Riestrella You are doing so awesome with the whole no coke thing, don't worry about talking to us about it haha, I think it's a great thing you're achieving!! Sounds like you've had and still have a few food challenges coming up - all the best of luck! I think you've got the right attitude though
The pasta dish I made is pretty simple. I use my le creuset dutch oven but any sort of biggish/deep pot/pan would probably work. Finely chop an onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, chop the chicken, broccoli, cauliflower and mushrooms into bite size pieces. Make sure you've also got a little butter, a little flour and about a cup of low sodium chicken stock (or vege) at the ready. I used about... 500gm total chicken raw, maybe about a cup each of brocc and cauli and I only had two button mushrooms but I probably would have used four if I'd had them. I have weights of the veges but that's probably not as useful! Here is how I made it:
Cooked chicken in two batches in a nonstick pan with no oil - because I wanted to weigh it cooked haha.
Heat up the big pot, heat a little oil (like less than a tbsp). Fry onions and garlic, making sure to stir so they don't stick. Here's the naughty part - I used about 10gm of butter and a tablespoon of flour to thicken the sauce. Make a well in the onions, melt the butter in there, dump the flour, mix around, then add about 1/4 of the stock. I used a whole cup of low sodium chicken stock total.
Add the vegetables and chicken back in and gradually add more stock, stirring to make sure everything is coated and the sauce doesn't end up TOO thin. It won't be super thick, but if you add the stock too fast it doesn't work as well. Put the lid on for a few minutes to steam the veges through a little more.
Add whatever seasonings you like - I just did a bit of salt, pepper, some paprika and some cayenne pepper, but it's really open.
Cook about 140gm (dry weight) of any type of pasta while this is happening, or do it first and set aside. Penne or spirals are best.
Combine the chicken/vege mixture and the pasta mixture - serve!
I am so not good at telling people how to cook haha, I reread that and I am so sorry if it doesn't make sense!
sun Dumb about your personals getting lost but super good on the running and feeling less uncomfortable. Hope the pizza was good!
~Did what I said I would and got up super early to run this morning. I was out the door running at 7.30am, I did just over 7km and now I'm about to go rinse out my hair dye because I just did that too. Before 10am and I'm feeling accomplished for a holiday Friday! Just have to try to keep my eating in check this weekend!!!
I understand where you're coming from. I have been feeling horrible yesterday and today. I hope you feel better soon, and don't give up! You can do it. :-)
