Lemon chicken ....

I have another recipe to share!

 

this one is from Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa

I love her show!

 

this recipe is so easy and quick and delicious!!

Johnny and I both loved it and I could see myself making this

one a lot.

here ya go........

 

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic (9 cloves)
• 1/3 cut dry white wine (this is optional)
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves
• kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
• 4 boneless chicken breast, skin on (I used skinless and it was great)
• 1 lemon

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

 

Warm the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium low heat, add the garlic, and cook for just one minute but don't allow the garlic to turn brown. Take off of the heat, add the white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice, oregano, thyme and 1 tsp salt, mix up and pour into a 9 x 12 baking dish

 

Pat the chicken breast dry and place them over the sauce. Brush the chicken with olive oil and sprinkle them liberally with salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in 8 wedges and tuck it among the pieces of chicken.

 

bake for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breast, until the chicken is done. if the chicken is not browned, put it under the broiler for 2 minutes. Cover the pan tightly with alum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Serve hot with the pan juices.

 

 

you have to try this one!! so good.......

 

later......



A day with Declan ....

Saturday before last I kept Declan while

Jacquelyn and Bucky traveled to Charlestown for the day

Bucky brought him over around 7:30 and they returned that

night about 9:00.....so it was a long day for this grandma!

 

but one of the best days I've had in a long time

 

I fixed some breakfast for him around 8:00 and then he wanted to

get the bubbles and the sidewalk chalk

 

 

 

 

 

so we headed outside

after picking cherry tomatoes, playing sidewalk chalk and

blowing bubbles, he saw the metal tub and wanted to play in the water

so we drag that down to the patio, fill half way with water, take

his clothes off as he didn't have a bathing suit with him

and he had a blast......watering all of my flowers and playing

with the water hose.

we then had to head inside as it was about nap time

 

it was 9:00! Yes, we did all of that before 9:00!

You can always tell with Declan's been in the kitchen!

 

 

 

he settled down for a nap around 9:30 and slept for 1 hour and 15 minutes

I rested with him as he slept laying in my arms.......oh what a feeling!!

one of the best for this grandma!

 

He woke and had  his snack and then we decided to head over

to my mom and dad's for a visit. Packed up his lunch and off we went

 

 

 

he had fun over there and was being quite the show off for Memaw

 

 We waited to leave there so it would be his nap time....knowing he

would fall asleep in the car. And he did

 

Time for afternoon snack and then Johnny got home from work.

We played toys...he tore up my kitchen and then we decided to go

out for dinner........Mexican food, which Declan loves!!!

 

home and then more play

we could never get him to sleep for the night......and I'm sure Johnny playing

wild and throwing him up in the air didn't help, haha

but then Bucky, Jacquelyn and Jake came home and boy was he

happy to see his momma and daddy. They all spent the night

and this grandma, well I had a really good nights sleep!!!

 

later.....

Coffee mugs ...

My new collection ... Starbucks mugs!

 

I love these big, chunky mugs

 

I really like most all of Starbucks coffee cups/mugs but these

are slightly bigger so they are my favorite...holds more coffee!!

 

and these are the 4 I have so far

 

 

so the first one on the left, I love because it's white, has

a bright red ring at the bottom and has Starbucks in gold lettering

 

the next one I love because of the chunkiness of it...reminds

me of the mugs you would get at diners so long ago

 

the one top of that I love not only for the colors but it's the

"Richmond" mug

 

and the one on the right because it's Tiffany blue color...love it!!

 

I love going into Starbucks and looking through all of the mugs

to see if any catch my eye to add to my collection

 

later....



Chorizo Stuffed Peppers ....

Here's what I cooked today

 

I changed a few things in the recipe so I put notes by that

 

• 1 onion
• 2 carrots
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 4 poblano peppers (I can never find these so I used green peppers)
• 1/2 head cauliflower
• 2 lbs  chorizo sausage (casing removed)
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (I did not use this as it contains sugar and you know how I feel about sugar!)
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeds removed
• 1 tablespoon dry oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried tarragon
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• salt and pepper to taste

Cut the tops off of the peppers and remove seeds

 

In food processor place carrots, celery, cauliflower, garlic, and jalapeno. Pulse until finely chopped

 

in a large bowl, combine veggies from food processor with chorizo, tomato paste, oregano, tarragon, Worcestershire sauce, and salt and pepper

 

pour a cup of tomato sauce into the bottom of the crock pot

stuff your peppers with mixture and place upright in the crock pot. I used the remainder of the tomato sauce that was in the can and drizzled over the top of the peppers

 

cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours.

 

 

delicious........another keeper!!

 

later....