Chicken with Cranberry Goat Cheese Topping

Anyone who knows me probably already knows how much I love cranberries.  These thin chicken breasts topped with a cranberry and goat cheese topping served with my homemade cranberry sauce were incredible. 

Recipe adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

6-8 thin chicken breasts

Olive oil for brushing (I used a blood orange infused olive oil)

4 ounces goat cheese

4 ounces Italian blend shredded cheese

½ cup reduced sugar dried cranberries

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

Cranberry Sauce-

12 ounces fresh cranberries

1 cinnamon stick

Zest from 1 orange

½ cup truvia or 1 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons orange juice

1 cup water

Directions:

1. Brush olive oil over the chicken breasts. 
2. Add cranberries, sugar, water, orange zest, orange juice, and cinnamon stick to a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil.  Then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until cranberries begin to burst 15-20 minutes.
3. Add goat cheese, cranberries, Italian seasoning, and Italian cheese to a medium bowl.  Use a fork to mash up goat cheese and mix together. Refrigerate until needed.
4. Spray a nonstick pan with olive oil spray. Cook the chicken breasts over medium heat until just done. 
5. Prepare a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with olive oil spray. Transfer chicken to baking sheet.  Top with cranberry and cheese mixture.  Broil for 5 minutes.
6. Reserve extra cranberry cheese topping to use on spinach salads or eat by the spoonful since it is delicious.
7. Serve chicken with cranberry sauce.
8. Enjoy!