Lazy Girl Protein Prep

I often talk about how important it is to set aside one or two blocks of time per week to  prep your protein and veggies for the week. But I have a confession. Every once in a while I just don't feel like it - or I'm genuinely racing around and not at home long enough to prep it. But that doesn't mean I order a pizza and call it a day. Instead, that's when I go to my old standard rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. It's a relatively healthy option, and the price is right. Depending on the size of the chicken you can get 4-6 good sized servings out of it and it's easy to throw alongside steamed veggies, in a salad or to 'meat-up' that veggie soup you had frozen from one of your major cooking marathons (you do that too right?)

To make life easier, here is a quick way to 'dismantle' your chicken to get it into easy single servings and packed away for your upcoming dinners and lunches.

Cut off the string.

Using kitchen shears, cut down the breastbone of the chicken and then down the spine.



Then cut off each leg quarter.

If the breast pieces are too large, cut those in half as well.

Kitchen shears make the process much cleaner and faster and you're not struggling with getting the knife through the chicken. It also makes for nicely presented pieces (if you care about that kind of stuff!)