Chicken a la Delicious!!!!

Dinner was so amazing last night that I contemplated taking the chicken off of my friend’s plate and eating her food before she could!  Yummy is an understatement!  So I am going to call this dish “ chicken a la delicious”! What do you need? Three chicken breasts, jalapeno cheese (I used an eight oz. block), Italian bread crumbs, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, and tooth picks. 

First, cut the block of cheese in half.  Shred half of the cheese and cut the other half into three pieces.  Then, pound the chicken breasts out to a rectangular shape.  Use a little garlic powder on each side of the chicken breasts.  Place the cheese chunks on each of the chicken breasts, roll up the chicken around the cheese, and secure with tooth picks.  Next, put about a half cup of olive oil in a cup. In a separate dish put ½ cup of the bread crumbs and ½ of the parmesan cheese in the same dish and stir.  Take the chicken and rub in the olive oil and then dredge it in the bread crumb mixture.  Place on cookie sheet and bake for 40 minutes at 400F (or until done cooking).  The last five minutes it is baking sprinkle the rest of the cheese on each chicken and let it finish baking. 

Seriously, this was an amazing chicken.  My husband is lucky I saved him a piece!! 

Happy Cooking!

Do you want to romance your other half???

Do you want to romance your other half?  I have the meal (not just one recipe) for you!  For dinner, we had shrimp for an appetizer, salmon, asparagus, and baguette bread.  The meal turned out great.  My husband was very pleased.  The prep time for all of it was very quick and simple.  I did buy the baguette from the store, sorry- no bread baking here!  I marinated everything early in the day and then cooked it for supper. 

The shrimp appetizer turned out very good and my husband devoured them!  I used a package of precooked shrimp. I took the tails off added a little garlic powder to them. Next, I marinated them in ¼ cup of tequila and ¼ cup beer.  I diced up some cilantro and tossed it in with the shrimp.  Before cooking the shrimp, I browned 4 cloves of minced garlic in a pan. Then, I added the shrimp and cooked for about 6 or 7 minutes.  I poured the liquid off before serving (if you want to make it a meal you could keep the liquid and toss it with pasta) and put on a plate to eat. 

The salmon was very easy to make. I added a little garlic powder on each side of the salmon.  I thinly sliced a lemon and placed a few slices onto aluminum foil.  I placed the salmon on top of the lemons.  Next, I sprinkled rosemary on top of the salmon and placed the rest of the lemon on top of the rosemary and salmon.  Close the foil up on top of the salmon.  I baked it in the oven at 400F for about 14 minutes. 

The asparagus turned out DELICOUS!  In a large zip lock bag, I placed a bundle of trimmed asparagus.  I poured in about ¼ cup of olive oil.  Then, I sprinkled parmesan cheese in with a dash of sugar and salt.  I shook it up to marinate all of the asparagus.  When it was time to make supper, I placed the asparagus on a cookie sheet and baked them for about 18 minutes (I did have thick asparagus- so bake yours accordingly). 

Happy Cooking!