Here’s the situation: my partner, Kevin, and I would buy a three to five pound bag of apples for our weekly healthy snack and sometimes we forget that we bought the apples in the first place! The apples would sit and after two weeks would turn brown and mushy or dehydrate into miniture shrunken head versions…
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Oven Baked Chicken w/Roasted Apples and Mashed Cauliflower
5 cups chopped peeled Braeburn apple (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh sage
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
Cooking spray
8 chicken thighs (about 2 pounds), skinned $
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Chopped parsley (optional)
Preparation
Preheat oven to 475°.
Combine first 5 ingredients. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss well to coat. Spread apple mixture on a jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray.
Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper, and arrange on top of the apple mixture. Bake at 475° for 25 minutes or until chicken is done and apple is tender. Remove chicken from pan; keep warm.
Partially mash apple mixture with a potato masher, and serve with chicken. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.
Qui’s Notes: The apples made this dish, so I would double the amount of apples (and corresponding spices) called for.
Also, I used season salt instead of salt and pepper to flavor the chicken and I us
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