Protein, Greens, and Orange

Kali, the good friend with whom I am living, has adopted me like her own child and treats the coming of Lily as the coming of one of her own grandchildren.  I am blessed to have such wonderful support so close to home.  When we are both going to be home for dinner, we make a point to create something yummy that is full of protein, fat, and veggies.  It's my job to buy the groceries and Kali's job to whip up something yummy.  Kali is trying to give me simple cooking ideas, so that when I move out, I can make more than just eggs and turkey sandwiches.

This plate is last night's creation: baked chicken, glazed carrots, and spring mix.  Kali humored the crunchy pregnant lady by picking up an organic, pasture-raised, grass-fed, antibiotic-free chicken.  Seasoning it with salt and pepper (still all I can handle as far as seasoning) and rubbing it with olive oil, she stuck two pats of organic, pastured butter under the skin.  Kali was telling me that the butter under the skin makes the meat moist, and that it did.  She sliced and sauteed carrots in butter and the organic, fair trade brown sugar that she picked up (to humor me).  And, then we piled a bunch of salad on our plates.  It was all so very yummy!  We're building us a baby!