Baked chicken and veggies: Healthy dinner made easy

Chicken plus vegetables? It's one of the best combinations you can imagine. Delicate chicken breast fillets are quite dry, and the vegetables add flavor and moisture. Just bake them together in the oven, and a delicious dinner is ready.

Baked chicken with vegetables is a great dish when you're avoiding frying. Baking is much healthier than cooking meals in a pan with added fat. Oven-baked dishes are lower in calories and much less taxing on the digestive system. Yes, they require more preparation time. However, the advantage is that you can prepare practically the entire meal in a baking dish.

The best example? Baked chicken with vegetables. For this dish, you just need to cook some rice or groats. You can also allow yourself a lot of flexibility in its preparation since most vegetables go well with it. It's a good way to use even single vegetables lingering in the fridge. And often, vegetables taste even better roasted than raw. Their flavor is deeper, and they have more aroma.

Ingredients:

• about 1.5 pounds of chicken breast fillet,
• 3-4 garlic cloves,
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil,
• 1 red onion,
• 2 bell peppers,
• 1 zucchini,
• 1 carrot,
• a handful of cherry tomatoes,
• rosemary or a few sprigs of parsley,
• salt, pepper, paprika, oregano to taste.

Instructions:

1. Rinse the chicken fillet, dry it, and cut it into strips. Place it in a baking dish and sprinkle with salt, pepper, and remaining spices. Drizzle with olive oil.
2. Prepare the vegetables. Peel the onion and slice it. Wash, clean, and slice the bell pepper into strips. Slice the zucchini into half-moons, and do the same with the carrot. Peel the garlic.
3. Add the vegetables, garlic, and tomatoes to the meat. You can season them with salt. Place the herbs on top.
4. Cover the dish and place it in an oven preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the chicken with vegetables for 40 minutes.