Name: Chicken & Squash Cacciatore, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Olives, Bread
Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 onion; 1 leek; 4 cloves of garlic; 2 slices of smoked pancetta; 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary; Olive oil; 2 fresh bay leaves; 1/2 a butternut squash or sweet potatoes (1 1/4 lbs); 3 1/2 ounces chestnut or cremini mushrooms; 2 (12-oz cans) of plum tomatoes; 1 cup Chianti or other good red wine; 4 chicken thighs, bone in; 8 black olives (with pits); 7 ounce whole-grain bread with seeds

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This truly comforting one-pan supper contains three of our 5-a-day, and the chicken fulfills half of our daily vitamin B12 needs, helping us make healthy red blood cells.

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