February Recipe

2/28/25

By:

Jacob Hubbell

One-pan Chicken with Kale, Butternut Squash, and other vegetables

Are you trying to find a new, healthy dinner favorite with minimal clean-up? If so this is the next recipe to put on your list!

Ingredients

½ cup col-pressed extra virgin Olive Oil
2 tablespoons minced fresh sage
2 teaspoons Honey
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
¾ cup organic plain yogurt
1 tablespoon water
Total of 7 peeled garlic cloves (6 whole, 1 minced)
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
8oz kale, stemmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
2 pounds butternut squash, peeled, seeded, & cut into 1-inch pieces
8 shallots peeled & halved
½ cup dried cranberries
2 teaspoons paprika
4 (8-10 oz) organic bone-in split chicken breasts, trimmed of all visible fat and halved crosswise

Directions

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 475° F
Whisk together oil, sage, ¾ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper in a large bowl until well combined
In a separate bowl whisk together yogurt, water, minced garlic, orange zest, and one tablespoon of oil mixture. Then season with salt and pepper to taste
Vigorously squeeze and massage kale with your hands in a large bowl, until leaves are evenly darkened and slightly wilted, about 1 minute
Add squash, shallots, cranberries, whole garlic cloves, and ¼ cup of oil mixture, tossing to combine
Whisk paprika into the remaining oil mixture, then add the chicken breasts to the oil mixture tossing to coat
Spread vegetable mixture in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet
Place chicken breasts, skin side up, on top of the vegetable layer
Bake till chicken registers 160° F about 25-30 minutes, rotating the sheet halfway through
Remove skin from chicken, discard if desired
Transfer chicken to a serving platter, tent with aluminum, and let rest for 5-10 minutes
Toss vegetables with any accumulated chicken juices and transfer to the platter with the chicken
Drizzle ¼ cup of organic plain yogurt over chicken and vegetables and serve, passing the remaining yogurt between each other. Enjoy!

Notes

You can use boneless chicken breasts but still remove the fat and cut crosswise
You can also use plain Greek yogurt but may need to be mixed to prevent it from being too thick