Bruschetta Chicken

Bruschetta Chicken

I have a very serious love/hate relationship with Mondays. Usually Mondays at my full-time gig are super chill. I can head into my office and just FOCUS and get some serious work done, no conference calls, most people are too busy to bother with me...I love it. But today. Today was insane from the moment I woke up. I decided to sleep until 0540 instead of 0515 and found that the dryer only half-dried the live-in's work clothes - eeeeeeeeeek. Cue the Monday morning crazy and the giant snowball of my day from there. 

Needless to say, no lunch for this chick today! Broke one of my own cardinal rules...but I'm human too, it happens. By the time I could stop working long enough to realize I was hungry it was already 3pm! So I grabbed something quick and had to head back to work so I wouldn't waste my entire night staring at medical records. Chicken Bruschetta was up for dinner tonight and when I finally emerged from my office I realized that I never took the spinach out of the freezer to defrost...and I currently do not have a microwave and I was seriously HANGRY. So I opted for my delicious Creamy Chicken Salad over Cabbage Slaw instead. Totally worth it! But I didn't want to leave ya'll without a new recipe! I lived off this stuff for weeks by alternating side-dishes - still one of my favorites - courtesy of the Beachbody Blog. 

Total Time: 20 min.
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 10 min.
Yield: 1 serving

Ingredients:
1 medium tomato, chopped
2 Tbsp. thinly sliced fresh basil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
½ tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 tsp. balsamic vinegar
1 tsp. onion powder
Sea salt and ground black pepper (to taste; optional)
5 oz. raw chicken breast, boneless, skinless

Directions:

1. Combine tomato, basil, garlic, oil, vinegar, onion powder, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; mix well. Set aside.
2. Preheat grill or broiler on high.
3. Grill or broil for about 4 to 5 minutes on each side, or until no longer pink in the middle and juices run clear.
4. Top chicken with tomato mixture.

Simple and delicious! Any kind of veggie side will do. Usually I pair my chicken up with string beans and brown rice/quiona and spinach. So good!