Sweet Potato & Pear Honey Chicken Recipe

So…I’ve been living alone for a total of about 3 weeks now. To be fair, for 10 of those days, I was traveling in Bucharest and Athens with Angeline. BUT, I realized something kinda funny while prepping dinner the other day…I am cooking a lot more now than I did when Angeline lived at home. Angeline was sort of a picky eater, so she was never really a big fan of some of the new recipes I tried. After years and years of hearing, “that’s gross,” or “that tastes weird,” I just sort of lost interest in cooking altogether. I cooked when I needed to, and didn’t experiment much, because I knew that I’d be the only one eating whatever it was I made. Now that Angeline is off on her own? I AM COOKING EVERY DAY. Take this Sweet Potato & Pear Honey Chicken Recipe for example; this is something that Angeline probably wouldn’t have liked – save for the side of asparagus.

I love chicken and cook it often as part of my low carb lifestyle – right now I have a whole chicken in the slow cooker with herbs and seasonings, drizzled with olive oil…and my house smells A M A Z I N G. Chicken is such a versatile meat, and you can eat it much more often and red meat or pork without worrying about your fat intake. Three cheers for chicken!

Sweet Potato & Pear Honey Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into cubes
• 1 pear, cut into thin slices
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon honey mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon