This Week in My Kitchen

This is what I am cooking in my kitchen this week



Green Beans with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette & Parmesan Breadcrumbs





Baked Chicken with Herbs, Garlic & Shallots



Rainbow Chard with Pine Nuts, Parmesan, and Basil

Baked Eggs with Chives and Cream

You are probably wondering why this combination of foods. I found all the recipes on the Fine Cooking website.  The chicken just looked good and simple, plus I had all the ingredients on hand. I went to the Fine Cooking website again looking for a recipe that I could use meyer lemons since I have 2 meyer lemon trees that have several lemons on them and wha--laa I found the green beans, so now I have a side and I get to use my tasty little lemons.  I have included a photo of my lemons for you to see.  They are sooo pretty!!!  The egg dish just looked good and I thought it would be a nice change from the chicken, especially since the chicken recipe will last me several meals.  The Rainbow Chard recipe was not initially planned.  When I went to my local Kroger to pick up a few things, I found the chard.  It was so pretty I decided to buy. So that is this week's recipes.  Check back and I will let you know how they turned out.

My beautiful meyer lemons

Baked Chicken with Herbs, Garlic & Shallots:  Results:   Great.  I really enjoyed this version of baked chicken.  I was surprised it had so much flavor.  My only compaint--sure wish you could find chicken that was not the size of Texas.  I will be making this again. 

Green Beans with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette & Parmesan Breadcrumbs:  Results:  Yummy!! The Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette was delicious.  It would be good on almost anything--well maybe not bananas.  Loved, Loved, loved the parmesan breadcrumbs.  This is a great and pretty side.

Baked Eggs with Chives and Cream: Results:  Fabulous!!  How could anything so simple be this good?  Maybe it is because I love breakfast foods.  I served with bacon and it was oh sooooo good.  Can't wait to make and eat again.

Rainbow Chard with Pine Nuts, Parmesan, and Basil:  Results:  Well, I probably would not make this again.  It was not bad, it just was not good enough to make again---or maybe I just don't like swiss chard.  Either way, it is not a favorite.


Thought I would include my own photos of these recipes:

 Great Meal--the shallots were tasty too.

I bought these tiny cast iron skillets at Williams Sonoma some time ago.  They were so cute I could not resist.  When I saw the egg recipe, I knew I had a use for them.  Perfect!!