Chicken and broccoli

Thank goodness for having an AMAZING husband!  Although I have really been wiped out for the last few weeks, our food has not suffered because my husband has stepped in and really created some more delicious and new meals.  Yesterday, after beginning a new and increased thyroid regimen, I managed to plug through the day but around 6 p.m. I was out.  He woke me up to a wonderful and different chicken dinner, and the preparation was pretty easy. 

Here's your shopping list:

• White onion
• Rice Vinegar
• Garlic powder
• Poultry seasoning
• Sherry
• Carrot
• Celery
• Sea salt
• 3 chicken breasts
• White rice (1 serving per person)
• Butter
• Broccoli steamer bag

First finely chop about a fourth of an onion and 1 stick of celery.  Warm (on low-medium heat) 2 Tbsp of butter in skillet with 1/2 teaspoon of rice vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1/2 tsp of poultry seasoning, 2 Tbsp of sherry, a pinch of sea salt, carrot, and celery; once warmed add in chicken.   Steam broccoli.  Prepare rice.  When the chicken is fully cooked add in the broccoli and rice.  Stir until even and serve.

This was a great meal, but it ended up being too much food for our family of six (by about 4 servings).

I am giving this meal an 8/10 for prep time, nutrition, and taste. 

Make it hotter with cayenne.  My husband added a tiny amount of A1 for a tangier taste.  The kids loved it as it was :)  If you want to use less sodium, add it after cooking (cooking brings the flavor of salt down).

Making it up

Alright, just to get back on track here, I would like to apologize to any of you who have been stopping in to find NOTHING new.  I have been very consumed in myself for the past couple of months and on the road a lot!  As part of going primal I have decided to pursue something that really calls on my heart and I have began a photography business, so I thought I would share a little about it with you.  You can check out my website  here and I will be relocating my blog soon to a subdomain.  Please keep an eye out I have came up with several new meal ideas in the massive amount of traveling I have been doing.  We are still on the primal diet and plan to stay there, but our philosophy is that if we really want something not primal we never stray from gluten-free and I absolutely love Sams Club for this reason!  They have tons of gluten free items!  Cheese puffs (I have never liked these but hey everyone else does), Gluten-free multigrain crackers and chips, and tons of other stuff! 

I love it when places actually carry things we can use and make it easy to find them!  Many stores have began marking their items with labels you can watch for pink ones at Walmart and Natural Foods (one of my favorite stores) has began making them easier to find too! 

Watch here in the next several days for my newer recipes for pancakes, pumpkin pancakes, chicken salad with a spin, and several other new meals that will not leave you wishing for more or break your budget!

Lunch - Steamed Cod and Broccolli

In our Primal journey we are attempting to be as natural as possible; however, living in today's world's pace there are definitely exceptions.  I work full time from home while homeschooling four children, and it definitely has its challenges.  We have to have very easy and fast meals very often, and this is a favorite!

We get our wild caught cod from Sam's Club in their frozen section.  Being in a landlocked state definitely makes it more difficult to get fresh fish; but Sam's offers several wild-caught fish options in their freezer section.  I also get frozen broccolli there, they have a Member'sMark brand that has four steamer bags! 

Anyway, today I was a little busy and did not have time to get lunch started in the slow cooker, so my husband came home and made steamed cod and broccolli for lunch.  It is that fast!