My Plate: Chicken Caesar Salad Boats with Basil Pesto

Anyone else love a good Trader Joe’s haul? It’s my happy place and after being inspired from one of the girls in my Healthy Holidays Challenge Group, I grabbed all the ingredients to create my own chicken caesar salad boat with basil pesto. You guys, this just might be my most favorite dinner ever. It was SO good. So simple, and healthy.

Don’t sleep on the lemon parmesan asparagus! Making this on repeat.

Shopping list:

Romaine 

Chicken thighs

Basil pesto

Grated parm

Asparagus 

Caesar dressing

Let’s break it down!

Chicken Caesar Salad Boats with Basil Pesto: 

1. Marinate your chicken in my go to, all time favorite: coconut aminos, lemon juice and garlic powder. We grilled our chicken on this night. 

2. Build your boats: basil pesto, chicken, I added chopped red onion and tomatoes, a drizzle of caesar dressing, sprinkle of palm, and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Omg, it’s so good! 

That’s it! So effortless, yet so delicious and healthy!

I told you I was obsessed, I recreated it the very next evening for dinner. Let’s break down the lemon parmesan asparagus!

Lemon Parm Asparagus: place in air-fryer, spray with avocado oil spray, season with lemon pepper, garlic powder, garlic salt and pepper, roast for about 18 mins at 400, sprinkle parm on for the last 2 mins, squeeze with fresh lemon. 

Literally so good. Let me know if you try it! 

The nutrition program (code NICOLEKNOV15 for 15% off) I follow calls for our dinner plates to be 25% protein, 75% veggies and mindful of those accessories - I love hitting my goals, feeling my best, feeding my family the same meals I prepare, I just simply plate it differently. I’m a big believer that our nutrition shouldn’t feel like a full time job, and I need my plan to work FOR me and our full life. If you need support, want to hear more about the program I follow, or join one of my monthly accountability groups, I’d love to connect with you! Email me at nicoleklaverwellness@gmail.com and we can go over all the details.

From my plate to yours, enjoy! xx