recipe of the week

This recipe is so easy you have no excuse not to make it this week. (except you Hilary. Not sure if you could make it for vegetarians:)

CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
salt
pepper
6 slices havarti cheese (or try swiss or cheddar)
4 slices black forest (or your favorite) ham
1/2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 7X11 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Pound chicken breasts in between saran wrap with a rolling pin or (empty) wine bottle until 1/4 thick. Make sure they are thin enough, but not so thin that they fall apart.

Sprinkle each breast with salt and pepper. Place 1 cheese slice and 1 ham slice on top of each breast. Roll up each breast into a little package and secure with toothpicks. Place in baking dish and pat breadcrumbs onto tops of each piece of chicken.

Bake for 30 minutes. Check to make sure the chicken is no longer pink inside. Top with 1/2 slice of cheese on top of each and bake for 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Serve!

Braai at Gill and Paul's

Gill and Paul invited us out to Sai Kung for a braai (BBQ in Canadian speak) of South African meat. It was so delish! We even got a doggy bag to take home with us!
Too bad we didn't get a picture of the rest of the food...there was a huge salad, baked potatoes, garlic bread, chicken, cheesy mushroom caps for appy and fruit and ice cream for dessert.



Paul was happy to show off the huge model helicopters that he flies.

He sure loves those helicopters....

Where I work

Here is the view from my classroom at work.






Pretty nice, eh?












I will be so sad when they remove this Calvin Klein ad. It makes me smile everyday :)

Recipe of the Day

I just made this the other morning. It was so yummy and filling, which was the main part:) You see, I just couldn't get full. I had already eaten 2 breakfasts and it was only 10am!

When Suds finally dragged his butt outta bed I made this for 3rd breakfast AKA brunch.
Suds ate his with maple syrup and I ate mine with Indian Mango Pickle (an acquired taste and so far I am the only person I know to have acquired it!)
I made it with a fairly dense multigrain bread but I think a lighter bread would be able to soak up the eggyness better. Let me know what you think if you make it!!

SPICY FRENCH TOAST

3 eggs
1 Tbsp milk
pinch of slat
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cumin
1 green chili, finely chopped (i find using scissors is the best way)
1 tbsp melted butter
1/2 onion, minced
1 Tbsp oil
4 slices of bread, crusts removed (mine only made enough for 3 slices)

Combine the eggs, milk, salt, turmeric, cumin, chili, melted butter and onion. Whisk well.
Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Dip each slice of bread, one at a time, into the egg mixture. Transfer slices to the pan and cook for about 3 minutes over medium heat until light brown in color. Flip and cook on other side. Serve hot.