Because a great story never started with someone eating a salad

​Over the weekend, I did my one-week grocery shopping at NTUC and bought the following

1. chicken breasts 
2. broccoli
3. carrots 
4. potatoes 
5. Fuji apples
6. cilantro
7. iceberg lettuce

For tomorrow's lunch, I decided to try something slightly more different. I usually microwave the chicken breasts (diced or sliced) with any veggies that require cooking, such as broccoli. 

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What I did this time was to cook the vegetables, including the baby potatoes with Japanese sesame sauce and a little bit of butter. I then diced the chicken breasts into smaller cubes, and then added some sesame oil as well as the Japanese sesame sauce and then stirred and mixed them, to marinate the chicken. 

After the veggies are cooked, I then added the marinated chicken and then cooked it again. 

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The Chinese Celery or Cilantro happens to be a really versatile vegetable to have. Adding cilantro is a great way to add flavor to a dish or beverage without adding extra calories, fat, or sodium.

Cilantro is a tender herb (along with mint and basil) which has gentle leaves that are best to add either raw or near the end of cooking in order to maintain their delicate flavor and texture. Unfortunately, my cilantro is getting shrivelled, so I decided to snip all of it to add to the salad. 

Making salads can be really quick and fun, and it's healthy! 

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