Two hours for Four Salads! Worth it?

Have you ever walked the supermarket thinking “I could make that!”. That is exactly what happened to me when I moved into my new apartment. I thought it wasn’t hard to make a salad from scratch. While I was gathering the ingredients it definitely didn’t seem difficult at all. I got about 12 huge slices of chicken (don’t ask me why), a roll of cabbage, a fresh onion and some tomatoes.

When I got home I didn’t feel like starting my new adventure so I froze the chicken and put the rest in the fridge. When I woke up I sat there thinking for a second as to why in earth I stuck the chicken in the freezer. All 12 slices of the chicken were frozen together. I decided to throw the chicken on my hardwood floor. When I threw it however it seemed to do more damage to the floor then to the chicken. After a few minutes of throwing and playing with a large knife I managed to get 3 slices separated. I then put those separated slices into the microwave and set it for a minute.

DING DING DING…The chicken was finally thawed. The hard part is done right? Think again… I took out my non stick pan and poured some oil on it. I believe the temperature was too high because the oil started to boil in a crazy manner. I threw the chicken on top of the pan. Yet, my chicken was burning so I kept trying to flip the thick slices. During all of this, I noticed the chicken was failing to cook in the middle. So I took it off the pan and cut into smaller pieces and threw it back on. At the end of this entire mess, half my chicken was burnt and tasted like cardboard.

Next time I want a salad, I’ll just buy a pre-made package at the store. My four small (terrible) salads took a little under two hours to complete. Chopping the ingredients and cleaning my cutting board 6-7 times was a lot more time consuming then I expected.