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[mbw1024]

gone to Carolina in my mind.....

[liamsaunt]

Here is one of my favorite 10 minute chicken dishes, chicken milanese. You top the chicken (crusted with dry breadcrumbs and grated parmesean) with an arugula salad dressed with shallots, mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil. The hot chicken slightly wilts the arugula. The texture and flavor combination of the crispy chicken, pungent arugula, juicy tomatoes, and salty parmesean is really tasty:


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[mbw1024]

made that for Christmas and it was a big hit!

Np pic's but for Easter I made the Alton Brown ham crusted with crushed Gingersnaps. It was very very good.

[Maryanne]

I want to make that chicken dish. It looks great.

Regarding real tea parties! One of my favorite sandwiches at tea in Ireland, very popular there, and which I have made at home for teas, is a "salad sandwich." You combine things like chopped watercress or non-crunchy lettuce, chopped egg, (well, obviously everything is chopped), tomato, mayonnaise, whatever you like, really, but it's mainly greens.

Egg salad mixed with chopped bacon and dill and served on that Vermont Bread brand that has maple syrup in it is always a hit as well. With the crusts removed, it's dainty enough.

[liamsaunt]

Those sound goood, Maryanne. The tea is two tiered: one for the children (all girls, age seven), and then the Moms (and aunts ). I don't have much inspiration yet for the kids other than PB+J and tuna, but here are my adult ideas:

cucumber and butter (and maybe watercress, I did not think of that until I saw your post)

chicken salad with tarragon

egg salad...I was thinking with curry but maybe finely chopped bacon would be better

pears and a mildish blue cheese, maybe whipped with something to lighten it? Lots of people don't like blue cheese. Hmm...

strawberries, scones, clotted cream, some kind of dessert cake (no idea what), sparkling wine, teas, and a cocktail for after.

I'll post the chicken recipe tomorrow. The salad dressing is from Fine Cooking.

[cypressgirl]

Here is one of my favorite 10 minute chicken dishes, chicken milanese. You top the chicken (crusted with dry breadcrumbs and grated parmesean) with an arugula salad dressed with shallots, mustard, red wine vinegar, and olive oil. The hot chicken slightly wilts the arugula. The texture and flavor combination of the crispy chicken, pungent arugula, juicy tomatoes, and salty parmesean is really tasty:

Why don't you write a cookbook? Not one of those that the church puts together, but a "real" Paula Dean, Rachael Ray kind of cookbook. It is your passion and your talent. I think someone would publish it. You have about 2000 customers right here.


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[cindygad]

I agree you are a very talented cook and your pictures make my mouth water. I would buy several copies.

Cindy

[liamsaunt]

Here is this week's recipe for the VIOL curves group on Facebook. Note that to be even healthier it should be brown rice instead of white, but I only had 20 minutes, so white rice it was!


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All the herb garnishes are because I also made some summer rolls and I washed too many herbs. I love summer rolls, I could make a whole meal out of them. Here are the summer rolls. This recipe is on Facebook too.


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[djmom]

We did a food porn! Smoked beef tenderloin, asparagus with a spicy asian marinade, and smashed potatoes! YUM. Hubby is the best cook ever!



Excuse the plastic plates, that is our set for the summer...no fancy stuff here!

[mbw1024]

Summer? You got summer?

[djmom]

Let's say Spring- the plates are wishful thinking!

[mbw1024]

last night I made a bone in beef tenderloin rubbed with STJ Spice Island BBQ. It was very good.
I used Paula Deen's cooking method for this. Roast at 375 for one hour then turn off the oven and let it sit in there for 3 hours. Reheat when ready to serve.
I had my doubts but it turned out ok and it was easy as anything!

[sailorgirl]

That is one nice looking piece of meat . Kind of hot to turn the oven on though. Im grilling tonight.

[jayseadee]

Looks good Mary Beth. I'll have to try that spice rub.

I had a roast planned last night, but with temps in the 80's, we opted for grilled chicken (w/ CBGR) and Italian sausages. I'm sure there'll be another opportunity for the roast before summer really arrives.

[mbw1024]

yeah well I defrosted before knowing the weekend weather! I had that thing in my freezer since New Years and was sick of looking at it. The hour with the oven on was HOT in here but I got over it.