Four Foods For Friday #110

Ooo this is a nice one this week!

Let’s try something different. One question.

What can YOU make with

* chicken
* bacon
* cheese
* tomatoes

Hmmmm. Lots of people mentioned sandwiches. Honestly, I like sandwiches because they are so easy to make, but they are too dry for me. I always have to have a gallon of water besides me to eat one. The bread is just too dry. I dislike bread. And these days, I’d rather be snoozing away on my nice mattress than cooking. I have been SO. CRAZY. BUSY.

Anyway. The ingredients. Yeah.

Ummmmmmmmmm.

I’d make a salad. Nice and moist, easy, and YUMMY. Although, I’d probably pick out the tomatoes. Yick, I dislike tomatoes. Lots of bacon and chicken, though! With mozzarella cheese… mmmmm. Oh yeah, and add olives and spinach and… gee, here, try this!

Wow Chow Salad

2 leaves fresh kale
2 leaves fresh spinach
Chopped Romaine lettuce
Sliced red cabbage
Chopped bacon pieces (cooked!!)
Leftover grilled chicken, diced
Spoonful of pepperoncini, sliced
Pitted black olives
Mozzarella cheese, cubed
Artichokes, chopped

Drizzle with olive oil or balsamic vinegar.

OK OK add a few tomatoes. Pick them out and give them to the Hubs.

EAT!

Four Foods For Friday 109

Hm, here we are, discussing chicken soup. It seems that some folks have had colds recently, eh? Hope you’re better!

Name four of the primary ingredients that YOU use to make chicken soup.

I don’t make chicken soup all that much. I am not a soup eater (unless we are really low on food). I hear it’s really good for you– protein, helps when you’re sick, etc etc anti wrinkle cream, etc etc.. many more marvels… I just don’t like the stuff. But I have made it, and it’s *tolerable.* Barely, lol.

Four primary ingredients, huh? Ummm…

1. Chicken. (I know, DUH, lol) I don’t use breasts or special cuts for soup, though– I make it with the stock I’ve made from a carcass.
2. Onions. A must, otherwise the soup is intolerably bland.
3. Seasoning of some sort. Has to be full of pep. Right now I’m using a lot of the Salamida Pinch Seasoning, it’s very good.
4. White northern beans.

I may also add black beans (well rinsed) if I want real variety.

So, sorry! My meme this week was pretty dull and bland– a lot like my chicken soup!! Hey, Val, let’s talk Italian when you’re feeling better, eh?

Four Foods on Friday 108

Poor Val, she was sick this week… I was sick last week. I have never been so sick in my life as I have been this past year 1/2. What the heck?! At least they are minor things, like stupid colds… but they are everywhere. :-p I cannot WAIT for warmer weather, when we can shut off the furnace and see the sun again, woo! Break out the custom beach towels and sunglasses once again! It will feel so good to soak up the sun’s rays into these chilly bones.

OK, down to business!

1. Are there any drinks you feel help you get better when you’re sick?
2. Are there any foods you feel help you get better when you’re sick?
3. Starve a cold, feed a fever. Do you believe this?
4. Who cooks when you’re sick?

1. It really depends. If I have sinus problems, tea is best. For chest congestion, I like coffee. For sore throat, I like orange juice. For stomach upset, it’s either ginger ale or noghtin.
2. It depends, too. I usually don’t eat when I’m not feeling well.
3. It helps. Fevers are sometimes caused by stomach bugs, and we all know what happens when you eat and have a stomach bug…
4. Me. :-p Sometimes my girls help. But my husband doesn’t know how to cook anything except oatmeal. lol

Four Foods For Friday #107

Uh oh. Kitchen “appearance” questions. My kitchen is a DISASTER and is in desperate need of a re-do. I am praying that this year is the year.

One question again this week.

1. Name two items on your kitchen counter.
2. What’s in your sink now?
3. What’s on your stove now?
4. What’s in your oven now?

1. Just two? Ummmm… like my contemporary coffee tables that I have scattered throughout the house, my kitchen counters are a catch-all for lots of stuff. I’ll *try* to keep it down to just two things: my Hamilton-Beach coffee maker (new one, review coming soon!) and three dish drainers of clean dishes! We have no dishwasher, and with 6 people in the house, three of whom work full-time and three of whom are in school… the dishes do pile up. :S

2. Dirty dishes. Not too many, though, thank God.

3. A tea kettle and a spoon holder that says “Give us the day our daily bread.” It’s new, and I like it.

4. Burnt food at the bottom.

So, that’s my FFFF! How did yours go?

Salamida’s Lemon Garlicious on Roast Chicken

I received some of that yummy Salamida marinade– the Lemon Garlicious marinade– from the folks at Salamida. They asked me to try out some of their spices and marinades and mention them on my blogs. Wooo! I love to grill with Salamida products during the summer… but we got two feet of snow, so I don’t think I’m pulling out the grill anytime soon. Some folks still have to pack up their winter pop displays! But I really really wanted to try the marinade, so I marinaded my roaster chicken.

I slathered the chicken with onions and elephant garlic cloves. And I tucked in a few potatoes for good measure.

I baked in a slow oven (300 degrees) for about four hours. Mmmm the house smelled good.

The chicken was incredibly tender; it practically melted in our mouths. The potatoes were SUPERB. I like the light garlic taste of the marinade, but wasn’t too fond of the lemon. I don’t like lemon, in general. This was light enough to make the chicken very luscious, though.

I wrote about the Upstate New York phenomenon that is Salamida marinades here. We love the marinades; I go bananas for the original Spiedie marinade. If you place an order, use the discount code SAUCE3 at Spiedie.com, you will get 15% off your order. The coupon code is good until April 1st. This is the best marinade EVER. It’s not all that expensive, and you can order online, which is nice.

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