I’m not sure what it is this week, but I am just totally exhausted! And it is a short week! Is it bad that I am already wishing it was Friday?! I need to sleep in!!

Anyway, onto the food. I love goat cheese. Seriously, I could eat it every day. With crackers, on bread, on pasta, in a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox, or in this case, stuffed into some chicken breasts with some lemony spinach goodness!!

Spinach and Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken

Serves 2

Ingredients:

– 2 chicken breasts

– 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese

– 1 cup spinach

– 2 garlic cloves, minced

– 1 lemon, zested and juiced

– 2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil

– 1/2 cup chicken broth

– 1/4 cup white wine

– salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add spinach, season with salt and pepper, and cook approximately 2-3 minutes until spinach is wilted. Put spinach in a small bowl. Zest lemon into bowl. Add goat cheese and combine ingredients.

2. Clean and trim chicken breasts. Slice each chicken breast almost in half (but do not cut all the way through). Drizzle a little olive oil into each the pocket (about half a tsp. for each breast) of each breast and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Divide cheese mixture evenly between both breasts. Secure breast with toothpick(s). Sprinkle some additional salt and pepper on top.

3. In a pan, heat remaining olive oil, add chicken breasts. Cook on each side approximately 3 minutes until chicken begins to brown. In a small (I used a 9 x9) baking dish, add browned chicken breasts. Pour broth, wine, and the juice of one lemon evenly around the dish. Cover with foil and bake for approximately 15 (remove foil the last 5 minutes) or until chicken is cooked thoroughly. Remove toothpicks, drizzle with sauce from the baking dish, and serve!

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