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.

Pizza #1

Why not pizza?  Why not pizza at home with fresh veggies and hand made dough?  It's simple, tasty, easy, and quick to pull together in a short amount of time.  Family's with children this is a great dish to do and pull the little ones into to help in the kitchen along with you.  Perfect to have them get involved and learn about veggies, meats, and what they think tasty good together.  No need to fallow any rules when it comes to pizza, that is half the fun when having a pizza for dinner, or any meal.  Full of colors and flavors you love all together for a great way to use up things in the frig too.  Got left over chicken, bacon, sausage, shrimp, steak, or even random veggies?  Then pizza is perfect.  

I'm still trying to find a dough that my boyfriend and I really like.  I tend to cheat when it comes to dough after failing over and over again on making our own.  When I feel like it I just buy already made fresh dough from the grocery store, or market.  Our favorite is herb dough and second would have to be wheat, they have a lot more flavor than just a plan white dough. We have tried Bisquick mix, boxed just add liquids, frozen Pillsbury ones, already made Boboli pizza dough and to be honest have not loved any of them.  Needless to say we are still on a hunt down to find that perfect pizza dough or recipe.  I'm hoping that soon I'll be able top share a good recipe with you all.  This is kind of a big deal to us do to the fact that we really don't eat out and we make whatever we eat at home mostly from scratch.  Who doesn't love pizza?  With that said we love pizza and I just wish we could really love the pizza we make more!

The pizza I have here is a really good mix of fresh bell peppers, yellow and orange sweet bell peppers and ham onion cheese and pepperoncini some left over roasted garlic tomato sauce and I put some Italian seasonings on top with a dash of pepper.  We very much enjoyed this pizza and it really cleaned up the frig of a few things that otherwise might have gone bad.

Like I was saying though, you can totally do up or down whatever you want on your pizza.  Make it your own creation and enjoy.  One pizza pan, maybe a plate or two, meal in one!  I'm sharing this because I wanted to help others with good healthy ideas that can be put together in a quick fashion and totally enjoyable too.  Being a working girl and trying to be healthy eating at home and keeping things different fun and tasty can be a lot of work at times, but very worth while.  I find cooking to be very rewarding, relaxing, and even though it's only for the two of us I'm finding it to be part of a healthy and happy relationship too.  There are a few meals here and there when I'm trying new things that we don't totally love, so I learn from that and do better the next time.  Using fresh veggies, organic meats, cheese, as much as I can really helps too.  Don't forget that we are what we eat, so lets eat only the best that we can and make it enjoyable at the same time.  Food doesn't have to be blah boring and color less.  If you eat full flavored, colorful, fresh foods  you will be more satisfied and your mind body and soul will thank you.  Food should be a way of life, NOT a drive threw hurry rush it kinda thing.

This pizza below in the photo was my take on a pizza margherita.  We loved it!  I will make this again for sure this year when we have fresh tomato's from our garden.  

What is Pizza Margherita?

Simple.... Pizza dough, tomato sauce, tomato's, mazzarella cheese, and basil.

Her is what I did.  Fresh organic tomato's from our garden and fresh basil from my herb garden really made this amazing.  I used fresh organic mozzarella, had left over tomato sauce and this was a fresh ready to back herb pizza dough I picked up from the market.  In just 20 min. from picking the tomato's and basil putting the pizza together we had dinner!!!  The fresh mozzarella, tomato's, and basil also can make a fresh and amazing salad or appetizer too.  No need for salt or pepper, the basil and cheese really do the trick.  

Fresh is always best.

Now go make your self a pizza and have some fun with it, go crazy, get a little nuts, maybe ever sweet.  Whatever you do just remember to enjoy it.

Eat, Love, & Live