This Weeknight Chicken Piccata is listed in Barefoot Contessa’s top weeknight diners and one of her 10 recipes of all times. It is certainly in the top 10 in our house! It is great served with a simple linguini pasta or I prefer it on a bed of arugula or watercress with the lemon sauce drizzled on top. Ingredients 2 split boneless, skinless chicken breasts Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 extra-large egg 1/2 tablespoon water 3/4 cup seasoned dry bread crumbs Good olive oil 3 tablespoons…
These garlic roasted potatoes are a weekly staple in our house. I serve them with the Roasted Pork Tenderloin or any other meat or chicken and some Quick Drop Biscuits. I modified this recipe from the Barefoot Contessa Garlic Roasted Potatoes in her Parties Cookbook. It is tough not to devour these potatoes all at once- or pick at them before the meal comes together. I try to make extra and use the leftovers the next morning in an egg scramble. The smaller you cut the potatoes, the faster they will cook and be crispier. Ingredients: 3 pounds small red…
I don’t know about you, but I am excited about summer and outdoor BBQ dinners. Living in San Diego we grill outdoors all year round, but with school just ending, I am now in full summer mode! Last night we tried Piri Piri Chicken from The Smitten Kitchen, one of my favorite cooking websites. It was a keeper and will be on the menu again this summer. Ingredients 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1/2 a large or 1 small shallot, peeled, roughly chopped 1/2 medium red bell pepper, seeded, roughly chopped 1 Piri Piri, bird’s eye…
I don’t know about you but I am ready for summer and with summer comes the summer baking with my favorite berries and fruits. I love these strawberry rhubarb bars from the cookbook, One Bowl Baking. These bars are of course meant for dessert, but I have been known to pretend they are appropriate for breakfast. They do have berries and oats, so why not start the day off right?! Oh, and did I mention you make the whole recipe in your baking pan so it literally could not be faster or easier to clean up? You can…
I promise you will not be able to keep these trail mix cookies around for long. It doesn’t seem to matter how many I make; they disappear immediately. By baking the trail mix into a cookie, it stops the “pickers” (guilty) from swiping all the good stuff out of the trail mix bag. This recipe is from the Joy the Baker Cookbook. She has a great website and fun humor to go along with it. The dough and the cooked cookies freeze well to make an easy grab and go snack. I won’t claim…