Last night's meal: Fresh peach and cherry salsa with homemade cinnamon chips, pasta with chicken and tomatoes, and grilled muenster cheese sandwiches. The pasta and salsa recipes are my originals and a grilled cheese is a grilled cheese, so let's just say thanks to moms everywhere for that nugget of goodness!!! We had so much fun dancing and singing and cooking. The bath water had a little bit of a purple tinge last night from the cherry juices, and I always say the mess you leave behind is indicative of the party you had. It was a good one last night...I love celebrating life with my babies!
What you'll need:
One cup of chopped cherries (fresh)
2 peaches peeled and diced
Cinnamon and sugar mixture
half a stick of REAL butter melted
6-8 flour tortillas or wheat tortillas
1 Tbsp. Honey
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Pimentos
2 diced roma tomatoes (mixed with 1 Tbsp olive oil and oregano)
One pkg. dry italian dressing mix
One Package of cooked corkscrew pasta (I like veggie pasta)
1 block of muenster cheese
whole wheat bread or Sourdough (sourdough tastes better, but not as good for you)
Garlic Salt, Fresh Pepper
Salsa and chips: Combine chopped cherries, peaches, honey and a dash of cinnamon mixture in a bowl and chill. Brush each side of tortillas with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon mixture. Cut into triangles and bake at 350 until golden and crisp (about 4 minutes). Let cool and put in a basket.
Pasta Salad: Boil pasta, drain, and cool. Add 2 tsp pimento. Season chicken breasts with garlic salt and fresh pepper. Heat two Tbsp olive oil in a skillet. Cook chicken thouroughly. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces, add to pasta mixture. Add tomato mixture listed earlier in "What You'll Need". Add a quarter of a cup of water and half of the dressing packet. All done.
Grilled cheese: use the remainder of your melted butter and baste your bread. Place muenster cheese, a little salt and pepper on the cheese, between two slices and grill on a griddle.
Enjoy another easy summer meal! What music accompanied our cooking last night? Toddler Tunes!
Tonight I'll be making grilled red snapper with lobster picata, watermelon salad, broiled asparagus, and biscuits. A perfect date night meal and SO easy! It is a Harry Connick, Jr. type of meal...I better get my playlist ready!
Here are some photos of our kitchen fun last night:
Fresh Cherry and Peach Salsa with homemade cinnamon chips
Organic Pasta with chicken and tomatoes
Jack and Victoria de-stemming cherries
Be careful with peach and cherry juice!
Jack basting tortillas with butter.
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