Chicken Piccatta…. Picattttttaaaaaa

I just like saying it, Picatta… Picaaatttaaa! I was saying it in my head all day.

So breakfast was all about fruits… lunch was all about Vegetables and Dinner was out of this world!

I did a a little saute mix of tofu, some a few grilled chicken pieces, and lots of frozen veggies ( bell pepper mix, brussels, cauliflower, carrots, zuchinni)

I had the last slice of whole grain bread to go with it.

Then I got prepped for dinner…

Chicken Piccatta!

Oh my goodness oh my goodness, this was delicious!
So here are my pre-prep ingredients ( minus the chicken obviously) with my recipe
 

Here is the recipe…

You can click on the picture to get the recipe, but my differences were:
I used 3 pounded and thawed boneless skinless chicken breasts ( huge ones)

• Whole Grain Flour ( I used about 1 cup for 3 large breasts, recipe calls for AP)
• Smart Balance instead of Butter
• Reisling instead of Chicken Stock

NOO Olive Oil and Smart Balance bubbling…

Chicken dredged in flour sizzling in the butter for 6 minutes…

Once chicken is browned, add in the wine, lemon juice, campers ( or Capers haha) and scrape brown bits until bubbling like this:

 

When it gets hot and bothered like that, add the chicken back in and simmah (or Simmer) for about 10 more minutes.

On the side I had cooked some wild, whole grain Uncle Bens. I don’t prefer rice really at all but this stuff was pretty tasty and had different grain textures.

 

And I broiled brussels and cauliflower..

drumroll please…

This was absolutely by far the best chicken I have ever made.

It was scrumptious. Using whole grain flour really gave the chicken a wonderful texture. I decided to pound out the chicken for a few reasons, for one, the breasts were HUGE and would’ve taken forever to cook thoroughly and another reason is that pounding the meat makes it so tender. The briny capers and sour lemon cut the buttery taste nicely and the wine added a refreshing sweetness. The lemon, caper, butter and wine combination is probably one of my all time favorite.

Body:

Run:  5.11 miles in 39 minutes. Same time and distance as Sunday so that pumped me up.

I was so pumped that I did Jillian’s 30 Day Shred ( my Day 10 of the challenge) after my run, Level 2, with my 8 lb dumbells. Phew! I’ve lost 1.5 inches in my waist in 10 Days of shredding ( To be fair though- Since starting the 30 Day Shred Challenge, I have run 23 miles and moved huge furniture for about 4 hours) 

Mind:

Vitamins Exam in ONE WEEK! eek! didn’t I just have one of those! Today’s lecture was on Vitamin B 12, Magnesium and Iodide.We saw all these pictures of goiters ( iodide deficiency condition). Scarred me for life I think.

Studied for our terminology quiz.. about to study more right now..

Soul:

That chicken picatta… gees.. it was so delicious and satisfying.

I talked with my brother and my mom- We now have my brother’s girlfriends’ birthday dinner this weekend at Melting Pot.

Our other friends are moving too! We might just help them out too.

I am really happy that I do not have a goiter.