This recipe – like many of my creations – was a simple and off the cuff creation based on the contents of the fridge.

When I was a student teacher, and my wife was just out of graduate school, our relatively low income limited our food budget. Our repertoire of recipes included simple and cheap meals: ground beef tacos, pasta with red sauce, hot dogs and hamburgers, and chicken with bottled marinades. One of our favorites was a simple lemon-pepper marinade – like Lawry’s – which was a nice departure from the usual, BBQ or teriyaki sauce.

While our combined income and interest in good food have both increased since those days, our tastes have not shifted as dynamically. As such, lemon pepper chicken is still a fairly normal part of our weekly menu-plans, although the recipe has transformed – and freshened up – quite a bit.

This recipe is…