joy

i love my dad :) he is a good man. just sayin...

today i discovered the joy of cooking. i've actually always liked cooking, but i don't really do it a lot because our kitchen is crowded and i never have the ingredients i need. also i'm lazy.

but now i'm trying to eat healthier, so i am going to start cooking for myself. and today i had the most joyous cooking experience, and i made a delicious meal. i will give you the recipe (for the whole experience, of course)

to start: you of course need some good music playing. the ideal playlist has fun music that you can dance to, or just that makes you happy. i'm telling you... the music can set the mood for the whole meal. here is a sampling of what i was listening to this evening (really, these are just ideas. you just listen to what you love):

k'naan-take a minute

sublime-rivers of babylon

the killers-mr. brightside

tristan prettyman-simple as it should be

nappy roots-good day (note: i listened to this song every day on my way to work last summer...)

jonas brothers-lovebug

john legend-number one (haha this is an extra special treat... check this kid out! too much time on his hands? i think yes. also, this song is not very kid friendly, and i don't condone what it's about. but it is a very fun song to listen to.)

hanson-penny and me (yep... that hanson.)

now that you have some wonderful music going, make this insanely easy and very tasty recipe.

first get these ingredients:
-chicken breasts
-salt and pepper
-soy sauce
-crushed red pepper
-minced garlic
-an onion
-red and green bell peppers
-olive oil

1-cut up the chicken into strips. put salt and pepper on it.

2-cut up the onion and peppers into strips. set them aside.

3-heat up just a little bit of oil in a pan and put the chicken in it. cook it.

4-while the chicken is cooking, put some soy sauce, garlic, and red pepper in a bowl.

5-once the chicken will no longer give you salmonella (or is cooked just like you like it), put it in the soy sauce mixture and get it all coated. leave it in there.

6-put the vegetables in the pan. cook them.
**at this point i threw the chicken in with the vegetables just for like 2 minutes to spread the flavors around, but it's completely edible and tasty right now.

then you just put it in a dish and voila! a delicious, easy, fast meal that is healthy!
seriously... it took me maybe 30 minutes from start to finish, including all the cutting and stuff!

here's a picture of the finished product

yum yum yum! praise the Lord for good food!