Spicy honey mustard grilled chicken

I'm always looking for an innovative way to make chicken and I think I found my new favorite recipe :)  I love this full-flavored tangy, yet spicy, and sweet chicken recipe that I snagged off pinterest.  I had to do some adapting, because I did not have some of the ingredients. So... I guess I can take partial ownership :)

My New Fav...

Serves: 4    Prep time:  5 minutes   Cook time:  8 minutes  Level of difficulty: Measly moderate

Ingredients:

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup Dijon mustard

1 tsp. ground mustard

2 dashes of garlic chili pepper sauce, which is found in the Asian aisle

1 tsp. McCormick's steak seasoning

2 tablespoons olive oil

First, take your chicken out of the packaging and place it into a large Ziploc bag.  Use a flat cast iron skillet, rolling pin, or a meat tenderizer and flatten your chicken out. This is a French method of preparation: to flatten chicken out by using one of the mentioned methods.

Now, you want to pour your olive oil into your choice of sauté' pan and heat to medium.  Sprinkle your steak seasoning on your chicken while waiting on your pan to heat up.  When your pan is heated, add your flattened chicken breast.  Cook 3 to 4 minutes on each side depending on how thin you were able to make your chicken breast.

Meanwhile, while your chicken is getting beautified, let's make our sauce.  Mix your Dijon mustard, honey, and dry mustard all together.  When everybody is melding, you should nicely introduce Mr. Chili Pepper to the gang.  Stir well until everyone is dancing to the same beat :) 

Oops!!! I forgot to take a pic of that step.....Oh well, you know what to do....After you have mixed it all together, stick your finger in it. I mean, stick your spoon in it :) Give it a taste. If it's too spicy, then add more honey. If it's too sweet, then add more chili pepper.

Once you have your sauce right where you want it, take your chicken out of the pan and brush your fantabulous sauce all over your chicken. Let meat rest for 5 minutes.  While you're waiting for the meat to rest, how about you set the table or have the kids do it :)  Also, make the drinks. Then, the party is on. You can use the rest of your sauce to serve as a dipping sauce.

Here is my chicken resting :) Shhhh.... Using my inside voice, so my chicken can finish resting, I'll finish my story.  I served my outstanding chicken alongside a medley of rice, quinoa, yellow and red, peppers, zucchini, and garlic.

Here is the finale pic of my masterpiece......Enjoy your life :)

Ephesians 5:15-17, "Be very careful, then, how you live---not as unwise but as wise, making the most out of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."

Sleep Over Strawbrerry French Toast

Strawberry French Toast

Is there anything that screams summer more like a good old fashioned strawberry french toast breakfast after a hard rain the night before that shook the house and kept the dogs howling to the wee hours?  I love to make mine with Brioche bread, which I purchase when I'm at the City market in downtown Kansas City, but unfortunately on this day, I did not have any on hand.  So, if this ever happens to you, may I suggest rather than going without a scrumptious piece of strawberry French toast, just use whatever you have.  It will turn out perfect!!!

Serves: 4    Prep time: 5 minutes   Cook time: 5 minutes  Level of difficulty: Silly simple

Ingredients:

Splash of half and half

4 tablespoons of butter

1 Tablespoon vanilla

2 eggs

Zest of an orange or cutie

1 tsp. cinnamon

Bread (whatever you usually like)

opt.  pinch of nutmeg

opt.  pinch of cloves


Crack your eggs into a large bowl and whisk gently until combined. Then, add your half and half, vanilla, zest from your orange, nutmeg, and cloves, if you are using the optional ingredients.  Whisk again gently until combined. :)

Dip your choice bread into your egg mixture...

Place your toast carefully, without crowding the bread slices, into a hot cast iron skillet. If your lucky enough to have a cast iron, melt butter in the cast iron before adding slices.  Brown slices on both sides on medium heat.  This will take about 2 to 3 minutes on each side.

While my French toast is working on perfection, I use this time to pour some syrup into a heat-proof container and I heat it up some syrup in the microwave :) It's the extra touches that make good into GREAT!!!

Place a few sliced strawberries on top of your toast. Then, add a little dollop of whip cream, a shake or two of powered sugar, and the Pie'ce de re'sistance .Wait for it........NOW, pour your piping hot pure- grade B maple syrup over the top and watch the faces of all those who partake light up like a Christmas tree in Central Park on Thanksgiving day :)

Here is my son, Wade, my daughter's husband, enjoying the labor of love :)

Isaiah 40:31, " But they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagle's; They shall run and not be weary; They shall walk and not faint."