Easy Lemon Chicken

I helped out with a catering event earlier this week and really enjoyed it. I was in charge of making the chicken and a mistake actually turned out to be great. The caterer asked me to marinate the chicken in Italian dressing, but I already had placed half the chicken onto baking sheets and thought she meant to brush the dressing on and let it sit for a few minutes. Anyways, I ran out of dressing and we needed a quick marinade for the rest of the chicken. All we had was olive oil, lemon juice, and pepper. In my opinion, the "mistake" chicken was better than the Italian one. Anyways, here is what we did.

Recipe: Serves 4

12 chicken tenderloins

1/4 cup oil

1/2 cup lemon juice

1 tsp pepper, freshly ground is best

1 lemon, sliced into 1/4 rounds

Heat oven to 375*. Combine oil, lemon juice, and pepper. Pour over chicken, mix, and let sit for 5-10 minutes. Place chicken on baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Take the chicken out, flip it over, and top with lemon slices. Bake for 5-7 minutes. Serve alongside 7 grain pilaf* and

enjoy!!

*Kashi makes a great 7 grain pilaf. Cook according package. Near the end of cooking add a couple tablespoons of butter, cracked pepper, and 1/4 cup of cranberries. Finished cooking, fluff with fork, and splash with bit of lime juice. Enjoy!!