Greek Island Chicken Marinade

Continuing with my weekday Mediterranean Diet plan, I found this delicous and easy! recipe on Allrecipes.com. I changed up the recipe a little bit to use what I already had in my fridge.

Instead of white vinegar, I used apple cider vinegar. I also omitted mushrooms (hate them) and didn't grill them on skewers.

Ingredients:
1/4 C of olive oil
1/4 C of lemon juice (I squeezed 1 and 1/2 fresh lemons)
1/4 C of white vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar and was delish)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
2 large bell peppers: I used yellow and green
12 cherry tomatoes, diced

You really can use whatever vegetables you prefer or what you have in the fridge. And if you don't already have some of these spices, I highly recommend buying them - you'll find them in most Mediterranean diet recipes.



Directions:
Since I changed up the recipe a little bit, my directions will differ from that on Allrecipes.com

• Whisk the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, cumin, oregano, thyme, salt, and black pepper together in a large glass or ceramic bowl. Add the chicken and evenly coat. I then transferred this to a large Ziploc bag. 

Chicken in the greek island marinade

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Remove the chicken from the marinade and shake off excess liquid. Discard the remaining marinade. If you have skewers, then you can thread your meat and vegetables and then bake (or grill) them. I didn't have any skewers so I just laid everything out on aluminum foil. I added a little olive oil to the vegetables.

Yellow pepper, green pepper, cherry tomatoes, marinated chicken

• Bake until the chicken is no longer pink, about 15-20 minutes. 
• I prepared half of a box of original cous cous to lay the chicken and vegetables over. (Takes about 5 minutes to make. You can find a box of cous cous that comes with seasoning at any grocery store)

Added fresh wheat bread and a side of olive oil 

Enjoy! XO