I have a lot of chicken in the fridge. It’s been the best bargain in a bad economy, so I was glad to have bought a special of two multi-packs for the price of one. I divvied the various cutlets and whole breasts into individual servings and put them in the freezer. When the time came that everything went up in price because gas was priced so high due to the conflict in Russia and Ukraine, I had a pile of chicken for dinner. Simply add vegetables and you’ve got a meal.
The only problem is that chicken gets dull rather quickly. There is only so much you can do to chicken without going into insanely unhealthy territory. That leaves frying out. I’ve been sticking to sauteing with healthy olive oil and a variety of seasonings. The spice rack has seen some shortages lately, and the prices of them have gone up, too.
Now I know why Ebeneezer Scrooge stuck to gruel. Heart healthy and cheap. No sauteing involved.
At least I have oatmeal with sliced banana.
Right now it’s summer, so I have cold cereal and banana, and a few blueberries thrown in.
Scrooge would balk at the prices on blueberries and bananas. But then he would be enraged at the price of chicken.
I don’t think gruel would make a good diet choice overall, but it would certainly help with regularity. The key to hot cereal is to keep it as close to its original grain form as possible to get the most benefit. Steel cut oatmeal is a good choice. Scrooge would be angry at the added cost of steel cutting, I suppose.
Chicken used to be an easy way to prepare dinner. Now they’re considered contaminated, and one must burn the kitchen down and rebuild after every preparation to avoid toxic germs from the same stuff we fry and eat with gusto. Go figure.
I think I do a good job of handling chicken and keeping a clean kitchen. I’m just getting tired of one variety of meat every night. This will mean finding alternatives that are healthy and do not require the bank account of a sultan to afford.
There are some things one can do with hamburger. Is spaghetti in summer a bad thing?
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