Monday, May 19, 2008

Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast with Aioli Potatos and Field Greens

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Today's Recipe

Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast

Ingredients
4 thinly sliced Chicken Breasts
Italian Bread Crumbs
1 egg
2 cups of flour
and of course, a couple of generous handfuls of parmesan cheese


Now you are going to need 3 seperate dishes. One is for your beaten egg. The next is for your flour and the last is for your bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Season your breast with salt and pepper and coat it with the flour. Next your are going to coat it with the egg and next coat it with the parmesan/breadcrumb mixture. Now melt a tablespoon of better and another tablespoon of olive oil in a pan. Place the chicken into the pan on a high heat and cook on each side for about 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown. If your chicken breasts are thicker they will need more time.

Aioli Potatoes
Ingredients
5 good size Yukon Gold potatoes
1/12 cups of mayonaise

4 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of fresh chopped parsley
the juice of 1 lemon

In a mixing bowl, put the mayonaise, garlic, parlsey, and lemon juice, and mix well. place in the refrigerator while your potatos are peeled and cook. Now there are two ways your can cook the potatoes; you can fry them (the more traditional way) or you can boil them (its much healthier). Once your potatoes are done, drain them. If you fried them, you can serve the sauce on the side. If you boiled them, mix the saude in with them to create a sort of warm potatoe salad. This recepie has never failed me and is one of my families favorites :-)

Last but not least, a nice salad always goes great with this dish. My lemon vinagrette is the perfect topper to this salad.

Ingredients

The juice of 2 Lemons

Olive oil

Salt and Pepper to taste

Start off with the juice of the lemons. Next add the salt and pepper. Now, slowly pour in the olive oil while whisking it so so it combines and creates a dressing. Serve on your salad and enjoy!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Allow me to Introduce Myself...



A Super Simple Recipe From Me to You!

Hummus

2 cans of garbanzo beans 
3 cloves of garlic
the juice and zest of one large lemon
2 tablespoons of lime salt
1 cup of tahini (sesame seed oil)

In a blender or food processor, put one can of the beans and its liquid into the blender. Drain the other can but don't throw away the liquid as you might need it. Add the other beans and about a quarter of the left over liquid. Now add the garlic. lemon juice and zest, salt and tahini. Blend until everything is ground and blended together. 

To serve, place hummus on a plate garnish by making one line of cumin across the hummus and another line of cayenne pepper. Top off with good Extra Virgin Olive Oil and serve with fresh pita bread.