Day 25 / Almond-Crusted Chicken & Sweet Ginger-Dijon Dressing

Day 25! The end is near. Chocolate is calling my name.

Almond-crusted chicken, salad, roasted veggies

Last week, I made a delicious meal with almond-crusted chicken, kale salad with bell peppers, avocado, and sweet ginger-dijon dressing, and roasted broccoli and cauliflower.

The almond-crusted chicken tenders recipe is here (thanks for the recommendation, Cristin!) I added some more salt, pepper, and Italian herbs into the almond meal. I sliced my chicken breasts fairly thin, so I should have lowered the cooking time. Otherwise, it's really tasty! I ended up cutting the chicken and tossed it in my salad, and the flavors of avocado, the dressing, and crunchy almond chicken was great.

This dressing is deliiiicious. I wish I had doubled it!

Sweet Ginger-Dijon Dressing (from whole30 instagram)

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c olive oil
• 4 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
• 2 tbsp compliant dijon mustard
• 3 medjool dates, pitted
• pinch salt & pepper

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Pulse until smooth.

Now that I'm near the end, the question is, how do I transition? I don't want to spend this entire month in waste by gaining weight back or slipping into bad old habits. Something to think about, and research!