I watched Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Friday night, and on there they had a single dad of 2 boys who took his family out to eat fast food at least once a day.
Jamie had the Dad go get fast food at a fast food
place they usually went to while Jamie and the boys made dinner. It was
a race to see who could get it done faster, and cheaper.
The Dad took 45 minutes and spent $30
Jamie
and the boys took 30 minutes and spent $22. They made chicken with
fresh tomato sauce on top, a really yummy looking shredded salad with
homemade vinaigrette, and a yummy looking lime drink.
I guess that doesn't include the time it takes at the store, but most of us try to only go to the grocery store once a week.
I
was about to take my kids to Arby's Sat, cuz my husband has been out of
town for over a week, and the kids were restless, but then I remembered
Jamie's great example of cooking a homemade meal, and I put myself to
the challenge.
I put all 5 of my kids in
aprons and put them to work. 28 minutes later we had rice (white cuz we
were doing it fast), with orange ginger chicken stir fry. My kids
LOVED it. Not all of them ate every single veggie, but they tried eat
one and they all at least liked one of them. I think the whole meal
cost me about $5, and we had left overs.
To make the meal extra special, we used chop sticks. Have you ever seen those chopstick holders for kids? We used those too.
We
did have a pot and pan to clean up, and some plates, but as soon as we
get some more paper plates, things will be great around here!
Orange Chicken Stir Fry
Brown or White rice cooked
About 3 chicken breasts diced up
1 bunch asparagus cut into 2 inch pieces
handful of broccoli
2 small zucchini cut into 1 inch slices
Minced ginger
soy sauce
orange juice
While
the rice is cooking, add chicken and 1 Tablespoon oil (we used olive
and sesame) to a pan. After chicken is browned up (3 minutes?) add
asparagus. After a couple more minutes, add the broccoli, and after 2
more minutes add the zucchini. Add about 1/4 C water, 1 T soy sauce,
and about 1-2 T. ginger. I like the minced ginger that they sell in a
tube that you keep in the fridge. Then add about 1/4 Cup of orange
juice and cook till everything is done and juice is sticky.
