January's new dish: garlic chicken and asparagus

I have actually made several new things since January began! I made some garlic chicken and baked asparagus. I'd never made asparagus before, but I've had it at restaurants and always found it to be very tasty so I decided to branch out and make that on my own. I have no previous knowledge to fall back on to determine if asparagus in the produce section is "good" but I think it turned out pretty well, so I guess I picked a good bunch.



I also sauteed chicken, which I have never done before (at least not with entire chicken breasts). Usually when I make chicken I either grill it on the handy George Foreman, or I boil it and then chop it up to put in something else, like a casserole or pasta dish. To make this garlic chicken I just seasoned the chicken with garlic powder and pepper. I would have used actual garlic but I don't have any right now, and I wanted to try something new.



The only thing I would change about these dishes is to use less oil when I cook them. I used more than I needed and I think that would greatly effect the healthiness of the meal, but I'm actually not sure how much oil really gets into the food when you cook. But at the very least, it was coating everything, so I'm sure we ate a fair amount of olive oil. Our house also still smells faintly of garlic, but I love me some garlic, so that's alright. It'll air out eventually...