ELvis Loves Hats!

Whats for Food? Oh my gosh! I forgot about dinner! Again! This is why....

I got new 10.5 circular needles and I had a scarf I was working on that was unfinished, so I broke the yarn and started this hat! What I love is the pom pom that I learned to make.Now I just want to put pompoms on everything! I also learned that the chicken I planned to make was still frozen! Off to Wendys for burgers!

Forgot about dinner Chicken!

So anyway, I forgot all about dinner, until dinner time. Thats when I opened the freezer and took out the chicken, plopped it in the sink and poked it. Yep it's frozen. So we went to Wendy's and had cheese burgers!

So It has been thawing over night ( in the fridge of course)
It has been rinsed, patted dry and sprinkled liberally with salt.
Next, Melt some butter and wash a lemon.

Mix your herbs, I used about equal parts of rosemary, thyme and sage, I would say about a teaspoon of each, i usually just guesstimate. (chop, grind and smush all together!)
Then I rub the herbs all over the chicken, put spoonfuls of butter on it it till it looks happy, then squeeze the lemon juice all over it. (And pick off the seeds!)
Oops, oh yeah, preheat your oven to 375. hehe, it's the little things....
I start mine on its belly for about an hour, then flip it over for another half... more or less depending on how big that sucker is!
Enjoy!
P.S. Baste it every once in a while!

Sunday

Well, this is my third post and I feel like I'm floundering. Fry me in butter! Well I didn't put anything up yesturday, but I really am having a hard time trying to wax poetic about my dinner time blues. Yesturday though was nice, I did not cook. Actually, I haven't made dinner since Thursday. Friday went to Polly's for their chicken dinner, always good. Yesturday we went to Fudruckers. Now, it is a pretty cool place to go, alot of memorabilia all over, but seriously, the price you pay for a burger, I was very dissapointed.
Today though I made :

Chipotle-Glazed

 Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

Makes: 6 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
4 sweet potatoes (10 ounces each), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
4 chipotle chilies in adobo sauce, minced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons honey
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 1/4 teaspoons salt, plus additional to taste
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2 pounds), rinsed and patted dry
Chopped cilantro, for garnish (optional)
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, toss the sweet potatoes in the olive oil and scatter on the bottom of a roasting pan. Roast for 15 minutes.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the chilies, garlic, honey, vinegar, salt, cumin, and cinnamon to make a paste. Rub the paste evenly over each breast.
3. Place the chicken breasts on top of the sweet potatoes and roast until the chicken is just cooked through, about 25 to 30 minutes. Serve garnished with cilantro if desired.
Nutrition facts per serving: 407 calories, 38g protein, 45g carbohydrate, 8g fat (1.3g saturated), 6g
fiber                                                                                                                http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/quick-recipes/dinner/6-quick-chicken-recipes/

This was delicious! Although, next time I make it, I will de-seed the chiles! Plus I kinda used the whole can (7 ounces)  instead of counting out 4 lil chiles. but it was quite good.
I know I need to post some pics, but just let me say I think mine turned out way more picturesque than the one on the site. Go check it out. good stuff.

Fast Food Friday!

 

So are you hungry?

Yeah kinda, whats for food? Yeah I know, Chicken.

Lets go to....
Pollys for some rotisserie chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and don't forget the rolls!
MMMMMMmmmmm                                                                                                                             Fast Food Friday.

I am going to go put my pajamas on and start knitting a red scarf!
I need batteries for my camera, I will work on posting some pictures soon!

Waffles! The other Dumpling!

Mmmm... waffles. Thats whats for dinner tonight, yummy yes but a far cry from the dumplings they started out to be. Yesterday I finally got my homemade egg noodles made, picked the chicken and moved on to making the dumplings. Easy enough, right? I use Bisquick, just add milk. Not me, I also put in an egg and oil. Yeah, I made waffles!