Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Oh how I have missed you!
I do hope you were able to get out and enjoy the sunshine over the weekend... I know we did! Along with the beautiful weather, we also enjoyed some delicious food that was deliciously easy to make!
I told you about this blog, Hungry Meets Healthy, that I found a few weeks ago and have been addicted to ever since. I've already tried (and shared) a few of the recipes she has listed on her site and seriously everything has been delicious and easy! I'm not kidding and I promise to attempt to not use the words 'delicious' and 'easy' for the remainder of this post. : )
On her blog, Christina lists a recipe that she named 'Christina Orzo Shrimp Feta Bake' (you can find her recipe there). To be honest, the only reason I even chose to save this recipe was because I have an abundance of orzo pasta in my cabinets and wasn't really sure what else to make...
Friday morning I pulled out chicken to make for dinner and for some reason never ended up cooking it, thinking back on it I'm not even sure if we ate dinner on Friday... Oh where does my brain go sometimes...
Anyway... I found myself childless at Publix on Saturday afternoon and remembered this little ol' recipe I had written down in my planner. Quickly skimming over the ingredients, I realized I only needed a few items to make this meal and decided to use the poor forgotten chicken from Friday instead of shrimp.
Saturday evening I poured myself a glass or two of Cabernet and went to work!
Like I said previously, I decided to use chicken instead of shrimp because I had it on-hand. So I pulled out my fancy George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine and tossed the chicken breasts on there to, well, grill.
I preheated the oven to 425°F. Brought a pot of water to a boil and cooked the orzo according to the directions on the box. Drained the orzo and set it aside.
Next, I heated 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large pan over medium heat, added one chopped white onion and cooked it for about 5 minutes.
I added 4 minced garlic cloves and 1 tsp of red pepper flakes and let that cook for about 30 seconds.
Poured in 1/2 cup of white wine, 2 cups of chopped tomato, and 3-4 tsp fresh oregano (I actually think I added almost 5 tsp of oregano and went a little crazy on the red pepper flakes, while it was still yummy, it was a baby bit spicy for me... I'll use less next time!).
Stirred it all up and brought the mixture to a simmer. I let that cook for five minutes and seasoned it with salt and pepper.
Once the chicken was almost completely cooked, I pulled it off the grill and cut it into small pieces.
In a large baking dish, I combined the cooked orzo, sauce,chicken, and 2-3 tbsp fresh chopped chives.
Sprinkled on 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (which was not enough for me!). Next time I'll double the cheese portion!
Baked it all for about 15 minutes and topped it with freshly squeezed lemon juice.
I served this with a blue cheese salad... Can you tell I LOVE cheese?
And, of course, a little more vino...
This recipe was insanely simple to make and while Kami said "I would like something different...", both Kevin and I LOVED the entire meal! I will definitely make this again very soon and next time I plan on going easy on the red pepper. This meal was super light, fresh, and healthy. Helped me to not feel the least bit sorry for eating some of this on Thursday...
Introducing... The Cookie Pizza!
I made this with the 3 twins on Thursday and it was completely gone by Friday. It was absolutely scrumptious and very simple to make!
We used a reduced sugar cookie mix to make the crust (followed the instructions on the box...), topped it with some cinnamon, baked it, and let it cool.
Once cooled, we topped our 'pizza' with a wonderful blueberry sauce (aka blueberry yogurt), strawberries, crushed pineapple, kiwi, watermelon, cantelope, and a drizzle of honey.
Yum, yum, yum...
Speaking of 'The 3 Twins'...
Don't you wish you could be so lucky as to be entertained with a multi-colored leopard print headband for hours and hours...
I was actually wearing this headband on my arm (Don't ask why, I do not know... Guess it makes me feel cool? Maybe? Maybe not...) and they all thought I had a 'boo boo'. I showed them it was indeed a headband and not a band-aid, and then they all had to try it on.
Needless to say, I got some pretty cute pictures and we had a blast.
Have you taken any cute pictures today???
Peace and love - Meg
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