Chicken and eggs and chicken and eggs and chicken and

[nightengalesknd]

I've been tired lately. This is probably due partly to my work, which is only mentally exhausting on the days when it's not also physically exhausting. My hours are better this year than last year, in that I'm only completely worn out twice a week, rather than completely worn out twice a week and mostly worn out the other three days. But I still

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[aries11]

Good for you for wanting to eat better. Ever since I joined Weight Watchers, I've been all about that. I still allow myself treats every now and then, but I've made a real effort to cook more "real" food as they say. I don't just make a quick run to the nearest take-out place or throw a frozen pizza into the oven. I've also utilized leftovers. Any one recipe can usually provide me two or three meals. I use it up until it's gone.

[nightengalesknd]

It's a thing, isn't it. Trying to change eating. I've gone on more intensive calorie counting quests before, but right now I think it's more about the planning. And I just like real food better. If only it would cook itself on work-nights!

[kittenmommy]

Something you can make ahead on the weekend: whole roasted chicken. It doesn't require a lot of work (season the bird and throw it in the oven until it's done) and since you're only one person, you could get a few meals out of it!

If you want recipes, let me know. ;)

[nightengalesknd]

I don't eat a lot of meat, but when I do, I generally do either breasts or drumsticks because whole chicken exceeds what I can safely lift. Sometimes I bake them and sometimes they appear as a byproduct to homemade broth. Actually I should probably eat the breasts currently in my freezer because I'm nearly out of broth. Next weekend I have to prepare for a trip to Phoenix, and the weekend after will be spent in Phoenix, so the weekend afterwards I plan to spend brothing and otherwise replentishing the freezer.

[kittenmommy]

I don't eat a lot of meat, but when I do, I generally do either breasts or drumsticks because whole chicken exceeds what I can safely lift.

Really? Because in my experience, chickens weigh about as much as a human infant (sometimes less!), and are generally less lively and squirmy.

But I also have an excellent recipe for Cornish hens, which are really, really small. You can get two servings out of one, and four servings out of two. And OMG, it's really delicious!

Sometimes I bake them and sometimes they appear as a byproduct to homemade broth.

I have never actually made homemade broth or stock, so you've got one up on me there.

Actually I should probably eat the breasts currently in my freezer because I'm nearly out of broth.

Chicken breasts cooked with tarragon and lemon juice make excellent chicken salad! Mix in some mayo and walnuts, and OM NOM NOM NOM!

Next weekend I have to prepare for a trip to Phoenix, and the weekend after will be spent in Phoenix, so the weekend afterwards I plan to spend brothing and otherwise

[nightengalesknd]

What I mean by sushi salad is - rice, tofu, nori, rice vinegar, onions, soy sauce, all sort of mixed together in a bowl. I usually heat the rice so it isn't really salad, but more like deconstructed sushi. The stars have to allign for this one because it requires both cooked rice and reasonably fresh tofu, not frozen tofu or tofu that has been sitting in the back of the refrigerator for 4 days

[kittenmommy]

Greek yoghurt is also a delicious, high-protein treat. For extra WIN, go for the plain stuff. OMG, it's like guilt-free sour cream!

[nightengalesknd]

I like to make yogurt cheese (when I can fid non low-fat yogurt) and mix it with tuna fish or just eat it with crackers. Although I wish I could tell if the carbohydrtes stayed in the thick part or drained out with the whey. That's one advantage to sour cream - no carbs!

[bookgirlwa]

Discovered the best thing for us spoon-deprived PWDs last year - crockpots/slowcookers. Just throw everything into it in the morning (or last thing at night), and it will cook away happily while you are at work (asleep) and you have something yummy at the end with minimal effort, and lots of leftovers to freeze. If you are cooking meat it ends up so beautiful and tender, you can cut it with a fork and a weak hand. There are stacks of recipe out there for all kinds of meals and it makes beautiful soups and stews. I scoop it out of the pot with spoons to serve or to put into containers to freeze, and when it is empty again, it's light enough to lift out and put in the sink to wash,

Best. Appliance. EVER!

[nightengalesknd]

Yup I have one . I won't put meat in it but it makes a lovely chili that lasts for 5 meals. Unfortunately mine has an attached cord so it can't go into the sink itself, but I did find disposible crockpot liners that cut down on the cleaning needed.

[glynhogen]

I second the soups-and-stews recommendation. I oddly find it easier to pour some soup into tupperware (assuming I can find a reasonably-sized container with a matching lid; stupid plastic-eating dog) in the morning than to throw together a sandwich. Most of the time we don't need to freeze anything, but it's nice to have that option. I don't really do the slow cooker thing, but I like making gumbo for similar fire-and-forget reasons. Pay attention for fifteen minutes at the beginning, and then just kind of throw stuff in at more-or-less the right time; and it goes nicely with white rice

[nightengalesknd]

I've been doing soup for work lately. Due to the weather I've done a complete meal flip-flop. It's freezing at work with the air conditining , so I've been bringing bean soup to heat up. Then I get home and it's hot, so I've been having a cold dinner.

I admit my interest in casserole pretty much starts and ends with tuna-noodle. I did impulse-buy a single-serving casserole dish last year, though, so maybe something else will inspire me.

Your week of chicken would last me months. I have chicken maybe two or three meals a month? If that? I'll do a chicken dinner, followed by chicken salad, or a two-meal mu shu chicken when I buy the cabbage, and then none for weeks. And I eat less beef than chicken. So unless I'm going to go into grilled tofu.. . I have caught on to precooking and then freezing the tofu, which has meant some recent meals have had protein that otherwise might have gone lacking!

[songblaze]

If you have the misfortune of leaving your George Foreman sitting for a bit, instead of applying a bunch of elbow grease, take a wet paper towel, fold in half and put on the grill, and plug it in. Give it 30-60 seconds, or until it's giving off a noticeable amount of steam, and the steaming will have loosened the gunk on it.

We use our George Foreman rather a lot.

[glynhogen]

Ah, good idea. I'll try that next time.