May 11, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
When you can combine healthy eating with a meal that tastes absolutely delicious you are on to something special. With a chicken dinner you are able to get health and taste all in one dish.
Chicken has been a popular meat for centuries. The earliest humans recognized that chicken was a good tasting meat. They were able to easily cook the bird on an open fire and enjoy it without any other added ingredients.
Today the open fire is replaced by the BBQ and the added ingredients are supplanted with the thousands of recipes that are available from around the world.
But the major difference between our ancestors from long ago and us when it comes to the understanding about chicken is the health aspects. Modern science has determined that chicken is the one meat that should be used as a substitute for the far less healthy red meat that is prevalent in so many of our diets.
With no carbohydrates and very little fat chicken is not just a healthy meat it is also a pretty good diet food. People trying to lose weight will soon discover that chicken is a mainstay in the menus of most diets.
It can be enjoyed by itself or with some well-made potato recipes used as side dishes. If you are craving soup with your chicken dinner then a crock pot potato soup might fit the bill.
It is not at all unusual for nutritionist and doctors to recommend to their patients that are suffering from serious illnesses like diabetes or obesity to eat chicken a few times a week. The meat from the bird can be assumed many times a week without any worry of causing harm a person’s health.
Chicken is the one meat that you can be certain that not only is good for you but also tastes great.
Updated May 11, 2011. Published February 20, 2011. Bill Szydlowski
