(24day) Chicken Marinara and Healthy Calabacitas

I felt a bit Italian and Mexican, what can I say? You can always mix these dishes with anything else like brown rice, or steamed veggies or raw veggies for that matter or if you want calabacitas you can grill some chicken, cut it into strips and viola! you get the idea.

Ingredients for Chicken Marinara 

2 chicken breasts 

Buitoni Marinara Sauce All Natural (in the refrigerated section at the grocery) <--that's important for all you on the cleanse! 

Organic Cooking Spray Canola Oil 

Good ol' Pyrex Glass Pan

Preheat the oven for 400 degrees (make sure you check the oven before preheating for those pans you store in there, oh yea we all do it)

If your chicken isn't defrosted go a head and do that now

Once that is done, spray a tad of the cooking spray into the pan and place the chicken in, take a knife and cut slits into the chicken this will allow for all the marinara to seep in and make the chicken juicy 

you may season the chicken during this time if you like, I decided not to since the Marinara is loaded in flavor already. uuh I'll explain the target bag later

pour the sauce over the chicken, cover with aluminum and place in the oven for 45minutes. done.

Ingredients for Calabacitas

2 or however many squashes you want

1 large roma tomato

about half of an onion red or white

Salt and Pepper to taste

Chili Powder is optional of course

Cooking spray for the pan 

First spray your pan with cooking spray, not too much

rinse and have everything in hands reach, this will make things easier and quicker. The target bag is your trash, you're welcome :)

cut off ends of squash and slice through the center, try to cut the slices as thin as possible this will allow the squash to cook faster. After I cut and slice the first squash I turn on the stove at this point, medium heat. 

throw em in and stir them so that you incorporate the cooking spray, cover 

cut the onion and as soon as youre done add this to the squash, your squash should look something like that top photo. this is about 6 minutes  

cut your tomato, it is best not to add them too soon or they will turn to mush, once the squash and onion dont appear "raw" add the tomato, stir, I also add just a bit of minced garlic to the mix, stir.

there is the garlic

a bit of chili powder 

add your salt and pepper and stir, bring heat to a simmer and cover. Give it about 5 minutes and then its done

here is the chicken, I always slice it just to make sure its thoroughly cooked

end result

Vegan Vegetarian- Cook a meatless fillet and take some of the marinara sauce and pour over your fillet. 

Or add Chickpeas to the calabacitas