"40" Clove Chicken

Confession, I didn't make this. My mother did. But if fits my newfound love for all things crockpot. It is super simple, and suprisingly tasty.

3-4 pounds chicken
1 large onion sliced
20-40 garlic cloves, peeled, but intact
Salt and Pepper to taste

Slice the onion and layer it on the bottom of the crock pot. Top with chicken pieces. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the garlic cloves (we definately used closer to 20 than 40). Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Serve on egg noodles, with plenty of bread to sop of the sauce.

Pizza Party, Second Attempt

You may remember my first attempt at homemade pizza here. Which I was pretty darn proud of.

Well, I tried again, this time using my cousin's suggestion of using way more flour. Success!

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Dan and I both recently turned 30, and some friends of ours took us out to dinner to celebrate. We went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Weehawken. (If you're interested in the wonky name, a woman named Ruth bought Chris Steak House in New Orleans, with the requirement that the Chris name remained...hence Ruth's Chris).


Anyways, I'm not the biggest fan of red meat, but they have a killer chicken dish so I was more than happy with the choice.

Orange Citrus Mojito

Stuffed Chicken Breast

(Oven roasted free-range double chicken breast stuffed

with garlic herb cheese and served with lemon butter)

And Dan had some big hunk of steak.

I didn't get pictures of the sides, but are served "family style", so we ordered a bunch to share: mashed potatos, asparagus, sweet potato casserole and creamed spinach. I'm sure everything here is prepared following some Paula Deen recipe, because they tasted way too good to be healthy at all, but hey, it's a splurge!

And a pretty view to end the night.