Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

17 June, 2011

Recipe: Espresso Chili Rub Chicken


Great recipe for so many reasons: it's fast, it's healthy, it's full of flavor, it's easy to modify. 

This is a wonderful seasoning rub that you can create ahead of time and use at your convenience as well, goes really well with chicken, beef or seafood. I think it would do pretty well on a pork tenderloin as well. 

Ingredients: 
2 tbsp dark brown sugar 
1 tbsp ground espresso coffee
1 tbps ground coriander
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground ginger
1-2 tsp red chile flakes or chili powder
salt and pepper

For my recipe, I used two boneless, skinless, chicken breasts that I cut into slices, so I could have strips for making wraps or setting on top of rice, etc. I also modified the recipe to include less sugar, and instead of chile flakes I used a fresh ground red  (bright red!) pepper that I found in the Mexican section of our market. All the packaging was in Spanish, but I can tell you it added a ton of heat. Leaves me wondering what kind of peppers they used! 



After tossing the chicken in the rub and coating it evenly, I put it in a skillet, poured two tbsp of white wine over and cooked it on high heat. The wine helped all the ingredients to stick to the chicken nice and evenly. Very tasty. 

I decided to make a wrap with mine; using a garden spinach tortilla, greek yogurt, and red leaf lettuce to cool down some of the spice. Jason used hummus and cucumber to do the same. 

01 March, 2011

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.



Penicillin: life saving awesomeness. 

I'm writing this on a Tuesday. Last Wednesday was the last day I went into work, unable to really talk too much, but other than that feeling fine. I was beginning to suspect that I was getting sick... 
Thursday it all began... I went to the doctor, tested negative for  type A rapid Strep, was given some cough suppressants and went home. 
Thursday-Sunday became days that I barely remember, coming in and out of a 102 fever. My throat was raw, I couldn't swallow, or barely breathe... miserable. I never thought I'd wish longingly for an IV to provide fluid since I could barely swallow water, much less eat anything.  I managed to munch on a few oyster crackers each day, after handfuls of Ibuprofen. 
Sunday morning my husband called the doctor for the test results that had taken (way, way too much time in my opinion) and discovered I had something like "non-typical" step throat that at this point was affecting my larynx, tonsils, throat, pharynx, etc.... 

Sunday Jason got me the antibiotics, which slowly removed me from what I was sure, was the brink of death. The most miserable days that I can honestly remember- I never, ever thought I'd wish to be in the hospital, or wish to be completely unconscious... 

I love, love, love penicillin.