As promised-Food!

So starting last Thursday night first. Carlos and I made "Chicken au champagne", recipe courtesy of French women don't get fat. It was delicious, and so easy. You season the underside of the chicken breasts, insert onion into a small slit, and pour champagne over them (which is fun because it fizzes!) Then broil both sides, reduce heat and bake for 30 minutes, basting twice. Here's a shot of Carlos trying his hand at basting for the first time.


I got the baster from my mom, thinking "when in the heck am I going to use this?" good thing I had it! Not to mention its really fun, I could imagine great wars in the kitchen being fought with basters!
The recipe recommended that you serve the chicken on a bed of rice, but I don't have any rice so we improved some pasta instead, seasoning it with the same herb used on the chicken (thyme).
Then I had a head lettuce so we cut that into wedges, but then I realized I didn't have any sort of salad dressing or anything to make a vinaigrette. So what to do? Improvise! I whipped together (she stated casually) some yougurt, lemon juice, milk, cheese and thyme to make a dressing. It sounds odd but turned out pretty good, here is the finished product, with great presentation of course...


I can just hear the restaurant description now: "This evening our special is poulet au champagne, a classic french preparation served over thyme infused penne, with a wedge of head lettuce grown in our own garden, garnished with a yougurt lemon sauce with thyme, the thread of seasoning that runs throughout this dish. This is served on a bed of fresh spring greens.

Here's a slightly better picture, sorry the lighting is so terrible in the kitchen. I don't think anything can look really good under florescent lights.


And that was dinner, the best part of it is that you get to drink the rest of the champagne with the chicken! And the chicken also fizzes when you cut it open, that was fun too. Happy Thursday, coming soon, the egg with chicken dinner (it still doesn't have a name!)