Carnival of the Recipes Is Up, Plus Food Talk
The latest Carnival of the Recipes is up. Looks like an extra large turnout this week. Check it out if you’re looking for something new.
Speaking of recipes, we tried the fiesta chicken recipe on the back of the Bisquick box recently. Then we tried it again a few days later! Deb is not a salsa person. Witness that when I make nachos,* I make hers with cheese only, and mine with salsa or picante and cheese. Yet she loved it! It was her brilliant idea to try it in the first place. She always has brilliant ideas.
I just happened to have a jar of mild of the exact brand called for in the recipe, which is funny as I usually buy medium. It worked great and I stocked more so we could try it again.
I messed it up the first time by putting too much cheese in the cheese layer, and not preheating the oven, but obviously it was fantastic. The second time I used more like the cheese called for by the recipe, but only two chicken breasts, not three. Unless they’re small, that’s enough, especially if you only use an 8x8 pan. I used a slightly larger one, which worked well.
* Nachos are one of my favorite reasons to own a toaster oven. I put foil on the tray, spread nachos all over it (not a single layer; a jumble but not so much that cheese and sauce can’t drip to the ones not fully on top), spoon on some sauce (or not), put on ample cheese - grated or sliced depending on equipment and expedience - and cook for one top brown cycle, with another part of a cycle if the cheese needs more melting and bubbling or you like the cheese to start to brown. Top brown is your friend. Not only for nachos, but also for faux pizzas made with lightly toasted bread, spaghetti or pizza sauce and cheese, and for tuna melts. Finally, for me only Santitas will do. I buy that brand of tortilla chips regardless of sale prices on others. Impressively, that’s also Deb’s mom’s brand! Besides nachos, they are excellent crumbled in chicken noodle soup instead of crackers, unheated with cheese, or with peanut butter. Even with nothing, as a potato chip surrogate.
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