Country Time Chick & Taters

I finally had the chance to meal prep for the rest of the week! I'm so glad I made Cappello's Gnocchi Dish last week, I shared with my brother and it lasted me until yesterday!

 

Last night, I just messed around with what ingredients I had at home. I have a bad habit of not using the groceries right away... can't be throwing away money!

 

Ingredients:

4-5 chicken thighs (trim as much fat as possible)

dried rosemary, garlic, salt

2 tablespoons coconut oil

 

1 head of cauliflower

2 tablespoons of melted ghee

garlic powder, parsley, salt

4 strips of diced bacon, cooked

 

3-4 medium or large sweet potatoes

 

Prep:

1. On medium heat, melt the coconut oil, then place your chicken in the pan; cook thoroughly! When your chicken is done, remove from oil and set on paper towel in a bowl or plate, or even a sieve to drain excess oil

2. While that's cooking, prep your sweet potatoes (Prep here! Click me!)

3. Split your cauliflower into "smaller trees," fill pot with water, and bring cauliflower to a boil
4. Make sure both the sweet potatos and cauliflower are soft enough to the point where you poke a fork and it'll slide off
5. Drain the water completely from the cauliflower... mash it! (using an egg masher, a fork, whatever!)
6. Save 1/2 cup of the boiled water from the sweet potatoes, then drain the potatoes... mash it! And add that same water to desired consistency
7. Let both mashes cool.

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8. The cauliflower mash needs some more drainage. It looked soupy after I mashed it, so it took me some time to squish it against the pot and tip one side to get the water flowing, I scooped what looked less wet into a big bowl.
9. Season cauliflower to taste, and add the melted ghee a little at a time to get the desired taste AND consistency.

(mind you, I still really hate cauliflower but I need to force myself to eat more of it, lol)

10. Stir in your bacon chunks/bits (I used 4, but next time I think I'll use 6-8 strips...)

And... you're done!

I didn't follow any recipe for these really, so it was mostly trial and error...
 

 

Cookin' dat chicken.

 

Dat cauliflower mash right after I drained as much as possible.

 

Fin.