Mommy Group 3/5/14

Chicken Florentine

4-5 chicken breast
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup greated parmesan
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 egg - beatedn
1 quart heavy whipping cream
2 cloves of garlic
2 shallots - chopped
spinach
chopped tomatoes
extra parmesan

Mix together flour, crumbs, parmesan, and pepper.  Dip chicken in egg then in crumb mixture.  Fry in a little olive oil.  (You know when it is time to turn chicken over when sides of chicken turn a little white.)  Continue cooking until almost cooked through - a little pink should show in the middle (leave in pan because it still needs to cook, you just want to get started on the other sections so that the chicken isn't over cooked by the time everything else is finished).  Saute chopped garlic and shallots in same pan as the chicken.  Be careful not to brown the garlic as it gets bitter, but make sure they are softened.  Add cream until it covers nicely up the sides of the chicken.  This really is a preference call.  If you like more sauce, add more cream.  The cream will thicken as it cooks.  When thickened, serve on a bed of cooked spinach or I like a bed of noodles and spinach mixed together.  Spoon a little extra sauce over the top of the chicken.  Then garnish with copped tomatoes and a little grated parmesan.  Also if you like a few sauted mushrooms are wonderful as well as some chopped roasted red bell pepper.  Just make sure you don't add them to the sauce because it will flavor the sauce too much - just add as a garnish.

Mommy Group 4/2/14

Malibu Chicken

This is a traditional recipe that I recieved from my mother. I'm not sure at all of the history behind it, but I love it!

Chicken patties (number basted on number of people and how hungry they are)

1 pkg of deli cut honey ham lunch meat

1 pkg of sliced Swiss cheese

Cook patties to package instructions.  Layer patties with 2-3 slices of meat and a slice of cheese.  Cook until the cheese is melted.

Dipping Sauce
Mix a scoop of mayo, a scoop of sour cream, and a large squirt of mustard.  I don't really have a recipe for this, it's just sort of a thing you do to taste.  If you like mustard, add more.  If you like the sour cream, add more.  Make it to your own special flavor.

Matt's Special Mashed Potatoes
Boil potatoes until they are soft enough to mash.  Add cream cheese, butter, sour cream, salt, and pepper to taste.  Again, there isn't really a set recipe, but rather just something you do until it's the right texture and the right taste.

And then there was this AMAZING salad that was prepared by Karli.   Thanks so much for helping!