mskestrela's Journal, 02 Nov 17

Super drop Kes! Good luck with your new cookbook experiments. 

You're doing so well! Good for you. One of my favorite things to do for a fast dinner is something I learned from seeing Richard Simmons on General Hospital all the way back in 1980, when he was pretty much a minor character. He was teaching exercise classes on the show, as himself, and dismissed the ladies one day with a '9 minute dinner' which I have been making often ever since. Take a steamer basket that fits down into a saucepan. Fill the saucepan with enough water to bring to a boil but not wash into the basket. I usually season the water, with a bit of garlic, onion (even the skins will do!) peppercorns and fresh ginger. Put one or two portions of boneless skinless chicken in the bottom of the basket, then cover it with the fresh (in our case low carb) veggies of your choice. I usually put the hardest vegies on the bottom, like carrots and broccoli, and then added slivered red peppers, sweet onion, and sometimes finely sliced cabbage. When the water begins to steam cover the pan and steam for 9 minutes. The vegetable juices cook down into the chicken so it isn't dry and/or flavorless. I usually eat this with a little (as in 1/2 cup or less) brown rice, and season it with a splash of soy sauce for a reasonable facsimile of Chinese food. I cook two pieces of chicken but only eat one for the dinner, and then chop the other one to have on a salad for lunch the next day. If you try this, I hope you'll like it as much as I have!