My First Recipe

I am three days in and feeling pretty good. Aside from exhaustion which is in part to the time change and also because my sweet baby girl is refusing to sleep thru the night. I love her to pieces but I seriously need some zzzz's. Anyway, this is supposed to be about food. After a complete waste of a meal last night I knew that I needed to satisfy my palate this evening but I also knew I wouldn't have much time. I knew I had to work until 5 today and then get Maggie from my mom and then get home and feed her, change her and cuddle her. This meant that I wouldn't have much time to prepare dinner. So I went to my old stand-by, frozen chicken breast. If you shop at Costco then you know that they have these packages of Foster Farms chicken breast in 2 piece packages. It is the best invention ever. Last night I pulled a package out of the freezer so it would be ready to cook up tonight.

Finally at 6:30 tonight I was ready to go. Steve actually came home early so he was on baby duty while I rummaged the cabinets for something to go along with the chicken. I am trying to boost my protein and veggies so I was super excited when I looked in the fridge and saw some baby spinach, feta cheese and a red onion. But I didn't want just a salad. So I kept looking. Then I saw it. ORZO. I love orzo. It cooks up fast and is low in fat and calories.

I pulled out my trusty George Forman, thanks Missy, and put the chicken on too cook at the same time as the pasta. I threw the spinach, about 3-4 handfuls, into a large bowl and then thiiiiinly sliced a red onion. After the orzo finished cooking I threw about a cup on top of the spinach to allow it to kind of wilt a little and tossed on about an 8th of a cup of feta. Once the chicken finished cooking I cut it up into bite sized pieces and threw it on top of the other ingredients so it would all kinda warm up together. I then placed the red onion in the bowl and added a couple of tablespoons of "Newmans Own" Light Balsamic and Vinegar dressing. Mix it all together and VOILA! Easy as pie dinner that was both filling and absolutely delicious. I think the whole thing took me about 15 minutes to prepare and cook. Take that Rachel Ray.

I need to add that this was a great meal for one person. I would have needed to make more had Steve wanted some but he wasn't very interested. Not because it didn't sound awesome, but he wasn't feeling so hot and didn't want to eat anything.

When I said last night was a waste of a meal I meant it. Don't ever buy Tofu noodles. I realize that some people can try to convince you that they taste good and you can dress them up but to me they tasted like paste. They kinda look like paste too. I don't care how much protein and how little fat there was in my dinner last night, I will never eat it again.