{"id":122,"date":"2017-03-14T03:33:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T03:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/?p=122"},"modified":"2017-04-05T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T00:00:09","slug":"chicken-and-veggie-power-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/2017\/03\/14\/chicken-and-veggie-power-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mighty Bowl of Goodness"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve been really trying to figure out how to incorporate veggies into my meals more. \u00a0I don’t know about you..but I am not a fan. \u00a0But, there’s no escaping it! \u00a0Veggies provide lots of essential vitamins and minerals, and freezer veggies are respectively priced. \u00a0Anyways, I needed a solid dinner to fill me up and I put some odds and ends together. \u00a0I ended up making a pretty good bowl of veggies, protein and carbs, and the best part is that it actually tasted good! \u00a0Due to my distain for greens, I’m going to assume that if I like it then anybody would.<\/p>\n

Overall Price:<\/p>\n

Ingredients: $3.50<\/p>\n

-1\/2 a sweet potato (.50 cents)<\/p>\n

-1\/2 cup of bell pepper (.50 cents)<\/p>\n

-1\/2 cup of broccoli cutlets (.50 cents)<\/p>\n

-1\/2 cup of rice (.30 cents)<\/p>\n

-3 strips of chicken ($1.50)<\/p>\n

-1 tablespoon of olive oil (.20 cents)<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/p>\n

1. Prepare\/cut up the sweet potato, bell pepper, broccoli and chicken and preheat oven to 425 degrees<\/p>\n

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2. Put mixture onto pan and cover with olive oil and put it oven for 20 minutes<\/p>\n

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3. While the veggies and chicken and cooking, prepare rice by mixing with 1 cup of water and microwave it for 5 minutes<\/p>\n

4. Mix veggies, chicken and rice together and enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Overall Thoughts:<\/p>\n

This dinner was very filling and GOOD. \u00a0All the flavors mixed together for a great overall meal that I can make again! \u00a0I’m thinking next time to add some seasoning or sauce. \u00a0I’ve also found an appreciation for sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve been really trying to figure out how to incorporate veggies into my meals more. \u00a0I don’t know about you..but I am not a fan. \u00a0But, there’s no escaping it! \u00a0Veggies provide lots of essential vitamins and minerals, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[293673],"tags":[154170,78834],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lunchdinner","tag-chicken","tag-veggies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/frugalfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}