Apple Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breasts

By Lisa VanWiliams

These are like Thanksgiving pockets of chicken goodness. Trader Joe's sells some great stuffed chicken breasts but for $13-$18 for two it can get pretty pricey. We made our own home version, and these are the bomb! Same great taste and more for our money.  Pick your favorite stuffing mix and just add some diced Granny Smith apple pieces and Craisins. The sweetness of the apples and Craisins steps up any chicken game and the stuffing keeps it nice and moist. Spray it with some coconut oil just to keep it moist all over, and it adds a little flavor too. You can serve this with sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, Couscous, Quinoa, etc.

We ate it too fast to take an after picture...sorry

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
stuffing mix (enough for two but make a little extra for topping)
2 celery sticks diced
½ small onion diced
dab of butter
chicken broth
½ large Granny Smith apple peeled & diced
handful of Craisins
Sprinkle of Bell's Turkey Seasoning Mix
Coconut oil spray

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Melt some butter and add the onions and celery and cook them down until they are soft. Add in the broth, stuffing mix, and seasoning mix. Add in apples and Craisins last.

Split the chicken breast and stuff each one. Save some reserve stuffing for the tops. Spray each one with oil and put into the oven for about 45 minutes. Enjoy!

Draper James by Reese & Preserve by Blake

Two of our favorite leading ladies have launched Lifestyle sites in the past year. We checked out their sites and saw what they have to offer and here's a quick peek. Check out a few of our picks from each of them here:

Blake Lively first created a Lifestyle brand called Preserve that was launched in the Summer of 2014. The website is hard to navigate through and it's complicated to understand what she is promoting, but she has incredible Boho-chic style and she shows you where to get the same look.
https://www.preserve.us/

$148 Lysa Draped Mini Skirt

$45 Dew Earrings

$300 Crossbody bag in sage

Reese Witherspoon just launched Draper James this Summer which is another Lifestyle brand that offers the Southern Belle style line. Proper linens, Floral prints & magnolia's, bright colors, stationary, handbags, and more.
http://www.draperjames.com/

$200 Printed Knoxville Pant

$85.00 Southern Cocktail Napkins

$65.00 Makeup Pouch

Almond Crusted Tilapia

You can have a high-quality, fast food, healthy lunch for a fraction of the price from Whole Foods prepped deli. We made this incredible tasting lunch for two for roughly $10. The Tilapia was $14.99 a pound but since it's fish it does not weigh that much, so I ended up paying $9.44 for two pieces weighing a little over a ½ pound.

I reheated the fish in the oven for 10 minutes, drizzled with lemon, and placed over a bed of lettuce and goat cheese with a balsamic dressing. Delicious! If your local Whole Foods sells these, try them out and you wont be disappointed. The crust in incredible. Enjoy!