We bought a rotisserie chicken earlier in the week and used one breast shredded for our Asian chicken salad and the wings, thighs, and legs for various lunches. Now we needed to eat the other breast for dinner without significantly heating up the kitchen. Could we make this dinner only using one burner on the stove for a short amount of time. Yes we could!

John manned the stove and heated the chicken in gravy on the stove over a low flame. I made the potatoes out of dehydrated potato flakes in the microwave. Finally, and I have never done this before, I microwaved the broccoli.

I was really afraid that the broccoli would come out either over-cooked, not cooked enough, or a combination of both. I managed to get it just right by putting it in a dish with a couple of tablespoons of water and a little bit of butter. I put a bowl up side down over the whole dish to create some steam. Then I microwaved it on half power for two minutes, checked it for doneness, then gave it one more minute at half power. The broccoli turned out great!

This heat is getting tedious. We rarely have more than three days of hot weather in a row. Now we have had five days of triple digits and more to come. We are hunkered down in the house turning the air conditioning on and off according to our electric company, PG&E. And trying to think of dinners to make that won’t heat up the house.