No your eyes do not deceive you; this is a recipe post on Stylingo. Some of you may know that cooking has never been my strong point, and living on my own means that I can rarely be bothered to whip up something more advanced than t a couple of Weeabix for my dinner. However, I was recently contacted by Bolsover Cruise Club* and told about their #MeddySteadyCook competition, which involves the chance to win a 2-night cruise just by uploading a Mediterranean recipe. For some reason, a cruise has always been on my bucket list (I think it harks back to my obsession with Pirates of the Caribbean) and so I was NOT passing up the opportunity to enter the competition. And, y’know, practicing making something other than cereal did sound kind of appealing to.
Mediterranean Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
2 x chicken breasts
3 peppers (1 x green, 1 x red, 1 x orange)
1 onion
Cherry tomatoes
Mozzarella (I would’ve preferred non-grated but the STUPID shop only had grated. At least I didn’t have to improvise with a Cheesestring though)
Method:
- Chop up half of each of your peppers and half of the onion too. This is quite a boring task so maybe pop on Kanye’s new album to get you through.
- Mix these chopped bits with some oil (I don’t know what oil I have; it’s definitely nothing fancy though) and put them in an oven-proof dish of some kind
- Pop these in the oven on their own for 10 minutes on 200 degrees
- While they’re in there softening, brown your chicken breasts in a pan
- Next, season your chicken with salt and pepper and then cut some slits in the chicken and ram some mozzarella in there
- Take the dish out of the oven and place the chicken breasts delicately on the bed of peppers and onions (oh yes, you’ve now created a ‘bed’ of something. Move over Ainsley)
- Half a load of the cherry tomatoes and scatter these over the dish
- Sprinkle more mozzarella over everything, because cheese = life
- Cook for 30-40 minutes on 200 degrees
I served my Mediterranean chicken with sweet potato fries, but you could always opt for a salad if you wanted to be healthy, or a load more chips if you didn’t. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it actually tasted QUITE NICE. Which honestly, for a girl who has had to bin quite a few dinners because halfway through I’ve realised they taste like crap is good going.
If you’d like to take part in the #MeddySteadyCruise competition and be in with a chance of winning a 2-night mini-cruise for 2 people, then visit the competition page for full info on how to enter.
What do you all think of this recipe, and what are your favourite easy dishes to make? Let me know in the comments!
(* I was reimbursed for my ingredients, but other than that received no money for creating this competition entry!)
This looks absolutely delicious, my boyfriend just made me breakfast & I’ve found his next recipe 😉 xx adaatude.com
Haha you won’t regret it – and even better if it’s being cooked for you haha 😉 xx
Looks lovely 🙂 and very yummy !
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Thank you 🙂 xx
I love Mediterranean dishes, they are light and healthy! I cook a similar dish and it is so tasty. Good luck, I hope you win.
Ela BellaWorld
Thanks Ela! Yesss I want to try a few more Mediterranean dishes out now 🙂 xx
Oh wow this sounds amazing! I would so make this xx
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Ooh let me know if you do 🙂 xx
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Thanks for commenting 🙂 Will check out your blog now! xx
It looks so delicious!
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It was pretty good if I do say so myself 😉 xx
I have to say Claire I was a bit surprised this morning to find this kind of post on your blog, looks delicious xx
Stepping away from my norm aren’t I, haha! xx
This looks SO delicious hun, mediterranean dishes are my fave! Definitely need to try and recreate this <3
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Let me know if you do! Thanks for reading Elle 🙂 xx
This looks awesome! Thanks for the easy but yummy recipe inspiration!
Cass
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You’re very welcome, let me know if you give it a try 🙂 xx
This sounds delicious! I love sweet potato and mediterranean chicken so this recipe is a win win for me! 🙂 xx
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Oh god, sweet potato is my everything! xx
This is the wrong time to fall across your blog Claire, as I am absolutely starving and this mediterranean chicken looks gorgeous! Will definitely be favouriting this to give a try!
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Haha, it’s always the way! Thanks for dropping by though lovely 🙂 xx
This looks like a competition I’d love to be apart of! Good luck hun.
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Let me know if you enter it Jess, would love to check out your recipe 🙂 xx
Yum this looks great! I just did a big batch of cooking for the week but I might try this recipe for next week!
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Oh wow, I’m jealous of how prepared you are for the week! I need to learn your ways. Thanks for reading 🙂 xx