As promised, the chicken recipes.

So, as I have explained several times, when I got pregnant I fell of the pescetarian wagon. I really had an aversion to fish, and for the first trimester I didn't want vegetables. The only thing that would satiate my horrific all-day morning sickness was chicken. So, I used the time to recall old recipes that I made when AAM and I started dating 8.5 years ago. Awhile ago, I promised some recipes, since many of my readers eat chicken, here they are. The first recipe here is a solid roast chicken, and the second is a recipe for dealing with the leftovers.


An Excellent Roast Chicken

• 1 chicken roaster (I prefer free-range, which are smaller but also slightly more ethical)
• 2 tb of butter at room temperature
• 1 onion sliced
• 2 peppers halved
• 1 lemon rolled and forked to release juices
• 8 garlic cloves
• Kosher salt and ground pepper

1. Preheat the oven at 425
2. Wash the chicken roaster with water, and pat down with a towel
3. Place slices of onion and peppers in the bottom of the pan.
4. Smother the chicken with butter, put some bits of butter between the skin and the meat.
5. Liberally sprinkle salt and pepper on the bird
6. Put 4 cloves of garlic inside the cavity, then the lemon, then 4 more cloves of garlic.
7. Place the chicken in the roasting pan, and cook for an hour and a half.

Chicken Salad with Almonds. 

• 2 cups of leftover chicken chopped in 1-2 inch pieces 
• 1 cup of mayo (you can do half a cup if you don't like alot of mayo)
• 1/2 cup of sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup of sharp cheddar cheese.
• Salt/Pepper

1. Mix the chicken, mayo, and almonds.
2. Place them in a microwave safe container
3. Sprinkle the cheese on top, and salt/pepper
4. Heat for 2 minutes (or 10 minutes in the oven at 300)

Chicken, yes chicken

So there are going to be a series of posts that upset the true pescetarians among us. As we all know, while pregnant, I jumped off the cliff into carnivore-mania. Luckily, I have regained most of my footing, and stopped eating red meat and pork. However, there is one lingering meat, the chipper chicken, which I am still consuming. I figure I will return to my pescetarian ways, however in the meantime I am experimenting with recipes. I am oddly excited to cook with different foods, and there are so many recipes I want to try. Right now, between little Serafina's odd sleep schedule and constant feedings, it is hard to get me excited about cooking at all. So, a fresh material helps energize my cooking brain.

Tonight, I cooked a Cheddar Chicken recipe from this months Real Simple. The recipe is from a section on family recipes, however, this family stole it from the recipe from a blender box. Sometimes the best recipes are from the oddest places, ask my mother about where she gets one of our Thanksgiving favorites. Since I am not sure about copyright issues, and if that is covered with magazines, I will just summarize the ingredients. The recipe involves sharp cheddar cheese, garlic, ritz crackers, and butter. Yes, four amazing ingredients all crushed into yummy goodness, then roll the chicken in it. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, and you have yourself heaven.

We enjoyed it with buttered green beans, fresh bread from Best Buns, unpasteurized cheese from Normandy (hurrah for not being pregnant), and a bottle of wine from the Curious Grape.