Sheet Pan Hummus Chicken & Roasted Green Beans a fast, hands-off meal so you can finish up your day without the stress of cooking!
Happy One Pan Motivation Monday! So this weekend I listened to an AWESOME podcast which really got me thinking about so many things. In this podcast Tony Robbins was the guest speaker, I thought I’d turn it off pretty quickly because in general he kind of irritates me.
This time, though, he sucked me in and I was all ears. The part that was particularly interesting to me was when he was talking about stress. What are the reasons that you get stressed? Something doesn’t go your way, someone, maybe yourself or someone else failed to do something and there is a cost.
That cost can only relate to one of three things: lost, less, never. You perceive you have lost something, you have less of something, or you will never obtain something. Could be money, credibility, your reputation, or a million other things.
We’ve all felt it, you may be feeling it right now. But think of this, as Toni asked,
“What are the chances of everybody doing exactly what you think they should do the right way every day?
Zero.
What are the chances of everybody you love doing what you want them to do the way you want them to do it every single day?
Zero.
What are the chances of YOU doing the right thing the right way every single day, even if you are talented and disciplined?
Zero. “
I literally was laughing out loud in my car listening to that, I mean it’s almost laughable that we have any expectations at all. Which is what he went on to say, trading our expectations for appreciation is the only antidote to the stress of loss, less, or never. You can’t be grateful and worried, fearful, or angry simultaneously.
To me, it makes sense because I often counsel my Hungry Hobby RD clients to let go of slip-ups. In fact, I coach them to not even think of slip-ups as slip-ups. To appreciate in the moment something they learned or gained from whatever food choice they wish they would have made differently.
Maybe they realized that food didn’t make them feel that great, give them as much pleasure as they thought, or could have been easily swapped. Maybe they realized that was a great choice at the moment because it was a memory created they will cherish.
I already have developed the habit of gratitude journaling every morning which has quite literally transformed my personality and happiness. So, the next challenge is to develop the habit of appreciation in the moments of stress.
To trade my expectations of perfection for appreciation of what I have at that moment. If nothing else, I can appreciate fast healthy meals like this hummus chicken, which is freaking delicious! Seriously, easiest, tastiest meal ever!
Sheet Pan Hummus Chicken & Roasted Green Beans
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Sheet Pan Hummus Chicken & Roasted Green Beans
Sheet Pan Hummus Chicken & Roasted Green Beans a fast, hands-off meal so you can finish up your day without the stress of cooking!
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast
- 1/2 cup hummus I used Hope Coconut Curry
- 1 pound green beans cleaned and trimmed
- cooking spray avocado oil spray
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Line a baking sheet with heavy-duty aluminum foil and grease foil with cooking spray.
- Tenderize chicken breast with meat tenderizer (one side only, you don't want it too thin) and place on one side of baking sheet. Cover each raw chicken breast with 1/4 cup hummus.
- Toss green beans with seasonings and 1/2 tablespoon oil or mist with cooking spray. Spread them out evenly on the other half of the sheet.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165F and is cooked throughout. Toss green beans half way through at the 15-20 minute mark.
- For crispiness on top, broil for 3-5 minutes. Watch the green beans you don't want them to get overly crispy like some of mine did!
Recipe Notes
Watch your green beans as they may cook faster than your chicken. If they get nice and tender before chicken is done, just remove them and allow the chicken to continue cooking.
I made two pans at one time which made the process a bit trickier. The bottom pan cooked much faster than the top because it was closer to the heat. You may want to rotate the pans halfway through if you cook more than one pan at a time!
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Hummus on chicken is a great idea!! I haven’t had hummus in a while and now I’m craving it!
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Hi Kelli, love the gratitude journaling idea – in today’s fast-changing world with lots of pressure, it’s really essential to remind ourselves of all the good fortune we have in this world and feel the content.
Another good practice to do is to have a 5-10 minute check-in session with ourselves at the end of the day to reflect on ourselves and our learnings – were we happy today? was there something that made us a hero today? was there something that we could have done in a different way to make it better? Have I been improving myself? It’d help us so much to learn who we really are from the inside as some people say “we are in a jar, we just can’t see the label on it.”
I totally do that! Turns out I find myself boring because the process usually puts me to sleep right away ha ha
Haha better than sleeping pills!