Chicken with zingy lemon couscous

I wasn't fasting today but I had had a pretty heavy day, food wise. Volunteering in a community café seems to be both a gift and curse - bacon and egg hugging and caressing each other under the sheets of thick, soft and comforting, fluffy granary bread-bed; mint mochaccinos, so sweet that it gives you more buzz than a beehive, all whilst nibbling on cake disasters.

Because of this, I thought I should do myself a favour and go for a light evening meal, after much deliberation by and not much input from Sam ("I don't fancy fish." "What do you want then?" "Dunno.") - we (umm, I) finally decided on a chicken with lemon couscous.

All it takes is;

• Lazy lemon juice - 3 teaspoons at 3 calories,
• Some onion, dice it up - 128 grams at 48 calories
• (Cook from) Frozen chicken breast, approx. 115g at around 164 calories (each)
• Couscous, 260 grams at 388 calories
• Stock cube is optional, they're usually great at jazzing up couscous, but chilli couscous with a lemon zing, is probably jazzy enough!

And to cook it, you will need;

• One measuring jug,
• Kitchen foil,
• A decent knife,
• A set of scales and
• A baking tray

Contrary to the photo, despite the usefulness of a slow cooker, one isn't necessary to prepare this dish.

I'd just like to remind you, wonderful reader, that I am not a chef. And I've no idea on how to write recipes, so here goes;

1. Place your chicken on the baking tray and cook according to packet instruction. Wrap said baking tray in the kitchen foil and put it in the oven, gas mark 6 for 40 minutes, unwrap the chicken and put it back in for a further 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, attempt to finely dice your onions without losing a finger.
3. 5 minutes before the end of the chicken's cooking time, add 160ml of water (measuring jug) to your couscous, place your diced onion on top of it, in your jug and wait for the liquid to be soaked up. Then just fluff it up with a fork.
4. Chuck the couscous on a plate and throw your chicken breast on top of it.
5. Eat.

Simple. Simply tasty.

It isn't a looker, I know that. But it is effortless, tasty and low in calories, coming in at a total of 385 calories.

This was surprisingly satisfying. Big flavours definitely keep me from wanting much else, which is a great help when you're trying to be a little bit healthier! It isn't quite food-coma-inducing, however, I think it might keep me ticking over while I do more indulging, but this time in everyone's favourite guilty pleasure - the Eurovision Song Contest!