Fruples.com | Photo Blog New Layout: May 2010

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tried a new Recipe

I tried a new recipe I saw Michael Smith making on Food TV his Ham and Cheddar Chicken Rolls It went well. I did not have 4 onions so I used one and could have probably gone with at least 2. I still used the two tablespoons of thyme so it was a little strong on the thyme flavour, it was a bit much for Oliver. The recipe has potential and I like smashing the chicken. It feels like I am really making something when I am hammering away at the bird with a rolling pin. Next time I will skip the onions and thyme and mustard all together and just do the ham and cheese chicken wraps for Oliver. I would have taken a picture of my creation but Oliver and I were running late for hockey so no picture. I copied the recipe from their site below.

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
Sprinkled sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
8 slices deli ham
8 thin slices cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 onions, peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon dried thyme

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350°.
Layer two pieces of plastic wrap on top of each other. Fold them in half, open and place a chicken breast near the fold. Fold over the plastic wrap covering the meat then gently pound and flatten the breasts using a rolling pin, meat pounder or the bottom of a heavy pot. Season the chicken, then spread a thin layer of Dijon over each piece. Lay two slices of ham and two slices of cheddar on each breast. Roll them up tightly.
Sauté the onions with the oil, dried thyme, salt and pepper. Continue cooking until they are lightly browned and golden. Place the chicken rolls on top of the onions in the pan or transfer to another baking pan, cover with a tight-fitting lid or foil and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the rolls are cooked through. You may serve them whole with a scoop of the onions or slice each one into several ‘rounds’ and present them on a bed of the onions.

Monday, May 17, 2010

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Banjo

DSC_6737, originally uploaded by fruples.

Now that I have the 50mm on the camera I need to shoot some selective focus shots.

Banana Bread Take 2

DSC_6696, originally uploaded by fruples.

After a little rereading of the recipe I made a second attempt at the banana bread with much better results. I was so impressed with myself that I took out my camera for a better picture as the iPhone would not do it justice. I even put my 50 mm and locked the aperture at 1.8 for the shot.

Banjo's I want to go for a Walk Blues

Oliver has been working on this song for the last little while. I was playing with an app that gives my iphone 3G some video capability. It's called iVideo Camera and works well.