Food Friday - Cook More Often - and a Recipe!

5d (edited) • Gems

There are so many chemicals called food in our lives here in the US. So, I suggest that we cook more often, with real ingredients, and no short cuts (except maybe an instant pot).

We have lots of convenient ways to cook in our world compared to building a fire and cooking over it in a cast iron pot (although that is a skill that is lost today). Even many foods are convenient at the grocery: chopped, diced, frozen. So, prep and process is no longer as time consuming and even cooking can be quick.

Share your favorite quick recipe below and I'll share one here:

Italian Chicken and Rice

Use slow cooker or instant pot

Ingredients:

1-2 lbs organic or free range chicken (we use boneless skinless thighs)

32 oz of organic Italian dressing

1-2 cups of wild or black rice

Instructions:

Cook rice until done (sometimes we use left over rice)

Put chicken pieces and dressing into the slow cooker or instant pot and cook until chicken is done (we like it falling apart)

You can serve the chicken over the rice and serve with a salad

Sometimes we add the rice to the chicken and dressing in the instant pot for a quick one pot meal - cook for chicken to be done on pressure. This does make the rice very mushy, but is more like a casserole than anything.

Bon Appetite!

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