What do you get when you have a couple of Tupperware containers in the fridge with some roasted beet mix and corn-quinoa elbow macaroni?

OUR FIRST RECIPE!

We call it Macabeet Chickakale.
Preparation time: ~25 min
Difficulty: Medium

Here’s what we started with:

Leftovers:

• Roasted beet stuff (beets, tomatoes, spices)
• Corn-quinoa elbow pasta

Fresh ingredients:

• Kale
• Carrots (sliced)
• Green Onions (chopped into 1/4″ pieces, including the white part)
• Yellow onion (diced)
• Chicken breast

You can feel free to substitute any or all of the ingredients in this or any recipe on this site. While I know everyone should have roasted root veggie mix in their fridge, sometimes it’s not possible.

Preparation

1. Slice the carrots and the green onions and rip apart the kale into bite-sized chunks. Set aside.
2. Optional: If you’ve got a pretty thick piece of chicken, pound it flat first to speed cooking time. You can also cut it into chunks if you like. Doesn’t matter to me.
   Tip: lay the chicken between two pieces of saran wrap before you pound the crap out of it to save time on cleanup and to prevent the spread of nasties.
3. Get a saute pan going over medium heat and let it warm up. Get some butter or oil or both (I like to do half butter, half olive oil and medium-low heat so the butter don’t burn. Warning: this will increase your cooking time, but make it more delish.) going in the pan and add the chicken. Brown on both sides and then add the onion and some basil. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Start another pan with high heat and add about a teaspoon of oil. Add the kale, green onions, and carrots and cook until the kale is just tender. (I like my veggies al dente, but you can cook them to whatever consistency you want.)
5. Back to the chicken pan, when the onions are translucent and the chicken is cooked through, add the beet mix (or whatever you substitute for it) and the macaroni and toss it up so that everything is well coated in that delicious onion/oil/butter stuff.
6. When the beet mix and macaroni is heated thoroughly, remove from heat and serve with the greens.

Verdict
Edible

To be honest, I probably wouldn’t make this again, but it was much more edible than some other things I’ve made in the past like Annie’s cheddar bunny pasta with cut up turkey dogs. This one’s at least got some nutrition and greens. Since it relies on some fresh ingredients which aren’t always available in a bachelor fridge, it may not be for everyone. The cleanup time also made it not worth it.

I give it 2 toilet seats up, mostly for the fresh greens. (Our rating system explained)