Monday, March 4, 2013

SMOTHERED CHICKEN

Finished dish. Couldn't get the photos to go in the right order. lol
I made this yummy chicken dish smothered in creamed spinach and sauteed mushrooms the other night and it was DELICIOUS!  I will most definitely be making it again. The spinach would be a great side dish all by itself. 



Spinach beginning to cook down.
Mushrooms sauteing in butter and white wine with garlic.
Smothered Chicken

Ingredients:

FOR THE CREAMED SPINACH:
1 large bag of spinach leaves
4 ounces cream cheese
1/4 C shredded parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 T red onion, minced
2 T olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

FOR THE SAUTEED MUSHROOMS:
8 ounce package of mushrooms, sliced
1/2 stick butter
2 T olive oil
1/2 C white wine
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste

FOR THE CHICKEN:
4-5 boneless chicken breasts
8-10 slices Mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/8 inch slices
1 T garlic powder
1 T seasoned salt, like Lawry’s
1 T pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle the garlic powder, seasoned salt, and pepper on both sides of the chicken. Bake for 16 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, make the creamed spinach. Over medium-high heat, melt 2 T olive oil in a skillet. Add in the onions and saute 2-3 minutes. Add in the spinach and garlic. It will shrink ridiculously. When it’s cooked through, stir in the cream cheese and parmesan cheese. Continue cooking and stirring until the cream cheese is melted. Remove from heat.

3. For the mushrooms, melt butter and 2 T olive oil in a skillet. Put the mushrooms in and cook until browned all over. Don’t season with salt until they are browned or they will never brown. Deglaze the pan with the wine. Add in the garlic and season with salt and pepper. Cook until most of the wine is cooked out.

4. Flip the chicken pieces over. Divide the spinach and mushrooms over the top of each breast. Lay two slices of cheese over each piece of chicken. Cook another 12-14 minutes or until cheese is browned and chicken is done.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Chocolate Marshmallow Bisquits

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The taste combination of chocolate and marshmallow is well known, especially during the summer when it's time to make s'mores!  I saw a recipe the other day for S'more Croissants that looked really good, but I wanted to do my own twist on it. Taking refrigerated biscuit dough (and you could certainly make homemade biscuits for these) I flattened out the dough and placed one large marshmallow and milk chocolate chips in the middle (play with chocolate flavors and be generous!) and then rolled them up in the dough. Be sure to close the seams well. Ask me how I know.  :)  Bake them according to the biscuit dough directions. Mine baked at 350 degrees for about 11 minutes. Sprinke them with powdered sugar and cinnamon while still warm and enjoy!!