So Laura and I went out the other night with a bunch of girls. A girls night, if you must. We needed to dance. You know, do the usual Friday night cliche act. Get hammered, dance like idiots, sometimes on bars, then stumble our way to a cab and hope we still have our credit card on hand. Well, none of that happened. I was the DD. And none of my friends are that much of a mess. That was a lie.
It was at least fun. I got to watch drunk people try to dance and try to creep. Never a bad thing to witness. Dudes trying to dance on girls is hilarious. Hip thrusting is never sexy. But I guess drunk b*tches don’t know the difference between dancing and humping. So hump on, drunk men and women. Hump on. You entertain me while sober at the bar.
I ended the night by leaving early and eating a couple almond butter stuffed dates. It was stupid delicious. That’s my kind of late night drunk eating. Minus the being drunk part.
I successfully finished a wod today with muscle ups, without even shedding a tear. NBD. No, it’s actually a big deal. As soon as Jason told me I would be doing a wod with muscle ups in it, my heart sank. Doing muscle ups is heart breaking to me. Legit heart breaking. It must have been my PaleOMG black tank that pushed me through the wod. Must have been. Did you know you can buy these sweet ass tanks?! YES YOU CAN!! Just click that link!
My tennis shoes smell so inappropriate.
Date and Shallot Rosemary Chicken
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 4 large chicken breasts
- 2 large shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
- 5–7 medjool dates, pitted and diced
- 3 large sprigs of fresh rosemary
- 2–3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Pull out a large glass baking dish and place chicken in it.
- Top chicken off with your sliced shallots and dates.
- Now pull the rosemary off one of the sprigs and toss over the chicken, then place the remaining 2 rosemary sprigs around the chicken.
- Finish the chicken off by pouring over olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and apple cider vinegar and topping it off with salt and pepper.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. No pink please.
- Consume.
I have candied figs lying around waiting for my mouth to eat them. I think I’ll try them out with this recipe!
Yummmmmmm. i envy you right now
Juli, just read your new post on Again Faster and had to tell you how much I loved it. It was exactly what I needed to hear today. I got chewed out by a “nutritional counselor” yesterday for eating too much fat and not tracking calories on paleo. Unsolicited advice, but it left me feeling pretty shaken. Thank you for reminding me that there are more important things than the size of my thighs or counting calories (like PRing by 40# on my clean and jerk this week!). Thank you for making me not able to wait to get back behind the barbell this weekend. Pretty much, thank you for being awesome 🙂
So glad you liked it Maggie. I’m glad it came at the right time. Some nutritionists just don’t get it. And never will. But that’s ok. Your coaches do, your friends do, and YOU do. that’s all that matters. and YOU are the awesome one!
PALEOMG!!
Thank you for introducing me to dates + shallot + chicken + vinegars. I kind of stripped John’s of most of his dates, but that’s okay, he had pizza before. Super Yum.
Haha aren’t they AMAZING Jami?! I freaking love baked dates
Excellent recipe! Thanks for posting!
Thanks Kate!
I am cooking this tonight! Can’t wait. My man is not really a big fan of dates…my goal is to change his mind tonight 🙂
WHAT?!?! If he doesn’t love them after tonight, you may have to question the relationship you are in. kidding…kind of.
Made this last night. My husband, not a chicken fan, LoVEd it. It may br the best chicken recipe I’ve ever tasted.
That’s freaking awesome Renee, glad you both liked it!!
Well, I’m frustrated as crap. I checked on the chicken and it looked close to perfect, but I was paranoid that it wasn’t done yet, so I let it cook a little more…but I totally forgot about it while I was making the lemon waffles!!! Bye bye, delicious dates & sauce…thankfully, the chicken turned out edible. haha Anyway, I can tell it’s AWESOME, so I’m def making it again, and NOT making waffles at the same time. lol
Ahhhh poo Chrissy! That blows!! Try it again but don’t burn the dates, those things are heaven when not burnt
Holy Moley – that was pretty much the nicest thing I’ve ever done with a Chicken Breast. Thanks so much!
Hahaha that’s awesome, glad you liked it Cathy!
I just happened to have some dates so decided to try this recipe – it was amazing!!! LOVE the flavors!! Thank you!
Glad you liked it Tanya!
Holy crap, this was so delicious! And easy!
Isn’t it thought!? Glad you liked it Meghan!