BAKED CHICKEN MARINATED IN ROSEMARY – MINCED GARLIC – LEMON AND SERVED WITH A WARM COUNTRY – STYLE SAUCE OF FRESH TOMATO – BASIL – PARSLEY – LEMON – MINCED GARLIC

For 4:

–6 chicken tenderloins or breast strips

The marinade:

–rosemary (dried, bottled, 1 teaspoon)

–garlic (minced, in a jar, 1 teaspoon)

–lemon juice (2 squirts, bottled)

–salt and pepper

–olive oil

The sauce:

–tomato (fresh, 1, medium)

–basil (dried, bottled, 1 tablespoon)

–parsley (fresh, 1 handful, chopped)

–lemon juice (2 squirts)

–garlic (minced, bottled, 1 tablespoon)

–salt and pepper

–extra virgin olive oil (1 tablespoon)

1 – Place the chicken with the marinade in a plastic bag.  Leave in the refrigerator for several hours prior to dinner.  Then place the chicken with marinade in a covered baking dish.  Add one-eighth cup of water for steaming.  Set aside.

2 – Cut the tomato into two halves.  Place in a small, covered baking dish.  Microwave on high for 2 minutes.  Then place the tomato, basil, chopped parsley, lemon juice, minced garlic, and extra virgin olive oil in a food processor.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Pulse until smooth.  Keep warm until time for dinner.

3 – Microwave the chicken for 7 and one-half minutes.  Test a center piece to be sure that it is done.  If not, replace in the microwave for 1 minute more.

4 – Serve the chicken hot, with the warm sauce on the side.

–chicken and sauce adapted from Edward Giobbi’s Pleasures of the Good Earth.