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Daily Archives: August 20, 2016

A quick, spicy and sweet chicken stir fry…

  Tonight, I decided to make a quick chicken stir fry. With fresh vegetables, Thai cargo rice, and lean chicken breast, this meal is healthy and balanced. Using several different sauces creates a wonderful variety of flavors in the final dish. Are you ready to give this recipe a try? Spicy and Sweet Chicken Stir Fry Ingredients:  – Stir fry 1 chicken breast, cut into 3/4 inch cubes 1 carrot, halved and bias sliced 1 stalk of celery, bias sliced 1/2 small onion, radially sliced 2 tsp mined garlic 1 1/2 cup broccoli flowerets 1 tbsp of rice vinegar 2 tbsp peanut oil  – Sauce 1/3 cup of spicy banana sauce 1 tsp sriracha sauce 1 tbsp of hoisin sauce 1 tbsp cornstarch 1…

What? Prepare a weekly menu! Are you crazy?

I hope that title caught your eye, because I believe it is where it all starts.  Having a weekly menu allows you to shop efficiently and use fresh ingredients timely.  Here is a quick example of what I mean… Say I feel like making beef fajitas.  I would need some beef, onions, peppers, carrots, tortillas, seasonings, maybe an avocado and/or tomato. When cooking for one, I will only be using half the onion and half the pepper. I bet the smallest package of beef is about a pound and I don’t need to eat a pound a beef at one sitting.  This dilemma is about portion control – something every single person that cooks for themselves wrestles with at some point. If I make…

A sample of cooking for one…

Yes, you can do this…