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For some people, the task of cooking a homemade meal is full of mysterious complexities. The path to fast food and take-away meals seems to fit neatly into busy lifestyles and hectic family life, work and social schedules, oftentimes gulped down with little thought as to what the ingredients actually are, where they came from, and how they were grown and cooked. I will show you later a great resource for recipes, as well as useful discount cookbooks and health and fitness tips.

Healthy Easy Recipes

Cooking a meal doesn’t have to be complicated. The use of herbs and spices will elevate your cooking to a delicious new level. Don’t think you have to juggle numerous pots and pans at the same time, either. There are plenty of great recipes that only require one pot. It’s what you put in that pot that makes the difference.

How to Prepare Healthy Meals

Another tip towards healthy easy recipes is to make friends with your freezer. Instead of watching a mindless TV soap opera, spend some time to make a meal or two that can be popped in the freezer and pulled out for an instant dinner when time is short. You’ll be surprised how convenient this can make for your dinners.

Chart your culinary course with care and don’t let your nutritional path get sidetracked by media hype and alluring advertisements. Although price is important, it is equally important to read food labels and know how to interpret them. Ingredient labels are often small to discourage your investigation, so take the time to learn what to look for.

Avoid High Salt and Sugar Content

Experts advise to steer clear of high sodium and sugar content, harmful or chemical preservatives, and artificial additives. We are all becoming much more conscious of what’s in our food, and manufacturers are regulated and obligated to disclose what’s in their products.

Keep Your Family Healthy

Healthy easy recipes pay off in keeping you and your household healthy and aid in building your resistance to sickness and disease. You and your family and friends can rejoice that the onions were sautéed without butter, the salad dressing isn’t made with poor quality oil, the soup tastes delicious with all natural ingredients, the beans are tasty, the meat is lean and fat-free, the rice is nutritious, the fruit and vegetables are organically grown, and the dessert is full of sin-free goodness.

There are many chicken with shiitake mushrooms recipes in the web but today this is my very own recipe that I learned from my mum. This is one of my all-time favourite dishes. I used to help my mum to prepare for dinner but the work I was asked to do was only washing the vegetables and may be some cutting work. One fine day, mum gave me a chance to do some cooking, I was delighted when I heard that. While I was cooking, she would stand by my side and supervised me. When I went to college and shared a flat with some friends, I cooked this dish several times and the results turned out to be good, I guess all the hard work I did paid off. Some tips when you are cooking the mushrooms, you can also just cook the whole mushroom after you cleaned it but it takes longer to cook, maybe another 15-25 mins, it also depends on how big are the mushrooms. The full-sized mushrooms are more juicy. Shiitake mushroom is good for health, as it boosts up your immune system and it also has antioxidants that’s great for fighting free radicals in the air (which fights aging in a way).

Servings: 2 *Note that the suggested serving here is for 2 persons, with the assumption that this dish is served along with rice. You may tweak the amount of ingredients used, according to your personal preferences. For example, you can use 3 chicken thighs and more mushroom if you intend to consume this dish with no side serving.

Ingredients:

4 Dried Shiitake Mushrooms or Chinese mushrooms 2 Chicken Thighs 3 cloves of garlic, chopped them to small pieces 1 tablespoon oil 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, you can use 1 teaspoon of salt if you do not have soy sauce, adjust to suit your own taste 1/4 cup of water 1 or 2 spring onions to garnish (optional)

Cooking Instructions:
1. Place mushrooms in a small bowl, add enough hot water to cover them and soak for 15 minutes. This is to make sure the dirt in the mushrooms are clean away. Drain the hot water, wash the mushrooms and cut into shredded pieces.
2. Take the chicken thighs’ skin off and cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.Heat the oil in a medium saucepan or wok over medium-high heat. Stir-fry the garlic for 30 seconds, then put in the mushrooms and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.Then add the chicken and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes on each side until lightly brown.
3. Add the water, reduce heat to medium and then simmer for 10 minutes. Add the water, reduce heat to medium and then simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Finally, add soy sauce or salt and stir-fry for another 1 minute and serve the dish with some spring onions on top as garnish. As you can see, this is an easy simple dish that anyone can easily and quickly prepare at the comfort of your home. Cooking can never be any simpler.