Mysty PfefferIt is always fun to use fresh herbs to make an old favorite more appealing and flavorful. So, I picked a few oregano leaves to create a fresh oregano chicken and zucchini dish. As with any herb, applying them at the end or after cooking allows them to retain their nutritional benefits. For instance, adding fresh oregano to this dish adds antioxidants like thymol, carvacrol, limonene, terpinene, ocimene, and caryophyllene. It’s loaded!
Oregano Benefits
Why are these antioxidants so important? They help reduce cancer cell growth, are used to combat diabetes, they have anti-inflammatory benefits, as well as antibacterial properties. God knew long before he created mankind the diseases he would face and how well his plant creations will help with healing.
This boatful perennial herb is easy to grow, too! All we have to do is plant it and watch it come back year after year.
If that’s not exciting enough, just imagine the flavor. It is peppery an pungent right off the stem, but mellows to a superbly tasty enhancement just wilted in this chicken dish. So, get ready for an easy, healthy, and delicious meal!
Fresh Oregano Chicken & Zucchini
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 2 Cups Precooked Chicken (Baked and sliced or Rotisserie Shredded)
- 1 Medium Organic Zucchini Chopped
- 1 Thinly sliced Carrot
- 1/2 Thin Sliced Onion
- 1 Tbsp. Fresh Chopped Oregano (No stems)
- 2 Tbsp. Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 Tsp. Onion Powder
- 1/2 Tsp. pepper
Heat your skillet to medium heat, add the oil then the onions, carrots, and zucchini. Add the onion powder and pepper to the vegetables sauté until just tender, about 10 min. I do not add salt to this dish because the rotisserie chicken I used for this was well seasoned and all I had to do was add it to the skillet to warm when the vegetables were cooked. The last minute I added the fresh cut oregano. It is Yummy!
I hope you enjoy what God puts in the garden near you, whether it is in your local grocery store or farmer’s market. While His garden is pleasing your belly, let HIs word freshen your soul:
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.
Psalm 40:2-4 ESV – He drew me up from the pit of – Bible Gateway
Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
