I’ve mentioned that I want to become a better cook. I’ve had more groceries around the house that actually require cooking due to my girlfriend visiting.
I figure I’ll work toward the “middle ground” stuff. Simple enough that it doesn’t take too long, yet isn’t just heating something up, or throwing it on the grill.
I had some brown rice that I put on to boil with spices and frozen peas. I had some chicken tenderloin that I dipped in flour with some spices. I pan-fried it in a small amount of olive oil.
This was a rather simple meal, but it’s different than what I usually do.
I didn’t spend a lot of time trying to calculating calories, but the two pieces of meat and small serving of rice seems to be about 650 calories. I had enough left for another meal.
With more practice the rice will be better. It was slightly mushy.
That looks really good. That plate needs a side of veggies, though, don’t you think? I used to think fresh vegetables were the only way to go, but I’ve been reading that frozen can be more nutritious, because they are frozen when they are perfectly fresh. I have a good supply of frozen vegetables in my freezer.
French-cut green beans would look great on that plate!
I didn’t really think about vegetables at the time. I’m not sure why. I’ll be sure to microwave some frozen veggies when I eat the left-overs from this.