A low carb version of this popular dish – pan-fried free range chicken breasts and broccoli covered in a sauce made from coconut milk, double cream and parmesan and topped with crispy bacon.

Daily Dish is a brilliant new company that is revolutionising the way you look at your weekday family dinners. Every week they deliver everything I need to cook amazing meals. Here is a fresh new low-card recipe they sent through.

You know the deal: You get home late, you’ve had a kak day at work and now you have to think of meal to make – what a luss. Or even worse, you have to stop by the shops first to by the stuff you need! Urrrgh! And you never use all the ingredients and you throw it away – right?

But with Daily Dish, you let someone else do the thinking, planning and shopping – so all you’re left to do is the fun part – cooking!

Here’s one of their sample recipes for you to try tonight – only difference is you have to get the ingredients (painful) and throw away what you don’t use (waste). They supply everything as you see below, except for the things “from your pantry.”

Serves 2 (I usually get the 4 serving so we have leftovers for lunch the next day!)

1/2 head broccoli – cut into small florets
2 chicken breasts – cut into small cubes
75g bacon
1/2 cup coconut milk
3 tbsp thick cream
4 tbsp butter (from your pantry)
25g parmesan cheese – grate finely
2 eggs (from your pantry)
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 onion – peel and chop finely
salt, pepper and vegetable oil (from your pantry)

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Step 2

Put a few glugs of vegetable oil in a large saucepan on medium to high heat. Season the chicken cubes well with salt and freshly ground pepper. Add to the hot pan and pan-fry for about 7 or 8 minutes until browned and cooked through.

Step 3

Bring a saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the broccoli and boil for about 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from stove, drain and set aside.

Step 4

Melt the butter in a saucepan on medium heat.

Step 5

In a large mixing bowl whisk (or whip with a fork) melted butter, cream, coconut milk, garlic powder, parmesan (reserving about of quarter of the cheese for the topping), salt, onion and eggs. Then add the chicken and broccoli and mix well.

Step 6

Pour the mixture into a casserole or dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and lay rashers of bacon on top (in a single layer – no overlapping).

Step 7

Bake in pre-heated oven (220°C) for 30 minutes – turning the grill on for the last 5 minutes to make the bacon nice and crispy.

Step 8

When done, remove from oven and let it stand for 5 minutes before serving.

ENJOY!

Now imagine getting only the exact ingredients you need to make that, plus the recipe and ingredients for three other meals – delivered to you every Monday? And because these guys buy quality produce in bulk, the price per head per meal is often as low as R35.

Check out Daily Dish and get that one step closer to living the holiday. 

Check out Daily Dish and get that one step closer to living the holiday.