Stuffed, bacon-wrapped chicken

In the fall, there is nothing that I enjoy more than coming home on a Friday night and making a really special dinner to kick off the weekend. It's usually one of those nights when I don't want to spend a ton of time preparing a meal, but I want something pretty and different! My creative juices are usually flowing, so this one is created solely by ME! It's so simple, and absolutely DELICIOUS!

Stuffed, bacon-wrapped chicken

1/4 bottle Garlic Expressions Marinade (Best chicken marinade EVER! If you can't find it, any type of garlicky chicken marinade will work.)
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup fresh spinach leaves, trimmed and torn
1 - 1 1/2 tbsp pesto
2 tbsp parmesan cheese
2 slices bacon (Definitely recommend using regular or center-cut, not turkey, for this one!)

1. Marinate the chicken in the Garlic Expressions marinade overnight
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
3. Mix together spinach, pesto and cheese
4. Cut a slit lengthwise in the chicken breasts and stuff each evenly with the mixture
5. Wrap each piece of chicken width-wise with a slice of bacon
6. Place each piece of chicken in an individual baking dish, if possible, or one small baking dish coated with PAM
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through

The juices from the bacon really add to the chicken, which is why I recommend the individual baking dishes that you can serve directly from the oven. Adding bacon makes this very man-friendly, Mark gave it a 9/10! Check back for a great accompaniment to this dish- barley with sauteed veggies!

Tip- Marinating chicken with this great stuff can be the basis for a million different options. So anytime you're unsure of what to do for dinner, throw some chicken in the fridge to marinate at least the morning of (if not the night before), and you'll be sure to think of something to do with it by the time you get home!