It Has Been Awhile, I Know..

Between moving apartments, changing jobs, procrastination, and everything in between, I neglected to post anything in quite a while. To those few who follow and have been asking if and when I will post again, here we are.

Chicken drumsticks and kale have something in common for me: I want to cook em, as they are cheap and cheerful foods, but quite frankly, it was always the same thing..shake and bake with the drumstick, and heating and seasoning kale enough to digest.

Last weekend I found the perfect recipe that married these two foods in the Food and Wine Magazine, and made it last Monday. It was so simple and quick to prepare (perfect for Mondays!), and it tasted so good, despite the short list of ingredients. And best of all, it was healthy.

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roasted-chicken-legs-with-potatoes-and-kale

Although the recipe called for legs (drumstick and thigh attached), I used about 8 drumsticks successfully. I also used smoked paprika as opposed to the regular kind, which I'd like to think it gave the recipe a tad more zest. As our roasting pan was small, and rather stuffed with the veggies, I had to use my (freshly washed) hands to "toss" the veggies with the oil and seasoning.

Oh, yeah - although it was quick to prepare, cooking time is almost an hour.

Hope you try & like this one too!

Last Night's Supper, This Morning's Breakfast

Last night, hubby and I rented a couple of movies, "Cloverfield" and "Dan in Real Life" (I won't get into detailed critiques of them..let's just say I don't recommend either) and were anxious to make a quick, filling, and delish dinner. I (we?) came up with something I'll call BLD Toss:
"Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner Toss," and it turned out to meet all of our expectations: it was quick, filling, delish, and..the leftovers were used for the next morning's breakfast.

(Prep time: 30 minutes. Cook time: 31 minutes)

Ingredients

• 4 sausages (any kind, we used 2 German, 2 hot Italian)
• 1 onion (we used a red onion from the market)
• 2 green onion
• 5 small-medium potatoes
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp black pepper
• 3 tbsp canola or olive oil
• 1 tbsp honey

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Removie casings from sausages and slice them to about 1/2 inch thick. Thinly slice onions - 1/4 inch thick. Thinly slice potatoes - 1/8th inch thick. Spread sausage, onions and potatoes on to shallow baking dish. Drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix a bit to disperse oil, salt, pepper evenly. Drizzle honey on top, and pop into oven for 30 minutes, and broil for 1 minute to get top browned a bit.

Let cool for about 2 minutes, and dig in!

Recipe feeds 4 people, or if its just 2 of you snuggling up tonight, then save half of recipe for breakfast tomorrow!!

This morning's breakfast:

Ingredients

• 1/2 recipe of last night's dinner
• 1 tbsp oil (olive or canola)
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• Salt and pepper to taste

Put oil in to pan, put stove on medium heat. Take leftovers out from fridge, throw it in pan. Stir it around for about 2 minutes, so everything gets warmed up. Meanwhile, beat 4 eggs with milk, then pour into pan with rest of melange. Cook until eggs are of desired consistency.

Enjoy with juice or fresh coffee!