Sadly, some of these pictures turned when uploaded and after multiple attempts, I cannot get them to upload straight and there is no "rotate" on Blogger! Not sure why this is happening, PLEASE tell me if you know the secret!
Anywho... hope you won't get extremely frustrated looking at this post (sorry all you A-types).
First off we have a new amazing appetizer that is so different and so beautiful! Roasted grapes with olive oil, salt and pepper, and thyme on top of ricotta cheese and a toasted baguette! Simple, elegant, delicious.
Crispy Breaded Chicken... I used the leftover baguette that was hard and stale already the next day and threw it in the food processor for bread crumbs. I added salt/pepper/paprika/garlic powder and used an egg wash to hold it on the thinly pounded chicken breasts. Let them sizzle and pop in a bit of oil and voila!
Juicy, crispy chicken.
Chicken Coconut Curry soup. We love us some curry every now and then. So simple to make with noodles, coconut milk, chicken broth, curry powder, chicken and a squirt of lemon.
A few desserts thrown in the middle of this post. My MOTHER and I (there's your shout out mom) had a baking day and made 3 INCREDIBLE desserts. All the recipes were found on Saveur.com The first is a blueberry buckle... kind of like a coffee cake with fresh blueberries. It came out super moist and crumbly.
Next we made coconut bars made completely in the microwave! Crust is made and microwaved, then the coconut mixture, then the chocolate on top. Surprisingly simple.
And then a Plum Rugelach... sounds fancy huh? A kind of dough is made then rolled out in three pieces. Then you spread on the plum jam, sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar/pecan mixture, and layer it up!
From RealSimple magazine I found a great teriyaki chicken and stir fried veggie recipe.
For Valentines Day I had to work till later in the evening so I prepped this chicken dish before work and just popped it in the oven when I got home while the potatoes boiled. Came together really quickly. I used whatever I had on hand in the kitchen (chicken, ricotta, asparagus, sweet baby peppers) and rolled it all up.
I did quite a bit of chicken pounding in one week and would like to first apologize to my neighbors, and second thank the VanDuyns for my amazing pampered chef meat pounder! Its awesome.
I reallllly love the Sierra Turkey sandwich at Panera... It's pretty much all I ever get for lunch there so I decided one sunday after church to recreate it. Found some bun/rolls in the bakery, got some deli smoked turkey, a chipotle cheddar dip/spread, lettuce, thinly sliced red onion... not bad if I do say so myself.
I finally bought a bottle of Sriracha hot sauce and have been putting it in everything. It's my favorite. I made a Sriracha sauce and cooked some chicken tenders in it... ahhhmazing. I cooked some dandelion greens on a quest to try different veggies at the store- they were pretty good! Oh and a note: do not, i repeat do not throw hot sauce directly in a really hot pan with your chicken as it will vaporize and attack your lungs with a pepper spray like result... I've never done it... just heard from someone.... :-/
This sideways picture is awful... but one of my favorite things is bacon fried rice. I used brown rice, lots of fresh veggies (including fresh mushrooms from someones garden!) and not much oil for frying so it isn't as bad for you as it sounds...
And yes that is Tommy in the background using his "rate that beer pad" christmas present that I got him for my little beer connoisseur :)
I just love the colors of fresh veggies
And finally, a teriyaki marinated chicken sandwich with pineapple. Way too hard to eat... but worth the mess!
That's all folks, thanks for stopping by!
