21 Day Fix Approved - Hummus Crusted Chicken

In a fast paced world, I've found myself easily caught up in trying to maintain the delicate balance of life as a working mother! Between working as a nurse and raising a toddler, things can get hectic and overwhelming! It's oftentimes easier to just order out for dinners instead of cooking a healthy meal at home --- even when we know that's not the best option!

My intentions in creating this blog is to provide quick, simple and healthy meal options for families so these unhealthy cycles can be broken!  I truly believe that we have the best intentions to feed our families healthy meals and to instill healthy habits in our children but when it comes down to it, some days there are just not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything we've planned.

We want meals that taste good and that are healthy! And believe it or not, it is entirely possible to have both!

Some of us are dealing with allergies or food intolerances to top things off! I, myself, have a child with a dairy allergy and gluten is something I personally avoid because of my autoimmune disease. I will be including dairy & gluten allergy friendly recipes in this blog so I hope you will find this very helpful! If you're just jumping into life with an allergy, it can all be VERY overwhelming.

So I sat down today and thought about what kind of recipe I could create with some ingredients that I had sitting in my refrigerator --- because who has time to go on a grocery run in the middle of the week!?

Sorry guys, but I'm all about being REAL.😆

So I pulled out my ingredients and went to work! I crafted this recipe for Hummus Crusted Chicken and it was a huge hit with my husband and toddler so I hope your family enjoys it as much as we did!


Ingredients:

1. 4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2. 1 cup of hummus ( check out my homemade recipe or you can use store bought )
3. Garlic Lovers seasoning from FlavorGod
4. Almond Flour ( I used Bob's Red Mill ) I didn't measure --- just use enough to coat!

Directions:

• Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Spray your baking dish with nonstick spray.
• Pat dry your chicken breasts and place them in your baking dish. 
• Use a spoon to cover your chicken breasts with a thin layer of hummus. You can flip it over so it's coated evenly on both sides. 
• Sprinkle almond flour evenly over your chicken breasts. Flip and do the other side. You can use your spoon to make sure it's evenly spread if you need to!
• Time to really flavor it with your Garlic Lovers seasoning! Flavor to your hearts content! This stuff is AH-MAY-ZING!
• Bake for 30 minutes or until juices run clear. 

Serve IMMEDIATELY --- because if you're like me, you have a houseful of HANGRY people ready for their dinner!

Reminder - this recipe IS both dairy & gluten free!

If you're following the 21 Day Fix, you would count this as 1 Red, 1/2 blue. Since I used so little of the almond flour, I did not count a yellow. Use your best judgment and depending on how much almond flour you use, it could potentially count as 1/2 yellow.

 

We paired this with baked green beans ( recipe coming ) & jasmine rice!

Please let me know if you've enjoyed this recipe!!!


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