Chicken in Tomato Sauce

Tomato is considered as hot weather crop, so basically it's tomato season every summer. hihi,

My father loves planting veggies in the backyard.He has planted different kinds of veggies depending on the season,now that it's summer He has grown lots of tomatoes,talong,corn,talvos ng kamote,kangkong,upo at patola...

Tomatoes has the antioxidant called Lycopene.

Lycopene may help to ward against:

• prostate cancer
• breast cancer
• stomach cancer
• age-related macular degeneration.

Now,let me share a healthy recipe for the whole family. =)

Chicken in Tomato Sauce

Whatchunid:

• 1/4 chicken meat
• 10 medium size tomatoes (sliced)
• 1 clove of garlic (sliced)
• 1 medium onion (sliced)
• 1 medium size bell pepper (julliene)
• 1 potato
• 1 carrot
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1/2 cup of water
• salt and pepper
• Italian Seasoning 
• Cheese (optional)

Easy Peasy steps:

1. Saute garlic and onion and tomatoes
2. Add the chicken meat,saute for a minute.
3. Pour water,Let it simmer until the meat is tender
4. Add potatoes,bell pepper and carrots
5. Let it simmer until vegetables are cook,(don't over cook)
6. Sprinkle some Italian Seasoning Herbs
7. Topped with cheese while it's hot! (optional)

I used real tomatoes to make sauce for this recipe.

*Cooked tomatoes contains more lycopene because cooking helps release lycopene from the tomato cells.

Thanks for reading this post..=)