Lets take a break from the books and movie talk and take a look at what I made for dinner tonite. It really was delicious. At first bite my oldest said "oh my god mom this is absolutely delicious" and my youngest said. "Actually mom its pretty good!" (thanks for the confidence!!) here are some pics...
Here I am all excited for my cooking. No idea why I chose the high angle shot. Maybe because I wanted you to see my dog dishes and other clutter...
I decided to pick the cookbook I was going to cook from for the remainder of the week. Quick and Easy that cant be bad!
Lemon and Artichoke chicken. Simple and Delish. O wait sorry quick and easy...
Take two skinless boneless chicken breasts and pound them til they are thinner (i know that couldn't be anymore vague!). I didn't pound mine enough but it still worked fine. I have to admit I was shocked to find I owned a meat mallet.
Coat chicken in flour and cook in pan w about 2 Tablespoons of butter. I didn't even season the four but you defiantly could. Can I just add that those black tongs in the corner are the most useless utensil ever. It would be easier to coat and flip the chicken with my feet. anyway...
Chop up 2 cloves of garlic, Ray Ray (aka Rachel Ray ) style. Smack the clove w the side of your knife remove skin and chop. I love Ray Ray and learned alot of how to cook from her shows.. more on that later...
Remove chicken after it is browned and fully cooked and add garlic and about 2 Tablespoons of flour to thicken...
Yum! that's about all I can say about that pic
Chop up some mushrooms. I used about 6-8... along with chicken broth, about a cup
Add the juice of one lemon (don't you love my action shot??!!)
Add some lemon pepper seasoning (why is it that I seem to have red chipped nail polish in my pics?) As well as 4-5 artichokes quartered.... and simmer all together. This would be great to season the flour with in the beginning...
In the spirit of housekeeping home keeping and all that good stuff I decided to clean off and set the table... so I cleared off tigger, the pile of library books, a random little soccer ball, and buried under there used and slightly chewed chop sticks from the previous nights Chinese take out...
Ta da!! Table is set complete with UNscented candles (thank you for that GOOD THING from martha) and a glass of grapes for the kids...
The finished meal. It was so good especially with my favorite rice Carolina white rice...
One more picture! It was sort of a combination of chicken francaise and chicken marsala with some artichokes... the ultimate compliment was when Jack asked if I was making it again tomorrow... full recipe to come (sorry I am being lazy and don't feel like getting up to get the book after wrestling 2 crayons 1 Popsicle stick 3 colored pencils and an apple core away from my dog) Hope you enjoyed my dinner!!
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