One Dish Wonder

Chicken can be used a million ways it seems. Sometimes I get in a chicken rut and make it the same way many times. A new recipe that I have been making is spicy apricot chicken with sweet potatoes. I prefer sweet potatoes over white. To me they have a better flavor and texture. The glaze is simply delicious with garlic, ginger, apricot jam, sriracha, and soy sauce. As the chicken roasted I glazed it along with the sweet potatoes. The chicken came out tender and well flavored and the sweet potatoes were additively tasty. 

Pie in the Sky

I love pie and one favorite is a chocolate french silk pie. You may have heard it called any combination of french, silk, and/or chocolate which are accurate. The reason I made this pie was because I had a can of sweetened condensed milk sitting in my cabinet. I was determined to use it, so I researched and found a recipe for chocolate french silk pie made with sweetened condensed milk. The pie starts with a chocolate cookie crumb crust which I admit I bought from the store. Next, comes the chocolate pudding. Pudding is not something I have ever made from scratch, and I feel silly about that because it is super easy to make. In short I took milk and heated on the stove and added the sweetened milk and chocolate. Next came the eggs, corn starch slurry, and vanilla. The one variation I made was to add more chocolate because 4 ounces was not enough. The last step is to beat in butter and pour the pudding in the pie shell. After resting for several hours in the refrigerator I topped the pie with lightly sweetened whipped cream. The pie was additively good and disappeared very quickly.