Good Ol' Fashioned Recipes

The problem with most new recipe books nowadays is that you'd have to scramble aisle after aisle, searching for all the listed ingredients. When I am planning to cook, I'd most likely want to use most of the ingredients I already have. Most of us are not budding chefs; we just want to prepare a meal that is tasty (and healthy). Lately, going to Goodwill and the antique mall has paid off in search of old recipe books.

Just recently, I tried this recipe from a Prairie kitchen cookbook. It was found in the low calorie section; it is called Chicken Breasts Milano. I adjusted the quanties slightly since I was only cooking for 3 people.
6 whole chicken breasts (boned, skinned)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp garlic salt
3/4 tsp Worchestershire sauce
2 1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup parsley flakes
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
3/4 cup butter, melted (you can use butter substitutes if you'd like)
1/2 cup tsp dry mustard

Mix crumbs, parsley, salt, cheese & Italian seasoning in a bowl.
Mix together butter, garlic salt, mustard & Worchestershire sauce.
Dip chicken breasts in the butter mixture, then coat with crumbs.
Roll up, fasten with a toothpick and place in 9 x 12 inch buttered baking dish.
Pour rest of butter mixture on top.
Cover with foil.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour.
Remove foil and bake 20 minutes longer.
Yields 6.

Happy New Year and Decade!

Welcome to 2010. This time, hopefully, they will give us our jetpacks and flying cars. Well, try expected economic growth and job creation; (educated guess on) increase in interest rates. It will also be the year of the Tiger whenever the first day of Chinese New Year arrives in February 2010. It will be a splendid year: Canada is hosting Winter Olympics and CBC is airing the World Cup for soccer in the summer. There will be a lot of long weekends to look forward to.

While it is very normal to make new year resolutions and break them, for every resolution I break, there will be a $20 fine or penalty going into the savings account. Hence, it won't be that bad if I did break one: it will help me save towards the things I am budgeting for.

May 2010 be the start of an era where entrepreneurs shine. Let the good times roll and strike when opportunity knocks. It will definitely be interesting to observe how music will evolve. Let's just hope more fun and simple music will hit the airwaves.