Monday, April 13, 2009

Chicken with sun-dried tomato cream sauce


Sheer exhaustion and post-Easter fatigue overwhelm me today.

In the aftermath of children's laughter and chocolate covered mouths I am left with battlefield remnants of dirty dishes, pots, benches and rubbish. Fuelled by the pressing need to sit with my legs up on my comfortable couch I powered through the cleaning with some much appreciated help from my husband and although there are still a few loads of laundry waiting patiently to be cleaned, I can rest with my feet up in between turns of the drier and swooshes of the washing machine.

As an Easter treat to my family, my husband, brother and I made a video with my father and uncle's heads plastered to Chippendale bodies - I highly recommend having a play with it as it definitely brings raucous thundering laughter and tears from those who watch it.

My most precious moment yesterday was watching the children hunting for Easter eggs; an event I loved so much as a child I still do it to this day with my husband and my dog. The thrill of finding jewelled eggs in everyday places brings so much joy, especially to wide-eyed children.


My fridge overfloweth with desserts and sweets, only a few of whom will be completely consumed as hard as I may try. With all of the cooking and baking of the past few days I felt dinner should be simple and non-fussy.

ease: 5/5.
prep time:
2mins.
cooking time: 15mins.
total: 17mins.

taste: 4.5/5. My husband was licking his plate and asking if there was anymore - he really loved this dish and even asked me what was in it. I halved everything except the tomatoes to make sauce for 1 person.

would I make it again: Yes - super easy and as hubby said 'it's pretty hot'.

recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chicken-with-Sun-Dried-Tomato-Cream-Sauce-107198

5 comments:

  1. A delicious dish! These pictures are so beautiful and full of emotions...

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  2. yum. for someone who doesn't eat meat, you sure know what to do with it.

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  3. hahah thanks for the compliments about blindly cooking meat - and yes, it was lovely watching the kids look for eggs

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  4. That sounds amazing!!!!

    gorgeous pictures!

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  5. Fellow Greek here who saw your tiganites and adored them and the food on your blog...kali orexi!

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