Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recipes. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2008

We just be down home cooks here y'all

Yeah it aint pretty, but boy is it good. This is one of "Our Happy Clan's" favorite's. Eileen's mom found this recipe for "Barbara's peachy chicken" about 5 yrs ago and we have used it ever since with a few of our own touches!

We always serve this with an Orange Viniagrette dressing on a simple salad with a few orange pieces and toasted almonds, with a side of Basmati rice. You can throw some of those almonds in the rice if you want to as well.

The flavors of the orange and the peach chicken together are out of this world. The salad is light and fresh, while the chicken is very very moist and flavorful!

Barbara's Peachy Chicken

Grease a caserole dish with butter or oil. Preheat oven to 375.

3 chicken breats
Flour, salt and Pepper -Shake in a ziploc bag- coat the chkn breasts
Brown the Chkn breats in a bit of oil and butter for a few minutes until light golden.
Place browned chicken in casserole dish

Mix 1 1/2 cups Orange Juice with 1 teaspoon of Basil, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 2 Tablespoon's white vinegar, 2 Tablespoon's of brown sugar.

Pour over chicken.
Cover and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes - baste a few times to keep tops of chicken moist.
Open a can of peaches. Place peach halves in between chicken peices and cook 15 minutes longer uncovered.

Make it tonight, its a feast day August 15th, one of the largest feasts for us Catholics, celebrate well and dont forget to attend Mass!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Best Blueberry Coffee Cake ever!

Usually I am strict about only posting disasters, but I thought I'd make an acception here. Paula Dean has the best recipe on foodnetwork.com for this Blueberry coffee cake. I love it and it's so easy to make.

Granite Steps Country Blueberry Coffee Cake
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (12-ounce) can buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Generously grease a 9-inch square baking dish. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well with a fork. Separate biscuit dough into 10 biscuits. Cut each biscuit into quarters, and dip each piece in melted butter and coat with brown sugar mixture. Arrange in a single layer in baking dish. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the oats.

Combine blueberries and sugar in a bowl and toss to coat. Spoon over oats and biscuits and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup oats. Drizzle remaining melted butter on top. Bake for 20 minutes or until cake is golden brown and center is done. Cool for 20 minutes. Serve warm.