Vicky Learns to Cook

Sorry I've been gone so long, blog readers! Mostly I was transitioning my work and home schedules. When I go through a transition, I tend to set things down and ponder the best way to fit all the pieces of the puzzle that is my schedule back together in a new way. Once done, I tend to go back to the things I love doing. Guess this is one of them. :) So, here we are. Back from being "on the lamb". It's time to eat! I've never really been a fan of lamb. To me it tasted ... "doggy". It smelled kinda funny too. But adventurous me wanted to give it another shot. And I can tell you, I am now a convert. Unfortunately I am alone in my family for liking lamb. The spices used were good to use on beef as well. Heck, my imagination was spurred to even consider selling spice mixes such as this one. Of course, rather than do the smart thing and make sure I have all the ingredients before landing on this recipe, I do the opposite most of the time. I buy t...

Chicken Roma I have to say it was a pretty good day. I spent hours in the garden and then cooked a fabulous dinner. I even got to read a book! Since the hubby has been working so hard on his diet, I've been looking for really good tasting recipes that are good for you, and from scratch. This one didn't even seem to take that long (but I was doing what I love, so it may have been an hour or more). I had to share it with you so you can try this recipe! The first thing you notice is that the recipe calls for both chicken breast and chicken thighs. I don't think I've seen one like that before. You cook the chicken first in olive oil until browned and then take them out of the pan to rest. Of course I ran OUT of olive oil, and by the way, if you turn your back on it, olive oil smokes. A lot. So I supplemented the olive oil with cooking oil. It was fine, and I didn't burn the oil. Whew! Chicken browned on left. Prosciutto and garlic on the right. See...