Quick Eats: Honey Garlic Chicken ◕‿-

As a busy nurse and grad student, I cannot jive with culinary slavery, so I love quick and easy recipes! Last night I prepared one of my favorite dishes...Honey Garlic Chicken! ◕‿◕ This dish takes only 25 minutes to prepare and cook.  This is my own special recipe...

Ingredients:

1 yellow squash

1 zucchini squash

1 red sweet pepper

1 orange sweet pepper

1 red onion

1lb of lean chicken breast

1 bottle of Honey Garlic sauce

2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil

3 tsp of water

1/4 cup of flour

Garlic salt

Sesame seeds (optional)

Directions:

1. Rinse off the chicken breasts and slice them up into pieces about the size of ice cubes.  Then toss the pieces in flour until all pieces are completely covered.

2. Heat up a pan with the olive oil over medium heat.  Place the chicken in the pan and lightly sprinkle garlic salt over the pieces.  After 1 minute, turn the chicken pieces over.  Then after 1 minute, turn them again.

3.  Add 1 tsp of water to the pan.  Now take a few minutes to slice your up your vegetables (if you chop slow, do this before starting to cook your chicken lol).  Every couple of minutes, stop and turn your chicken pieces over so that they brown evenly.  Add 1 serving (enough to cover your palm) of each type of squash, peppers, and onions to the pan.  

4.  Stir in 1/4 cup of Honey Garlic sauce.  Your concoction will bubble vigorously.  Stir in 1 tsp of water to prevent the sauce from burning on the bottom of the pan.  Maintain medium heat for about 4 minutes, then reduce heat. Cook for 4 - 6 more minutes on reduced heat so that the vegetables are soft, and the chicken is throughly cooked.  During this time add 1 more tsp of water to the pan to keep the chicken from drying out.

This meal can be served with rice.  I did not include instructions on preparing rice because some people use rice cookers, others minute microwavable rice, and some boil it the old fashioned way.  Sesame seeds can be sprinkled over the chicken for added effect!

This recipe prepares 4 - 5 servings.

This is how my Honey Garlic Chicken turned out...

I served mine with white rice, and green tea!  Tastes better than honey garlic chicken in restaurants!  Got any quick eat recipes you love?  I love to hear suggestions!

Until next time...

♥ My Kuroi

Unique Date Idea #001

In Washington, DC the National Gallery of Art is hosting an outdoor ice skating rink in it's Sculpture Garden. Its very inexpensive and a great opportunity for hands on interaction ;D After you finish your skating session the National Gallery has a cafe that you can warm up in and grab a bite to eat.  This is a great place to take pictures and make great memories together!  The skating rink is open from November to mid-March so there is still plenty of time to grab your bun-bun and check it out!


Pricing
Admission Fee - 2 hr session is $7.00 per adult
Skate Rental Fee - $3.00 (ID required)
Locker Rental Fee - $0.50


Ice Rink Hours
Monday–Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Friday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.
Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.

I'll be sure to post some pics from when me and my honey-bun decide to go!


Until next time...
♥ My Kuroi

Yummy Decorations! ❀ ❀ ❀

I've always loved the handmade bling bling cases that I see girls have on their i-phones.  My best friend decided to give her hand a try at decoden - decorating objects and accessories with jewels and charms.  When she told me how easy it was to do, I did a little research of my own on how to kawaii-fy my things as well. =)


I love the decoden style where you use silicone to make frosting designs.  Here is my first creation...

This is actually a jar of raspberry cream lotion I purchased from the dollar store and I decorated the lid.  I feel like it needs a cute ribbon to finish it off.  I used gems, buttons, deco rose pieces, and the crepe is actually an eraser.  So how'd I do?  I think it looks kinda like a cupcake ;D


Until next time...
♥ My Kuroi

Valentine's Day Preparations ♥ ♥ ♥

Valentine's Day is on the horizon!  For once I have someone special to celebrate this romantic holiday with, so I want to make nostalgic memories.  My date is a guy that I've been seeing and getting to know over the last few weeks.  We had our first date on New Years Day and our connection was electric.  It feels as if I've known him my whole life, but in reality we just met.  He's planning on reserving a room at the Gaylord Resort in the National Harbor and having dinner with me at an upscale restaurant by the water. 

Now women all over the world go through great lengths to pick the perfect outfit to wear on Valentine's Day.  I have my heart set on a dress by one of my favorite designers -- Free People, called the Wisteria and Lattice Dress in ivory.

Since I'm spending most of my budget on the dress ($128.00) I want to get my shoes from Charlotte Russe.  These are the Espadrille T-strap Platform Sandal and only cost $35.50.

Then of course an amazing outfit is not complete without great accessories and accents.  I think I want to wear Boho Charm necklace ($1.50) and the Cut Out Tear Drop earrings ($2.80).

I have an idea how I want to wear my hair too....maybe something like this....

My best friend told me about a Japansese custom of giving your valentine home made baked treats.  I think I might bake mine something yummy because I know he definitely has a sweet tooth.

Well those are my plans so far...are you doing anything special for V-Day?  Comments are appreciated!  Until next time...


♥ My Kuroi