Simple & Delicious Chicken Pilaf

Well it’s been a month since we began ‘self-isolating’ due to COVID-19 here in Australia, and although it’s been a tough time for many, we have also seen plenty of positive effects. Everyone seems to be baking and cooking more, there’s more interest in immune-boosting foods and fermenting and natural health and growing veggies in backyard gardens, people are realising how important it is to support our local farmers and producers, we are getting pretty good at “DIY everything”, we are getting to know our neighbours, we are remembering how good it feels to simplify and slow down, and we are spending more time focusing on what’s really important – hope, love, faith, family, community… At least that’s the case with a lot of people I talk to, and for me also. AND today there are only 6 new cases in all of Australia (not bad for 25 million people)! Wooo!!! 
I’m still working a full day+ as usual (from home) and cooking a LOT of food for 6 adults (kind of 7 because my 20 yr old son eats as much as 2, ha ha!) – so I’m not lounging around in my PJs all day or binging on Netflix… but I still feel the pull to slow down and reduce the stress as much as possible. So I’m cutting down on work that can wait, making sure I get time out in the sunshine each day, keeping meals really simple, and making do with what I have as much as possible.

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