This is the one-dish meal i have cooked. As can be seen from the picture, it is a bowl of porridge with vegetables, chicken, carrots (the small orange things) and really tiny slices of mushrooms (the colour of the mushrooms blend in with the porridge so I guess it's difficult to see).

According to my 3-day diet record, I ate chicken porridge on Friday (26/8/11) for dinner. Usually my chicken porridge is literally simply porridge with chicken slices on it. Well, for this one-dish meal, I modified the usual porridge slightly by adding in carrots and vegetables.

According to the Food Intake Assessment, I consume too much saturated fat and sodium in my diet. Carrots are free of fats and saturated fats. Even the sodium levels are low. Furthermore, it is high in Vitamin A and a good source of fibre. And unlike my favourite snack, potato chips, carrots have low cholesterol! Adding carrots to this dish will certainly increase my nutrition intake.

Plain porridge tastes really bland and is not delicious. By adding in the chicken, not only have I included a protein food, but I have also put in some taste into the food. To let the chicken taste spread, I boiled the water and porridge, and afterwards put in the chicken too, even while the water and porridge was boiling. This way, the taste spread and and the porridge tasted wonderful. One quarter teaspoon (really little) of salt was also added in. This method is indeed healthier compared to using chicken stock as chicken stock is high in sodium and my sodium intake has already gone through the roof.

Therefore, I feel that this one-dish meal is a lot healthier than the usual chicken porridge I eat.