I hate chicken. I really do. The only time I like chicken is when it’s shredded and mixed with lots of juices. And in an arepa. Truth. I even made these stuffed chicken breasts, and even though they tasted great and the chicken was cooked perfectly, I still didn’t want to eat it. Because chicken sucks and is boring. Don’t fight me on this one, please. I will not budge. I’m really selling you on this recipe, huh?
I’ve been looking into the blood type diet a bit. Mostly just what kinds of meats are better choices for my blood type. And well, white meats and fish are suppose to be better for my blood type. Red meats, pork, and anything that has delicious flavor to it, is a no no. Which is something I’m not a huge fan of. I’m just not into the fact that I may have to cut off all happiness in my diet. Just ain’t gonna work for me. It just ain’t.
I hate something else. Phone issues. They are just THE WORST. I need an iphone. I got with the 21st century and got a Mac, now I need to one up myself and get an iphone. This phone of mine has broken 3 times. Meaning I’ve had 3 different phones, same style, but brand new. To be fair, I drunkenly dropped it in the toilet one of the times, but the other two were not my fault. I swear, phones are made to break within months, then you have to buy a new one, keeping the phone industry booming. Conspiracy? Maybe, but I’m sticking with that belief.
Anywho, I don’t have a phone right now. I’m communicating via Facebook and Gmail at this time, which sucks because I hate both of those things. And writing back to anyone. A land line would be quite nice right now. Not that it would be helpful since I have only 3 numbers in this world memorized, one being my own. But the biggest issue with having phone problems is actually going to the phone store to get the problem fixed. This is how my phone scenario played out yesterday:
Since it wouldn’t turn on when I woke up, as I drove to the phone store, I kept looking down to see if it was charging in my car charger. This caused me to get honked at, at least three times in 15 minutes. Three times. I don’t think I’ve been honked at three times in my life. That was a lie. Anywho, since I was freaking out, I got to the phone store 20 minutes early. And since my phone wasn’t working, I didn’t exactly have anything to do. So I read tax paperwork. That was a blast. After the words began to become unreadable blurbs, I moved onto lotioning my cuticles. This isn’t something I EVER do. I could give a f*ck about my nails, especially my nail beds. I don’t paint them, I don’t go to the nail salon. I cut them so they don’t catch on my clothes. They serve the purpose of picking my nose, and that’s it. So while I lotioned my hands, I gave people dirty looks as they pulled up. You know everyone who pulls up before a store opens is trying to get in there first, because if you don’t, it’s most likely going to be a 15 minute wait automatically. Which makes absolutely no sense. But whatever. So as soon as the doors opened, I literally sprinted to the door. I’m not joking. And met with a woman for 15 minutes who told me they would overnight me a phone.
Ok so cool, that’s rad and all that I’ll have a phone by tomorrow, but what do I do right now? What do I do tomorrow morning when I have to wake up at 5am? Use a real alarm? I don’t have one of those. Do they even sell those anymore? Because if they do, I want one that will play Beyonce when I wake up so I’m instantly in a better mood.
On a high note, I think I have pink eye. Cooooooooool. Getting a cold has proved to be one hell of a pain in the ass. And don’t tell me someone farted on my pillow. You’re not original.
Simple Bacon and Spinach Stuffed Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts, butterflied and pounded flat
- 6–8 ounces of button mushrooms, roughly chopped
- 5 strips of bacon
- 4–5 cups fresh spinach
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butterfly your chicken. I’m not totally sure how to butterfly a chicken breast but I cut mine in half, then placed plastic wrap on top of the chicken and pounded it until it was flat. Do that, it works.
- Then place a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the five strips of bacon and cook on both sides until crispy, then place bacon on a paper towel to soak up the excess fat. When cooled, dice up the bacon.
- Pour out the excess fat from the bacon, leaving behind about 3 tablespoons in the pan.
- While the pan is still over medium-high, toss in the garlic cloves then add diced mushrooms.
- Sprinkle in a bit of salt and pepper on the mushrooms.
- Once mushrooms have begun to soften, add the spinach and a bit more salt and pepper.
- Cover and let steam until spinach has begun to wilt. When the spinach has wilted, remove the pan from heat and add in diced bacon. Mix with mushrooms and spinach until well combined.
- Place mixture into the middle of your butterflied chicken, fold chicken over to make a little “pocket” and use a two toothpicks to keep it closed while cooking.
- Place stuffed chicken breasts on a parchment lined baking sheet and put in oven to bake for 18-20 minutes or until there is no longer pink in the chicken. The time will range depending on how thin you pound the chicken. It may take a bit longer.
- Love moist chicken. Don’t overcook it, don’t you do it!
- Don’t eat the toothpick. Duh.
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Are we having a grumpy day? 🙂
Recipe looks lovely, will definitely be trying that very soon!
I hope your day gets better
Leanne, from Surrey, UK x
Love the blog and your recipes. Definitely gonna try out the brussel sprouts with turnips.
That said, please give this website a look:
http://www.skepdic.com/bloodtypediet.html
I wouldn’t give the blood type diet too much credit. Eat what you enjoy and what works from your own experience.
Hi, I’ve only recently taken up Whole30 (seriously, this is day 3) but I’ve already used your blog for a few recipes 😀 Time to return the favour: Try chicken straight up wrapped in bacon, that’s always good. You do a lot of stuff with maple syrup, maple bacon chicken could be lush! Or I like to bake mine wrapped in foil with lemon juice and garlic, takes bit longer but then it won’t taste quite so much like chicken. And I did honey/mustard chicken before Whole30 but I’m not sure if that’s paleo or not. Or try a chicken stir-fry, it’ll taste like veg but you’re still getting the meat.
Sorry if you know all this already, just wanted to help as you’ve already helped with my Whole30 😀
I just pinned this, it looks SO good. I always experiment with stuffing chicken, but I haven’t tried this combo….YET 🙂
I looked at a chart for my blood type and it straight up was like “NO BACON, HAM, PORK” and I pretty much scoffed/choked/cried. no bacon? no magical piggy goodness to make anything f-ing DELICIOUS? I just… can’t accept it…! :'<
I made this tonight with turkey bacon, and the addition of sun dried tomatoes and a little cheddar cheese. Pretty tasty! 🙂
Hi JB! I remember seeing some remedies for pink eye on Pinterest. I can’t find the one I was saw before, and now really gross pics. have come up. But, you can try putting raw potato slices on your eye;) http://www.natural-homeremedies.org/blog/natural-cures-for-pink-eye/ <3
The dreaded pink eye 🙁 I’m an eye doc, here is what you should know….
1. gross green puss globs and eyelids that are matted shut in the morning = bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye) and needs an antibiotic drop for treatment
2. clear, watery thick discharge that starts and one eye and usually goes to the other = viral conjunctivits – just has to run its course, usually takes 10 days to clear and totally sucks
3. red, ITCHY, watery eye = allergic conjunctivitis – you can try an over the counter drop like Zaditor to help along with cold compresses
Then there are bunch of gross pink eyes associated with STD’s, but I’ll assume thats not what we’re dealing with here!!!
Good luck, woman! (and wash your pillowcase!)
in order for me to even eat chicken, it has to have the skin on it. i love the fatty meats, too. the blood type diet told me i’d be a great vegetarian/vegan even though i turned to paleo because my health had diminished as a vegan! i don’t believe that diet at all. how would cavemen have checked their blood type?? run to the nearest Quest laboratory?? please.
Am I the only one that thinks this looks like a vagina?? Anyway, anything stuffed with bacon and veggies is good in my book, no pun intended. Looking forward to trying it…. Sorry for the gross comment.
i’m not sure what vaginas you are looking at….
I completely understand your chicken prejudice; we eat far less chicken than we do beef and pork, and rarely eat skinless chicken breasts unless I’m battering and frying it. This, however, looks like it might be quite tasty.
Wonder if it could be battered and fried…
This looks so fun…I am actually totally ok eating boring chicken but am trying to find ways to enjoy it a little more, and this looks perfect!