Quick and easy meal #2 - A fun & colorful summer dinner
I love digging through my fridge and cooking elaborate meals from whatever ingredients I can find, but some nights that just takes too much effort. On those days, I put on my quick and easy meal-maker hat (a chef’s hat would be little much in for this one) and put out dinner’s like this colorful Buffalo Chicken with corn and berries.
Buffalo Chicken
- Pre-heat a non-stick skillet with 1 tsp of canola oil per chicken breast to med-high
- Cube fresh chicken breasts (1 per person)
- Toss chicken cubes in light flour and add to skillet
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Once chicken is cooked thoroughly, remove from heat, drain and coat with your favorite buffalo wing sauce
- Serve with your favorite blue cheese dressing for dipping - There are some store-bought blue cheese dressings out there that taste more like moldy mayonaise. Ken’s Steakhouse Chunky Blue Cheese is the only one I’ve found that doesn’t.
Ken - if you’re reading this - as much as I appreciate your ability to keep that moldy-mayo flavor at bay, your dressing is still missing what a really good, homemade blue cheese can do for hot wings. May I suggest you start using buttermilk and add some more garlic? If you want to taste the most perfect blue cheese dressing to understand what I’m saying, come on down to Cary, NC and try the blue cheese dressing at the Carolina Ale House. That, my friends, it the true best! Unfortuntately, they don’t sell it at Harris Teeter : (
Steamed Corn (This one’s REALLY EASY!)
I live on Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies. They are so easy and delish!*
- Remove the bag of frozen corn from the freezer.
- Place it in the microwave and cook on high for 3-5 minutes.
- Empty the bag into a bowl and add salt & pepper to taste.
- Then EAT! Mmmmmm!! I love veggies!
*Mostly. I’m not a big fan of the one’s with sauces already in them. But remember, I’m a food snob. That said, the best thing about these frozen bags of goodness is that the veggies are always super-fresh and perfectly steamed. I never have to worry about the grocer not having a fresh stock or my staple veggies, corn and broccoli, not being in season. They even have Steamfresh rice! No more boil-in-a-bag for me! (Again, I have to caveat that with the fact that I don’t like the rice and veggie combo options. I’ll add my own, thank you.)
And it just gets easier…
The berries
- Just buy, rinse, mix and serve. Nothing like fresh fruit to top off a great meal!
ENJOY!
