Scones

Just want to share one of my favorite Sunday morning treats with all of you.

I do love my coffee that just happens to pare really well with something lightly sweetened fresh warm yet popping with fresh fruity flavors like SCONES?  Well... maybe coffee cake!  

These two flavors are by far my favorite and I really think only best when served right out of the oven pipping hot.  Raspberry Lemon and Blueberry both with a sprinkle of sugar crystals or just sugar in the raw on top.  I like to use frozen organic berries out of season, they work nicely.  Looking forward to in season and fresh warm berries are by far much better.  That's almost a given that fresh is better than frozen, however sometimes you must do what you have to do.

Now, I do a few different types of scones.  When I do not have time to do from scratch yet I cheat and use a box mix.  When I have more time and am willing to take the time I do use bisquick mix.  I'll let all my readers know right now I am not the baker in the family at all.  When I do bake it's out of need and want for something sweet and tasty.  My sister happens to be the one that is our little baker in the family.  I enjoy more the savory foods than the sweets when it comes to making and creating.  

Again, this time I'm at a loss for a recipe to share with all of you, mostly just popping out some yummy ideas and photos, that is more up my ally.  Just so you all know the photo up above I took of my sisters home made Blueberry Lemon Scones.  Now, I hope you all enjoy these yummy creations and that they might spring some ideas into your head, and in my cooking world I believe that if you think of something that seems and sounds good and not sure if it will be... TRY!  You won't know unless you give it a go.  With my scones it's a basic mix and I just thought how cool it would be to have berries sitting on top that have been baked along with the scones.  These are best eaten fresh due to all the juice and the fresh berries on them.  Next day is okay, however they don't save as well as if you were to mix the berries in with the dough.   Just a helpful tip! 

Best enjoyed with good friends and family.

Now go and make you & your friends some scones and coffee, then enjoy your day!

Eat, Love, & Live

Roman Chicken Saltimbocca

Tonight I just had to make something that would melt in your mouth and leave you wanting to lick the plate and want more.  I found it!  

I have everything I need, except lemon.  It never fails I have lemon and can't seem to use it up fast enough and when I do need it there isn't any to be found.  I ran to the store and grabbed up some lemon and fresh baked bread to go with dinner.

I can't take credit for the high light of this dish I found this recipe and just want to share it with you all because not only did it taste fabulous but looked really pretty too and was quick and easy to make.  Anyone could do this dinner and rock it.  The whole family no matter how big or small would love it to the last bite.

I have to give credit when credit is due.... Thank you goes out to Whole Foods for their amazing website and recipes that they post up.  Here is the link to their site if anyone wants to see where I found this fantastic recipe.  http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/roman-style-chicken-saltimbocca

I love finding things and changing them up most of the time.  This time I didn't want to change what they had done at all.  Only thing I changed was amounts of things due to the fact I only cook for two people.  We only each needed one chicken each so I cut the recipe in half.  However I did add extra sage because I love sage, and less butter.  We don't hardly ever ever use butter.  I remember tonight why I love butter so very much.  This little blog tonight I won't post up the recipe because you can all just use the link to Whole Foods site.  I came up with the sides all on my own and they went really well with the chicken.  The broccoli was olive oil salt pepper and some water, sired then steamed just while I prepped the chicken.  Having potato's was a must tonight we have a ton of them to use and they just sounded good.  They are olive oil, salt, pepper, and sage.  Baked the potato's in the oven like fries, roasted... Perfect sides.  Lets not forget the fresh bread I picked up at the store, it was some seed bread. Really good choice too.

I was proud of myself tonight for taking on a new dish tonight.  Thinking I was going to post step by step tonight I took pictures of it all. Guess I can still share with you all so you see how easy it truly was.  

Yes that sage isn't very big yet but it came from my herb garden.  The prosciutto was so good that I picked up from Trader Joe's two weeks ago.  I love foods that I can get and hold onto and use more than once or twice to make a dressed up dinner.  I bought my bottle of white wine there too!

Like I said just use the link I posted and get the how to on all this, it's simple.  I'm cooking the chicken here and that only took a matter of 8 min. tops.  

This was a first for me tonight.  Making a wine sauce, and thought all these years how scary and hard it would be to get right.  I'm laughing so hard right now because it was so simple and so easy anyone could do it and it totally made the dish.  That and the lemon slices to add to it once all was plated.

The chicken gets set aside on a pretty platter waiting, and covered for it's wine sauce to cover it and make it taste like a bit of Roman heaven in your mouth.

I so think anyone can make this for diner and feel classy having something so melt in your mouth for dinner.  We felt like we had gone out and had a really high end chicken dish.  Don't ever be scared of trying new things, this is how you can find something that you really enjoy and might just fall in love with.  This will be a chicken dish I won't have any problems making again.  Change up the side dishes and have it again soon.  

I even had a small glass of the wine with dinner to help add to the flavors, that is just not something I do often.  The wine was a nice complement with the chicken and the wine sauce.

Now go and cook, take your self out of your comfort zone and enjoy.

Eat, Love, & Live.