Spinach and Artichoke Chicken + Safeway Giftcard Giveaway!

Spinach and artichoke dip, step aside! This creamy, dreamy chicken dish is completely dairy free and gluten free, but is full of vegetables and healthy fats. Serve with spaghetti squash to keep it paleo, eat it alone, or brown bag it to work for lunch!

I haven’t written a recipe post since the holidays and it feels kind of funky! (Have I forgotten how to write?) But I’m excited to be sharing this dish with you all today. Since we’ve embarked on our Whole30 for the month, we’ve had to get creative with the basics since pretty much all you can eat is meat and vegetables. I didn’t realize how exotic and adventurous we normally were with cooking or going out to eat! We said goodbye to Thai food on Fridays, and hello to re-thinking how many variations of roasted potatoes we could manage. But, on the flipside, it’s been really great to go back to those classics of “chicken and vegetables” or “eggs and fruit”. And on a similar note, it’s forced us to cook a lot more and sit down to enjoy meals together.

So to keep us interested with these basic ingredients, I’ve gotten to experiment a bit in the kitchen. When I was reached out to try new Foster Farms Organic chicken, it was the perfect partnership while we’re doing the Whole30 since we’ve certainly been eating our fair share of chicken! Over the past year or two, when it’s up to me, I’ve started to only purchase grass-fed beef or pasture raised chicken and eggs, and often trying to keep it as local as possible. It’s something I feel passionately about. I’ve actively stayed away from brands like Foster Farms and Tyson.

CRISPY SKIN YES PLEASE

But when I found out that Foster Farms was asking me to promote a new line of organic, free range, no hormones, vegetarian-fed chickens, I was really impressed that a big food corporation had chosen to move in that direction. The fact that Foster Farms is in so many grocery stores already, these products could reach many customers who may not have had access to organic meat before. I think it’s awesome that this chicken will be available in Safeways throughout the Bay Area, so everyone to enjoy a healthier raised bird. Availability to good, wholesome meat and vegetables is just basics to human needs 101, and I find myself getting all riled up with my Public Health degree background when I hear about food deserts so close to me in San Francisco!

There’s a fantastic food movement here in San Francisco, and it’s one of my favorite things about living here. I feel like there are two sides to the city sometimes. There’s the tech side - where there really is an app for everything, you drink meal replacement shakes for your meals, and you take a wifi-enabled shuttle to the Silicon Valley every day for work. But there’s this other side to the city as well - a real food movement all about going back to the basics. We’re baking our own bread, we’re fermenting our own kombucha, we’re going to farmer’s markets, and we’re cooking our own food again. And then if you think about a Venn diagram - the area where the food movement and the tech collide - that of course exists as well. Remember my post on Sprig?

Anyways, I’m glad that this food movement has penetrated (acceptable use of the word penetrate?) both big food corporations to provide organic products across the Bay Area, and I’m glad to be able to promote it as well!

I hope you can find a way to incorporate this recipe - a new twist on a classic, basic favorite. We surely did! To make it easier for you to try this recipe at home, we’re giving away three $20 giftcards to Safeway. Enter the raffle below for a chance at free groceries!

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