Monday, February 27, 2012

This, That, and the Other

    While looking at the calendar earlier today, my eyes almost fell out realizing that at the end of this week we will already be a few days into march! Having said that, it has been quite a while since I have posted anything. While I have not been spending a whole lot of time on the computer- due to the fact that Steven and I are now down to one computer-I have been doing a lot of this, that, and the other.
    Since my last post, I have gotten settled into my new apartment here in Cicero, been back to Pennsylvania for a wonderful visit with family and friends, gone on CEF's "Ignite" winter retreat as staff, and finally, I've been doing a lot of cooking and baking (which is really what this post is all about). 
    After we got back from our lovely Pennsylvania getaway, I was biting at the bit to get back into my kitchen! After my few weeks of cooking withdrawal I was feeling very adventurous and decided to go all out and do some gourmet cooking. My first endeavor turned into Chicken Piccata and Panzanella Caprese: D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! I usually stray from original recipes if I don't have exact ingredients, so the Panzanella Caprese was slightly different when I made it because I didn't have fresh mozzarella. I ended up just using grated mozzarella which worked just as well.
    I'm pretty sure I followed the recipe for Chicken Piccata exactly the way they had it. It was so good! The strongest flavor was the capers-something I had never tasted before. Unfortunately I am unable to upload a picture of my wonderful meal at the moment, so the pictures given to you by the links will have to do for now(They look a lot better than mine anyway). Now I must end here because I am off to the kitchen to make some meatloaf cupcakes-so you can be sure another post will follow!