Thursday, July 29th, 2010
One of my good blogging friends, Jamie over at Jamie Cooks It Up, recently posted a chicken marinade recipe. I have one that is similar. It uses Sprite or 7 Up in the marinade and is called Manti Turkey (or Chicken). We love that recipe. It also looks like I have never shared that recipe with you before, so the Manti Turkey recipe will soon be coming. Jamie’s recipe had a few different ingredients in her recipe including Coke or Pepsi, balsamic vinegar, and lime juice. After seeing it I knew I had to try it. I love the flavor that the cola added. This is yummy and easy. Added it to my tried and true grilling recipes. Thanks Jamie!
Grilled Chicken Cola Marinade
2 C (16 oz) Coke or Pepsi
1/3 C soy sauce
1 T minced garlic
1/2 C brown sugar
1 T balsamic vinegar
1 T lime juice
6 chicken breasts
1. Combine all ingredients but the chicken in a medium sized bowl. Stir to incorporate well.
2. Place chicken in a large gallon sized Ziploc bag. Pour marinade over the chicken. Seal tightly and store in the fridge for 4-24 hours (The longer the better in my book).
3. Discard marinade and grill until cooked through.
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Here is another yummy way to use up those brown bananas. I found this recipe over at Erin’s Food Files. She adapted it from one she found in the NY Times. She used cinnamon chips in her recipe but the NY Times version used chocolate chips. I went for the chocolate chip version. She also called the recipe blondie bars. I took blondie out of the title because it’s definitely not “blondie like” which I was hoping for. It’s really more on the cake side. Even though it wasn’t more blondie like in texture as I hoped it was still delicious. You can’t loose with the combination of bananas and chocolate!
Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup banana puree
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour (or 1/2 cup white & 1/2 cup whole wheat; I just used white all-purpose)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips (or you can use cinnamon chips)
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a nine-inch-square baking pan.
- Cream butter, add sugar and beat in egg. Stir in banana puree & vanilla. In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to wet until just combined.
- Add chocolate chips and walnuts and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool before cutting into squares. (Since it is more cake like make sure to let them cool all the way so you don’t end up with a gooey mess)
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Today we are talking sides and dessert for your picnic and I have a delicious recipe for you that you can take along with you. It’s a tuscan hummus recipe that I adapted from one I found in my Wasatch [...]
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Today and tomorrow I have picnic recipes for you. We are starting today with a sandwich wrap that incorporates all the flavors of chicken cordon bleu. I adapted this from a recipe found in a section of my newspaper called [...]
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Let me just say that you are going to LOVE this simple Summer drink. I adapted it from a recipe I found in my Betty Crocker It’s Summer issue. The pineapple and lime are the perfect balance of tart and [...]
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
The zucchini craze has begun at my house! My zucchini plant know has zucchini. In the past few days, I know have 4 zucchini sitting on my counter waiting to have something done with them. The other day one of [...]
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I really enjoy that Banana Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting I shared a little bit ago. So, then I had to give this Blueberry Banana Cream Pie from my June/July issue of Simple & Delicious. I made a [...]
