Imagine it’s a cool autumn afternoon. Tired and cold, you enter the supermarket. Quickly pass through the shelves, heading for the prepared food area. You don’t like anything there. Everything seems sleazy, old and artificial. You remember reading on a blog, www.oanaglutenfree.com 😊, that ready-made food from the supermarket is not healthy. And there, on the blog, you also saw simple and quick recipes. You don’t really know how to cook, and you don’t really feel like it either. But you have a fit of bravery and rush to the fresh chicken isle. You grab a tiny, 1.4 kg whole chicken, and head victoriously towards the cashier line.
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When you get home, you put the chicken on the table and ask: ok, what now?
– First wash your hands.
– Good idea, you reply gratefully.
– And now? You asked again, coming out of the bathroom with clean hands.
– Turn on the oven and set the temperature to 200 degrees Celsius.
– Solved!
– Mix some spices.
– Spices!? Where are the spices?
– You can find in the cupboard: salt, garlic powder, turmeric, pepper and dried thyme.
– There is no more thyme! You screamed desperately.
– It’s ok, put oregano instead.
– Aaa, ok, I solved it! A big smile spreads across your face.
– Wash the chicken well and dry it with paper towels.
– Done!
– Now cut the chicken in half lengthwise.
– Uh, you mean…?
– I mean from the neck to the bottom.
– Done! Happiness is already shining in your eyes.
– Take out the breast. You know you don’t like it. We’ll use it later in the meatballs.
– The breast?
– That soft, boneless meat in the middle of the chicken.
– Oh, the chicken breast!
– Now dust the chicken with the spice mixture and massage it well so that the spices adhere.
– And get my hands dirty!?
– It washes out. Place the seasoned chicken halves in the pan, skin side up, and place the pan in the hot oven for 30 minutes.
– Ah… ok… pan… hot oven… Honey, how long until you get home? You asked desperately into the phone.
– 30 minutes. Until then, you can also make a salad.
You open a beer and pretend you forgot to make the salad. You found the jar of sauerkraut in the fridge and you think you’ll be forgiven. Weren’t those semi-prepared foods from the supermarket better?
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Happy Men’s Day! Officially, November 19 is their anniversary, but we can celebrate them every day! They don’t remember anniversaries anyway 😊.
Disclaimer: No men were harmed during the writing of this article 😉.
