, it is very easy: Buy some salad leaves, wash them and make a dressing of oil and vinegar, herbs, mustard, or whatever you would like in your dressing. And voilà, that's it!