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

Lá sona naomh Pádraig! [Almost]

Well, it's not the real St. Patrick's Day yet, but that didn't stop us from celebrating here at the office since we really won't be together as an office family on Sunday. Soooo... [sans Linda :( ... ], HAPPY DAY O' GREEN!

the express family [minus linda :( ... ]
tonya. andi. marc. cori. ali. diana

Potluck mode? Yes. Complete with corned beef & cabbage, potato salad, cheese & broccoli and an angel food cake topped with green sprinkles. Yeah, we know how to do it up around here when it comes to small office potlucks ;)

Oh, and no, I'm not Irish (clearly), but I do have a pure affinity for the color green; I found this on the Color Run page today and wanted to share, because I love... green... that.. much. 

color green (:

Love love love.

*Phew. The work day was something closer to absolutely neurotic than calm and peaceful like we'd hoped, but that's what makes our job what it is, and we do what we can to keep the ball rolling when one of us is MIA. Linda deserved a day off, so we were happy to pick up where she'd left off, even on a last-minute job order for double digit crew numbers. Oh, we brought it... haha.

Work aside, [HELLO WEEKEND!!!!]

We're headed out tomorrow for the weekend in Indy... here we goo..... (:

xo | cmd