Sunday, September 2, 2018

Chop and Drop Cheezy Orzo

This is barely cooking, it is mostly assembly.  It took me under 12 mins to make an entire week's worth of lunches.  A bit higher cal then I've been going lately, to avoid evening "eating the kitchen" incidents that seem to go along with small lunches, sadly. 640 cals, 47g of protein, 5 servings.

1 box (8 servings) orzo
1lb ground turkey or chicken (99% fat free)
1 jar (5 servings) pasta sauce - I used clasico 4 cheese
1 bag hearty greens (I used a baby kale/baby spinach/arugula blend)
1 entire large zucchini, chopped
few cloves garlic, chopped
8oz grated cheese(s) - I used a bag of kraft "italian blend" with motz, parm, asagio.  Use whatever you like really
Red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, etc as you like

Put water on for orzo, salted.  In another pan, put you poultry and the tomato sauce.  Chop up the zucchini and add it to the sauce pot, along with the garlic.  Stir every so often, adding extra herbs and red pepper flakes if you like to make it taste less jar-rish. Add orzo to pot once water boils, setting a timer for 9 mins.  When there is about 3 mins left on orzo, stir the greens into there to wilt them down.  Your chicken should be done about when the orzo is, so turn off that pot then stir in the cheese so it melts w the residual heat.  Portion it out and done. 

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