I love salad so much that in a perfect world, I'd be putting a salad together every single night with fresh from my garden ingredients. 🥗The tomatoes, peppers, spinach and cucumbers picked from my garden are the very best. I think I can taste all of the time, sweat and effort that I put into my garden when I bite into a garden ripe tomato that I grew myself. My home grown vegetables taste like the satisfaction of a LOT hours spent planting and caring for my precious vegetables. 🍅🌶🥒 Unfortunately, I don't live in this wonderful daily fresh salad fantasy world. I'm not a professional farmer. 👩🏻🌾 I'd describe myself as an amateur gardener at best. I don't have the time to grow, harvest and prepare my own salad ingredients all year long. I've stopped feeling guilty about buying my vegetables in a bag and started celebrating the fact that I managed to get a vegetable on the plate with our meal. 💁🏻♀️ Even though I strive for homemade - my reality is a dinner that's a beautiful mix of homemade and already prepared foods. Take this grilled jerk chicken dinner for example. I managed to get the chicken marinated and even boil a few ears of corn to serve with it while the chicken cooked on the grill. 🌽As for the rest of the meal - it was tortilla chips and salsa, a few leftover cherries and a salad straight out of the bag. 😂 The following day, I warmed the chicken and put it on top of the aforementioned leftover bag salad. I added some fresh veggies and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese and it was amazing. Not quite as good as if the whole meal would have been homemade but definitely quicker. And if I add up the cost of the plants, the seeds, the watering bill and the organic sprays to keep the pests from invading my garden - it was probably a whole lot cheaper. 🤷🏻♀️ Grilled Jerk Chicken 4 scallions 1/4 cup canola oil 1/4 cup soy sauce 2 Tablespoons cider vinegar 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 1 jalapeno chile 10 sprigs fresh thyme 5 cloves garlic 2 1/2 teaspoons allspice 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger 3 pounds chicken breasts
When I think of "jerk" seasoning - I usually think hot and spicy. This make your own seasoning blend is perfect for anyone who wants to customize their spice level. I took the ribs and seeds out of my jalapeno before I added it to my marinade so my chicken wasn't spicy at all. If you want to kick up the heat - add the whole jalapeno and maybe even a few more spicy peppers. Go ahead - spice it up. I dare you.
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