“Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.”
George Byron
It’s Sunday today, it’s been a race, & thankfully, it’s finally drawing to an end. Am sitting here quite exhausted because the day has been long & never ending. The son’s soccer league season began today, so virtually every Sunday for the next few months has been written off. With so much cheering & nonsensical yapping at the match, there’s hardly any voice left in me. But have to squeeze something important as Monthly Mingle for the month at What’s For Lunch Honey has reached the deadline, well almost. As usual, I’m back to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party like situation…‘I’m late, I’m late for a very important date…’. This is being raced off to the guest hostess this month, Michelle of What’s Cooking Blog, a blog dedicated to “cooking with kids for a better body, planet and community”. The theme for this month’s mingle – Healthy Family Dinners. 
BALSAMIC & HERB GRILLED CHICKEN BREASTS
The recipe as taken from Proud Italian Cook
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts
2 crushed garlic cloves
Herbs of your choice; dried or fresh (I used oregano; Marie used oregano, thyme & rosemary)
1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
3 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
Salt & freshly ground pepper
Method:
Method:
- Whisk the marinade ingredients together. Place with chicken in a ziploc bag.
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As Marie says, ‘marinating the chicken is the key here, so you’ll want to do it for at least 2 hours.’
- Place on your grill to cook.
ROASTED RED & YELLOW BELL PEPPER & BASIL SALSA
recipe taken from Marie @ Proud Italian Cook
Ingredients:
1 each red & yellow bell pepper
2 cloves of crushed garlic
A handful of fresh basil leaves; chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp red wine vinegar ( I used the juice of 1/2 a lime instead)
Salt & pepper to taste
Method:
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While your chicken is marinating grill your red peppers. Peel, seed, then cut them into a dice.
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Place in a bowl along with some crushed garlic, lots of fresh basil, red wine vinegar/lime juice, olive oil, salt and black pepper. Let everything sit together at room temperature.
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Spoon this salsa over the chicken once grilled, & enjoy the fantastic flavours. Amazingly enough, the kids enjoyed the flavours too. This salsa pairs really well with grilled chicken, just as Marie said.
I served the meal with…
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Stir fried garlic mushrooms, baby corn & broccoli
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Oven roasted garlic baby potatoes
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Fusilli in Uliana’s pasta sauce
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Oh Deeba, Your presentation is exquisite! Thank you so much for the mention sweetie. I’m always in awe of your beautiful “Deeba Style”
way of cooking and baking!
I agree, your presentation is delightful!! So elegant, inviting, and just all-around beautiful… yum!
What a delicious dinner! So colorful and full of wonderful flavors. Your china is gorgeous!
Deeba, your food looks absolutely delicious. It almost pops out of my screen :o) Your family is so lucky to have a wonderful cook like you.
It looks beautiful and sounds delicious….
I’m so taken with all of these beautiful bright colors! I wish I could order this from a restaurant!
The color…the food..the wow! OMGoodness it is a beautiful meal.
I love grilled chicken like this.
Looks so yumm an beautiful pitures.
what a gorgeous meal! i’m particularly fond of that salsa–it looks and sounds sensational. 🙂
This looks absolutely gorgeous and delicious. The photos are equally stunning.
Hi Deeba – Sounds delicious, nutritious and so colorful! What a pretty picture of basil flowers!
LL
I really love chicken recipes and this one looks so so so good. I have to try this recipe.
This is my favorite dish you’ve ever made!
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Ooooh i’m liking this italian mexican-ish dish…looks so yummy. That plate of food = heaven. x
This is a beautiful dish. I love your presentation. Colors are so pretty. Bet it was spectacular!
Your dish looks great! Beautiful presentation. Love all the color. Very healthy!
Wow, this looks amazing. Your pictures are beautiful!
Your food looks absolutely delicious.
This looks really good i am bookmarking this to try!
am loving this meal. it’s just the kind of meal we love at home. great entry deeba and thanks for joining us!
What a woderful and health-looking plate of food! And don’t worry – with me around you’ll never be the only one late for an event :o)
I am drooling! This (and everything on your blog) looks beautiful and so delicious! I love your blog. Who needs cooking magazines when we have such wonderful food blogs like your’s?
Deb