Culinary Endeavor #4 - Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Tuesday, 15 of May , 2007 @ 3:35 am
Tags: diet, culinary endeavors, recipes, grilled chicken sandwich
My friend and I are on a pseudo-diet, in hopes of losing the 10 or so pounds we gained since high school. The rules: no beef, pork and rice. Just chicken, pork, and healthy carbohydrates (whole grain and fruits). I used the word “pseudo-diet” because for all the saturated fat I won’t eat from from four-legged animal meat, I make up for my huge fat, sugar and carbohydrate intake from oils, fruits and dairy products. Still, it’s worth a shot. Besides, it’s about time for us to get “healthy”. Our clothes don’t fit us right anymore.
Today is Day 3 of my diet. So far, so good. For breakfast I had a slice of bread with cheese, and two small chicken pieces from last night’s dinner. In school, I ate chicken barbecue and a four seasons fruit shake (no milk, less sugar). Then, for lunch, I decided to make a sandwich with grilled… chicken.
Actually it wasn’t even grilled. I was supposed to use the grill in our stove but my Mom did not know how to use it and I didn’t feel like figuring it out. So I pan-fried it instead (with olive oil, healthy oil at least!).
So here’s what I did: First, I marinated some chicken breast in olive oil, garlic, rosemary, ionized salt, and pepper for about 30 minutes. Then I pan-fried it with a Teflon pan (since there was oil already in the chicken we didn’t need to add anymore), until the chicken was golden brown. While that was going on, I got honey mustard sauce with mayonnaise, mustard, all-purpose cream, salt and pepper. Then I placed some of that, as well as ketchup, lettuce and tomatoes, on two slices of whole wheat bread (cut diagonally).
Ladies and gentlemen, the final results:
In fairness, I think it tasted pretty good. A little sloppy, but good. I thought the chicken would be too salty (I may have played around with the salt too much), but the bread, veggies and sauces kind of neutralized it. And the rosemary was lovely. Rosemary really goes well with chicken.
Oh, three things. First, a disclaimer: I don’t actually do everything on my own. The household help helps me with stuff like chopping and lighting the stove, so that I don’t burn the new house down. She also tells me when the food’s cooked, or if it still lacks a certain ingredient, or if I should stop being salt-shaker happy lest I want to ruin my kidneys.
Second, you might be wondering, since this is Culinary Endeavor #4, where CulinaryEndeavors #2 and #3 are. Well, they’re actually going to be the first two episodes in my upcoming video podcast! Yay! *applause* It’s a podcast about my… culinary endeavors. My journey to domestication! Watch me whip up a meal… and fail at it almost every time! I’m actually done editing it, but Mom hasn’t bought me a microphone so I can’t narrate it yet. *cough hint cough* So just watch out for that in the coming weeks… or more.
And third, I think I quite like cooking. I want to be like my idol, Marketman. Ha ha!
The sandwich doesn’t look very healthy, no? I told you it was a pseudo-diet.
Category: Culinary Endeavors, Food, Pictures, Recipes
Comment by Tina
Made Tuesday, 15 of May , 2007 at 4:59 am
Comment by Jeric
Made Tuesday, 15 of May , 2007 at 5:02 am
Hmmm looks yummy! I’m excited for your video podcast.
MARIELLI: Me too! I hope I get a mic soon 
*cough*
Comment by tessie
Made Tuesday, 15 of May , 2007 at 8:16 pm
the sandwich looks soo good! haha
can’t wait to see the podcast!
Marielle is a 20-year-old Psychology student at the 
It does look healthy.
I think I’m gonna have to try this sometime. I have this thing for sandwiches — I could eat different kinds all day. L-)
The culinary endeavors that I post in my blog are more on the “fatty” side — meaning sweets that are bound to make your pants taunt you forever. Hehehehe.
MARIELLI: I tend to overeat when I make something sweet, so I kinda don’t want to start especially with this “diet” going on.
Do try this recipe sometime and tell us all about it in your blog okay?