What a wonderful weekend! My weekend actually was Sunday and Monday since my husband worked a lot on Friday and Saturday, and I worked a little on Saturday.
I have been cooking for us however and Saturday made another recipe from the newest issue of Cuisine at Home. It was a recipe for 2 so no leftovers and it was excellent. In order to give you the exact name of the recipe I would have to go downstairs and that's not happening now. And the recipe is not online. I'm telling you, you need to get this magazine. Get a subscription, it's great.
Anyway, chicken breast was poached in broth with thyme. Once that was done you added tomatillos, garlic and onion to the same saute pan. That simmered some, then you mashed it, shredded the chicken and added the chicken to the sauce. I then made individual casseroles layering cheese, chicken, corn tortillas (2 per dish) topped both with some red bell pepper, baked and then topped with fresh cilantro and the pickled red onions that I made too. Delicious.
Sunday we went to church, quick trip to the grocery store, home for breakfast, quick trip for me to do some work for KitchenAid and then we headed to Le Cordon Bleu to attend The Herbs of Shakespeare. We listened to Geri Lauffer talk about how Shakespeare referenced herbs in his work and sometimes the double meanings of the herbs.
After the talk we sampled some dishes made from cookbooks from the 1600s.
Sallet of all kinds of herbs


Lumbardy Tarts with Swiss Chard, Wafers and Pear Preserves

Sallet of Cold Capon Roasted

Dyschefull of Snow

A very interesting day. If you'd like to attend fun events like this, just check out Culinary Historians of Atlanta on Facebook. Next month we're talking about relishes.
For dinner Sunday I went pretty traditional with chicken and rice. I had a recipe torn from a Donna Hay magazine that says Autumn. No idea what year, I only have one page. I had to make some changes, I'll put my changes in parentheses.
Oven Risotto with Chicken and Fetta
serves 6
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 red onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 1/2 tablespoons thyme leaves
2 cups arborio or carnaroli rice
4 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon olive oil, extra
6 chicken breast fillets, trimmed
1/3 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
2 cups baby spinach leaves
5 1/4 ounce fetta cheese, crumbles
Heat a small frying pan over high heat. Add the oil, onion, garlic and thyme and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Place in a 12 cup capacity ovenproof baking dish. (I used Le Creuset, sauteed the onion, garlic in that. Not using 2 pans.) Add the rice and stock, cover with a lid or aluminum foil and cook for 40 to 45 minutes. (No, no oven temperature. I looked for another oven risotto recipe, it said 425, I used that but I'd use 400 degrees the next time and it should take about 40 minutes. I had to add some broth.) While the risotto is cooking, heat a medium non-stick frying pan over high heat. (I used stainless steel.) Add the extra oil and cook the chicken for 4 minutes on each side or until golden and cooked through. (I cooked them in batches and sprinkled them with salt and pepper first.) Set aside. Remove the risotto from the oven and stir through the parmesan, spinach and fetta. Serve the risotto with the chicken.
I copied the recipe as written, in the paragraph style which I don't really like. The dinner ended up to be pretty tasty and we have leftovers for tonight!
Today my husband took off work and we went to Jazzercise at 7:15. Back home I did have some work to do for my new personal chef client tomorrow. We then did some shopping at the outlets on 400 and then kept going to Amicalola Falls State Park and we had a picnic lunch. Lots of rain this morning but it left while we were shopping.



After lunch we headed to Ellijay to get our apples. We ended up with 1/2 bushel of Jona Gold, 1/2 bushel of Golden Delicious and 1/2 bushel of Stayman at R and A Orchards. And of course fried pies for dessert! Friday is applesauce day at my house. Lots of apples to make applesauce for the freezer. I'll mix the three types together and add cinnamon and maybe a little sugar. Maybe not.
So now we are having a big storm but we're home safe and sound and can relax with the cats. Such a good weekend!