More Creative Dinners

So I don't know about you, but our dinners get pretty routine around here. Steak with green beans, spaghetti and meatballs, grilled chicken and veggies, taco night, and so on. I am back to no dairy (went dairy crazy over the holidays) so our dinners our changing. And for those of you wondering-my kiddos drink milk, eat yogurt, and cheese. Anyways, this past Saturday night I made Sweet and Sour Chicken with fried rice and cauliflower rice for me. I combined 2 recipes from Pinterest and came up with my own for the rice.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

1 lb, chicken breast, cut into cubes
1 large egg, beaten
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup of pineapple cut into chunks
1 cup peppers, cut into chunks (I used orange)
1/4 cup of corn starch
1/2 cup of sugar
4 tbs. ketchup
2 tbs. low sodium soy sauce
2 tbs, coconut oil

Combine cider, sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce-set aside. Heat skillet to medium heat. Put chicken cubes into gallon bag and add corn starch, shake around until covered. Add beaten egg, shake more. Add 1 tbs. of oil to skillet-cook chicken in batches (did 2 batches total). I cooked long enough for the sides to brown-wasn't cooked all the way through. Once cooked, I placed onto a foil lined pan. Once all cooked, add pineapple and peppers to pan. Pour sauce over chicken, pineapple, and peppers. Stir to make sure all is covered. Cook in a preheated 375 oven. I did it for about 45 minutes, stirring halfway through.

For the rice, super easy! Just cooked brown rice, I added sauteed onions, peas, carrots, half of a cooked scrambled egg, and soy sauce. For the cauliflower rice (Walmart sells cauliflower rice-jackpot)--did the same thing, but cooked the cauliflower rice and then added the sauteed onions, peas, carrots, and rest of the egg. Threw in some soy sauce at the end! So good. My 4.5 year old son has 2 servings! This will be a dish we continue to cook.