We just got in from the team dinner...it is the night before the state cross country meet! The girls are excited and nervous, and so supportive of each other, it is really great to see. Pasta, of course, was the perfect option for the runners, and now we are settled into our room for the night.
This week we tried a few new things and 2 recipes earned keeper status!!! A third new dish, baked potato fans, were a great hit in theory, but they were a bit dry and the flavor profile needed some improvement. I have seen many recipes so we'll try them again and see if we can get it right. But the keepers were a pureed black bean soup, and a new panko breaded chicken.
We have been completely spoiled these last few weeks with amazing weather, but this week autumn finally arrived. It is mid-October, so we can't really complain that the temperature has dipped below 70! On Saturday we felt like soup, so I suggested a black bean soup to Ryan. When he heard the first step involved bacon, we was all for giving it a try! I actually took two recipes and made my own version. We all loved it - even Liam!!
The other recipe was a new way to bread chicken. We eat chicken a lot and we are always looking for a twist to change it up, and we found something new this week. A little zingy with Dijon mustard and cayenne then breaded with panko. Liam thought it was a little too spicy, but the rest of us loved it! We could easily mix it up without the cayenne to do one piece for him, then add in the cayenne to prepare the rest.
Next week I'll let you know how the team did in the meet!
Happy Cooking!
New Recipes
Panko breaded chicken with mustard and cayenne
Black bean soup
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