Blog #20 Grilled chicken breast with brown rice and cucumber lettuce salad

 

• "The shopping"

Here I am in Rego park, shopping for ingredients at Trader Joe's.

 1.At Trader Joe's

 

 

2.looking for brown rice                                               3. leaving TJ'S

4. here are the ingredients

Tj's  chicken breast $5.04

Spring salad $1.99

1 cucumber $0.98

3 lemons $1.00

Brown rice $5.99

Spices I already had at home. My whole meal was under $20 dollars.

 

• "The Cooking"

Slice chicken breast in half

Cut lemon in half and squeeze onto chicken breast.

Turn chicken breast in lemon juice and rinse with water.

Season chicken breast with:

1/4 of goya adobo

1/4 of black pepper

1/4 spoon of soy sauce

Place grill pan on medium heat

Add olive oil to pan and cook chicken for 5 to 6 minutes each side.

 

• Cooking Brown Rice

Rinse brown rice with water

In a quart pan add olive oil then add the rice, 1. 1/2 cups of water and add 1/4 spoon of salt

Cook on low heat for 30 minutes

• Cucumber lettuce salad

2 cups of lettuce

1/2 medium cucumber, sliced

Salad dressing

1/2 lemon juice

1/2 spoon of Salt

Black pepper

1 spoon olive oil 

I went shopping around 4 in the afternoon, by 7 at night I was eating. The best part was that I saved a lot of "money" cooking at home instead of going out to eat as I usually do on Saturdays.