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?
POMEGRANATE CHICKEN
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
Our veggies tonight involved roasting the Purple Green Beans we got at the market last week.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
wow new site looks wonderful! welcome to your new home….
Lynn ~ Thanks for the welcome!
Your new site looks great! And POM chicken is a brilliant idea 😀
Anne ~ the POM chicken was awesome – bet you could do it with tofu.
That dinner looks delish! I LOVE pomegranate juice spritzers:) Congrats on your new site, it looks great!!!
Ada ~ Thanks – LOVE spritzers and my new site
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!
Runtofinish ~ I will have to lookout for your shoutout tomorrow 🙂
Love the new site! It looks great.
Dinner sounds delish. Way to use Pom Wonderful! 🙂
What a fresh, beautiful design Danica–and on your OWN domain!!! Yay, girl, I’m so happy for you!!! 🙂
Michele ~ Thanks, you were one of the people who convinced me I needed to change to wordpress.org. I am excited about both 🙂
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
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!
Congrats on the move! The new site looks awesome!!
K ~ Thanks, I am excited by how much better it is and I am just starting 🙂
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!)
C.G. ~ Um…ya, I was busy 😀 Yeah, that means my feeds updated correctly – whew!
Ooh, yum! I have a case of POM that I was wondering what to do with…now I know! Thanks!
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.
love the new layout girlie 😀
thanks for the recipe !
PBSwirl ~ No problem – do tell if you try it out – it’s fantastic!
WOOOOO LOVE THE SITE!
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 🙂