Rainbow Roasted Chicken Bake

I cooked me and my Dad another healthy meal today. It is my signature dish and I cook it loads for myself at Uni. Originally I found it in a cookbook but after tweaking it slightly to my taste I have perfected it to my preference and renamed it Rainbow Roasted Chicken Bake!  I’m going to write a list of things you need, ingredients and then what I did, step-by-step!

What you need:

Roasting dish

Small Bowl

Cheese grater

Chopping board

Knife

Vegetable peeler

Ingredients (for 2 people):

3 chicken breast fillets

1 sweet potatoe

2 courgettes

1 red pepper

1 yellow pepper

Handful of cherry tomatoes

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

How to do it:

Chop up 1 of the 2 courgettes into thin slices and place them into the roasting dish with a dash of olive oil. 

 Chop the peppers in half and then smaller until they’re small, finer pieces.

Peel the sweet potatoe and chop it into small pieces (this is never neat and tidy as sweet potatoe is SO difficult to chop).  I then add the pieces to the dish too.

Next I chopped the second courgette in half and grated one half of it. This grated courgette is then squeezed over the sink to get rid of most of the juices and then placed into a small bowl and put aside for now.

I then make a slit in the center of two of the chicken breasts so that there's a hole in them. The grated courgette is taken from the bowl and stuffed into the chicken breast. This makes the chicken stay nice and (excuse the vile word) but moist and it doesn’t dry out when being cooked.

Finally I sprinkle some salt and pepper over the whole dish and place into the oven for around 10 minutes before adding the tomatoes in. I then place it back in the oven again for around 35 minutes. Just keep checking to ensure the veg is browning slightly. 

Here is a photo of the finished meal before dishing it out!

Hope you think it looks nice and have a go yourself!

DIY: Captain America Shield

My friend is having an American themed 21^st party on the 4^th of July and so I have decided to go as a female version of Captain America.

I wanted a costume that I could make for very little money as I’m struggling for money at the minute. I have bought a royal blue dress, red gloves and American coloured socks all for £6.00 off eBay. I am making the shield out of cardboard and paints that I found around our house. 

First off I had to find four different circular objects in which I could draw around for the different sized circles on the shield. I used various plant pots and plates.

Once I had cut out four different sized circles, I had to paint them red, blue and white. I used some children’s paint that I found which wasn’t very good and so I had to add lots and lots of coats onto it.

I tried drawing and cutting out a star shape for the center of the shield but failed dramatically. I had to then wait for my mum to get home to help me draw a star! Hahaha. Here’s my rubbish attempt:

Once my mum helped me draw a star, I glued all the pieces together and placed a heavy book ontop of it for a while to ensure it stayed together well. After this I cut out a small strip of cardboard for the handle. I glued and taped the handle onto the back of the shield.

This was my final result. I was pleased with it in the end because it cost me nothing and it worked relatively well! Let’s just hope it doesn’t fall apart before the party!!