Go-To Meals-Brown Sugar Chicken

Once upon a time, I was living on oatmeal and pasta, and life was very bland. While I was figuring out what foods triggered my IC, I went on an elimination diet--meaning I cut out pretty much everything and added foods back one at a time to see what triggered flares. Needless to say, food was rather plain. This was a recipe that I figured out early on because it's very simple and yet added some flavor to my otherwise dull meals.

I cook my rice in a rice cooker because one, I can't cook it on the stove and two, it is VASTLY superior to minute rice. But minute rice works too, depends on how much time you have.

Brown Sugar Chicken
Rice
Chicken
Brown Sugar
Carrots
Celery

Wash the rice and start it in the rice cooker (takes about 20 minutes, by which time everything else will be done). Defrost a chicken breast and cut into cubes. Cook in a saute pan on medium heat, stirring occasionally. When the chicken starts to turn white and opaque, sprinkle about 1 T of brown sugar over it. Continue cooking until chicken is done (completely white and opaque). While the chicken is cooking, dice carrots and celery and cover with water. Bring to a boil and add about 1 T of brown sugar to the water. Boil on medium for about 10 min or until veggies are soft (yet still firm).

When everything is done, serve chicken and veggies over rice, using the extra juice from the chicken as a sauce.
Simple, fast, and flavorful. Gotta love it.