May 21 NO RECIPE NIGHT!

May 21
NO RECIPE NIGHT!

So, insane week of work, no time, no chance to even think about what to prepare... I just pretty much winged it.

Wedge salad w/ buttermilk, citrus dressing, egg and bacon. Simple as it sounds, was delicious!


Main course was rolled, stuff chicken breast with glazed carrot side.
I attempted to make bread TWICE, but it was just not meant to be... both times the bread failed to rise, im certain the issue was my yeast and I WILL try again. (was really looking fwd to serving fresh bread with the meal - ended up settling for Albertsons Fresh)

The chicken was your standard grocery store breast filet's pounded flat and stuffed with a mixture of fresh broccoli, garlic, onions and fontina, I rolled these and seasoned them, baked them in the oven and served with a variation of Maggies famous cheese sauce (took two tries... i didnt listen)

As a veg side i served glazed carrots that i cooked in a reduction of maple syrup, orange juice, allspice and cinnamon (these were IMHO just AMAZINGLY GOOD)

The chicken came out a bit dry (again, no recipe's) as i think i overcooked it a bit trying to make sure the inside was hot, melty and delicious... ended up being just "MEAH". As a whole, if you were to get a good mix of the chicken and the stuffing and the sauce, it made for a great bite, but the chicken by its lonesome was well... overcooked chicken...

For desert, i served vanilla yogurt over fresh fruit, topped with granola.
It was again "meah"

The whole meal was sub-par for me and not one of my better efforts.

The cooking with no recipe's thing is harder than it seems, I mean - you get an idea and think "wow that will be awesome" then somewhere between the idea and putting it on the table, things change.

Anyway, we've decided to bump chef night back to bi-monthly instead of every week for the summer/near future as we all have lots of engagements and "other" things.

Heres to hoping i hit it out of the park next time!