finally cooking for myself! 👩🏾‍🍳

no i’m not joking. i’ve always made simple, easy meals for myself that didn’t take longer than 15 minutes to make. other than that i would go buy food. it’s just me in the house, so it didn’t wear on my budget much. as i’ve started on a weight loss journey, it’s gotten harder to eat out. everything is fried, drowned in a fatty sauce, or costs $20 for a single serving. no thanks!

so this week i tried making my own roasted chicken! on the first day, it came out the same as baked chicken. it tasted fine, but the skin didn’t have the crispy texture i was looking for. the next day i increased the temperature and the amount of time i left the chicken in the over, and viola! crispy skin. i made some steamed kale to go along with it (gotta get those greens in). i love ice cream, but i’m trying to eat it less, so i made a smoothie. it’s mango pineapple juice blended with strawberries, pineapple, and mango, and peaches.

for breakfast i had my classic yogurt bowl one day (scroll down my page to see) and a turkey egg and cheese bagel. i prefer a hot breakfast and this was so good! and doesn’t take a lot of work to cook. you basically only have to cook the egg. toasting the bagel and heating the turkey are optional, but i know they make the sandwich what it is. i added apricot jam on the bagel before putting the other ingredients on, and that gave the perfect savory sweet combination. it almost makes you forget that you wanted donuts instead!

what should i try next?

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