Recipe 12: Hashing it out in the morning

Sunday morning.
Traditionally this is our morning to sleep in, cuddle with each other and let the dogs in bed for some family time together. When we finally get up, Chris lets the dogs out and I make us breakfast. However this sunday, is not like the previous one. Ths week I cuddle only with our dogs until I give in to their presistence in letting me know it’s breakfast time. I miss Chris dearly, as do Harvey and Ginger (our dogs). So rather then cry my eyes out into waffles or pancakes that we would normally have on sundays. I broke out the cookbook. Chicken Hash.
Heatherizing it off the bat, I substituted hash brown potatoes from my freezer for the sweet potatoes ( I hate sweet potatoes). After cooking the potatoes in a skillet until they are golden brown, I put them in a bowl and let them rest. Next, the recipe calls for onion, green peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, to cook in the skillet for 7 minutes before adding in thin strips of chicken breast. After letting it cook until the chicken has cooked through I add the potatoes back in and give it a good stir. Almost ready to serve, but not quite yet. The recipe, as an option, calls for a fried egg to be added. I have never been able to fry an egg without it turning into scrambled eggs. But some out… the culinary gods must have been helping me out, because I did it! Luckily ginger was curled up on the mat next to the sink to share in my enjoyment and excitement.
So what’s the verdict? This is awesome! I could eat this every week. The chicken was tender and with the onions and peppers with a little red pepper flake to give some heat. Potatoes were soft but with a little crunch. This is going to be a repeat recipe somewhere down the line. I have started to put post it notes to mark the pages of recipes that I think chris will enjoy and I’m adding a post it to this page. Highly recommend this for a nice quick breakfast or brunch option.
One more great recipe down means one more week closer to seeing my husband. But until then I hope to continue to learn more recipes and entertain you that read this blog. Until the next recipe. Eat well everyone! -HH

Kristin’s shower and Asian style chicken bites

Yet again, another blog that is very very delayed because of life, my sister’s wedding, hubby being home, hubby deploying… lots of stuff has been a distraction from writing this particular blog. Any who, here we go. As one of the hostesses of Kristin’s (my wonderful sister) shower, I wanted to have a number of wonderful choices for appetizers for people to pair with wine. So.. Dad and Kathy were in charge of the Korean style steak, Jenny was in charge of shrimp… And with my recent culinary experiments… i got chicken. I looked to my book for inspiration. And there it was… Asian style chicken bites. This recipe called for chicken breasts that were cut into small cubes (roughly inch in size), mirin, ginger, green onions, soy sauce, and honey. With Kathy’s assistance in cutting the chicken I let the mixture marinate for about 1.5-2 hours. The recipe calls for this to be done on a grill. But at this point it would be going against tradition it I didn’t…say it with me know… HEATHERIZE IT!!!! So I broke out the wok like skillet and with the help of my aunt Jean… stir-fried up almost 4 POUNDS of this chicken.

    So what’s the verdict: My chicken was definitely overshadowed by my sister’s shower, as it should have been. Her shower was an example of how much we all love her and she appeared to have a great time. That being said… I had people coming up to me saying how much they liked the food including the chicken. In fact my Aunt Kathy and Aunt Mary told me that it was their favorite thing and wanted the recipe… which now that I’m reflecting on this… I still need to get to them.

       What was also really cool was having people come up to me saying how much they love the blog and have gotten into it. Definitely was a good moment. An even better moment was being able to put on a great party for my lil sister.

       So Thanks Family! Your assistance with this recipe was much needed and appreciated!

      Now that one of my major, wonderful, lovely, and definitely missed distractions is deployed for the foreseeable future… I promise that this blog will be more consistent. Thanks for the support everyone! And, until next time, eat well. -HH