Tonight I came home from work and did a “core stability” exercise session; I’d planned a rest day, but all the cool kids (meaning, the other women in my boat) were doing it, and it requires only a swiss ball and a mat, both of which I do have. Can’t hurt.
After that came dinner. My local grocery has remodeled, and in the process added to their stock of preprepped food, which was already not negligible. As a result, I didn’t so much cook night’s yummy dinner as just assemble it. One large chicken breast (sold individually, though obviously I could have bought a bigger package and portioned them out myself), cut into about 1″ pieces; one bag of pre-chopped “Japanese wok vegetables” consisting mostly of leeks (more Dutch than Japanese!), mushrooms, and snap peas (I could have cut these myself, but I’d probably have had to buy so much that I’d have a lot of leftovers going bad); one package of Indian yellow rice, precooked and requiring only heating (I have no idea what makes it yellow – saffron? But wouldn’t that be too expensive?); one bag of green curry sauce (I have no idea how you make this). I sauteed the chicken, added the veggies once the chicken was nearly done, then added the curry to heat it, microwaved the rice, and served the curry mix over the rice. Very good, and I’ll definitely make it again. Surprisingly, because I don’t tend to eat all that much at a time, there isn’t enough for a complete dinner tomorrow; I’ll have it with a salad or something.
Nice! I’m glad you cook for yourself. Alone I tend to graze and cereal or a sandwich is about as much ‘cooking’ as I’ll do. ~LA
I think in the prepared rice packages they use turmeric to give the yellow color, and cook the rice in chicken stock to give it flavour. Looks like saffron rice, but way cheaper.