Chicken in a Cranberry Mustard Sauce

[novium]

This is actually a recipe I got from "Cooking with Grad Students" but I made some adjustments, and I've got some suggestions for similar and easier recipes, too (in a seperate post).

See it here (Delicious looking photo).

Here's the original recipe:
Chicken with Cranberry-Mustard Sauce

• Chicken breast, boneless, skinless
• salt, pepper, dried thyme
• olive oil
• 1/2 cup white wine or chicken stock (water as a last resort)
• 1/2 cup roughly chopped cranberries
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard

1. Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and dried thyme. Combine the wine, cranberries, sugar, and mustard in a bowl/measuring cup.
2. Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and cook the chicken until it begins to get golden brown (~4 minutes for the first side, 3 for the second).
3. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and bring to a boil. Cook for another 5 minutes, or until the sauce begins to thicken.
4. Return the chicken to the pan for another 4-5 minutes (top side up only) or until it is cooked through.
5. Serve.

Here are my suggestions- 
1. up the wine. (that's always one of my suggestions. I love wine in cooking).
2. instead of chopped fresh cranberries, used dried cranberries and a bit of juice (I tend to use apple). 
3. Serve with a spinach salad with cranberries, pine nuts, and a balsamic dressing. And garlic mashed potatoes. No, seriously. I often skip the effort of the fancy salad, but I always make the garlic mashed potatoes.