Here is another good one!
Chicken Sausage with Squash and Asparagus in a Chili Cream Sauce and Chili Smashed Potatoes
This was so good! Very easy to make!
Archive for January, 2010
Chicken with Wild Mushroom and Balsamic Cream Sauce
I am getting brave! I tried another new recipe! This one was from Rachel Ray’s 365-Day cookbook. She claims they take 30 min, but it took me more like 45 minutes. It was pretty easy. I had to buy some ingredients I have never used before and had to ask for help to find them. Mark and I both enjoyed the completed meal. The boys at the orzo pasta with Parmesan cheese and plain chicken I cooked. It was really fun to do!
Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Chicken
2 lg chicken breasts pounded thin
2 handfuls raw spinach then steamed and chopped
2 TBS of cream cheese
4 oz feta cheese crumbled
1-2 TBS butter
Pound chicken breasts to flatten. Wash and steam spinach for 90 sec. Allow to cool. Combine cream cheese, spinach and feta cheese in bowl and mix well. Divide mixture between two chicken breasts. Spoon mixture in middle of chicken and roll up breasts, secure with toothpicks. Heat about 1-2 TBS of butter in a skillet and quickly sear each side of the breast before placing in a baking pan. After searing both, pour a little of the butter on top of each breast in baking pan. Bake at 350º for 30-40 min. Slice breasts into 1″ section and serve.
This turned out really well and tasted great!
Sauce (didn’t work too well at first)
1/3 c flour
1/3 c butter
1/3 c white wine
1 garlic glove pressed
1/4 c milk
Melt butter and add flour to pan. Stir in wine, milk and garlic. I did this and tasted it. It was too strong. So I took half of it out of the pan and added another 1/4 cup of milk and then it was better. It had a nice smooth flavor but wasn’t very saucy. It was pretty thick. I put a dollop on the plate to dip my fork into so it wouldn’t overwhelm the dish.
I served mine with some red potatoes and green beans (steamer pack).
An attempt at something new.
I have been reading the Julie/Julia Project when I workout now for a while. She was crazy when she decided to cook 520+ french recipes in 365 days. I am not going to do anything that crazy, but I am going to try and cook/bake a new meal once per week. I started yesterday making my first, very homemade soup. It is called Tyler’s Baked Potato Soup. It was delish! It was so incredibly easy as well. I did some prepping early in the day and then when it was time, I threw all the ingredients together and we had a really great meal. Mark’s parents even joined us. I threw together a bagged salad and made crescent rolls too! Stay tuned for more, hopefully not failed attempts at cooking!