Honey & Mustard Chicken, New Potatoes & Tummy Friendly Veg

Calories: 914kcal (or 562kcal)

Macros: 79g Protein, 95g Carb & 24g Fat

DESCRIPTION:

Mmmm…. honey and mustard Chicken! Great thing with this meals that you pack in a lot of volume and loads of flavour, but it’s surprisingly low in calories for what you get. Perfect feel-good dinner after a long day. Delivers on a sizeable portion of protein and carbs, whilst keeping fat low. Moreover, you’re really doing yourself a favour with this meal, due to the gut healthy properties that come from all the veggies – see below. Drop the New Potatoes down to 200g, Chicken down to 150g, and halve the honey/mustard and the plate drops by 350 calories.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chicken Breast – 300g
• Honey – 4x teaspoons
• Wholegrain Mustard – 20g
• Rice Bran Oil – 1x teaspoon
• New Potatoes – 370g
• Grass-fed Butter – 10g
• Chives – sprinkle
• Leek – 100g
• Carrots – 1x medium
• Mushrooms – 6x medium

HEALTH BENEFITS:

Chicken offer great sources of healthy lean protein. You get a good portion of indigestible fibre and prebiotic benefits for your guts’ microbiome (i.e. feeding the beneficial bacteria), that come with Mushrooms and Leeks. Then you have Carrots,  that are a rich source of Beta carotene – a powerful antioxidant, which, among other vital uses, can be converted into vitamin A in the body to help maintain healthy skin.