Liz and I are exploring options to pay close attention to our family budget. As a result, we realized that this blog has ended up costing us a lot of money in the grocery category. Needless to say, I need to "take it easy" when it comes to creating meals with only the finest ingredients.
This presented me with an idea that I'm turning into a challenge. I'm going to attempt creating meals using ingredients from my cupboards and refrigerator. Of course, I'll need to update my fruit and vegetable supply, but I'm going to try cooking all of the boxes, mixes and premade meals that we have in stock. It probably won't be very exciting, however, I'm going to attempt to put a little spin on everything I make by throwing caution to the wind and re-writting a few of the directions. Sometimes it may be subtle, but that will be part of the challenge.
Tonight I made Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken with brown fried rice. The chicken comes frozen and needs to be fried in a little olive oil. The orange sauce goes over the top after the chicken is ready. To add a little twist, I added some Asian seasoning. It gave it a little kick. Either way, the orange chicken is very, very good. I highly recommend it. It takes less than 15 minutes to prepare. The rice only took one minute. Simple and delicious.
My guess is this February won't be extremely exciting in the blogoshpere as far as Kevin Eats in concerned, but these little challenges turn out to be surprising at times. I'm also planning on incorporating some of my readers' recipes and featuring a few guests bloggers.
Music: Idina Mezel & Kristen Chenoweth - Defying Gravity from Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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