Day 20: Chicken with Artichokes & Sun-dried Tomatoes

I think this way of eating should be called "Coconuts and Cauliflower: Who Knew?"  I swear I don't know how I lived without either.  Cauliflower is like a super vegetable, able to be roasted, mashed, fried, and leap tall buildings in a single bound.  And coconut milk must have cocaine in it, because it is so addictive that it is almost good enough to make me  patient and kind.  Almost.  I am still me, after all.  

What do I have to be angry about?  MY FREAKING BROKEN FOOT!!!!  That's right.  I'm going to go all-out crazy because I am so angry that my foot isn't healed.  Now, the foot doctor thinks my healing abilities are amazing.  But, I am so sick of waiting to be able to use it.  I'm done being patient with myself, and waiting for my body to do its thing, and blah, f*ing BLAH!!!  I want to be able to walk.  Waaaaah.  (So, it turns out my 2-year-old is NOT the only one who can have a proper tantrum.)

Now that that's out of the way, let's move on to the daily chow...

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs w/ spinach
Lunch: The last of the BOB and some cauliflower rice

Dinner:
I wanted to incorporate some artichokes into my meals, so I combined a can of those with chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and leeks.  It was really good!  

I also had a side of roasted purple cauliflower (which was really this recipe, but instead of having to babysit the frying pan, I reduced the oil and roasted in the oven).

Chicken with Artichokes & Sun-dried Tomatoes
1 lb chicken, cut into strips
1 can artichoke hearts
1/4 c sun-dried tomatoes (packed in ONLY olive oil)
1/2 c leeks, chopped
broth for deglazing
salt & pepper


Sear chicken in some of the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes.  Set aside.  Saute remaining ingredients in same pan, deglazing w/ broth.  Put all together in oven until chicken cooked through.  [I reaaallllly wanted to put Parmesan cheese on this, but didn't.  I think it would also go well over pasta, but we're not even going to think about that.  Anymore.]

If you have any recipes with artichokes, please let me know! Thanks.