Pinterest: Country Club Chicken

Country Club Chicken

This is another gem from Pinterest.  It was delish - rave reviews from all of my kiddos too!

I served it with some arborio rice I needed to use instead of the spaghetti noodles but I'm sure it would have been even more of a hit if I'd used the pasta.

And you might be wondering why I haven't been using the pics I take myself (the dark/yellow/blurry ones?).  I tend to think the pic from the Pinterest sight is much better.  Why try to re-invent the wheel, ya know?

Pool Side Dip: Pinterest

Pool Side Dip

Made this the other night for a BBQ.  It's amazing!

P-Dub Sloppy Joes

Sloppy Joes

This recipe if from Pioneer Woman.  I wanted to try it out because she gushed on and on about how wonderful her sloppy joes were.  And they were good, don't get me wrong.  But honestly, we probably liked the canned stuff better (Manwich).  Our pallets are so "pedestrian."

Vegetable Risotto

This is so yummy!  It's a recipe that I can't get the link to upload (sorry) so I'll try to describe it!  You heat 2 cups of chicken broth in a small sauce pan.  In a skillet you sauté mushrooms until tender and then set aside on a plate.  In the same pan you sauté an onion in some olive oil until tender then add 1/2 cup arborio rice.  Let it toast around a bit and then add 1 cup of the warmed chicken broth.  Once the liquid is absorbed (cover and let simmer about 12 minutes for this to happen), add some chopped asparagus and 1/4 cup broth.  Let liquid absorb again (this time uncovered and stirring).  Add 1/2 cup frozen peas and the rest of the broth.  Stir and stir over low heat until most of liquid is absorbed.  Add back in the mushrooms and the juice of one lemon.  Remove from heat and also add some fresh basil, 1T butter, and lots of parmesan.  Salt and pepper to taste.  It was sooooo good!

Potatoes Cooked in Cream

The other night I made this recipe from Cook's Country magazine.  You dice red potatoes and cook them in cream.  Yes cream.  Then as the cream soaks into the potatoes, you turn up the heat a bit and add salt and pepper and continue to cook until the potatoes start to brown.  Amazing.

Bacon

You may not know this but I cook bacon several times a week.  We go through about 2 pounds?  I have a bacon cooker that you can use in the microwave and I have a big iron skillet for the stovetop.  I recently began hearing about cooking bacon in the oven.  Novel idea.  You can learn about it here.

This oven idea is great if you use store-bought bacon (Black Label is my favorite).  But if you use fresh bacon, which we have about 15 pounds of, this is not a good way.  Fresh bacon cooks much faster and requires a lot of attention lest it burn.  So, I prefer to cook fresh in my iron skillet.

Ridiculous Dessert: Pinterest

So...I haven't posted any recipes in a while and for that I am sorry.  I know you wonder what in the world we eat on a typical day and I promise I do feed my children.  However, these past couple of months have been such a whirlwind of school and sports that I literally flung food into their mouths and then we were rushing off to one thing or the next.

I did make this recipe the other day and, mercy, you must try it too.

Ridiculous Dessert