Bacon wrapped chicken with cream cheese stuffing
Salad greens with raspberry basalmic dressing
Seasoned rice with.... seasoning?
Chicken-
partially cook bacon in frying pan, still want it flexible
pound chicken breasts till thin, around 1/4"
mix cream cheese with herbs of choice, I used some garlic/onion powder/chili flakes/and a tich of basil
spread cheese filling across chicken, roll, wrap with the bacon, skewer with spagetti (you don't have to worry about removing it like a toothpick and don't even notice while eating), and toss in the oven
cook for about 35-45 minutes at 375 till the chicken is done
*I know I didn't include measurements, but this is truly up to your taste. I used a little less than half a package of cream cheese for a chicken breast cut into about 3 pieces and probably about a half teaspoon of each herb, give or take a little*
**I also want to try it with sour cream instead of cream cheese**
Rice-
chicken broth instead of water
garlic
oregano
chopped onion
butter
and of course, rice
I just threw them all into my rice cooker and it turned out well. :) It looked like the bottom was burnt, but didn't taste it, just a little brown from the broth cooking down.
Salad-
I just had packaged greens and then made the dressing as follows
1/4 cup olive oil
1/8 cup basalmic vinegar
1/4 tsp onion powder
sprinkling of salt
1 heaping tablespoon of raspberry jam
mix with fork till smooth and OH SO GOOD!
Lemon Granita3 lemons (or a bottle of lemon juice works, just not quite as fresh)
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup sugar (I'd cut this down to at least 1/3 if not to 1/4, but it is supposed to be sweet....)
Zest the lemons and put in with the water and sugar in a saucepan and heat until simmering.
Strain and cool to room temp.
Add in the juice of the 3 lemons (or a Tbsp of juice per lemon) and put in the freezer.
Check on the mixture every so often and if it starts freezing, blend it and throw back in the freezer.
Keep doing this till the mixture is nice and slushy.
Makes about 12 oz or so, so it was a nice small treat for us, but I'd double it next time for more joy
*Now for how I did it....
zested 1 lemon and added a tablespoon of lemon juice to the sugar/water mixture
strained as well as I could with a colander... put in the lemon juice while still hot and put it in a metal bowl in the freezer
stirred it with a spoon every 20 minutes or so until it started freezing and then used the blender
**I also did it with raspberries the other day, but I used about 1/3 cup of sugar and put some whole raspberries in the pan to boil
I then put some raspberries in an ice tray, covered with water, and froze.
Once the mixture had cooled in the freezer, I put it in the blender with the raspberry cubes
Also a very tasty treat (a little better with some lemon juice mixed in too...)
Chili-Lemon Chicken
1 or so cups cubed chicken (enough for 2 people)
1/2 cup olive oil
2 T lemon juice
1 tsp chili flakes
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt to taste (1/4- 1/2 tsp)
pepper to taste
Mix olive oil, lemon juice, and spices to make marinade. Place chicken in marinade, turn to coat, and refrigerate for approximately 1 hour (mine was a little less, but still had absorbed the flavor). Grill cubed with potatoes for about 20 minutes or cook on stove.