Monday, July 25, 2011

Honey Mustard Baked Chicken and Steamed Vegetables


All right! Doesn't that look good?

Today's (or this week's) meal was a lot of fun to experiment with. Before making this one I had never done a baked glaze, nor really baked poultry aside from roasting chicken.

This is a really nice cool evening meal, the tang of the glaze cleansing your palate like a glass of lemonade.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Peppered Steak, Broccoli with Mozzarella, and Corn on the Cob

Whoah! Actual content posts are in the queue!

After a full-time spring semester and a half-time summer session at University, I actually had some time today to check my pictures folder and found that I have about 6 months of pictures I hadn't edited and uploaded yet.

So, to tide you over while I find the time to write the posts that will accompany the pictures I spent part of the afternoon editing and uploading, here is a wonderful later summer meal.

I do apologize, this is another final-picture-only post.


The steak was rubbed with McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning, which I highly recommend for its strong pepper flavor, along with garlic and sea salt. The broccoli is steamed and lightly salted, with finely shredded mozzarella cheese on top while it is still hot to melt the cheese slightly. Corn on the cob is, well, corn on the cob. Served with butter, salt, and pepper to taste.

We're just getting into the corn season up here in the frozen north. The early and extremely hot summer this year has caused an early crop, so I'm looking forward to having some fresh from the farmer's market before August.