OK...so it was my birtday and yeah, I did cook. But honestly, I'd rather stay on track and be comfy at home than go out. I cooked a little Cornish hen with some wild rice and baby carrots. One slice of my homemade whole wheat bread with Benecol and voila! Dinner was served.
The recipe is really easy. Take about a cup of apple juice, some maple syrup and a stick of cinnamon. Boil this for a while until it seems a little thicker and turn off the heat.
Grab a Cornish hen, rinse and place in a pan. I used a metal bread pan since these things are so small. Pour some of the above mixture over the hen and sprinkle with salt. It's going to take about 50 minutes on 425 to cook. While this is in the oven, get some carrots, sliced or whatever is easier, and pour some of the mixture over them and make sure they're coated. Put those in the oven with the hen.
Once the hen is done, the carrots probably will be too (they should be tender).
The wild rice is a no brainer--Uncle Ben's and you can make that while the other stuff is in the oven.
We split the hen so portion was no biggie and just a spoonful of the rice and half the carrots. So to recap, there was protein, a veggie, a starch, and some carbs. Pretty complete I'd say.
Let's hope it's more filling than what I had the night before. My stomach was rattling before I fell asleep and I awoke starving. Not good.
OK...off of here for now and time to get ready for bed now and the doc in the am. Wish me luck!
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