Okay, enough hiatis from this great digestive easy diet. Oh I mean lifestyle. I mean eating adventure!
Before I talk about the delicousness I made for dinner tonight, I must go on a tangent and talk about Bountiful Baskets Co-Op.
They are located in multiple States. Multiple locations. No location by you in your State? Or your location sells out too quickly? Start your own! They don't allow churches but you can hook up with a local business, fire department, etc and use their parking lot in good weather and lobby in bad. It's all volunteer and absolutely a great Co-Op.
But wait, what is it you ask? I'm glad you did. You did. I insist.
On Monday morning at 10 a.m. (SHARP because Salt Lake City sells out quickly) I sign up. It's $15 and it's a random basket of 50% veggies and 50% fruit. You pick a site to pick up at and you get your basket on Saturday morning. They also have extras you can get such as an upgrade to Organic, homemade breads, granola, specialty packs such a Italian (includes things like herbs, garlic, tomatoes, zucchini, etc), big boxes of fruit (such as pineapple, 18 lbs of plums, etc). Just whatever they offer that week.
This week, as an example, our conventional basket for $15 had zucchini, green beans, green leaf lettuce, cauliflower, tomatoes, limes, plums (omg they are so good), nectarines, bananas, grapes, strawberries and mangoes.
My only "gripe" is that they're not all local foods. They get items from Mexico, etc. BUT it's a great way to make sure we get a good mix of fruits and veggies for a good price. And you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes they have things I've never even heard of before!
Why did I go on this tangent? (Okay, technically I copy/pasted it from my Facebook comment from earlier...whatever ha!) Because it's a great way to get my fruits & veggies. I take the veggies I get from the basket and plan my meals.
Like this one - Cauliflower. I wanted to make Cauliflower Rice again. What to make with it? Well the only logical conclusion is Chicken Cattitore. What? You didn't make that connection?
As usual, I changed the recipes.
Chicken Cattiatore and Cauliflower Rice
For the chicken
- 2 lbs skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 15oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 14oz can tomato sauce
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- sea salt and pepper to taste
For the cauliflower rice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 1/2 head cauliflower
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
- sea salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat up your grill. Once it’s nice and toasty, rub a bit of olive oil your chicken breasts and top with salt and pepper, then throw them on the grill. Let them cook for about 6-8 minutes on both sides, depending how thick they are.
- While they are cooking, grab a large pot and put under medium-high heat. Add your olive oil along with the garlic and onion and let those cook down a bit.
- Next, add your tomatoes, sauce, broth, and all other spices to the mixture and stir together.
- Once your chicken is pretty close to done, take it off the grill and add directly to your tomato mixture. Simmer on low.
- Next, to make the cauliflower rice, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1/2 yellow onion to separate saucepan and cook over medium heat until translucent.
- Place the cauliflower into a food processor and pulse until it has a grainy rice-like consistency.
- Add to the saucepan.
- Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add the fresh parsley and oregano and any other spices you'd like.
- Let the cauliflower cook for 15 minutes, stir a few times to keep it from browning too much.
- Serve the chicken on top of the cauliflower rice with plenty of tomato sauce...and I mean plenty. It's delicious.
- Make some noodles for the crazy people in your house if you have to. :)
Then eat!
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