Lemon Garlic Chicken with Asparagus

What You Need:

For chicken:

3 Chicken breasts

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 lemons

2 tbsp butter

1 tsp dried oregano

2 tbsp fresh parsley, optional 

salt and pepper to taste

For asparagus:

1 bunch asparagus

goat cheese (to crumble over asparagus)

2 tbsp chopped walnuts

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

2 tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

What To Do:

For chicken:

Preheat oven to 400.  Place chicken in glass casserole dish and sprinkle with oregano, salt, and pepper.  Melt the butter in the microwave and pour it over the chicken.  Flip the chicken to coat.  Place garlic over chicken.  Squeeze juice from one lemon over chicken.  Bake for 20 minutes on 400. Flip the chicken and bake another 20 minutes on 400.  Reduce the heat to 300 and cook an additional 5 minutes.  Remove from oven and squeeze more lemon juice on top.  Slice a lemon and place on top of chicken breasts for garnish with parsley.  

For asparagus:

Cover bottom of baking dish with foil.  Wash asparagus and remove bottom of stalks.  Place asparagus on baking sheet in a single layer.  Drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Place in oven with chicken for 10 minutes at 400.  While asparagus is cooking, toast walnuts in a skillet over medium heat until brown (2 or 3 minutes).  Remove asparagus from oven, let cool.  Place on serving dish, brush with balsamic vinegar, and crumble goat cheese and walnuts on top.  

The asparagus recipe came from www.boulderlocavor.com

The chicken recipe came from www.ownchef.wordpress.com