POSTED: Wed, 10/05/2011 - 11:28am

Cooking for the week Ideas

Hi All,

I normally cook twice per week food that I can eat during my working days. Do you do the same? share your ideas!. Here are the most common that save me during my working days:

* Chicken soup: This is my way to do a soup that doesn't require too much science :). I take 2 or 3 chicken breast pieces (about 4oz each) and put them on a pot with 1 entire onion, 1 entire tomato, 1 carrot, celery stalk, 2 small garlic cloves, some paprika, coriander. I cover all with water and I let it boil. Then I reduce the heat and leave it for about 30-40 minutes.
Then I start to 'split' all to make different things:
- I take out the chicken and reserve to eat the same day (or next few days) shredded chicken on a salad, on a sandwich, with a whole wheat tortilla+veges, on the top of creamy a soup...
- I take out the veggies (except the carrot) and put them all on a mixer. And voilá! I get a kind of healthy sauce to have with a bit of pasta, to make another soup, I even use it as salad dressing...
- I cut the carrot into slices and I use half/half for a salad, sandwich...
- And then I have the consommé with all these flavours that I use to make brown rice (gives a great flavour), or as base for another soup, saute veggies, or even the same day I can just have a cup with some crackers.

Helps me me with about 3 days of combined dishes (for 1 person).