When I left work last night, I was starving. It seemed I was hungry all day and it wasn't for lack of eating. I had my breakfast sandwich, a good lunch and an afternoon V8 juice (though I usually have a little more to my afternoon snack). Anyway, it had been a long day, I was a little stressed, hungry, and tired. Then I got home and realized I needed to figure out what to make for dinner. I wanted something kind of fast, but filling too. Eggs? Grilled cheese? Nah. Not appealing.
I took out a few chicken breasts and tossed 'em in the microwave to defrost. While that was going on, I poured a little olive oil in to a pot and let it get hot while I coarsely chopped about half an medium-sized onion. I sauteed the onion and soon added the chicken breasts. I seasoned with salt, pepper, dried oregano, and lots of garlic powder (I forgot to get fresh garlic the other day!). I let those cook for a bit with the cover on while I prepared some plain couscous according to the directions on the box. Then, I added a can of diced tomatoes to the chicken and onions, a couple pats of butter and a little white wine I had left over. Next, I added some frozen cut leaf spinach... I'd say it was nearly 2 cups....but it was frozen and in little clumps, so it may have been less. I let that simmer for a while, maing sure the chicken was cooked through and the spinach was thawed. Finally, I fluffed up my couscous, put some on a plate with a chicken breast and spooned the tomatoes, onions, and spinach over the couscous and chicken, added lots of the juice.
It was so good! So simple! I just let it all cook while I took care of the dogs, got the mail, etc. AND I have leftovers for lunch and dinner since I made a few pieces of chicken. Mmmm.
6 comments:
Wow! You are very creative! I always have to follow a recipe...in whatever I'm doing-no
ad-libbing for me! That's a good quality and it sounds so yummy! Smart idea to make more so you can eat on it for a couple of meals.
Aren't those the best type of meals?
This makes me crave sun dried tomatoes and capers...mmmm
yum... can you come cook for me?
This makes me want that sea bass we had at that restaurant in Loveland that one time. I'm not sure why, but it's 8:30 Friday morning and now I want that sea bass. What to do?
Hmm, sometimes when you are craving a very specific thing, especially one so very far far away, there's a good chance it's an emotional thing. Try to figure out that emotional thing. And then, have fish for dinner tonight...after you figured out the emotional thing.
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