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chicken

  • Donna's Chicken... the recipe

    Donna's Chicken... the recipe

    delicious & easy, this recipe, if made in this quantity, feeds our family of 8 comfortably, with enough leftover chicken to chop up and add to a salad mix for lunch the following day...

    Even if it is only for you and your husband, it freezes extremely well and heats up nicely in the oven (I recommend freezing any leftovers in casserole dishes covered in foil, that way all you have to do it pop it in the oven, turn it up to 350 degrees and warm for 30 minutes)
    full recipe after photos...

    making sure pouring cream around chicken

    freshly grated Romano is my favorite in this dish, but Parmesan may be substituted

    after baked, the result will look like this:

    Donna's Chicken
    Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 9 chicken breasts, washed + fat cut off + patted dry 16 cups of freshly picked spinach (or one large bag of fresh spinach) — washed + dried 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 cups Romano cheese sea salt + freshly cracked pepper
    Directions: Place all washed and dried spinach into a 15" x 9" baking dish. In a shallow dish, add flour, and coat each chicken breast lightly and place on top of chicken. Pour whipping cream onto spinach, trying to avoid pouring it onto the chicken. Sprinkle Romano cheese on top of chicken breasts and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to your desired taste. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes, or until chicken is light golden brown. Serving recommendations: freshly baked sourdough bread, whole strawberries & a cordial glass of Moscato wine (if age appropriate) — the sweetness of the wine goes so well with the Romano cheese and strawberries (you can also have fresh strawberries with a glass of Moscato for dessert!)

    xo+kitchen blessings,

  • getting back into the kitchen...

    getting back into the kitchen...

    how will we ever be able to attend to the spiritual enhancement of ourselves when there is so much to do of this world ?? There are meals, laundry, work, kids...

    to be organized within these tasks we can then find time to devote in prayer and /or meditation

    meal planning...
    a huge responsibility in our lives, no matter how many children you have at home — and besides breathing, meal planning is the most often misused area of organization (hence fast food chains)

    It may take some time, but trust me when I tell you it is worth it

    So, we are going to start today... what do you have planned for supper? you should know... if you do not know, then let's find out... let's plan

    On the net, there are so many wonderful places to find recipes, but let's start in your recipe box... you know, those good, great or delicious recipes tucked away in that cute box you have in the pantry from Grandma or Mom, or a good friend, or a neighbor down the road... and don't forget those cookbooks and magazines

    Where Women Cook is a magazine you can find online or in the bookstore... and is really more like a cookbook than a magazine... very well put together. This past Spring, 2011, right after Daniel was born, I had the privilege to cook and style and write for Where Women Cook...

    I also had the honor to work together again with my very good friend and amazing food photographer, Traci Thorson.

    it was a 'Family Pizza Night'...

    Gathering together for meals is certainly nothing new... and pizza is such a fun and easy way to bring the whole family together with ingredients fresh from the market, your pantry, or a quick trip to the store if it's winter...

    You can find 'Family Pizza Night' on the farm in the March issue... I grabbed this from the website...

    To see more about Where Women Cook, and the issue my family and I are in, you can visit their website here: WWCook

    So let's get a pen... print out these below documents I put together to share with you, and make some great family meals... get organized... and have some more time! imagine that!! more time to devote to your spirit

    here's an easy to follow Menu Planner... (and later this week I will put up a grocery list)... let's start this Sunday... you have the whole week to think of all those great recipes you want to share with your family...

    Here's a quick recipe:
    Chicken and Peaches with Sweet Potatoes...
    Take one package of hormone free + organic chicken thighs... put them in your crock pot with a can of (home-preserved preferably) peaches with the juice... slice 3 sweet potatoes and put them on top... then slice 1 small onion and put that on top of the sweet potatoes... let simmer 7 hours and it's time to ring that dinner bell

    peace + blessings,

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