A Day of Food

I've spent a lot of time focusing on food today. I decided to dig through old magazines with the intention of finding good recipes. I decided to rip out the recipes and through away the rest of the magazines. My friend, Liz, gave me these magazines last summer and last fall and I'm just now digging through them. Here's the lovely stack I had to dig through:

While I was working on this stack, I also whipped up some Honey Mustard Chicken. My husband's aunt gave me a box of laminated recipe cards that came from various members of the family as a wedding gift . She put little notes and memories on each card. I cannot tell you how much I treasure that recipe box. This recipe is probably my favorite from the stash.

Honey Mustard Chicken

Ingredients:

  6-8 Chicken Thighs, or assorted pieces

1/3 c mustard (honey mustard is the best)

1/3 c honey

3 Tb milk

2 Tb butter, melted

1/2 tsp curry powder

Instructions:

Mixed together above ingredients. Roll chicken pieces in batter and lay in FOIL LINED baking dish. You will regret if you don't line pan with foil! Pour remaining batter over chicken. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour 15 minutes. Baste about every 15 minutes and the chicken will be golden brown when finished. 

Serving Suggestion(s): Serve over cooked white rice. I usually double the sauce recipe for extra deliciousness.

Yield: 4-6 Servings

Every woman needs a rice cooker!

 I also watched 11 Rachel Ray video clips on Swag Bucks.com for three lousy Swag Bucks. I'm trying to rack up as many as I can to get gift cards to help my husband buy us a new TV. Ours was free from my grandma. You can barely read any of the words on the screen because she kept the TV on for about 12 hours a day for several years before she gave it to us. Needless to say, we need a new TV! I did learn a few tricks of the trade from Rachel, though. I'm going to start using a garbage bowl as I cook. It will save me a ton of time and will keep germs and messes from going all over my kitchen. I also might look into grating fresh nutmeg. I may even think about using some EVOO. I do have a slight aversion to olive oil after a camping trip gone awry. It might take a few years before I can eat it again.

It's been a great day foodwise. I think I might go create some sort of dessert out of whatever few ingredients I have lurking in the cupboards.