Thursday, July 1, 2010

My first attempt at fancy food

Well, by now you may have all noticed that I'm not quite as culinarily (I know that's not really a word, but just work with me) inclined as all of you. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the only post I've contributed to this blog was filled with pictures of food that I had no part in preparing. So, Steve and Rachel took matters into their own hands and gave me a subscription to Cuisine at Home magazine for my birthday so that I too could venture into the world of food that doesn't come in a box. Without further ado, I give you...MARGHERITA PASTA WITH GRILLED CHICKEN



I was planning on taking pictures along the way so you could see the progress of this fantastic dish, but I kind of forgot. The dish consists of tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, garlic, pine nuts, and chicken and is dressed with olive oil. I added a little lemon juice and salt at the end which gave it a good kick. I only set the smoke alarm off three times (I had some problems toasting the pine nuts), so I'm calling this a successful first try!