Fast chicken & butter bean stew

Ingredients

• 300 grams of chicken fillet
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 250 grams of lima beans
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 bit of pepper
• 1 piece of leek
• 200 grams of spinach
• 10 sprigs of thyme
• 1 glass of white wine
• 1 bit of salt

Portions

2 persons

Cooking time

15 minutes

Instructions

1. Finely chop the clove of garlic.
2. Cut the chicken fillet into coarse pieces.
3. Put a tablespoon of olive oil in a wok.
4. Put the chicken with the garlic in the wok and season it with some pepper and salt.
5. Wok the chicken until it turns nicely brown.
6. Meanwhile, clean the leek.
7. Cut the leek into elongated strips of about 10 cm. You can also simply cut it into rings, but I like the variation in structure.
8. Add the leek to the chicken and wok this briefly.
9. Rinse and add the lima beans.
10. Extinguish the whole with the white wine.
11. Add the spinach and gently stir in the dish so that the spinach shrinks.
12. Let it all simmer.
13. Remove the leaves of thyme from the sprigs and add the leaves to the dish.
14. Ready is the fast chicken & butter bean stew. Enjoy your meal!

About the quick chicken & butter bean stew recipe

This fast chicken & butter bean stew is really brilliant, even if I say so myself. It is because of the simple combination of those few ingredients in this dish. If you prefer not to boil with alcohol, you can also replace the wine with chicken broth with a small dash of white wine vinegar. Also very tasty!

If you choose the white wine, it is good to keep in mind that not all alcohol evaporates. After more than 2 hours of stewing of dishes to which alcohol has been added, more than 90% of the alcohol has disappeared. With shorter heating, more alcohol remains: about 40% after 15 minutes of heating. So there is a little bit of alcohol left.

How can this dish be healthy ?! That is pretty simple. The Health Council advises not to drink alcohol or at least not more than one glass per day. Only 1 glass of white wine goes into this dish. That is half a glass per person. In addition, a portion of the alcohol evaporates. So it's really just a little bit of alcohol and that's why this dish still fits perfectly in a healthy diet.

Oatmeal with orange and cinnamon

Ingredients

• 80 grams of oat flakes
• 1 bit of cinnamon
• 2 pieces of orange
• 500 ml of water

Portions

2 persons

Cooking time

15 minutes

Instructions

1. Put the water in a kettle, then the dish is ready a bit faster.
2. Weigh the oatmeal and put it in a pan.
3. Add the boiling water and place it on the fire.
4. Bring this to the boil again and cook for 2-3 minutes. You will automatically see a pap created by turning the water into a kind of jelly.
5. Meanwhile, peel the orange and cut the segments into pieces.
6. Add the orange just before the end and cook briefly with it.
7. Serve the oatmeal with orange in bowls and sprinkle some cinnamon.
8. Ready is the oatmeal with orange and cinnamon. Enjoy your meal!

About the oatmeal with orange and cinnamon recipe

Oatmeal with orange and cinnamon is a super healthy recipe. Because oatmeal is made from whole oat grains, it falls under the wholemeal grains. It is packed with good and essential nutrients. The orange and cinnamon make the breakfast extra healthy.

Oatmeal supplies carbohydrates, proteins, fiber, vitamin B and minerals just like bread. That is why you can use oat products very well if you want something different than bread. If, however, you do not eat bread at all, make sure that you get enough iodine. See also the article on iodine on this website.

Very positive stories are circulating about cinnamon. It would have an anti-inflammatory effect, a beneficial effect on cardiovascular diseases, helping to keep your blood sugar level stable, etc. A number of things are (partly) correct, but ... This is not a license to consume cinnamon indefinitely, because every advantage has its disadvantage. And everything that 'too' stands for is unhealthy.

Courgetti Meatballs Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar
• 400 grams of zucchini
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 20 grams of Parmesan cheese
• 1 bit of pepper
• 1 bit of rosemary
• 300 grams of beef meatballs
• 2 pieces of shallots
• 1 bit of thyme
• 390 grams of tomato cubes
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1 bit of salt

Portions

2 persons

Cooking time

15 minutes

Instructions

1. Put a tablespoon of olive oil in a pan and place it on the fire.
2. Add the beefballs and fry them on all sides for 5 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, finely chop the garlic.
4. Clean the onion and cut into cubes.
5. Add the garlic and onion after 5 minutes.
6. Fry the whole for a few minutes, until the onion is translucent.
7. Then add the tomato cubes.
8. Add the tomato puree.
9. Add the balsamic vinegar, rosemary, thyme, pepper and the salt.
10. Bring this gently to the boil and let it simmer for a few minutes.
11. Meanwhile, grate the cheese.
12. I think it's best to prepare the zucchini shortly in a wok. The goal is really just warming up. Wok it so short.
13. Divide the courgetti over the plates.
14. Add the meatballs in tomato sauce.
15. Garnish the whole with some Parmesan cheese.
16. Ready is the courgetti meatballs. Enjoy your meal!

About the courgetti meatball recipe

It is said that spaghetti with meatballs (which I have transformed into courgetti meatballs) was an innovation of Italian immigrants from the early 20th century in New York City. The recipe would be published for the first time at the beginning of the last century. The recipe only contains far too few vegetables, hence my adjustment.

Italian writers often mock the dish as pseudo-Italian or non-Italian. I think that some people will turn red if they also see my variant where I replace the pasta with courgetti. Anyway, it's our health and now the dish contains a lot of vegetables. I hope they forgive me.

I use the ready-to-eat courgetti and meatballs. Simply because it saves time. Secretly I think the courgetti that you can make yourself with a spirelli better. Then you get really nice long strings. I choose the ready-made meatballs because they are really tasty and firm. Ideal!