20 Minute Meal: Peri Chicken On A Bed Of Aubergine & Courgette Salsa With Grated Almond Salad #MyOwnRecipe

I asked the Hubzy to stop off at the local supermarket to pick up some veggies so that I can make my baby's fresh veggy puree the next day. Then he hit me with a bomb! 'what's for dinner?' he asked. Then a thought popped into my head: 2 for 1! I asked him to get one extra aubergine and one extra courgette so I can quickly rustle something up.

This dish looks far more time-consuming than it actually is. It took me 20 minutes to make from start to finish.

Here is how I did it (serves two hungry people) :

Ingredients 

• 1 Aubergine
• 1 Courgette
• 1 Large tomato
• 1 lemon
• 2 Medium onions
• 2 Chicken breasts
• Lettuce leaves
• 1/2 cucumber
• 6 Cloves of garlic
• 6 Baby tomatoes (or 1 large tomato)
• Olive Oil
• Dry Oregano
• Salt & Pepper
• Paprika
• Peri Peri spice
• Balsamic Vinegar
• Digon mustard (for salad dressing)
• Grated almonds (they come ready in a packet-or you can crush some fresh ones)

Step 1: Marinate the chicken

Cut the chicken breasts into thin fillets place in a bowl/container and add:

-1.5 tsp of paprika

-2 tsp of Peri Peri spice

-1 tsp of olive oil

-The juice of 1/2 a lemon

-2 cloves of crushed garlic

-A couple of turns of fresh pepper.

Mix it well and make sure that the chicken is well smothered in all of the ingredients and put it to the side.

Step 2 The aubergine and courgette salsa

Sprinkle some olive oil into your pot, heat to medium-high and add:

-3 crushed garlic cloves

-1 onion, aubergine and courgette-all diced. Let cook for 5 minutes

-1 peeled and diced tomato.

-1 tsp of dry oregano

-1.5 tsp of balsamic vinegar

-Salt and pepper to taste

Step 3: Cook the chicken & in the meantime, make the salad.

Sprinkle Olive oil into a pan on medium-high heat. 
Start cooking the chicken fillets (about 4 minutes on each side-this takes a bit of multi-tasking! make sure you keep an eye on the chicken!)

Salad
-Dice the lettuce leaves
-Chop 6 baby tomatoes
-Dice 1/2 cucumber
-Finely dice onion
-Top with grated almonds

Salad Dressing
-1tsp of Dijon mustard

-1 crushed garlic clove

- 1.5tsp of balsamic vinegar

-4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil (add more for a milder taste-less for a stronger taste)

Plate up & Voila! Bonne appetit my amigos!