Two Recipes, Quickly
Monday, February 12, 2007
We had friends over for dinner tonight, after a long weekend full of fevers and coughs and one extremely grumpy one-year-old. I love him but I am SO ready for him to feel better and quit whining, you know? (BTW, remember that "I'm so excited about Kaleb sleeping through the night" post? Well, you can forget that, as his cold has ensured that he's "slept" (read: twisted and turned and kicked me more than once in the nose) in our bed all week. Poor baby. Poor me! ;)
Anyway, just thought I'd share two of the recipes I used for dinner tonight, just because they're good!
Lemon Chicken (I always think of Everyone Loves Raymond when I make this!)
Chicken breasts, the kind with skin and bones
2-ish T Olive oil
2-ish T butter
Basil
Lemon Pepper
4 lemons
1/2 cup white cooking wine
1 can chicken broth
1 scoop chicken base
crushed garlic
In a large skillet, heat the oil and butter. Rinse chicken and pat dry; sprinkle with lemon pepper and basil. Brown in hot oil. Meanwhile, juice the lemons and mix with the wine, the chicken broth, chicken base, and garlic (I don't really measure those last two...I just put some in). Put chicken in a crock pot; pour liquid on top. Cook all day on low or for about 3-4 hours on high. When you're ready to serve it, beware: it is SO tender, the chicken literally falls off the bone. I take the skin off before I serve it.
Sophia's Garlic Breadsticks
(I got this recipe from my friend Sophia, so you may have already seen it, but it's so good it bears repeating!)
3 cups warm water
2 T yeast
2 T sugar
1 tsp salt
2 T olive oil
8 cups flour
1 cube butter
1/2 cup mayo or miracle whip
3 cloves garlic, crushed
parmesan cheese
Combine water, yeast, and sugar in mixer bowl; let sit for about 10 minutes. Add salt, oil, and flour; mix or knead until a soft dough is formed---it is just the smallest bit sticky when it's ready. Shape dough into bread sticks; put into two 9x13 casserole dishes. Mix butter, mayo, garlic, and some parmesan cheese and spread over sticks. Bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes.
Hope you had a great Sunday and that YOUR house is free of sickness!
The chicken sounds heavenly, Amy. I wanted some of those rolls yesterday with our white chili and didn't have the umph to make them yet. As soon as this bug passes, they will be the first thing I make! About those "kick me in the nose nights"... that's what I'm doing up at 4:14 for this morning! ugh! big hugs!
love, me
Posted by: Sophia C. | Monday, February 12, 2007 at 04:14 AM
ohhhh must make those breadsticks! mmmmm
Posted by: Jamie | Monday, February 12, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Becky | Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 10:22 AM