This Quick and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken is about to be your favorite new weeknight supper. It’s intensely flavorful, and it’s as simple to make as tossing ingredients in a pan. Plus, I am sharing my healthy supper cheat code…. so good and there’s gravy involved… .
This issue also shares
- The Best Life Living Tip: Power Plays with Ask, Answer, Act.💪🏻
- The Self-Care Technique: How to Put Yourself in the Best Place for Success🎖️
- Ideas and Inspiration: Mercy Chefs to the Rescue🙏🏻
Read on for more – including this fantastic recipe for Quick and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken.
Best Life Living Tip
I recently attended the Marie Claire Power Play event in Atlanta. According to editor Nikki Ogunnaike, “Power plays out in so many areas of our lives. But the concept can be complicated, especially for women. Too much power and you’re unlikable. Not enough, and you risk not having a seat at the table.”
So, what should power mean to us? What should it be used for, and who should have it?
These are the kind of questions they’re exploring at Marie Claire, both at their Power Play events, where they gather and celebrate influential women, and in their coverage of politics, money, career, and leadership.
SO many great takeaways — but one of my favorites was from A-G1 supplement CEO Kat Cole.
She succinctly stated that we must, “Ask. Answer. Act.”
It’s a super smart and powerful tool to lead growth and change in all areas of our lives, both personal and professional. You can do it!
Self-Care Strategy
You have to put yourself in the best place for success.
Have a big meeting tomorrow? Get a good night’s sleep. Need to review finance and make sure things add up? Let’s put down the glass of wine.
I know I do my best writing in the morning, even though I am a late-night person. My “words work better” when I am fresh.
I was on the phone with a dear friend this week. She had run errands all day, went to 2 different stores for recipe ingredients, and then started making Barbecue Sauce at 4:30 in the afternoon, just before she had to have supper on the table for her family.
She was exasperated.
I said, “Honey, this is not your job! This is something you want to do. You do not have to do it today. Do it tomorrow when you are fresh. Give yourself the best chance of success.”
It hit me — that can apply to us every day!
Sure, we all have to do things we may want or not want to do. One way or the other, the key to success is to put yourself in the best place for success.
BTW I’ve included the recipe for the BBQ Sauce she was making below. It’s my own Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce!
Ideas and Inspiration
Mercy Chefs is a faith-based, non-profit disaster and humanitarian relief organization. They provide professionally prepared, restaurant-quality meals to victims, volunteers, and first responders in natural disasters and emergencies. It’s all about providing hope to people in crisis.
They provide disaster relief, create permanent community kitchens, and offer assistance for those with food insecurity. On deployment, their professional chefs prepare high-quality, hot meals on a mass scale—up to 20,000 meals a day—for victims, first responders, and volunteers!
Feeding Body and Soul
Their motto is “Feeding Body and Soul,” which is what we all need. Make sure to give them a follow on IG at @mercychefs
I am thrilled to be a small part of their amazing work as the guest chef for their fundraising weekend. If you are in the Norfolk area — or want a great weekend in the beautiful Hampton Roads area of Virginia, please see more information about events HERE!
Lastly, if you cannot make the weekend but want to support the amazing work that they do, please BE AN ANGEL AND DONATE HERE.
Good and Good for You™Living Spotlight
Good and Good for You™ shares the power of positive behavior in all aspects of our lives. From recipes like this Quick and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken to self-care strategies on how to be more positive.
I am excited to share my approach at “Wellness in Design at ADAC” – an immersive and transformative experience dedicated to the powerful intersection of wellness, design, and neuroaesthetics.
Throughout this full-day experience, guests will engage in thought-provoking conversations, hands-on explorations, and meaningful connections within the design community.
Attendees will leave not just inspired but empowered to create spaces that enhance well-being and truly nourish the mind, body, and soul.
For more information and tickets, please visit HERE.
Make it Count
So what’s the cheat code? Serving warm protein on salad and skipping the starch altogether. Guess what’s the salad dressing? The gravy. Yes, spoon the cooking juices over the greens and it’s explosive flavor. You’re going to love it. I’ve nearly quit having a starch at supper. It’s greens and vegetables with protein. Give it a try!
Thanks so much for reading. Below you will find a recipe for the Quick and Easy Honey Garlic Chicken and a bonus recipe for my Vidalia Onion Barbecue Sauce.
Please follow me on IG @virginiawillis for more best life tips, self-care strategies, ideas and inspiration, and healthy recipes.
As long as you’re doing what’s Good and Good for You™ more often than not, you’re on the right track.
🙌🏻 You can do it!
Bon Appétit Y’all!
Virginia Willis
PS Let’s go to France! Click HERE to learn more about my Good and Good for You™ River Cruise through Burgundy and Provence.
Quick and Easy Baked Honey Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
- 4 bone in skin on chicken thighs
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium tamari or soy
- Zest and juice of 1 orange
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 16 ounces salad greens for serving
- 1/2 cup mixed chopped herbs such as parsley, basil, and dill
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Remove the skin from the chicken thighs and discard. Place the in an ovenproof skillet. Drizzle over the honey and tamari. Add orange zest and juice, garlic, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Season with salt and pepper. Turn to coat.
- Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook until the juices run clear when pierced with a knife and the temperature reads 165°F when measured with an instant-read thermometer, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and turn to coat. Top with herbs. Serve on salad greens with the cooking juices spooned over the chicken and greens.
Nutrition
Vidalia Onion BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon pure olive oil
- 2 sweet onions preferably Vidalia, grated (about 1 pound)
- 1 20- ounce bottle reduced sugar ketchup 2 ½ cups
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup honey
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- Pinch of cayenne pepper or to taste
- Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add the ketchup. (If using a 20-ounce bottle pour the cider in the emptied bottle and shake to get every last little bit of ketchup.) Add the cider, honey, lemon juice, Worcestershire, Dijon mustard, and cayenne pepper. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, decrease the heat to low, and simmer until the flavors have smoothed and mellowed, at least 10 and up to 30 minutes. Taste and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
