Now I should tell you, I am a full on planner. Every Friday morning I look at my schedule for the following week and shop Trader Joe’s accordingly. I stock up on my Fage and if I don’t have too many dinners planned, food. I used to just think about what I wanted each day and buy it on my way home but found this route not only waste’s money it’s way too time consuming.
Last Friday, when I went to Trader Joe’s, I told myself, “you are going to make an actual dinner next week and not one-step it”… So I picked up some potatoes, chicken, heavy cream, garlic, whole-grain mustard, chicken broth and broccoli and decided that was going to be one dinner plus a lunch or two.
Thighs are my favorite part of the chicken. They must be fatty as I love them so. They consistently maintain their juiciness and for some odd reason are cheaper than the rest of the bird. So a package of organic chicken thighs went into my cart. Their sell by date was Monday so I figured I was good to go.
NOT SO MUCH!! Yesterday, after I had put my scalloped potatoes in the oven I went to prepare the chicken. When I opened the plastic the most foul smelling fart came at me. Yes, my chicken thighs smelled like a nasty fart. For a split second I thought, “this must be a mistake” so I took a whiff of another piece and the same rancid odor attacked my olfactory senses. MOTHER CHUCKER.
Now a normal person would automatically toss the chicken. I am not normal. For a split second I thought, maybe if I cook this crap it will kill whatever is making this smell.. If not, I’ll get food poisoning and that’s always a great diet…. seriously, so many issues to work through.
I did chuck the chicken and went out and picked up some chicken breast (it’s all they had at the corner store). Chicken breast is always tough gong but I added extra whole-grain mustard in my sauce to flavor it up… The end result was a dinner Lala and I both enjoyed.
Friday
BREAKFAST: fage with strawberry and a maple-bacon muffin
LUNCH: Nothing
DINNER: Nachos
Saturday
BREAKFAST: Nothing
LUNCH: I took out the bolognese from the freezer and made pasta bolognese apres gym…. Oh and kale salad
SNACK: magnolia bakery banana pudding
DINNER: salad with Chicken Terriyaki and Rice
Sunday
BREAKFAST: toast
SNACK: Baked Brie at Bullanah’s Marathon Party
LUNCH: melons-fromage burger, cottage fries and I split a key-lime pie with Mandy
DINNER ramen
Monday
BREAKFAST: Fage with Strawberry and raw sunflower seeds
LUNCH: Broccoli and Cheddar Gluten Free Quiche and Salad
DINNER: Steamed Broccoli, Scalloped Potatoes and Chicken in a whole-grain mustard and garlic sauce.
my portion of scalloped potatoes SHOULD be smaller than my chicken but it's not.... c'est la vie.
This made me chuckle. Btw, if you buy meat (esp chicken) from the butcher at whole foods, cook it within 24 hours. That shiz goes bad immediately. I learned this lesson about $100 times before I asked the butcher.