Hello! It's been a week since my last blog post. I will attribute the silence to a sick toddler, a sick husband and now I'm sick too! This has been a great excuse for recovering hubby and almost recovered toddler to go to her art class together as I finally get some much needed quite time to write this post.
Firstly, I am super excited about the overwhelming response to my Spring flower hat. This hat was such a huge hit that it earned me two new followers and earned me my first time being featured. So, please head on over to Kadie's at Seven Alive to see all the wonderful crafters, cooks and DIYers that she has so kindly featured.
Now, some of you may or may not remember my grill pan chicken post from last week. Well, we had a lot of leftover Kasha from that night. So, I actually ended up upcycling (can you upcycle food?) the kasha for another meal late last week. I followed another Cooking light recipe for the blackened chicken. Now they served it with Dirty rice which I substituted with Kasha. The reason I call mine not so dirty kasha is because, I swapped the rice out for the kasha and I omitted the chicken livers. I didn't have any and I wasn't motivated enough to go out and buy livers, something that I have never cooked with. Anyhow, my not so dirty version was yummy and super flavorful.
The blackened chicken recipe was fantastic and I would totally make this again to use in wraps, salads or sandwiches. Plus, it is lightened up from a more traditional blackened chicken recipe so it's guilt free too. We've been getting our chicken breast thinly sliced so it helps with the portion control a little more.
I served this with a side of organic spinach sauteed with fresh garlic.
Here is the big reveal, theirs vs. mine.
I am loving this theirs vs. mine theme so much that I think I'm going to make it a weekly feature! What do you think?
I think the theirs versus mine idea is awesome! we usually only get to see one or the other on most sites these days, so it's great to see what "their" version looked and what your finished dish looked like! For me personally, it tells me "yes the recipe is easy enough to follow and tweak if needed".
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got some me-time to blog. It's not easy taking care of everyone else when they're sick. Awesome-looking recipe and congrats on the feature of your darling hat. Thanks so much for sharing this week at our party.
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