Good 48º morning. Cooler over night and should be in the 80º's today. Nice.
Yesterday was a "putter around" day. Nothing special. Since it was "Lemon Day" I decided to make a couple of things with lemon juice. One was couscous with lemon, turmeric or saffron (for color), garlic, and flat leaf parsley and basil leaves. AND, I smoked two chicken breasts after marinating them in lemon juice, wasabi/teriyaki sauce, and olive oil.
Marinate for a couple of hours.
Then into the smoker at 225º for 90 minutes. Next time I will only leave them in for an hour. They dried out too much for my taste but the second one will be good between a bun with lots of teriyaki/wasabi mayonnaise and lettuce and tomato!
For the couscous.... saute minced garlic in olive oil along with a pinch of turmeric or saffron. Then add 1 2/3 cups water, 1 t. grated lemon peel, ½ t. sea salt. Bring to boil, stir in 1½ cups couscous,remove from heat, cover, and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork and add fresh herbs and 2 T. lemon juice.
If you have never had it, couscous is a great light little side to any meat or fish and it's fast to prepare.
Historically this date...
A whole bunch of stuff happened.
Births this date include.....
In the 50's and 60's he was Dr. Gillespie on Dr. Kildare.... a favorite show!
Hazel.... another favorite TV show!
His philosophy was that 'casual drug users' should "be taken out and shot". LAPD's most controversial Chief. Interesting man.
Married to Quincy Jones at one time. Read about her cancer
treatments. Interesting.
All I know. Best get to gettin'. Ciao
xo Sue-Mom-Bobo
August 30th
Toasted Marshmallow Day
What a cool idea! Never thought of toasting
mallows with anything other than s'mores!
6 comments:
Good morning from the old neighborhood (So Cal).
You may find if you use chicken breasts with bone and breast on in the smoker, you will get a better flavor and moister meat.
I always err on the side of undercooking poulty- if needed, finish in the oven post-smoking.
Your dinner looked yummy!
Well, my mother in law made a recipe with marshmallows that all men love. Me, not so much.
White bread with peanut butter on one slice. Cover peanut butter with mini marshmallows. Top it with second piece of bread and grill with real butter like a grilled cheese. Its one of those recipes that you love or hate! My grandkids beg me to make them.
The ga kids also dearly love my homemade hash. (I always loved canned hash as a kid)
Luv Del
Wow, grilled peanut butter and mallow sandwiches!!! Never heard of that. Sounds interesting. xo
@ L, good idea about the bone in thing. I'm new to this smoker cooking, so experimenting ... but that's fun! Thanks.
Sue,
Oh man! I always read your blog before eating anything and now I am sitting here wishing I had some chicken, etc.
Those tomatoes are gorgeous!!
Good talking to you last night!
XO Trisha
Good talking to you too T!! Those are some of the tomatoes Jeannie and Bill gave me. Ripe and right out of their garden!
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