Summer Fun!

Hello!!!

It has definitely been awhile but I have been super busy with life!! As we all are!! I cannot believe the summer is almost over.  I feel like it just started!  I am not looking forward to winter, but as I sit here staring at the condensation on my window caused by the extreme humidity outside I can maybe start to see the benefits of a little cold 🙂

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Marinating Meltdown

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So the story I have tonight started around 4:22PM EST when I realized that I FORGOT to start marinating the chicken I wanted to cook for dinner tonight.  I even was proactive and prepared the marinade the night before so literally all I had to do was dump the chicken in the same ziplock bag this AM before leaving for work.  Well it didn’t happen, epic fail right?  So I had an internal mini meltdown and quickly texted my husband to put the chicken in the bag and throw it back in the fridge, which he did so I took a breath of relief and hoped those chicken breasts would absorb the most flavor possible before I had to start cooking them.  Thankfully they did and I didn’t need to stress out after all. Yay!

Italian Baked Chicken

I Artichoke-Ya!

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No worries my title isn’t a threat, no need to get offended, I am just in a silly mood tonight and have these artichokes that I need to use so I have artichokes on the brain.  I was thinking about these things all day and tried to figure out how to add them to the chicken i was going to cook tonight.  Artichokes are pretty easy to use since they pretty much take on the flavor of whatever you add them to I feel, while at the same time making your meal feel all fancy 🙂  In the end I had an easy time doing this so I was thrilled about that considering I got home from work a little later than usual today.  Hope your week is going well.  Almost time for the weekend!  Hang in there!

Artichoke Chicken

Blue Cheese is the Star of Tonight’s Show!!!

It is a little obscene how much I love cheese.  It’s definitely not normal but it is what it is!  One of my favorites is blue cheese so it is the star of this dish tonight.  I wanted to make a stuffed chicken and immediately thought to use ricotta cheese, but why does ricotta have to have all the fun and be the center of attention?!  It’s the star of Raviolis, Eggplant Parmesan, Lasagna, Stuffed Shells…etc…it’s a pretty conceited cheese and it was definitely shocked when it saw me reach behind it to grab my crumbled blue.  Sorry Ricotta your not invited tonight and you can’t sit with us!!!!

Blue Cheese Stuffed Chicken with Gravy