Favorite Healthy Recipes!

Good evening, readers!

It's been a difficult recovery from my addiction to sweets since I got a taste of them over my birthday. I did pretty well today, if you don't include those dark chocolate Cadbury Eggs. But I know tomorrow my boss is bringing doughnuts, and if I so much as look at one someone needs to slap me, k? Thanks.

So I'm trying to focus on things that are still delicious, but much healthier than a doughnut. So tonight I made one of our favorite healthy (and easy!) recipes: Chicken Stir Fry.

I'll give you the quick run-down of how I make it, since its so darn easy.

First I heat up 2 tbsp of oil in a frying pan on high. Then I fry up 1/2 a sliced green pepper, 1/2 a sliced red pepper, and 1/2 a sliced red onion until the onion starts to caramelize. Of course you could use orange or yellow bell peppers, and any kind of onion. I only use green and red peppers because they are cheaper, and red onions because they are sweeter.

Then I add a can of sliced water chestnuts and two stalks of sliced celery and fry for about another minute. Sometimes I'll add pea pods if I have them. If Bill liked mushrooms I'd put them in as well.

Then I add a sliced chicken breast (already cooked) and fry for another 30 seconds or so. Once that is heated I turn the heat to low and add the stir fry sauce. I just buy the kind in a jar with low sodium, but I'm sure someone who has much more time and ability in the kitchen could make their own. I stir everything up for a minute or two to make sure everything got coated in the sauce.

During this time we are also making 1 cup of white rice in the rice cooker (best $20 purchase ever). So we spoon a 1/2 cup of rice into a bowl and a cup of stir-fry on top and viola! (I should have taken a picture of the finished product.)

What are your favorite healthy recipes? Please link/copy and paste/type from memory in the comments! It's so much easier to stay off sweets when I have yummy, healthy food to look forward to.

Speaking of which, I am now the proud owner of a blender (thanks Matt and Laura!) so I can try my hand at healthy smoothies! Sounds like a Saturday project.

Until then, readers.

Kayti