Week 2 - go-to meal

For this week's meal, I made my go-to meal which is a simplified version of lettuce wraps. It's a really quick and easy meal to make and it's fun to eat which is definitely a plus!

Ingredients:

- 2 Boneless Chicken Thighs

- Lettuce 

- 1 Cucumber (optional)

- White rice (optional)

- 1 red onion

- salt

- pepper

- sugar

- ginger

- garlic

- soy sauce

- hot sauce (optional)

Recipe:

1. Marinate the chicken thighs with salt, pepper, a little bit of sugar, ginger, garlic, and soy sauce for half an hour.

2. Dice the red onion and sauté it in canola oil until soft.

3. Add the chicken thighs and pan fry until cooked.

4. Chop up the cooked chicken into bite size and plate.

5. Assemble everything together and eat!

Reflection:

I compared my meal to the Harvard healthy eating plate and I think my go-to meal somewhat fits in the recommendations. I used canola oil, had protein (even though it wasn't white meat but I can definitely substitute the chicken thighs with chicken breast) and had three kinds of vegetables. I think in the future I can substitute the white rice for brown rice even though I don't really eat grains to begin with because I think the cooking process is too much work. I also didn't have any fruits included in my plate because I like to eat fruits before my meal. I chose the Harvard healthy eating plate to compare because I think their recommendations are pretty reasonable and ideally I would try to meet the guidelines more in the future!