Creamy Spicy Chicken

Say whaaat? Rosie’s cooking meat? The Chiberia weather must be getting to her.

I’ve decided to expand my horizons and cook a chicken main dish because I’ve heard a couple times from my more adult co-workers, “What should I cook tonight for my kids?”

Nobody wants to slave hours over a stove after slaving away for eight hours at work.

Nobody wants to eat cereal for dinner every night. Just kidding. I would eat milky milky coco puffs every night.

Here I present to you an easy chicken dish you can throw together in about half an hour using everyday ingredients like butter and onions. No white truffle oil sniffed out by Wilbur and found on the hills that are alive.

Creamy Tasty Chicken
Serves 2

Ingredients:
2 medium Chicken Breasts, defrosted
1/2 cup Heavy cream
1/4 cup Milk
1 tsp Chili Powder
1 tsp Garlic powder
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 tablespoon Butter
1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil

Instructions:
1.) Combine the chili powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and salt in a bowl.

Mhmm, flavor

2.) Dredge the chicken breasts in the spices to coat all over.

Bawwwk, it’s spicy in here.

3.) Melt 1/2 tablespoon and butter and 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet on medium heat.

I buy my olive oil from Costco. It’s delicious and a steal for $12 or so.

4.) Place the chicken breasts in the heated pan, and cook for 5 minutes or so on each side.

Cookin’

5.) Remove the chicken from the pan, keep the pan juices and melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in the pan.
6.) Add the chopped onion to the melted butter and cook until brown. While the onions are cooking, slice the cooked chicken breasts into medallions.

Be ready for the wonderful onion smell to permeate your kitchen.

7.) When the onions are brown, add the chopped chicken, heavy cream, and milk. Bring to a simmer until the sauce has thickened, about 10 minutes or so.

8.) Serve over pasta or whatever you prefer.
9.) Devour on the couch and watch “My 600lb Life” on TLC.

 

Who needs to go to Italy when you can go to Eataly?

If you love food and haven’t gone to Eataly, you need to go now.

Going to Eataly is like going on a self-guided Italian food tour. To facilitate your tour, Eataly even offers a guest services booth that have maps and descriptions of all their offerings. A condensed online version can be found here

For those who like to eat (who doesn’t?), there’s nine “restaurants” to explore, six departments to purchase specialty foods (fresh mozzarella, fresh pasta, etc), along with two coffee joints and of course, the NUTELLA BAR!

Never enough Nutella

I use the term restaurants with quotation marks because the restaurants are small and aren’t closed off from the rest of the store, more like an eat-in-kitchen rather than a formal dining room.

We went carnivorous and sat down at their “La Carne” restaurant and got their special steak salad with sun dried tomato dressing.

No anemia here

The salty dressing, the thin cut steak, and the peppery greens made a fantastic combo. Would definitely recommend.

Personally, I think the most popular item at Eataly was the charcuterie and cheese board served at La Piazza. After roaming the area like vultures, we finally snagged a stand-up table. After focusing all our energy on snagging a booth, we had no idea what to order. In such close quarters, it wasn’t hard to spy on other patrons and see that the meat and cheese was a favorite. Naturally, that’s we ordered and were not disappointed!

The Grande Piatto Misto di Salumi & Formaggi

I appreciated the variety of meat and cheeses…if only they were labeled. The parmesan had a hint of lemon that I’ve never tasted before and found quite refreshing.

A picture description of all that Eataly has to offer:

All the colors of the rainbow…in pasta

Handmade gnocchi

In house brewery

Cheese as far as the eye can see

Master of cuttin’ the cheese…hehe

Chocolates

Pastries and pastries and pastries

For those who appreciate food and everything food related, Eataly sells kitchen gadgets, cookbooks, and offer cooking lessons too.

The prettiest wine opener ever

Go discover Eataly!

Eataly is located at:

 43 E Ohio St, Chicago, Illinois 60611

Open 10am-11pm Monday-Sunday

Closest to the Grand Red Line CTA Station

 

Snow snow go away

This year is the first year that I’ve been in the city and we’ve had major snow.

It’s the worst. When I leave for work at 6am before everything is shoveled, I feel like I’m wading through cold wet sludge.

This is what I have to look forward to in the mornings.

To combat the cold, I have three levels of winter wear and winter footwear. I feel like I’ve been living in my level 3 winter coat since November, covered from head to shin with stuffed feathers.

Brr

I remember my first snow day in second grade. I got to stay home from school AND play, score! I made tunnels in the snow, built forts, and tried to roll snowballs for snowmen. Somehow as I get older and crankier, I hate snow more and more. It’s cold, wet, dirty, and makes my toes sting when I finally reach a warm area.

Trying to get into the snowy mood, I made some candycane saltine toffee. My co-worker also likes candycane so I knew I would have some help eating it 🙂

This recipe is great for something different to add to a cookie platter. It’s also easy to make and pretty quick to throw together, no funky ingredients or equipment!

Candycane Saltine Toffee Bark

Chomp chomp chomp

Ingredients:

40 Saltines
1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups white chocolate chips
1 cup crushed candy canes

Instructions:

1.) Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
2.) Line a cookie sheet with foil
3.) Arrange the saltines in a single layer with no overlap. I broke some saltines in half to fit the pan

Apologies for any OCD readers.

4.) In a small saucepan, melt the butter and then add the sugar. Stir for 3-4 minutes, until bubbly and slightly thickened.
5.)Pour the butter and sugar evenly over the saltines
6.)Bake for 5-6 minutes, until golden brown.

7.) Remove from the oven and immediately sprinkle chocolate chips. When the chips eventually melt, use a spatula and smooth the chocolate chips over the saltines.
8.) Sprinkle crushed candycanes all over. Cool completely and enjoy!

Ta-da