Ginger-Lime Grilled Chicken with Coconut

To kick off the grilling season, as a part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias® and Smart and Final, I made this Ginger-Lime Grilled Chicken with Coconut using First Street Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts with rib meat. #ChooseSmart

The flavors of this Ginger-Lime Grilled Chicken with Coconut scream summertime. Not to mention the beautiful aromas you will enjoy while preparing and cooking this dish - it's like being away on a tropical vacation. 

Ginger-Lime Grilled Chicken with Coconut
(PRINTABLE RECIPE)
Ingredients
1 cup shredded coconut, sweetened
½ oz fresh ginger, chopped
zest of 1 lime
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
½ tablespoon chopped garlic
½ teaspoon red chili flakes
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup olive oil
3lbs First Street Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, with rib meat

First, finely chop the shredded coconut. I used my food processor and it made the job a breeze!

Rest assure that this chicken will not be sweet - we will be adding a little heat with some chopped garlic and chili flakes.

Combine ½ cup coconut, ginger, lime zest, lime juice, garlic, chili flakes, soy sauce and olive oil in food processor and process until fully combined.

Marinade chicken breasts in Ginger-Lime & Coconut sauce for 4 hours. I have found that using a gallon size freezer bag works great for this. Then, grill the chicken over medium-high heat - about 7 minutes on each side or until clear juices run when pierced with a knife. Sprinkle with remaining coconut and cover grill for a minute to let coconut set on chicken. Remove from grill and serve with lime wedges for squeezing.

I am in love with this recipe for chicken and am so happy it found it's way into my life. I served the Ginger-Lime Grilled Chicken with Coconut with green peas and cilantro rice, which resulted in no leftovers. Score!

Starting on May 22nd, First Street Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts with rib meat will be on sale at Smart & Final for $1.97 a pound. If you have any other chicken needs - make sure to check out Smart & Final's selection, they had every cut of chicken I could ask for when I visited the other day. Another great deal that is starting next week will be Farmer John Pork Spareribs, lean and meaty, sold in the bag for $1.79.

Thank you for reading! Have you fired up your grill yet this year?

Facebook Like Hike #2 - Co-hosting with Anyonita Nibbles!!

This weekend I am doing two things that I love - co-hosting a linky party and cooking! You know I am a happy girl right now. :)

I am co-hosting the Facebook Like Hike, which is the brainchild of Anyonita of Anyonita Nibbles. Make sure you go check out her site - she just posted a Skinny Apple & Cherry Ombre Smoothie recipe that looks wonderful! You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest & my new favorite, Instagram - so go see what she is cooking!

The other cohost this week is Holly from Mess Makes Food. Her most recent post of Carrot Cake Whoopie Pie is seriously making me think about trying my hand at whoopie pies - they look awesome! Make sure to go check out her site, she has shared all kinds of goodies.

Now let's talk about the Facebook Like Hike!!

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Here is how it works:

1. Like the first 4 links & let us know so we can do the same
2. Link to your Facebook page and not to your individual profile. Eg the URL for my blog's Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/anyonitanibbles
3. You have to like other people's pages in order for your page to get liked
4. You must like from your personal Facebook page in order for it to count. (Facebook does not increase the number of likes when pages like each other; only when people like pages.)
5. Send a message/comment stating that you have liked the page as a part of the Like Hike and that you would appreciate it if they liked you in return.
6. If you see your likes increase, Tweet about the party (#fblikehike) & grab our button to display on your blog or site!

Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy! Let's do this!!

Racing into Springtime with Tyson Nuggets #SpringtimeNuggets

When you think about Springtime, what is the first thing that pops into your head?

For my family, when Spring arrives, we have one thing on our minds – off-road racing!! It’s time to head out to the racetrack and enjoy the races with family and friends. It is what we look forward to the rest of the year!

A couple weekends ago we came back from the races and made the kiddos a quick dinner of Tyson Nuggets, fries & carrots. While eating dinner, our sons were driving the chicken nuggets around their plates like little cars – complete with engine noise. I was inspired at that very moment to do a little Springtime decorating and make my boys some #SpringtimeNuggets!

My sons love going to the racetrack and seeing all the race vehicles. I wanted to give them a little snapshot of the race on their dinner plate as a surprise.

So, I went back to Walmart to pick up more Tyson Nuggets (I will never complain about having to go to Walmart!) – check out my shopping trip here on Google+. I found some fun stuff that I had never seen at Walmart before!

If you don’t have time to make homemade chicken nuggets – I recommend Tyson Chicken Nuggets all the way. First reason being, they are 100% All Natural Ingredients – reading the label doesn’t leave you confused, all of the ingredients are items you could regularly find in my pantry. No preservatives and no fillers. Second, Tyson Foods has a long-standing commitment to the well-being and proper handling of the animals used in its food products. Those are two important factors when deciding what to feed my family.

In addition to the Tyson Chicken Nuggets – I also bought fruit roll-ups, celery, peanut butter, raisins, sliced olives, dried blueberries, a few potatoes and a bag of spinach to complete the racing scene. The only “cooking” that had to be done was heating the nuggets in the oven and boiling the potatoes – so not really cooking at all, just a tad bit of movement in the kitchen. ;)

My husband and I gathered up our supplies and attempted to hideout from the kiddos while we assembled their plates. Fruit roll-ups were the color for the #SpringtimeNuggets cars, dried blueberries pressed into the center of sliced olives were wheels, celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins were the fans in the stands, chopped spinach was the grass alongside the racetrack, the potato peel was the dirt under the stands and the mashies were the track.

I was so stinkin' excited to show our boys!!

They were devouring their plates before I could grab the camera! My oldest, Bubba, kept showing me that he was eating a "car". They both thought it was so cool. Total score for Mom & Dad on making a kid friendly meal that the munchkins loved!! I will totally be doing this again, but with a different theme - maybe for an upcoming season. The hubby and I will have to think of something just as awesome to make out of more tyson chicken nuggets.

If you want to try your hand at decorating some Tyson Nuggets right now - check out this fun Springtime Nuggets app on Tyson's Facebook page!

You can also connect with Tyson on their website (http://www.tyson.com/) and Twitter (@ClubTysonLive).

Thanks for reading! I hope I helped spark a little Springtime inspiration into at least one of your meals this season. :)

See how @hungryharps is racing into Springtime with @clubtysonlive Chicken Nuggets! goo.gl/i6T0V #SpringtimeNuggets #cbias
— Jess Harp (@HungryHarps) May 15, 2013