We spent much of yesterday in the kitchen, making a salad for a potluck, and prepping some meals for the boy. And then cleaning up. Not much beats making some good food next to a beautiful girl while listening to big band music 🙂 And to top it off, C took a 2 1/2 hour nap. When was the last time that happened?
Anyway, this is about some more of his food – food designed for a little person, but perfectly suitable for a big person: chicken-avocado-corn-rice and chicken meatballs. We had about two pounds of chicken breast, which I split roughly in half.
For the first dish, I cooked the chicken, then diced into small chunks. Meanwhile, diced and sautéed a bell pepper and a carrot until tender. Added the chicken back to this mix, along with a 1/2 cup or so of corn (one ear) and 1/2 cup black beans. We also had a few avocados lying around, so I cubed two of these and added to the rest. I mixed in some fresh cilantro and pureed a whole tomato for a little sauciness, and combined with 1 cup of cooked brown rice.
The meatballs were super easy. Take the remaining chicken (about one pound), add a couple slices of well-toasted bread, a 1/4 cup soymilk (to give it some stickiness since he can’t have eggs), and some fresh herbs (I picked basil, oregano, thyme, and parsley). Pulse in a food processor until chicken is ground and all the ingredients are combined. Form into small meatballs and bake at 400 F for 8-10 minutes. Makes several dozen, depending on the size.
Some more cheap, healthy, easy to prepare meals. Just the way we like it.
The meatballs get his seal of approval.
life, from the ground up 