One thing that has worked well for us in the transition to cooking with whole foods is making a huge batch of one type of protein and using it in dishes throughout the week.
One of my favorite things to do on a busy week is purchase a rotisserie chicken from whole foods and find ways to make something new out of it every night. It never ceases to amaze me all the wonderful things you can do with a rotisserie chicken!
Yes, we eat ALL WEEK on just ONE chicken. My coworkers all mock me, having the same chicken 4 nights in a row. But we just don't eat a lot of meat. So it works for us. It's easy and cheap and good for you!
Here's how rotisserie chicken week usually goes down at my house:
Night 1: Plain ol' rotisserie chicken, veggies, some sort of fancy bread from the local bakery.
Night 2: Chop up some chicken, some onion, cilantro from the back yard, and put in enchiladas (using my homemade enchilada sauce)
Night 3: Chop up so more chicken and mix with some veggies, homemade cream of chicken soup, chicken stock, refrigerated pie crust (I like Immaculate Baking Company's pie crust) and you have chicken pot pie!
Night 4: Chicken, celery, a little mayo, seasoning and it's chicken salad! (Sometimes the chicken lasts until day 4, sometimes it doesn't.)
Most of these recipes even work double time as lunch the next day!
Some recipes we're thinking of trying this week with our rotisserie chicken:
Curried Chicken, Chicken Tacos, and Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches
