St. Paddy's Day Cookin'

Since it's Monday and I'm among the masses of grown-ups who have to work instead of spend the day binge downing green beer:

busken. yesssss.

^ Way better, right? Hahaha. We're not mad though.

It's a sure sign that I'm a lame one these days. The furthest I got into celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year was wearing some green to work to avoid being pinched by any of the more radical advocates, and add some green to dinner. If Rob was more of a traditional Irishman, I suppose I would've probably put a little more effort into some corned beef & cabbage [which I've obviously never tried], but green beans were as far as we got today.

Easy dinner recipe for all you blogbots, though!

EASY GARLIC CHICKEN

 

|| NEED || 

* 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

* 4 minced garlic cloves
* 4 tbs brown sugar
* 1 tbs olive oil
* salt, pepper & any addt'l spices you'd like!

 

|| DO ||

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a baking dish or cookie sheet w/ aluminum foil & lightly coat it w/ either oil or cooking spray.

2. Sauté garlic in oil until tender, lightly browned. Remove from heat and stir in brown sugar. Add any other spices you'd like to use. I left it alone, but added salt & pepper to the chicken.

browned garlic + brown sugar

3. Place chicken breasts in/on prepared baking dish or cookie sheet and cover with garlic & brown sugar mixture. Add salt & pepper to taste.

chicken with some green beans cooking in the back!

4. Bake uncovered for 15-30 min, depending on the thickness of the chicken. I did 35 minutes for a slightly thicker chicken breast & it came out amazing!

added some cous cous for a smash hit (:

5. ENJOY!

That's all I had for today, folks. I'm stuffed from dinner and currently plastered to the couch... I know, too rowdy for a St. Patrick's Day.. haha.

G'Nite!

xo | cmd