Rosemary...with Chicken and Mushrooms

In my quest to eat healthier, I've been trying my hand at new recipes...

......because spinach and chicken only taste good for so long.
Ignore the amount of butter on the yam, I swear I scraped some of it off.

I guess I should inform you all that "eating healthier" for me entails not only cutting out junk, but cutting out grains and processed carbohydrates as well... This is referred to by some as "primal" or "paleo" eating.....sort of. Most of my meals get the labeling of almost paleo. (The above meal...which is one of my favorites...falls out of some peoples' paleo category with the yam.) I can never keep all of the rules straight so I've settled for "sort of" and am calling it good.

Here's how my first new recipe adventure went...I was particularly thankful that I am the only human in the house right now, because that means I'm the only one who had to suffer through this meal. I informed the hubs about what he missed out on and I'm sure he's disappointed in me for doing such a horrible thing to mushrooms.

First, I boiled chicken.

I boil a lot of chicken at the M&M residence

While the chicken boiled, I combined 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 4 tablespoons of hazelnuts, 1/2 tablespoon of garlic powder, a sprinkle of ground black pepper and sea salt,

and (ooops) 1/2 tablespoon of dried rosemary

and let it all cook together... 

there's no rosemary in there yet....trust me, you would see it.

Then I sliced up mushrooms.
 Yes, I'm aware you can buy them pre-sliced, but they are 30 cents cheaper if you slice them yourself.

Then I put the mushrooms in my rosemary-infested mixture and let everything cook together until the mushrooms got soggy. (Sounds yummy, huh?)

And I poured this over my boiled chicken. See the rosemary?

It tasted horrible! So why am I sharing it with you???? Because, had I used the correct measuring spoon to add the rosemary, it probably would have been yummy. Note to self....1 teaspoon is not the same as a 1/2 tablespoon. Four toothbrushings and six meals later, I swear I can still taste rosemary. I might try this recipe again one day without the rosemary, or maybe just a pinch.

...on a completely unrelated note. My husband called me a badass today. :) Life goal #12, complete.