The "I don't feel like cooking dinner" Dinner

Cooking is something that is fun for me. I love finding new recipes as well as creating my own.  Over the years I have gotten pretty good at "just knowing" what flavors I can combine to make a dish taste great.  Somedays I spend hours in the kitchen making homemade tomato sauce, zucchini chips, muffins, casseroles or whatever I sounds like fun.  Then, other days, I have completely NO desire to cook anything.  Do you ever feel that way?  Yesterday I got quite a bit accomplished around the house--cleaning, folding and sorting laundry--your basic mom stuff.  And then it was 4:00 pm, when I would normally start dinner.  Nope.  Didn't want to.  So, I turned on another episode of Mad Men and continued folding clothes.  Then 5:00 pm.  A call from JF saying he was on his way home.  I told him I had no motivation to cook.  No, no, I wasn't sick or sad, just not in the mood.  So, back I went to Mad Men. We had a few errands to run so it would have been easy to convince my boys into grabbing take-out.  But, then I thought about it.  JF and I try to avoid fast food and try to keep our boys from eating too much junk.  We also, thankfully, have a fridge and pantry full of food.  So I sucked it up and headed to the kitchen.  Here is what I made.  First time ever, but pretty much just a variation on any other chicken recipe.  Remember:  brown your meat.  Add a liquid.  Add more flavor.  Works every time!

Cut chicken into small pieces.  Heat your skillet, add olive oil, heat the oil, brown the chicken until its a bitt crisp.

3/4-1 cup fresh salsa.  Add to skillet with browned chicken stirring constantly for a minute.  Simmer for 3-5 minutes.

Add a can of kidney (or your favorite) beans, with about half the reserved liquid.  Stir and bring back to simmer for 5-10 minutes.  OR cover, reduce heat, and gently simmer for the next hour.

Serve with steamed broccoli or your favorite veggie.

So, there it is.  My lazy-day, don't feel like cooking meal.  Healthy and simple.

Enjoy!