Chicken, brussels sprouts with garlic

Spent all day today practicing the second Shostakovich concerto (which is AWESOME by the way... Major chills. Even when I'm playing it!), teaching, and figuring out how to get a bank to accept a student loan for me... So when it hit dinner time and I didn't have anything thawed to eat, I decided it was time for a trip to central market! 

Central market is always crazy crowded and pretty stressful, so I wanted to get in and out as soon as possible. I grabbed some food for the next day or so- two oranges ($1.97 a pound), two pears ($1.98 a pound), some pork cutlets (less than $3!), some sweet potato chips (also less than $3), and some other small things. Yay cheapness! 

For  dinner I actually decided to eat with my mom, and she had some chicken and Brussels sprouts. Yum! Both cheap things that are easy to get anywhere. It was absolutely delicious and took no skill! Plus we got to listen to some awesome Victor Goines while it was cooking. For those who don't know who Victor Goines is- I suggest you pull up spotify right now and listen. Yeah, right now. 

It's not pretty (because I like to cut my meat up in little bite size pieces before I eat) but trust me, it was amazing! 

Ingredients: 

Some boneless skinless chicken breasts

Brussels sprouts

A few cloves of garlic 

Grapeseed oil (or olive/any other kind can work great as well) 

Seasoning of your choice (I used mrs. dash)

Directions:

Pound the chicken to your desired thinness. I like it thin because it cooks way faster, but it's up to you!

Season the chicken to your liking. 

Take your sprouts and cut them up in quarters, because it cooks faster and absorbs the flavors better. Put them in a pan with your oil and some whole cloves of garlic and heat those babies up! 

Now, get a pan and heat up some oil. When it's hot, put the seasoned chicken in. It should cook pretty quickly. It is done when it is white all the way through. 

(Tip: I like my chicken crispy on the outside, so to get it this way just cook it a little longer after it is done!).

And that is it! You are done! Everything is completely paleo, grain and dairy and gluten and sugar free. Total it probably took maybe 20 minutes top. 

This is a great recipe for college kids who don't know how to cook but want to make a fancy dinner for a girlfriend or boyfriend or parent or whatever! Cheap ingredients helps that too. :) 

For "dessert," I treated myself to a new kind of woodchuck hard cider. "Smoked apple." 

It tasted unfortunately exactly like what it is called. Have you ever grilled with smoke flavored charcoal and accidentally used something like a sweet potatoe with it? Yeah. This cider is not as sickeningly sweet as some of the other woodchucks, but the smoke flavor made it taste a bit like it was going bad or something. I couldn't finish it. Blech. 

Hope you enjoy your "fancy" chicken dinner as much as I did! ;)