Saturday, May 8, 2010

Greek Chicken

PREPARE ahead of time:

3 TBS lemon juice
2 TBS red wine vinegar
1 TBS olive oil
2 tsp chopped parsley
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp dired oregano
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper

whisk all this together.

4 bonless chicken breast

pour the mixture over the chicken in a large ziploc bag. let marinate for about 10-12 hours.



Remove chicken and heat over med-high heat in a grill pan. (this just makes it pretty!)
Cook for about 10 minutes --turning once or twice..until its no longer pink. (I like to cook mine till its crunchy looking!)

remove and sprinkle Feta cheese and diced tomatoes over the chicken!

Tuscan Pot Roast

Ingredients

4 teaspoons EVOO
1 (3-5 lb) boneless beef chuck roast
2 teaspoons rosemary
salt
pepper
all spice
2 large onions--chopped
4 cloves garlic--chopped
3/4 cup beef broth
1 can diced tomatoes


Heat oven to 325. Heat a large skillet with 2 tsp EVOO. cook the beef for about 6 minutes on each side or until it's golden brown. Move to a large oven proof dish. add rosemary, salt, pepper, and all spice..just a dash of each.

add remaining EVOO to the pan on the stove and add onions and garlic until fragrant. add the broth and heat till the the broth cooks down to about 1/2 cup. scrap the bottom to get all the flavors! pour over the beef and add the tomatoes to the dish surrounding the beef.
Bake for about 2 hours uncovered.