Glazed grilled chicken

Hot April so far. In the 90s here. So I stopped eating pasta because I just can’t stand the idea of eating something hot and heavy. I opted for grilled veggies and marinated chicken or hamburger. 

I wonder how do you grill in NYC without burning the entire unit? I guess you can use one of those indoor grill pan. I actually have a nice one for the winter, but it just ain’t the same my friends. I love grilling because it is a very healthy choice of cooking, even thought it can also be carcinogenic. 

I am actually not the one grilling. Shawn is. Ahahahah! Is it that weird, this gender phenomenon of equaling men to the grill. It’s such a machismo activity. I just don’t like to get hot and sweaty. 

Grilled orange glazed chicken

two big chicken breast 

two full big tablespoons of orange marmalade or apricot or pineapple

one full tablespoon of mustard

1/4 cup of soy sauce

Fresh pineapple cut in slices 

Green and red peppers (1 each)

mushrooms (one box)

For the chicken

put all ingredients in a bowl mix and blend very well. Place the chicken in the sauce and marinate the meat for one hour or longer if desire. Place in the fridge. 

In the meantime prepare all the vegetables for the grill by using a long wooden stick. Make sure to wet the stick because it prevents from burning on the grill. The peppers can be cut in squares while you can keep the mushrooms intact. 

The pineapple was simply cut in long slices and placed on the grill until it became gold and crispy. You can also try this other version I found on one of my favorite food blogs. I think she adds cinnamon on top. I just kept mine simple. 

After one hours you can place your meat, #veggies, and fruit on the #grill. The meat can take up to 20 minutes. It should be juicy inside and ‘glazy’ outside.

You can top the chicken with fresh pineapple or the grilled one. There is really no order on how to eat it.

 

Organic low fat roasted chicken

Today was awesome in terms of food, but my computer is still dead and it is not looking good. On top of my hard drive being dead, my DVD player is not working which prevents me from rebooting my computer with the new hard drive. Ah!
Let me focus on the positive.
breakfast
Awesome bowl of milk with granola that smells like peach
3 eggs, a spoon of hummus and a spoon of peanut butter
snack
A lot;) all kind of nuts and fresh grapes
dinner
Roasted lemon chicken
Buy a small organic chicken (13$)
One lemon, garlic and olive oil.
Rub the bird with oregano olive oil salt pepper garlic and lemon. Do the same for the inside of the bird and stick a lemon in it. Brown the chicken first on the stove with some olive oil until all sides are brown, then place it in the oven at 350 for as long as it takes. Add some broth. Add carrots 20 minutes before the end of cooking. Make sure to wet the bird through out the baking process. Cover bird with aluminum.

Tonight we are granting a carbs item even thought I was not really praising it. So my hubby picked mashed potatoes. He is making them from scratch. I still have to decide whether I will eat them or not.
On a different note, has anyone noticed that there are more obese or fat people around? I was running errands today and I was just amazed to see that 3/5 of people were fat especially young adults. This is scary. I was just reading that buses are expanding seats to accommodate the ever growing population. The same has been done in hospitals for equipment like beds. Now, how ironic is that? We are teaching people that it is ok to engage in a deadly diet because we make profit out of you with drugs, specialized equipment, doctors visits and food. This is wrong.