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Pomegranate Chicken & Roasted Green Beans

July 28, 2009 by DanicasDaily 23 Comments

Dinner tonight was absolutely fantastic ~ we both gave it 5 stars all around and I will definitely be making this again!  I’ve been wanting to use the POM Wonderful Juice that I received in a recipe and tonight was the night.

Can you guess the star of the show?

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POMEGRANATE CHICKEN
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½ cup chopped walnuts
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 ½ lb chicken breast tenderloin
1 Large Vidalia Onion, halved and sliced
2 cups 100% pomegranate juice
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 tsp minced fresh rosemary
sea salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
1 green onion, sliced, optional

1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the walnuts and toss until browned, then place on a plate to cool.
2. Add oil to pan, then add tenderloins. Brown on both sides and remove, setting aside.
3. Add onions to skillet, moving them around so they pick up all the chicken drippings. When onions have softened and browned, add pomegranate juice, lemon juice and rosemary. Add sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Allow to remain at a vigorous simmer, for about 10 minutes, then add chicken back to pan. Simmer vigorously until sauce has reduced, about another 10 minutes. Serve with walnuts and green onion sprinkled on top.

Makes 6 servings, 5 Weight Watcher Points Each

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Our veggies tonight involved roasting the Purple Green Beans we got at the market last week.

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Roasted Green Beans with Walnuts

1 lb green beans, stems and ends snapped off
1 small sweet onion, halved and sliced into thick slices
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
sea salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp minced fresh rosemary
2 Tbsp roasted, chopped walnuts

 

1.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Line a large cookie sheet with foil.  Add green beans and onions.  Drizzle with olive oil, sea salt & pepper. Mix with hands and roast for 10 minutes.

2.  Combine balsamic, honey and rosemary.  Drizzle over green beans and roast for an additional 10 minutes.  Serve topped with walnuts.

Makes 4 servings, 1 Weight Watcher Point each

I had one serving of beans ~ I LOVE roasted veggies and the balsamic/honey adds a fantastic sweetness along with the roasted nuttiness of the walnuts.

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Plus a 1/2 c Trader Joe’s Organic Frozen Brown Rice.  I have The Husband hooked on this rice – he actually request it now instead of white – yeah!  

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And the star of the show, 1 serving Pomegranate Chicken!!!  I LOVED the chicken and it honestly reminded me a bit of Thanksgiving.  I know wrong fruit, but, I think it was just the combination of the herbs and the fruit juice that made it feel like a total healthy comfort meal.

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All together with a POM spritzer ~ it was the perfect meal and it was totally worth heating up the kitchen to cook it!  The Husband ate it all, but, I did manage to save one small serving for lunch tomorrow – yeah!

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Dessert tonight was another Trader Joe’s Raspberry Vanilla Cream Bar – YUM!

I am off to finish watching the Bachlorette Finale and make the last minute changes to switch to the new site ~ Yeah!

Nite all!

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Comments

  1. 1

    Lynn (The Actors Diet) says

    July 28, 2009 at 5:22 am

    wow new site looks wonderful! welcome to your new home….

    Reply
    • 2

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:27 am

      Lynn ~ Thanks for the welcome!

      Reply
  2. 3

    Anne K. says

    July 28, 2009 at 6:34 am

    Your new site looks great! And POM chicken is a brilliant idea 😀

    Reply
    • 4

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:28 am

      Anne ~ the POM chicken was awesome – bet you could do it with tofu.

      Reply
  3. 5

    Ada says

    July 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    That dinner looks delish! I LOVE pomegranate juice spritzers:) Congrats on your new site, it looks great!!!

    Reply
    • 6

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:28 am

      Ada ~ Thanks – LOVE spritzers and my new site

      Reply
  4. 7

    RunToFinish says

    July 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    ohh wow look at that amazing meal, thanks for the inspiration. I’ll be doing a shout out to you tomorrow when I’m not working all durn night!

    Reply
    • 8

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:29 am

      Runtofinish ~ I will have to lookout for your shoutout tomorrow 🙂

      Reply
  5. 9

    Emily says

    July 28, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Love the new site! It looks great.

    Dinner sounds delish. Way to use Pom Wonderful! 🙂

    Reply
  6. 10

    Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl says

    July 28, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    What a fresh, beautiful design Danica–and on your OWN domain!!! Yay, girl, I’m so happy for you!!! 🙂

    Reply
    • 11

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:21 am

      Michele ~ Thanks, you were one of the people who convinced me I needed to change to wordpress.org. I am excited about both 🙂

      Reply
  7. 12

    Keri says

    July 28, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Can you say that sounds like an AMAZING way to use up some of my POM juice! Thanks for the idea!

    How did you make the spritzer btw??

    xo,
    keri

    Reply
    • 13

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:21 am

      Keri ~ I just use Perrier Sparkling water with a splash of 100% POM Juice (maybe about a 1/4 c at most). Pour over ice and it’s delish!

      Reply
  8. 14

    K says

    July 28, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Congrats on the move! The new site looks awesome!!

    Reply
    • 15

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:20 am

      K ~ Thanks, I am excited by how much better it is and I am just starting 🙂

      Reply
  9. 16

    CG the Foodie says

    July 28, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    AHHHH YOU MOVED!!!!!

    Love the new site (and wondered why I had a bazillion posts from you this morning… LOL… thought you were just insanely busy!)

    Reply
    • 17

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:20 am

      C.G. ~ Um…ya, I was busy 😀 Yeah, that means my feeds updated correctly – whew!

      Reply
  10. 18

    KK @ Running Through Life says

    July 28, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Ooh, yum! I have a case of POM that I was wondering what to do with…now I know! Thanks!

    Reply
    • 19

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:19 am

      KK ~ I highly recommend POM Spritzers and POM Chicken….I am still trying to think of other ways but that is what I’ve used it for so far.

      Reply
  11. 20

    Kailey (PB Swirl) says

    July 28, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    love the new layout girlie 😀
    thanks for the recipe !

    Reply
    • 21

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:19 am

      PBSwirl ~ No problem – do tell if you try it out – it’s fantastic!

      Reply
  12. 22

    janetha says

    July 28, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    WOOOOO LOVE THE SITE!

    Reply
    • 23

      DanicasDaily says

      July 29, 2009 at 3:18 am

      Janetha ~ 😀 Thanks….I still have to learn some of the tricks of yours since you’ve now mastered wordpress and I am just learning it 🙂

      Reply

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Whether she’s enjoying a dish at a local restaurant or whipping up a crowd-pleasing, nutritious meal at home, Danica has a passion for all things food. She believes in and follows the Weight Watchers principle of “all things in moderation” and chronicles her culinary adventures here. Besides sharing her daily eats and tasty, nutritious recipes, Danica connects others seeking a healthier lifestyle on her site and shares her travel adventures around the world.

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