Pineapple Chicken (21DF)

This is my dinner for the week of 8/2/15 to 8/8/15.

This is a spin off of the Pineapple Chicken Skewers found on page 159 of Autumn Calabrese new cookbook Fixate.

What a great little brainstormer of a book for those on the 21 Day Fix plan.

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My version took out the skewers and tossed it on a plate.

Ingredients:
1 red -- cooked cubed chicken
1/3 purple -- raw pineapple chunks
2 green -- onion and green bell pepper (equal amounts)
1 yellow -- cooked quinoa

Directions:
PRECOOK Chicken to last the week. Just cook it through.
Portion out.
Add pineapples and freeze. (I do not like chicken just setting in my fridge. Just a precaution.)
When time to make dinner for my family I start 2 sauce pans going.
1. To thaw and nicely brown the chicken and pineapple together. (TO DIE FOR Yummo...!!!)
2. To make the Quinoa. (I eyeball this from not cooked measurement to cooked measurement with extra as my grand kids LOVE to eat these.)
So now we have the pineapple combo going and the quinoa.
Take a few second to lay some romaine lettuce down as a bedding on your plate. I LOVE what we do with this at the end. ;)
Turn off quinoa when done. Let the temp go down a bit so it doesn't scorch your lettuce. (that is not pleasant.)
Toss your onion and green peppers in with your chicken and pineapple till warmed through. It can still have a little bit but not where the onions are totally translucent.
Focusing on the center of your lettuce on the plate gently pour your quinoa. (gently cause those little babies take FLIGHT.)
Add your chicken mixture on top and ENJOY...

Once you have devoured all your chicken mixture... I love scooping all the quinoa onto those crisp romaine lettuce leaves and having me a goos old taco-ish treat.

(For those who need a little more to this a teaspoon of agave goes a long way. Mix it in with the quinoa before plating.)

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If you have never seen toddlers eat quinoa. It is so funny. I showed them how to put each one between their teeth to get that little snap from each quinoa. SO CUTE... them and all the Nana LOOK..!!!