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Asian Chicken with Veggie Slaw

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You’ve probably noticed that I'm regularly trying to convince you to eat whole, unprocessed foods. Every recipe I write uses what I consider unprocessed foods (with minor exceptions).

To keep it simple, let’s start off with some definitions:

What are processed foods? Processed foods are anything you buy in a package in a grocery store. Anything that has chemicals and preservatives as additives would fall into the processed foods category. By my definition, any bread in a store that has a preservative put into it would be processed food, so even if it doesn’t always come in a box, you can consider it processed. Processed foods encompass most of what’s in your grocery store.

What are unprocessed foods? Unprocessed foods are the things you find in the produce section, the fresh meat section, and limited parts of the dairy section. I say limited parts of the dairy section because we can’t all have a cow or goat in our backyard. We need to allow for some processed foods that are in packages or cartons. That being said, the fewer the ingredients that are there to keep them fresh for transport to the grocery store, the better. The closer your food comes to you from the farm, the better.

If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it. Read a few product labels and you’ll see how challenging this can be...

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Asian Chicken with Veggie Slaw

This is a fun, easy dish to serve in the summer or when you want something light. The veggies can be varied. I used red bell pepper and pea pods, but you could also use other colors of bell peppers, celery, cucumber, green onion, white onion, or even add a bit of jalapeno. You decide.

This looks like a lot of ingredients, but you’ll see it’s sort of a dump and cook recipe. Not difficult at all. If you love making Asian food you probably have many of these ingredients in the house.

Servings: Serves 2. Can be doubled easily.

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