Sometimes dinner needs to be quick, easy and filling. Especially when little sous chefs are going through growth spurts and you are being eaten out of house and home.

Enter in grilled chicken breasts and “white” (because it can’t be anything other than “plain” or they won’t eat it) rice. For us grownups, feel free to use your favorite brown, long grain, wild grain or other blend of rice. Jazz it up with some blistered tomatoes, a little spinach and voila! A healthy, filling meal even the pickiest of eaters will love.

Recipe

• 2-4 chicken breasts (skin on or off doesn’t matter)
• 1/2 cup marinade
• • 1/4 cup of olive oil
• • 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• • 2 tsp herbs de Provence
• 1 cup spinach
• 8 oz blistered tomatoes
• • 8 oz small cherry or grape tomatoes
• • 4 tbsp olive oil
• • Salt and pepper (to taste)
• • Truffle finishing olive oil (if desired – I usually find mine at Home Goods or TJ Maxx)
• 3 cups Jasmine rice prepared (I love Trader Joe’s frozen Jasmine rice to make things even easier!)
• 2 oz Parmesan cheese

Preheat your grill to 350 and your oven to 400.

Toss the chicken in a plastic bag and add the marinade. Allow to sit for at least 15 minutes but as long as 2 hours if desired (if doing this, don’t preheat the grill until your ready to cook).

While the chicken is marinating, make your blistered tomatoes. Spread tomatoes across a cookie sheet (use tinfoil for easier cleanup), and drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes or the tomatoes burst open and look syrupy and caramelized.  Remove from oven and, if desired, top with a small amount of Truffle finishing oil.

Once you’ve marinated the chicken, place on the grill for 10 minutes then flip and cook for another 8 minutes or until the juices run clear and an internal temperature reading is 160.

Once the chicken is on the grill, prepare the rice according to your package instructions.

After the chicken is done, serve atop rice garnished with blistered tomatoes, spinach and a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.

Bon Appetit!